Happy Perez | |
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| Birth name | Nathan Perez |
| Also known as | Happy P |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Universal |
Nathan "Happy" Perez is an American record producer, audio engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He first rose to prominence for producing Young Bleed's debut album All I Have in This World, Are... My Balls and My Word in 1998.[1][2] He co-wrote and produced his first hit song with Baby Bash's 2003 single "Suga Suga", which peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100. He has since worked on records for Halsey, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Kehlani, The Kid Laroi, Ludacris, Flo Rida, Mariah Carey, G-Eazy, and Juice Wrld.
Perez also worked heavily with R&B singer Miguel, producing his 2010 sleeper hit "Sure Thing". In 2018, he became acquainted with fellow producer Benny Blanco, co-producing his hit single "Eastside", and contributing to a multitude of his productions since then. Perez dropped out of high school to make music.[3][4][5][6]
Discography
Mixtapes
- 2009 - The Self Employed Mixtape, Vol. 1
Production discography
Charted singles (as songwriter/producer)
| Year | Title[7] | Artist | Album | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B/HH |
UK | ||||
| 2003 | Tha Smokin' Nephew Album | Baby Bash | Tha Smokin' Nephew RIAA: Platinum[8] |
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| "Suga Suga" | Baby Bash featuring Frankie J | 7 | 54 | 111 | ||
| "Shorty Doowop" | Baby Bash featuring Russell Lee & Perla Cruz | 115 | 108 | — | ||
| I'm All I Got Album | Max Minelli | I'm All I Got | ||||
| 2004 | "Ain't a Thug" | Trick Daddy | Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | |||
| 2005 | "Show Ya Tattoos" | Boosie Badazz & Webbie | Gangsta Musik | |||
| "Frontin'" | Chamillionaire | The Sound of Revenge RIAA: Platinum[9] |
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| "Ridin'" | ||||||
| Super Saucy Album | Baby Bash | Super Saucy Album | ||||
| Natalie Album | Natalie | Natalie Album | ||||
| 2006 | "Doing Too Much" | Paula DeAnda featuring Baby Bash | Paula DeAnda | 41 | — | — |
| "Footprints On My Heart" | Paula DeAnda | |||||
| Irresistible | Paula DeAnda | |||||
| "End Of The Night" | Ludacris | Release Therapy | ||||
| "Rather Just Not Know" | Ruben Studdard | The Return | ||||
| "Daddy's Little Girl" | Frankie J | Priceless | ||||
| "Still" | ||||||
| "Cool on You" | Keshia Chanté | 2U | ||||
| Un Nuevo Dia Album | Frankie J | Un Nuevo Dia Album | ||||
| Everything New Album | Natalie | Everything New Album | ||||
| 2007 | "Pimp Mode" | Chamillionaire | Ultimate Victory | |||
| "Rocky Road" | ||||||
| "The Ultimate Victory" | ||||||
| "As Days Go By" | Baby Bash | Cyclone | ||||
| "Mean Mug" | ||||||
| "Head Honcho" | Chingo Blong ft. Baby Bash | They Can't Deport Us All | ||||
| 2008 | "Corazón" | Prima J | Prima J | |||
| "All On Our Own" | One Block Radius | One Block Radius | ||||
| "Shoplifta" | ||||||
| 2009 | "Never" | Flo Rida | R.O.O.T.S | |||
| 2010 | "Sure Thing" | Miguel | All I Want Is You RIAA: Platinum[10] |
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| "My Piece" | ||||||
| 2011 | "Don't Mess With Texas" | Baby Bash | Bashtown | |||
| 2012 | "Hello World" | Diggy | Unexpected Arrival | |||
| "Don't Look Back" | Miguel | Kaleidoscope Dream RIAA: Platinum[10] |
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| 2013 | "Pay My Bills" | K. Michelle | Rebellious Soul | |||
| "Pink Fields" | Neon Hitch | Happy Neon | ||||
| "Midnight Sun" | ||||||
| "Believe" | ||||||
| "Jailhouse" | ||||||
| "Born to be Remembered" | ||||||
| 2014 | "#Beautiful" | Mariah Carey featuring Miguel | Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| "Love Somebody" | Daley | Days + Nights | ||||
| "Love You To Death" | Taeyang | RISE | ||||
| "Light Up Light Up" | Baby Bash | Ronnie Rey All Day | ||||
| 2015 | "Drifting" | G-Eazy featuring Chris Brown & Tory Lanez | When It's Dark Out | 98 | 33 | — |
| "Drop Dead Beautiful" | Elijah Blake | Shadows & Diamonds | ||||
| "Angel Dust" | ||||||
| "a beautiful exit" | Miguel | Wildheart | ||||
| 2016 | "Sugar" | Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates | Sugar | 44 | — | — |
| "Waves" | Miguel | Wildheart | — | 46 | — | |
| "To D.R.E.A.M." | Tory Lanez | I Told You RIAA: Gold[11] |
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| "Cold Hard Love" | ||||||
| "High" | ||||||
| "All The Girls" | ||||||
| "Workaholic" | DRAM | Big Baby DRAM | ||||
| 2017 | "At My Best" | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Hailee Steinfeld | Bloom | 60 | — | — |
| "Now or Never" | Halsey | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom RIAA: 2x Platinum[12] |
17 | — | 80 | |
| "Eyes Closed" | 101 | — | — | |||
| "Crying in the Club"
RIAA: Platinum[13] |
Camila Cabello | Camila | 47 | — | 12 | |
| "Holy Water" | Ro James | ELDORADO | ||||
| "Torches" | X Ambassadors | Non-album single | ||||
| "Selfish Love" | Jessie Ware | Glasshouse | ||||
| "Sky Walker" | Miguel | War & Leisure RIAA: Gold[10] |
29 | 14 | — | |
| "Now" | ||||||
| "Told You So" | ||||||
| "Harem" | ||||||
| "City of Angels" | ||||||
| 2018 | "Black & White" | Juice WRLD | Goodbye & Good Riddance | 123 | 108 | — |
| "Hard Work Pays Off" | Future & Juice WRLD | Wrld on Drugs | 105 | 103 | — | |
| "4 Me" | Tory Lanez | Memories Don't Die | ||||
| "Hypnotized" | ||||||
| "Better To Lie" | Benny Blanco | Friends Keep Secrets RIAA: Platinum[15] |
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| "Eastside" | 9 | — | 1 | |||
| "Break My Heart" | ||||||
| "Just for us Pt.2" | ||||||
| "More/ Diamond Ring" | ||||||
| "Roses" | ||||||
| 2019 | "Fake Smile" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next RIAA: Platinum[18] |
26 | — | — |
| "Imagine" | ||||||
| "in my head" | ||||||
| "Nightmare" | Halsey | Non-album single | 15 | — | 26 | |
| "It's You" | Ali Gatie | You | 70 | — | — | |
| "Graduation" | Benny Blanco featuring Juice WRLD | Non-album single | 108 | — | 88 | |
| "Die for Me" | Post Malone featuring Future & Halsey | Hollywood's Bleeding | 20 | 11 | — | |
| "Back To Love" | Chris Brown | Indigo | ||||
| "Chase" | Aaron Carpenter | Chase | ||||
| "White Mercedes" | Charli XCX | Charli | ||||
| "Same As" | Marc E. Bassy | PMD | ||||
| "I Really Wish I Hated You" | Blink-182 | NINE | ||||
| "Love You Like That" | Ali Gatie | YOU | ||||
| "How Things Used to Be" | ||||||
| "Bussin" | Tay Money | Hurricane Tay | ||||
| "Die For You" | Post Malone featuring Halsey & Future | Hollywood's Bleeding | ||||
| 2020 | "Night Crawling" | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts RIAA: Gold[21] |
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| "Erase U" | The Kid Laroi | F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU RIAA: Platinum[22] |
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| "Over It" | KYLE | See You When I am Famous!!!! | ||||
| "Casino" | Ryan Beatty | Dreaming of David | ||||
| "Shimmer" | ||||||
| "Dreaming of David" | ||||||
| "Forever...(is a long time)" | Halsey | Manic RIAA: Platinum[12] |
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| "I Hate Everybody" | ||||||
| "Killing Boys" | ||||||
| "No Shame" | 5 Seconds of Summer | CALM | ||||
| "Best Years" | ||||||
| "Lover of Mine" | ||||||
| "Thin White Lies" | ||||||
| "Bussin 2.0" | Tay Money featuring Saweetie | Non-album single | ||||
| 2021 | "Kiss Like The Sun" | Jake Bugg | Saturday Night, Sunday Morning | |||
| "About Last Night" | ||||||
| "Notice Me" | Role Model | oh, how perfect | ||||
| "Cowboys" | Charlotte Lawrence | Charlotte | ||||
| "Monin" | James Fauntleroy | Non-album single | ||||
| "Scars" | G-Eazy | These Things Happen Too | ||||
| "Scenic Drive" | Khalid | Scenic Drive | ||||
| "Rich & Famous " | DRAM | Shelley FKA DRAM | ||||
| 2022 | "Tangerine" | Kehlani | Blue Water Road | |||
| "Everything" | ||||||
| "Melt" | ||||||
| "Everything Interlude | ||||||
| 2023 | "Die 4 Me" | Halsey | Non-album Single | |||
| "Lipstick" | Charlie Puth | Non-album Single | ||||
| "Lace It" | Juice WRLD & Eminem | Non-album Single | ||||
References
- ↑ "Happy Perez". Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ "Happy Perez | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ Dansby, Andrew (August 11, 2016). "Happy to take his time: Producer Perez's patience nets success for himself, rap stars". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ Castro, Danilo (May 18, 2017). "How to Stream & Listen to Camila Cabello's New Song 'Crying in the Club'".
- ↑ Reed, Ryan (March 1, 2018). "Watch Miguel Talk 'Frustrating' Creative Process Behind 'Sky Walker'". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ Thisis50. "Happy Perez Talks Producing For Frank Ocean, Lil' Boosie, Ludacris, Juvenile, Miguel & More". YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Happy Perez ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ "RIAA – Baby Bash". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- 1 2 "RIAA - Chamillionaire". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "RIAA - Miguel". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Tory Lanez". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- 1 2 3 4 "RIAA - Halsey". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Crying in the Club by Camila Cabello". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ "RIAA - Sky Walker by Miguel ft. Travis Scott". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ "RIAA - Friends Keep Secrets by Benny Blanco". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Eastside by Benny Blanco". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ "RIAA - Roses by Benny Blanco and Juice WRLD". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ "RIAA - Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Graduation by Benny Blanco ft. Juice WRLD". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Post Malone". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - Plastic Hearts by Miley Cyrus". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "RIAA - F*CK YOU, GOODBYE by The Kid Laroi". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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