Shea Taylor
Robert "Shea" Taylor is a songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He established an early successful songwriting partnership with Def Jam's R&B singer-songwriter phenom Ne-Yo, and has also worked with Rihanna, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, and Wyclef Jean.[1]
Taylor has songwriting credits on seven tracks off the Beyonce record 4.[2] The album is certified platinum[3] and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales totaling over 300,000.[4] "Love on Top" made it to the top of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart[5] and Adult R&B Airplay chart in March 2012.[6] "Run the World (Girls)" also reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs[7] and is certified Gold in the US and New Zealand and Platinum in Australia and Canada.[8] "Best Thing I Never Had" climbed to the top of Nielsen's Urban airplay chart in September and peaked at number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[9]
Taylor co-wrote the lead single "Thinkin Bout You" and "Pilot Jones" on Frank Ocean's debut channel ORANGE.[10] The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart[11] and number two on the UK R&B Albums chart.[12] It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.[13]
Shea is published by Downtown Music Publishing.
Production and Writing Credits
All credits are sourced from Allmusic and Discogs.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Discography". RocNation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Beyonce Album Credits". Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "RIAA Celebrates 2011 Gold & Platinum Program Awards". RIAA. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Beyonce Notches 4th Billboard 200 No. 1 with '4'". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "March 24th 2012 – R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Love on Top#Chart performance
- ^ Run the World (Girls)#Chart performance
- ^ Run the World (Girls)#Charts and certifications
- ^ "Chart Juice: Beyonce's 'Dance For You' Hits Top 10 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Chart Juice: Frank Ocean Earns First No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Florence + the Machine Tops U.K. Chart, Frank Ocean Debuts Big". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Zac Brown Band, Frank Ocean Debut at Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shea-taylor-mn0000556589/credits
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/artist/247264-Robert-Shea-Taylor
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