Deekay
DEEKAY is a Danish production/songwriting team founded by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson with other members The Flash, Obi and Josh.[1] The name Deekay comes from the acronym dk, which means Denmark. Deekay have written and produced for artists like Lil Wayne, Diddy,[2] Sugababes,[3] Orianthi,[4] JLS,[5][6][7] Charice,[8] Allison Iraheta,[9] Method Man, Fat Joe, Styles P, Lemar,[10] Joe McElderry and others.
Selected production/songwriting credits
Selected releases & recordings written and/or produced fully or in part by DEEKAY
Diddy-Dirty Money feat. Lil Wayne
- "Strobe Lights" - Co-produced & co-written
From Diddy/Dirty Money album Last Train to Paris
- "Believe" - co-written[11]
Title-track on Orianthi's 2nd studio album, which has reached certified Gold status in Japan and Australia.
- "Kickstart" & "Only Tonight" - Produced & co-written
From their UK #1 debut album, which sold in excess of 1.300.000 copies in the UK alone (4 x platinum)
- "Eyes Wide Shut", "Superhero" & "Better For You" - Produced & co-written
On their second album, "Outta This World"
- "Change" - Produced & co-written
Title-track on UK #1[12] album "Change" - the song was a top 3 UK radio airplay hit.
- "I Don't Mind That" - Produced & written
From multi-platinum album "Time To Grow"
- "It's Not That Easy" - Co-written
1st single from multi-platinum album "The Truth About Love" - #2 Official UK Radio Airplay Chart & #7 UK Single Sales Chart
- "Lipstick" - Produced & co-written
Hit #1 on the iTunes single chart in Germany, Sweden, Austria and Ireland. [13]
- Victory - 7 tracks produced & co-written
- "Until The Stars Run Out" - Produced & co-written
From his debut album, which entered the UK album chart at #3.
- "Switch" & "I'm Back" - Produced & co-written
The first track is included in the credits of the 2009 movie Aliens in the Attic and both of them are included in the Tidale's second studio album Guilty Pleasure.
- "Hoot" - Programmed & co-written
Hit no. 1 on all Korean charts 7 minutes after release - 150.000+ pre-orders on "Hoot" album...The song was #1 for 5 weeks on the Music Bank K-Chart and won the Triple Crown on the Inkigayo chart in November/December 2010. The Hoot EP achieved 16 x platinum status in Korea and became best song of the year according to Gallup Korea.[14][15]
The album became the first ever from a foreign girl group to top the Oricon Chart on the release date. According to Oricon, the album sold 231,553 copies in the first week, placed first on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and surpassed the record for first week debut album sales for a foreign artist.
- "Superstar" - Co-written
Hit no. 1 on the Oricon Daily Chart and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Japan. [16]
- "Breathe Easy", "Bubblin'" & "Back It Up" - Produced & co-written
From the multi-platinum UK #1 album Guilty
"Breathe Easy" was the third single from the album and a UK #4. It was an 8-week consecutive #1 in Italy and the biggest selling single there in 2004 in front of records like "Yeah", "Toxic" & "Superstar". It was also a hit in the rest of Europe (#7 in Austria & Germany etc.)"
"Bubblin'" was the 4th single from the album and a UK #6. It also became a smash hit all over Europe, top 3 in Italy, top 15 in France, #11 Germany etc.
References
- ^ Deekay discography at Discogs
- ^ Diddy Talks About Strobe Lights
- ^ Sugababes Unlimited
- ^ Starpulse - Orianthi Discography
- ^ Song Facts
- ^ JLS CD Universe
- ^ Answers.com
- ^ Answers.com - Charice album
- ^ Allison Iraheta, EW
- ^ Lemar Interview
- ^ Believe lyrics
- ^ album Change chart stats
- ^ http://www.jedwardgenius.com/apps/blog/entries/show/7079252-so-much-foreign-press
- ^ Girls' Generation
- ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/gallup-korea-confirms-snsds-national-girl-group-status
- ^ http://continuetvxq.com/2011/07/28/superstar-rank-1-on-billboard-japan-hot-100-chart/