This female artist's 2013 debut album included a platinum hit, "Replay", an electro-R&B song co-written and produced by Mick Schultz.
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Mick Schultz Mick Schultz is an American music producer and songwriter. His most notable accomplishments to date include the production of Jeremih’s debut and second albums, including the platinum hits "Birthday Sex", "Down on Me", and "Don't Tell 'Em", as well as the platinum hit "Replay" by Zendaya. He has also produced for artists such as Rihanna, SoMo, Jenna Andrews, and Jessie James.
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Replay (Zendaya song) "Replay" is a song by American recording artist Zendaya from her self-titled debut studio album, "Zendaya" (2013). The song was released on July 16, 2013, as the lead single from the album through Hollywood Records after being premiered on July 12, 2013. The song was written by Zendaya in collaboration with Mick Schultz, Tiffany Fred and Paul Phamous while the songs production was handled by Mick Schultz. Musically, "Replay" is an electro-R&B song.
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Remy Ma Reminisce Mackie (née Smith; May 30, 1980), known professionally as Remy Ma, (formerly Remy Martin), is an American rapper. She contributed to the songs "Ante Up (Remix)" (2001), "Lean Back" (2004), "Conceited" (2006) and "All the Way Up" (2016). She is one of only five female rappers to ever top the "Billboard" charts and one of only three multiple winners of the BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, which she won in 2005 and 2017.
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Ruth La'Ontra Ruth La'Ontra Jones (born July 22, 1992), who goes by the stage name Ruth La'Ontra, is an American Christian R&B and urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2013, with the release of "So Good" by Tyscot Records. She saw her first studio album, "So Good", chart on two "Billboard" charts the Top Gospel Albums and Heatseekers Albums.
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Redemption (Jesse Jagz song) "Redemption" is a song by Nigerian recording artist and record producer Jesse Jagz. It was released on May 29, 2013, as the lead single from his second studio album, "Jagz Nation, Vol.1. Thy Nation Come" (2013). The song was written and produced by Jesse Jagz. It is the first single released after his exit from Chocolate City.
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Team (Lorde song) "Team" is a song by New Zealand singer Lorde, taken from her debut studio album, "Pure Heroine" (2013). The song was released on 13 September 2013 as the album's third single in Australia and New Zealand by Universal Music New Zealand, and the second in the United States and the United Kingdom by Lava and Republic Records. The track was written by Lorde and Joel Little and produced by Little, with additional production from Lorde herself. "Team" is a hybrid of alternative pop and electro-hop featuring synthesiser, bass and snare drum instrumentation over a handclap-based beat. Lyrically, the track is a "tribute to her friends and country".
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Zendaya Zendaya's music career began in 2011 when she released the single "Swag It Out", followed by the single "Watch Me" (with Bella Thorne); the former was released by an independent record label. She signed a major record deal with Hollywood Records on August 8, 2012, and started recording songs for her debut album on August 12, 2012. The album, titled "Zendaya", was released on September 17, 2013, preceded by the single "Replay".
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What a Feelin' What a Feelin' is the second album by American singer-songwriter Irene Cara and her most successful album to date. Released in November 1983, this album is dominated by dance-pop and Euro disco songs produced by the legendary producer Giorgio Moroder, unlike her R&B-heavy debut. Many of the songs were co-written by Cara herself. The album includes the major hit singles, "Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" (U.S. #37), "Flashdance... What a Feelin'" (her only #1 hit in the U.S.), "Why Me?" (U.S. #13), "You Were Made for Me" (U.S. #78) and "Breakdance" (which was her third and last Top 10 single in the U.S., reaching #8).
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So Real (album) So Real is the debut studio album by American pop singer Mandy Moore. The album was released on December 7, 1999, in the United States by Epic Records. The album's lyrical and visual representations maintained the common theme of virginal innocence in the late 1990s teen pop revival. The album was released mainly due to the success of teen artists Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who released their debut albums that same year to commercial success. "So Real" became a moderate hit in the United States, reaching a peak of 31 on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart, as well as being certified Platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of over 1 million.
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XO (song) "XO" is a song by American singer Beyoncé from her fifth studio album, "Beyoncé" (2013). Columbia Records released the song as the lead contemporary hit radio single from the album in the US and Italy on December 16, 2013. Ryan Tedder co-wrote and co-produced "XO" with Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Beyoncé, with additional production handled by Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis and HazeBanga Music. A pure midtempo pop, electropop and R&B love song, "XO" is complete with electronic musical instrumentation, synthesizers and drums. Musically, it was compared to Beyoncé's own song "Halo" and was noted for having several music hooks including its call and response chorus.
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You (Nathaniel Willemse song) "You" is a song recorded by the Australian singer Nathaniel. The song was digitally released through DNA Songs / Sony on 27 September 2013, as his debut single with a major label. "You" peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Chart and it was certified two times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling 140,000 copies. The accompanying music video was released on 8 October 2013.
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Music of the Sun Music of the Sun is the debut studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on August 30, 2005 in the United States through Def Jam Recordings. Prior to signing with Def Jam, Rihanna was discovered by record producer Evan Rogers in Barbados, who helped Rihanna record demo tapes to send out to several record labels. Jay-Z, the former chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Def Jam, was given Rihanna's demo by Jay Brown, his A&R at Def Jam, and invited her to audition for the label after hearing what turned out to be her first single, "Pon de Replay". She auditioned for Jay-Z and L.A. Reid, the former CEO and president of record label group The Island Def Jam Music Group, and was signed on the spot to prevent her from signing with another record label.
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Start Over (song) "Start Over" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé taken from her fourth studio album, "4" (2011). It was written by Shea Taylor, Knowles and Ester Dean and produced by the former two. The song's development was motivated by the fact that Knowles traveled around the world and experienced different cultures which inspired love and purity inside her. A mid-tempo pop, pop rock and soul-influenced R&B ballad, "Start Over" finds the female protagonist affirming her individuality and expressing her love for a man with whom she attempts to start a relationship all over again. Knowles' vocals are accompanied by electric and enticing beats; the song's instrumentation includes drums and synthesizers.
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Red (Taylor Swift album) Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 22, 2012, by Big Machine Records, as the follow-up to her third studio album, "Speak Now". The album title was inspired by the "semi-toxic relationships" that Swift experienced during the process of conceiving this album, which Swift described the emotions she felt as "red emotions" due to their intense and tumultuous nature. "Red" touches on Swift's signature themes of love and heartbreak, however, from a more mature perspective while exploring other themes such as fame and the pressure of being in the limelight. The album features collaborations with producers and guest artists such as Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol and Ed Sheeran and is noted for Swift's experimentation with new musical genres. Swift completed The Red Tour in support of the album on June 12, 2014, which became the highest-grossing tour of all time by a country artist, grossing over $150 million.
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Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, "The Soul Sessions", which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the similarly multi-platinum "Mind Body & Soul" (2004), topped the UK Albums Chart for one week and spawned the top ten hit "You Had Me", Stone's most successful single on the UK Singles Chart to date. Both the album and single received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards, while Stone herself was nominated for Best New Artist, and in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2004, was ranked fifth as a predicted breakthrough act of 2004. She became the youngest British female singer to top the UK Albums Chart. Stone's third album, "Introducing Joss Stone", released in March 2007, achieved gold record status by the RIAA and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the "Billboard" 200, and became Stone's first top five album in the US.
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Do It Again (EP) Do It Again is an extended play (EP) by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp and Swedish singer-songwriter Robyn, released on 23 May 2014 by Dog Triumph. The extended play coincides with Röyksopp and Robyn's joint tour, the Röyksopp & Robyn Do It Again Tour 2014, featuring shows in Europe and North America. Following her Body Talk Tour, Robyn travelled to Bergen, Norway, where she began working on new music with Röyksopp in early 2013, having previously collaborated with the duo on the songs "The Girl and the Robot" (2009) and "None of Dem" (2010).
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Right Here (SWV song) "Right Here" is the title of the debut single released by the American R&B girl group SWV. It charted on the Billboard charts as a double-A-side with "Downtown". A remixed version, commonly referred to as "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)", became a number-one R&B single, selling 500,000 copies and earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. According to "Billboard", the song spent 54 weeks on the R&B chart, which is one of the longest chart runs of all time.
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Flawless (Beyoncé song) "Flawless" (stylized as "***Flawless") is a song recorded by American recording artist Beyoncé from her self-titled fifth studio album, "Beyoncé" (2013). It was co-written by Beyoncé together with Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Chauncey Hollis and Raymond DeAndre Martin, with production handled by Hit-Boy, Beyoncé, Rey Reel Music HazeBanga and Boots. An early version of the song, titled "Bow Down / I Been On", was released onto the Internet by Beyoncé in March 2013.
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Monica discography American R&B singer Monica has released 8 studio albums, one extended play, and 35 singles (including six as a featured artist). Since the beginning of her career in 1995, she has sold 5.3 million albums in the United States, In 1999, "Billboard" included her among the top twenty of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s, and in 2010, the magazine ranked her 24th on its list of the Top 50 R&B and Hip Hop Artists of the past 25 years. With a career lasting over 20 years, Monica became the first artist to top the US "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
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Loved Me Back to Life (song) "Loved Me Back to Life" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released on 3 September 2013 by Columbia Records as the first single from her eleventh English-language studio album, "Loved Me Back to Life" (2013). The song was co-written by Sia Furler, Hasham "Sham" Hussain and Denarius "Motesart" Motes, and produced by Sham and Motesart. The official live music video was uploaded on Vevo on 18 September 2013. "Loved Me Back to Life" received critical acclaim and became a top forty hit in various countries, including number fourteen in the United Kingdom, number seventeen in South Korea, number twenty-five in Switzerland and Belgium, number twenty-six in Canada, number twenty-nine in Ireland, number thirty-two in France and number thirty-eight in Germany and Austria.
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1+1 (song) "1+1" is a song recorded by American recording artist Beyoncé for her fourth studio album, "4" (2011). It was released by Columbia Records in the United States on May 25, 2011, as a promotional single. Serving as the opening track on "4", it was written and produced by The-Dream, Tricky Stewart and Beyoncé. "1+1" was originally titled "Nothing But Love" and The-Dream had initially planned to include it on his second studio album, "Love vs. Money" (2009). A down-tempo contemporary R&B and soul music power ballad, "1+1" Beyoncé expressing her endless love to her soul mate; the lyrics make strong statements about the power of the relationship.
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Beautiful Surprise (song) "Beautiful Surprise" is a song by Canadian recording artist Tamia. It was written by Claude Kelly, Salaam Remi and the singer herself for her same-titled fifth album, released in 2012. Also produced by Remi, the track was released as the album's lead single in the United States on March 2, 2012, reaching number 24 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart so far. The song received a nomination for Best R&B Song at the 55th Grammy Awards held in February 2013.