Savan Kotecha | |
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Birth name | Savan Harish Kotecha |
Origin | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
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Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas.[1] Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.[2] He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, for which he wrote and produced several songs and performed one song.[3]
Notable songs
[edit]Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include:
- Lizzo ("2 Be Loved")
- Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Break Free", "Love Me Harder", "One Last Time", "Focus", "Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", "No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored")
- Katy Perry ("Rise")
- Emblem3 ("Chloe (You're the One I Want)")
- Westlife ("Obvious", "Amazing", "Us Against the World", "Beautiful in White")
- The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", "In The Night")
- Ellie Goulding ("Love Me like You Do", "On My Mind", "Close to Me")
- Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love")
- Maroon 5 ("One More Night")
- Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", "If You Seek Amy")
- One Direction ("What Makes You Beautiful")
- Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang")
- Christina Aguilera ("Your Body")
- Demi Lovato ("Confident", "Cool For the Summer")
- Shayne Ward ("No U Hang Up", "Breathless")
- JLS ("The Club Is Alive")
- Vanessa Hudgens ("Say OK")
Discography
[edit]- "If I Had You" (US CHR #15)
- "Evil in the Night"
- "The Original High"
- "Things I Didn't Say"
- "Start Without You" (UK #1)
- "What Happens on the Dance Floor"
- "Broken Heels" (UK #8)
- "The Silence" (UK #16)
- "Dumb"
- "Gotta Go"
- "Friday I'll Be Over U"
- "Just Like You"
- "Focus" (US #7) (UK #10)
- "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (US #2) (UK #1)
- "Break Free" (featuring Zedd) (US# 4) (UK #16)
- "One Last Time" (US #13) (UK #2)
- "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd) (US #7) (UK #48)
- "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj) (US #3) (UK #1)
- "Santa Tell Me" (US Holiday Song Chart #1) (US #17) (UK #11)
- "Into You" (US #13) (UK #14)
- "Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #4) (UK #4)
- "Everyday" (featuring Future) (US #55) (UK #123)
- "Greedy"
- "Sometimes"
- "Bad Decisions"
- "Touch It"
- "They Don't Know"
- "No Tears Left To Cry" (US #3) (UK #2)
- "God Is a Woman" (US #8) (UK #4)
- "Everytime" (US #62)
- "Breathin" (US #12) (UK #8)
- "Bloodline" (US #22)
- "Bad Idea" (US #27)
- "Ghostin" (US #25)
- "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (US #2) (UK #1)
- "Don't Call Me Angel" (US #13) (UK #2)
- "Bad to You" (with Normani and Nicki Minaj)
- "Nobody" (with Chaka Khan)
- "How I Look on You"
- "Sunset Jesus"
- "I’ll Survive You"
- "I Wanna Go" (US #7) (US POP/CHR #1)
- "Up n’ Down"
- "If U Seek Amy" (US #19)
- "All That Comes Out Of My Mouth"
- "Quitter"
- "Inside Your Heaven" (US #1)
- "Easier To Lie"
- "Eyes on Me"
- "Let Your Heart Decide"
- "Want U Back" (UK #25) (US #12)
- "Grow Up (feat. Busta Rhymes)"
- "Over The Moon"
- "Dirty Love"
- "With Ur Love" (UK #4)
- "I Wish" (feat. T.I.) (US #117)
- "M.F.P.O.T.Y"
- "Killing It"
- "Alone With Me"
- Charlie Puth
- "Empty Cups"
- Christian TV
- "Love2Baby"
- "Your Body" (US #34) (UK #16)
- "Let There Be Love"
- "Love Fight"
- "Vibe On"
- "Speakers" (#29 Hot AC)
- "I Can't Break It to My Heart" (AUS #13)
- "Really Don't Care" (feat. Cher Lloyd) (US #26) (US Top 40 #7)
- "Something That We're Not"
- "Shouldn't Come Back"
- "Cool for the Summer" (UK #7) (US #11)
- "Confident" (US #21)
- "Stars"
- "Love Me Like You Do" (UK #1) (US #3)
- "On My Mind" (UK #5) (US #13)
- "Codes"
- "Don't Need Nobody"
- "Army"
- "Close to me"
- "Ring My Bells"
- "Chloe (You're the One I Want)" (US #93)
- "Spaghetti"
- "Teenage Kings"
- "Better Together"
- G-Eazy feat. Jeremih
- "Saw It Coming"
- "Ride It" (UK #4)
- Glee
- "Loser like Me" (US #6)
- "Light Up the World" (US #33)
- "All About You" (US Mainstream Top 40 - #38)
- "Sempre Sempre"
- "Una Noche"
- "Mama"
- "First Love" (US CHR: 20)
- "I Look So Good (Without You)" (US CHR #43)
- "Burn It Up"
- "Bang Bang" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
- "The Club Is Alive" (UK #1)
- "36 Tricks of Love" (爱情三十六計) (Taiwan #1) (Taiwan Radio #1) (China #1)
- "My Shoes" (Radio Disney #11)
- "Beauty and a Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #5)
- "All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)"
- "One by One"
- "I Got You" (UK #14)
- "Brave"
- "Naked"
- "Outta My Head"
Lizzo ("2 Be Loved")
- "Psycho B**ch"
- "Disconnected"
- "Symptoms Of You"
iCarly Soundtrack
- "Stay My Baby" (Radio Disney #19)
- "Oh Oh"
- "Devil Pray"
- "Addicted"
- "Borrowed Time"
- "Tu Vecina" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
- "Feel"
- "If Not For You"
- "One More Night" (US #1)
- "Release You"
- "Forever Until Tomorrow"
- "Around the World" (featuring Fetty Wap)
- "Under You"
- "Motivation" (US #33) (UK #27)
- "Bad to You" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
- "Back It Up" (feat. Pitbull) (US #98) (Grammy Nominated)
- "Live While We're Young" (US #3) (UK #3)
- "What Makes You Beautiful" (US #4) (UK #1)
- "Na Na Na"
- "I Wish"
- "Up All Night"
- "Save You Tonight"
- "Kiss You" (UK #9) (US #19)
- "One Thing" (UK #9)
- "Heart Attack"
- "Last First Kiss"
- "Back For You"
- "Nobody Compares"
- "Still The One"
- "Change My Mind"
- "Magic"
- "Happily"
- "Vas Happenin Boys"
- Paul Potts
- "Mamma"
- "Roll The Credits" (US CHR #37)
- "Would You Mind"
- "Teacher"
- "Open Arms"
- "No More"
- "Me Necesita" (feat. CNCO)
- "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"
- "Back Together" (feat. Nicki Minaj)
- Sage The Gemini feat. Nick Jonas
- "Good Thing" (US #78)
- "How Do You Sleep?" (US #24) (UK #7)
- "If That's OK with You" (UK #2)
- "No U Hang Up" (UK #2)
- "Breathless" (UK #6)
- "Damaged"
- "Some Tears Never Dry"
- "Until You"
- "Melt the Snow"
- "U Got Me So"
- "You Make Me Wish"
- "Stand by Me" (UK #14)
- "Something Worth Living For"
- "A Better Man"
- "T Shirt" (US #36) (UK #6)
- "Lions"
- "Calm Down"
- "Pointless Relationship" (AUS #5)
- "Whatever Will Be" (AUS #13)
- "Almost Me"
- "Somebody To You" (UK #4)
- "Nobody Love" (US #60)
- "Expensive"
- "California Lovers"
- "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy"
- "Call Him Mine"
- "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" (US #4)
- "Scream" (US #9) (UK #5)
- "Beggin' on Your Knees" (US #58)
- "Best Friend's Brother" (US #86)
- "Say OK" (US #61)
- "Whatever Will Be" (Tammin Sursok cover)
- "Can't Feel My Face" (US #1)
- "In the Night" (US #12)
- "Shameless"
- "Rockin'"
- "Love to Lay"
- "A Lonely Night"
- "Ordinary Life"
- "Where We Are"
- "No More Heroes"
- "Us Against the World" (UK #8)
- "Something Right"
- "The Easy Way"
- "Pictures In My Head"
- "Amazing" (UK #4)
- "Colour My World"
- "Hit You With The Real Thing"
- "Maybe Tomorrow"
- "Miss You When I’m Dreaming"
- "Still Here"
- "Obvious" (UK #3)
- "Heal"
- "When a Woman Loves a Man"
- "I Get Weak"
Awards and nominations
[edit]Kotecha has been the recipient of nine BMI Awards, 23 ASCAP Awards and two Billboard Music Awards, among others.[6]
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
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2016 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song | "Love Me like You Do" | Nominated | [7] |
Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | [8] | ||
2020 | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Thank U, Next | Nominated | |
2021 | Grammy Awards | Best Compilation Soundtrack | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Nominated | |
Academy Awards | Best Original Song | "Husavik" | Nominated | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ Lindvall, Helienne (11 November 2010). "Behind the music: Who's the guy with the silly wigs on The X Factor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ "Savan Kotecha, Songwriter". ofindianorigin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
I come from a pretty traditional Gujarati family and that made getting into the music business pretty tricky. My parents like most Indian parents, wanted me to go to Uni and be a Doctor or Lawyer. That meant I was on my own for the most part as far as figuring out how to 'make it'. It also gave me something to prove which made me work extra hard.
- ^ Tangcay, Jazz (2020-06-26). "Behind the Music of 'Eurovision,' Where Spoof Songs Say so Much". Variety. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ discography | Kanani Songs
- ^ Discography | All Music
- ^ Robert, Yola (July 13, 2020). "Legendary Songwriter Savan Kotecha Joins Holberton School Board Of Trustees To Increase Tech Diversity". Forbes. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Savan Kotecha". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Savan Kotecha". grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ McIntyre, Hugh (March 15, 2021). "Get To Know The Best Original Song Oscar Nominees". Forbes. Retrieved April 6, 2021.