| Happy Perez | |
| Birth Name: | Nathan Perez |
| Alias: | Happy P |
| Label: | Universal |
| Years Active: | 1995–present |
Nathan "Happy" Perez is an American record producer, audio engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was first credited on 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 seven on the US Billboard Hot 100. He has since been credited on releases for Halsey, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Kehlani, the Kid Laroi, Ludacris, Flo Rida, Mariah Carey, G-Eazy, and Juice Wrld.
Perez has worked extensively with R&B singer Miguel, producing his 2010 sleeper hit "Sure Thing". In 2018, he became acquainted with fellow producer Benny Blanco and co-produced his 2018 single "Eastside", as well as a number of his productions since then. Perez dropped out of high school to make music.[3] [4] [5] [6]
| 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] | |||
| "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 | ||||
| 2005 | "Show Ya Tattoos" | Boosie Badazz & Webbie | Gangsta Musik | |||
| "Frontin'" | Chamillionaire | The Sound of Revenge RIAA Platinum | ||||
| "Ridin'"RIAA Gold[9] | ||||||
| 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 Bling 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"RIAA 3× Platinum | Miguel | All I Want Is You RIAA Platinum | |||
| "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 | ||||
| 2013 | "Pay My Bills" | K. Michelle | Rebellious Soul | |||
| "Pink Fields" | Neon Hitch | Happy Neon | ||||
| "Midnight Sun" | ||||||
| "Believe" | ||||||
| "Jailhouse" | ||||||
| "Born to be Remembered" | ||||||
| 2014 | "
| 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"RIAA Gold[10] | Miguel | Wildheart | — | 46 | — | |
| "To D.R.E.A.M." | Tory Lanez | I Told You RIAA Gold[11] | ||||
| "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"RIAA 3× Platinum | Halsey | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom RIAA 2× Platinum | 17 | — | 80 | |
| "Eyes Closed"RIAA Gold | 101 | — | — | |||
| "Crying in the Club"RIAA: Platinum[12] | Camila Cabello | Camila | 47 | — | 12 | |
| "Holy Water" | Ro James | ELDORADO | ||||
| "Torches" | X Ambassadors | Non-album single | ||||
| "Selfish Love" | Jessie Ware | Glasshouse | ||||
| "Sky Walker"RIAA 3× Platinum[13] | Miguel | War & Leisure RIAA Gold | 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[14] | ||||
| "Eastside"RIAA 6× Platinum[15] | 9 | — | 1 | |||
| "Break My Heart" | ||||||
| "Just for us Pt.2" | ||||||
| "More/ Diamond Ring" | ||||||
| "Roses"RIAA 2× Platinum[16] | ||||||
| 2019 | "Fake Smile" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next RIAA Platinum[17] | 26 | — | — |
| "Imagine" | ||||||
| "In My Head" | ||||||
| "Nightmare" | Halsey | Non-album single | 15 | — | 26 | |
| "It's You" | Ali Gatie | You | 70 | — | — | |
| "Graduation"RIAA Platinum[18] | Benny Blanco featuring Juice WRLD | Non-album single | 108 | — | 88 | |
| "Die for Me"RIAA Platinum[19] | 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[20] | |||
| "Erase U" | The Kid Laroi | F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU RIAA Platinum[21] | ||||
| "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[22] | ||||
| "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" | Non-album Single | |||||
| "Lace It" | Juice WRLD & Eminem | Non-album Single | ||||