| Breyan Isaac | |
| Birth Name: | Breyan Stanley Isaac |
| Birth Date: | May 24, 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Label: | BMG/APG/SAL&CO |
Breyan Isaac (born May 24, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist based in Daytona Beach, Florida. He has written, produced, and performed on songs by a number of artists including, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, Charlie Puth, G-Eazy, Waka Flocka Flame, Lecrae, and others.
Isaac has also received five consecutive awards for songwriting from BMI between 2013 and 2017,[1] [2] and was ranked the 76th best songwriter and producer in the world in 2015 by SS100.[3] In 2018, he won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for his work on Damian Marley's Stony Hill. He has publishing deals with Mike Caren's Artist Publishing Group and BMG and is managed by SAL&CO. He also runs a production company with Dre Marshall.[4]
Isaac was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, he relocated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida after his father found a better job there. In his youth, Isaac was a worship leader in church.[4]
Isaac began his career in earnest after moving to Daytona Beach, Florida. He was invited by a friend to do some sessions with Flo Rida and would continue to work with him thereafter. That work eventually led Isaac to his first placement, "Good Feeling."[4] That song, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[5] would later be released on Flo Rida's 2012 album, Wild Ones. Isaac co-wrote 4 songs on that album, including "Good Feeling" and "Whistle"[4] the latter of which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[5]
The following year, he co-wrote "Timber" by Pitbull featuring Kesha. That song would also top the Hot 100 chart and go multi-platinum in several countries.[6] [7] In 2015, he co-wrote Charlie Puth's "One Call Away" for which he would go on to win a BMI Pop Award (his fifth in as many years).[1]
In 2016 and 2017, he worked on a variety of movie soundtrack songs, including Lecrae's "River of Jordan" from The Shack, Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj's "Bom Bidi Bom" from Fifty Shades Darker,[4] and Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott's "Go Off" from The Fate of the Furious.[6] In 2017, he worked on Damian Marley's "Medication," the lead single off of his album, Stony Hill. The album would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2018.[8] [9]
| Year | Primary artist(s) | Album | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Whistle" | 2012 | Flo Rida | Wild Ones | Co-writer, Vocals | US No. 1 |
| "Good Feeling" | US No. 3 | ||||
| "Let It Roll" | UK No. 17[11] | ||||
| "Sweet Spot" | Flo Rida (feat. Jennifer Lopez) | ARIA No. 25[12] | |||
| "Let It Roll (Pt. 2)" | Flo Rida (feat. Lil Wayne) | Co-writer | |||
| "Change Your Life" | Far East Movement (feat. Flo Rida and Sidney Samson) | Dirty Bass | Co-writer, Vocals | ARIA No. 60[13] | |
| "Troublemaker" | Olly Murs (feat. Flo Rida) | Right Place Right Time | UK No. 1[14] | ||
| "Get Low" | Waka Flocka (feat. Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Flo Rida) | Co-writer, co-producer | US No. 72 | ||
| "Tchu Tchu Tcha" | Pitbull (feat. Enrique Iglesias) | Global Warming | Co-writer | ||
| "Can't Believe It" | 2013 | Flo Rida (feat. Pitbull) | Co-writer, Vocals | ARIA No. 7[15] | |
| "How I Feel" | Flo Rida | US No. 96 | |||
| "Dade County Dip" | DJ Tight (feat. Cupid) | Co-writer, co-producer | |||
| "Shisha" | Massari (feat. French Montana | Co-writer | CAN No. 37[16] | ||
| "Hey Porsche" | Nelly | MO | US No. 42[17] | ||
| "Timber" | Pitbull (feat. Kesha) | Meltdown | US No. 1 | ||
| "Kama Sutra" | 2014 | Jason Derulo (feat. Kid Ink) | Talk Dirty | ||
| "Bubblegum" | Jason Derulo (feat. Tyga) | ARIA No. 38[18] | |||
| "Bed of Lies" | Nicki Minaj (feat. Skylar Grey) | The Pinkprint | Co-writer, co-producer | US No. 62[19] | |
| "What I Did for Love" | David Guetta (feat. Emeli Sandé) | Listen | Co-writer, Vocals | UK No. 6[20] | |
| "Goodbye Friend" | David Guetta (feat. The Script) | ||||
| "Beast" | Mia Martina (feat. Waka Flocka) | Mia Martina | CAN No. 39[21] | ||
| "Celebrate" | Pitbull | Globalization | Co-writer | ||
| "Cola Song" | Inna (feat. J Balvin) | Inna | ROM No. 34[22] | ||
| "Too Sexy" | 2015 | Inna | |||
| "Birds Fly" | Hardwell (feat. Mr Probz) | United We Are | |||
| "I Don't Like It, I Love It" | Flo Rida (feat. Robin Thicke and Verdine White) | My House | US No. 43 | ||
| "That's What I Like" | Flo Rida (feat. Fitz) | Co-writer, Vocals | |||
| "Wobble" | Flo Rida | ||||
| "Go Hard or Go Home" | Wiz Khalifa and Iggy Azalea | Co-writer | US No. 86[23] | ||
| "One Call Away" | Charlie Puth | Nine Track Mind | Co-writer | US No. 12[24] | |
| "Losing My Mind" | 2016 | Co-writer, co-producer | |||
| "Suffer" | |||||
| "Liar" | Britney Spears | Glory | Co-writer, Vocals | ||
| "Zillionaire" | Flo Rida | ||||
| "Hello Friday" | Flo Rida (feat. Jason Derulo) | US No. 79 | |||
| "Gettin' Old" | 6lack | Free 6lack | Co-writer, co-producer | ||
| "Gimme Gimme" | 2017 | Inna | Nirvana | Co-writer | ROM No. 16[25] |
| "Milk and Honey" | G Girls | ROM No. 67 | |||
| "Sounds Good To Me" | Nelly | ||||
| "River of Jordan" | Lecrae | The Shack Soundtrack | Co-writer, Vocals | ||
| "Bom Bidi Bom" | Nick Jonas and Nicki Minaj | Co-writer, co-producer, Vocals | |||
| "Go Off" | Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, and Travis Scott | Co-producer, vocals | |||
| "Obsession" | Vice (feat. Jon Bellion) | Co-writer | |||
| "Sober"[26] | G-Eazy (feat. Charlie Puth) | The Beautiful & Damned | Co-writer, co-producer | US RB/HH No. 49[27] | |
| "Want You Back" | Citizen Four | Co-writer | |||
| "Medication" | Damian Marley (feat. Stephen Marley) | Stony Hill | Co-writer, co-producer | ||