Shea Taylor

American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist

Robert "Shea" Taylor is a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He established an early successful songwriting partnership with Def Jam's R&B singer-songwriter phenom Ne-Yo, and has also worked with Rihanna, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, and Wyclef Jean.[1]

Taylor has songwriting credits on seven tracks from Beyonce's fourth studio album, 4 (2011).[2] The album was a commercial success; earning a platinum certification in the US, and debuting atop the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of over 300,000.[3][4] "Love on Top" topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart[5] and Adult R&B Airplay chart in March 2012.[6] "Run the World (Girls)" also reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs[7] and is certified Gold in the US and New Zealand, as well as Platinum in Australia and Canada.[8] "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.[9]

Taylor co-wrote the lead single "Thinkin Bout You" and "Pilot Jones" on Frank Ocean's debut studio album Channel Orange (2012).[10] The album debuted atop on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart[11] and number two on the UK R&B Albums chart.[12] It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.[13]

Shea is published by Downtown Music Publishing.

Production and writing credits

All credits are sourced from Allmusic and Discogs.[14][15]

Date Artist Song Album Label
2005 Chris Brown "Thank You" Chris Brown Jive
2006 Ne-Yo "When You're Mad" In My Own Words Def Jam
"Mirror"
Beyoncé "Flaws and All" B'Day Columbia
LL Cool J "It's LL and Santana" Todd Smith Def Jam
Paula DeAnda "When It Was Me" Paula DeAnda Arista
2007 Ne-Yo "Addicted" Because of You Def Jam
'Sex With My Ex"
"Make It Work"
"That's What It Does"
Collie Buddz "She's Lonely" Collie Buddz Columbia/Sony BMG
B5 "In My Bedroom" Don't Talk, Just Listen Bad Boy/Sony BMG
Rihanna "Question Existing" Good Girl Gone Bad Def Jam
Kevin Michael "Can't Get Enuff" Kevin Michael Atlantic
2008 Solange Knowles "I Told You So" Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams Geffen
"White Picket Dreams"
Brutha "Just Being Honest" Brutha Def Jam
Kardinal Offishall "Burnt" Not 4 Sale Geffen
Janet Jackson "Discipline" Discipline Island
Tiffany Evans "Impossible" Tiffany Evans Columbia
Ne-Yo "Lie to Me" Year Of The Gentleman Def Jam
2011 Beyoncé "I Miss You" 4 Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia
"Best Thing I Never Had"
"Start Over"
"Love On Top"
"Countdown"
"End of Time"
"Lay Up Under Me"
"Schoolin' Life"
Hugo "Rock N' Roll Delight" Old Tyme Religion Roc Nation
2012 Frank Ocean "Thinkin Bout You" Channel Orange Def Jam
"Pilot Jones"
Rita Ora "Uneasy" Ora Roc Nation
Ne-Yo "Cracks In Mr. Perfect" R.E.D. Motown
"Lazy Love"
"Stress Reliever"
2013 Chrisette Michele "Be In Love" Better Universal Motown/Def Jam
Bridget Kelly featuring Kendrick Lamar "Street Dreamin'" Non-album single Roc Nation
Stefano Langone "Yes to Love" TBA Hollywood
2014 K. Michelle "Love 'Em All" Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? Atlantic
Daley "Blame the World" Alone Together and Days + Nights Polydor/Republic
2015 Lianne La Havas "Midnight" Blood Warner Bros.
Ne-Yo "Good Morning" Non-Fiction Motown
"She Said I'm Hood Tho"
"Story Time"
2016 Rihanna "James Joint" Anti (album) Roc Nation
2018 Mariah Carey "A No No" Caution Epic
2020 Mac Miller "I Can See" Circles REMember Music/Warner
Alina Baraz "Say You Know" It Was Divine Mom + Pop
Ariana Grande "Just Like Magic" Positions Republic
"Six Thirty"
2021 Maddie Ziegler "Best Friend (You and Me for Life)" Music Atlantic

References

  1. ^ "Discography". RocNation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Beyonce Album Credits". Archived from the original on June 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "RIAA Celebrates 2011 Gold & Platinum Program Awards". RIAA. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Beyonce Notches 4th Billboard 200 No. 1 with '4'". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "March 24th 2012 – R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Love on Top#Chart performance
  7. ^ Run the World (Girls)#Chart performance
  8. ^ Run the World (Girls)#Charts and certifications
  9. ^ "Chart Juice: Beyonce's 'Dance For You' Hits Top 10 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  10. ^ "Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE". Discogs.com. July 17, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  11. ^ "Chart Juice: Frank Ocean Earns First No. 1 On R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  12. ^ "Florence + the Machine Tops U.K. Chart, Frank Ocean Debuts Big". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  13. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Zac Brown Band, Frank Ocean Debut at Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  14. ^ "Shea Taylor | Credits". AllMusic.
  15. ^ "Robert 'Shea' Taylor". Discogs.
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