Jordan Kyle Explained

Jordan Kyle
Origin:Buffalo, New York, United States
Occupation:Songwriter, producer, audio engineer
Years Active:2010 - present
Associated Acts:EXO, Girls' Generation, SHINee, Charice, Super Junior-D&E, TXT, EXO-CBX, Oh My Girl, Cosmic Girls, UNINE, Justin Huang, Niel, Madtown, UNIQ, HALO, A.C.E, History, Adventure Club, Dean, Terravita, Kara Dioguardi, Jason Derulo

Jordan Kyle is an American record producer, songwriter and sound engineer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has written and produced for EXO, Girls' Generation, SHINee, TXT, Super Junior-D&E, EXO-CBX, Oh My Girl, Cosmic Girls, Adventure Club, Terravita, UNINE, Jake Zyrus, Madtown, A.C.E, Justin Huang, Niel, History, Speed, Royal Pirates, HALO, UNIQ, Jinho, Nomad and more. His corporate works include music creation for Disney, MTV, Sony Music, and Rocawear. Jordan's song for Zyrus (formerly Charice Pempengco) was written with Kara DioGuardi and Jason Derulo. His work includes the #86 most played song on Canadian radio since 2001, the #5 best selling K-Pop single in America / Billboard Best K-Pop Song of The Year in 2013, and composition / production on the #12 best selling Korean album ever - having been part of a national sales record not seen for over 12 years in Korea. In 2018, EXO's "Growl" was performed in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In 2019, Billboard staff voted "Growl" into “The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s". In 2023, Rolling Stone rated "Growl" #34 of "The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music".

Discography

Year Artist Album Notes Charts/Awards/Labels
2010 Craig Smart 123 Producer, Co-writer, Mixing ("123") Certified Canadian Gold[1]
No. 33 Billboard Hot 100
No. 86 SoundScan 100 Most Popular Canadian Songs of The Millennium
2011 Jake ZyrusCo-producer, Co-writer ("Lesson For Life") Warner Records
No. 8 Billboard Top Albums
No. 5 Oricon Albums
2013 I Got a Boy Producer, Co-writer, Engineering ("Romantic St.") SM Entertainment
No. 1 Album in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, United States and Philippines
No. 7 Japan Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
2013 Co-producer ("Dream Girl") SM Entertainment
No. 1 Gaon
No. 3 Billboard K-Pop Hot 100[2]
No. 2 Billboard World Albums
No. 5 Billboard Heatseekers
No. 10 Oricon Albums
Nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Golden Disk Awards
2013 Boys Meet U Co-producer ("Dream Girl" Japanese Version)
Co-producer ("Dream Girl" Instrumental)
Certified Japanese Gold
No. 2 Billboard Japan Hot 100
No. 1 G-Music Asia
No. 1 Hit FM Asia
No. 1 Oricon Chart
2013 XOXO Co-producer, Co-writer, Engineering ("Don't Go") SM Entertainment
No. 1 Billboard World Albums Chart
No. 1 South Korea (Gaon and Hanteo Charts) and Japan (Oricon Chart)
No. 23 Billboard US Top Heatseekers Albums
2013 Co-producer, Co-writer, Engineering ("Growl") SM Entertainment
No. 1 Billboard World Albums[3] No. 3 Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 No. 1 GaonNo. 1 on Bugs, MelOn, Mnet, Soribada, Daum, Monkey3, Olleh and Naver (Korea)
  • Over 1,600,000 single sales of "Growl"
  • Over 1,296,063 albums sold (XOXO + Repackage)
  • Gaon Sales: 2,023,254
  • Billboard Best K-Pop Song of 2013
  • Melon Music Awards Best Song of the Year
  • KBS Music Festival Song of The Year
  • MAMA Album of The Year
  • Golden Disk Daesang - Grand Prize Winner
  • Performed at the 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony and Paralympic Games
  • Billboard 2019 “The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s: Staff List”
  • Rolling Stone 2023 "The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music"
2014 Producer, Writer (music), Mixing ("YOLO", "YOLO Instrumental") No. 11 Gaon Weekly Album Chart
No. 31 Inkigayo Chart
No. 37 MelOn M/V Chart
No. 54 MelOn Chart
No. 12 YinYueTai "Top 20 MV" Chart
No. 20 Germany Kpop Chart
2014 I'm Your Boy
I'm Your Boy (Deluxe Edition)
Co-producer ("Dream Girl (Japanese Version)") No. 1 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
No. 7 Oricon Monthly Albums Chart
No. 9 Gaon Weekly Album Chart
No. 25 Gaon Monthly Album Chart
2014 UNIQ Producer, Co-writer, Engineering, Mixing ("Falling In Love" Korean, Chinese, and English versions) Yuehua Entertainment
No. 9 Gaon Weibo Chart
No. 33 Gaon Social Chart
No. 6 YinYueTai V-Chart
2015 Oh My Girl - 1st Mini Album Co-producer, Co-writer, Engineering ("Cupid") WM Entertainment
No. 8 MelOn Chart
No. 12 MCountdown Chart
No. 10 MelOn Realtime Chart
2015 UNIQ - 1st Mini Album Co-producer, Co-writer, Engineering, Mixing ("Listen To Me" Korean and Chinese versions) Yuehua Entertainment
No. 26 Baidu Chart
No. 3 Gaon Weibo Chart
No. 20 Gaon Album - Monthly Chart
2015 孫祖君Kris 地心引力 Gravity Co-producer, Co-writer (music) ("地心引力") The Place Media
2015 Blue Spring Co-producer, Co-writer ("Hello") LOEN Entertainment
No. 16 Gaon Album Chart
2015 Beyond The History Co-producer, Co-writer ("Mind Game") LOEN Entertainment
No. 8 Gaon Album Chart
2015 Speed On Co-producer, Co-writer ("What U") MBK Entertainment
2015 The 2nd Mini Album Producer, Writer (music) ("Famous feat. HOTSHOT Sungwoon") Vendetta
2016 Red // Blue Co-producer, Co-writer ("Save Me") BMG Rights Management
No. 50 US Album Chart
2016 UNIQ - Japanese Debut Producer, Co-writer ("Falling In Love" Japanese Version)
Producer, Co-writer ("Listen To Me" Japanese Version)
Yuehua Entertainment
2017 Love Affair Co-producer, Co-writer, Engineering ("Fever") TOP Media
No. 3 Gaon Chart National Physical Albums
No. 8 M Countdown K-Pop Music Chart
2017 Here I Am Co-producer, Co-writer ("Flying") No. 7 Mnet M Chart
2017 "TBA" Producer, Co-writer ("TBA") Starship Entertainment
Yuehua Entertainment
2018 Can I Stay... Digital Single Producer, Co-writer ("Can I Stay...") SM Entertainment
Label SJ
Avex Trax
2018 Adventures in Wonderland Co-producer, Co-writer ("Take Me Higher") No. 15 Billboard World Albums
No. 7 Mwave Music Chart
No. 6 Gaon Album Chart
2018 Style Producer, Co-writer ("Can I Stay...") SM Entertainment
No. 4 Oricon Chart
2019 UNLOCK Producer, Co-writer ("Like A Gentleman") iQiyi
QQ Music sales of 636,156+[4]
2019 Producer, Co-writer ("20cm") Big Hit Entertainment
No. 1 iTunes Top Albums in 44 regions (United States, Russia, Brazil, Spain, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mexico, Norway, Saudi Arabia, India, Singapore and more).
No. 1 Gaon Album Chat
No. 3 Billboard World Albums
No. 1 iTunes K-Pop Albums
No. 3 Heatseeker's Album Chart
No. 18 Billboard World Digital Songs Chart
No. 22 ARIA Digital Album Chart
2019 Under Cover: The Mad Squad Co-producer, Co-writer ("Take Me Higher (Complete Ver.)") Beat Interactive
No. 21 iTunes Top Albums (United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada and Australia).
2019 Magical Circus 2019 - Special Edition Co-producer, Co-writer ("Don't Go - Magical Circus 2019 - Special Edition") SM Entertainment Japan
Avex Music Creative
2019 請撥打我的電話please - Single Producer, Co-writer ("請撥打我的電話please") Yuehua Entertainment
2024 "Over" Co-producer, Co-writer Cube Entertainment
2024 "TBA" Co-producer, Co-writer Kakao Entertainment

Notes and References

  1. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=craig%20smart&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist "123" Certified Gold
  2. http://www.allkpop.com/2013/02/shinees-dream-girl-makes-an-all-kill-on-real-time-charts-clips-from-shinee-music-spoiler-released SHINee's "Dream Girl" makes an all-kill on real time charts + clips from 'SHINee Music Spoiler' released
  3. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/5695479/exo-talks-growl-and-global-success-in-video-interview-exclusive EXO Talks 'Growl' and Global Success in Video Interview (Exclusive)
  4. Web site: QQ Music sales - UNLOCK. Y.qq.com.