Shea Taylor

Shea Taylor is a songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He's established a 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] He has won an ASCAP Award,^[2] and has been nominated to the Grammy Awards.^[3]

Taylor has songwriting credits on seven tracks off the Beyonce record entitled 4.^[4] The album is certified platinum^[5] and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales totaling over 300,000.^[6] "Love On Top" made it to the top of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart^[7] and Adult R&B Airplay chart in March 2012.^[8] "Run the World (Girls)" also reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs^[9] and is certified Gold in the US and New Zealand and Platinum in Australia and Canada.^[10] "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.^[11]

Taylor co-wrote the lead single "Thinkin Bout You" and "Pilot Jones" on Frank Ocean's debut channel ORANGE.^[12] The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart^[13] and number two on the UK R&B Albums chart.^[14] It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.^[15] Shea Taylor's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.

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