British Virgin Islands singer
Iyaz
|
---|
Birth name
| Keidran Jones
|
---|
Born
| (
1987-04-15
)
15 April 1987
(age 37)
[1]
Tortola
,
British Virgin Islands
|
---|
Genres
| |
---|
Occupation(s)
| |
---|
Years active
| 2008?present
|
---|
Labels
| |
---|
Musical artist
Keidran Jones
(born 15 April 1987), better known by his stage name
Iyaz
(pronounced
EYE-yaz
), is a
British Virgin Islands
singer and songwriter, formerly signed with the record label Warner Music Group. He is known for his singles "
Replay
", "
Solo
", and "
Pretty Girls
". He released his debut album
Replay
in 2010.
Life and career
[
edit
]
1987?2009: Early life and career beginnings
[
edit
]
Iyaz aka Keidran Jones was born in 1987, into a musical family. He grew up in
Tortola
in the
Virgin Islands
.
[5]
Iyaz studied
digital recording
at
New England Institute of Technology
.
[6]
He was featured on the track "Island Girls" by Out Da Box Family, which achieved radio success in the
Caribbean
.
[5]
Sean Kingston
found Iyaz through his
Myspace
page in 2008
[7]
and later signed him to a
recording contract
with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights. Sean Kingston introduced him to producer and Beluga Heights head
J.R. Rotem
.
2009?present:
Replay
and
Aurora
[
edit
]
In 2009, he released "Replay" which peaked at number 2 on the
Billboard
Hot 100
and at number 1 in several territories, including the United Kingdom.
[5]
His second single "Solo" was released in February 2010, and peaked at number 32 on the Hot 100. He also took part in recording the Haiti charity single, "
We Are the World 25 for Haiti
". His debut album,
Replay
, was released in 2010, and he was also featured on
Jake Zyrus’s
single "
Pyramid
". In an interview with
HitQuarters
, Rotem described Iyaz's creative perfectionism:
"Where as [
sic
] others might work on several songs in one day, he might sit there and work on one song for days. The end result that he gets is usually an absolute gem, so heartfelt and genuine."
[8]
Iyaz also appeared on the fourth season of
Hannah Montana
,
Hannah Montana Forever
and made a song with
Miley Cyrus
called "
Gonna Get This
", which is featured on the
Hannah Montana Forever
soundtrack album.
In 2011, Iyaz played his part in
Big Time Rush
's song "If I Ruled the World". Iyaz released "Last Forever" with
David Guetta
as the producer,
[9]
and its follow-up, "At Last". Iyaz was featured on
New Boyz
's single "Break My Bank" and
Akon
's "My Girl".
Later, Iyaz did a duet called "
You're My Only Shorty
" with
Demi Lovato
, which is from Lovato's third studio album,
Unbroken
. He released a song with
Travie McCoy
titled "
Pretty Girls
" and later in the year a song titled "My Heart Broke" surfaced. Iyaz uploaded a duet song named, "Christmas Time" featuring Sha Sha Jones on to
YouTube
, A Christmas song which His Grandparents requested.
In 2013, a slew of tracks credited to Iyaz surfaced online, namely "Da Da Da", along with "Congrats", "What Is This Feeling" and "Too Sexy".
In 2014, after leaving his previous labels the year prior, Iyaz signed with new Los Angeles-based independent record label Rekless Music, which is distributed by the
Alternative Distribution Alliance
and
Warner Music Group
. Iyaz made a cover of
Chris Brown
's "
Loyal
" named "Comin' for Ya", followed by another cover months after of
Magic!
's song "
Rude
", which he shared on SoundCloud. Iyaz tweeted in December 2014 he would release a single titled "One Million", and released a snippet of the song on SoundCloud. Iyaz released "One Million" on
iTunes
in Japan on 12 December 2014, the first single from his second album
Aurora
, released exclusively in Japan on 8 April 2015.
[10]
On 24 July 2015 Iyaz released the second single from
Aurora
, "Alive", featuring
Nash Overstreet
of
Hot Chelle Rae
. It was produced by J.D. "Boy Rekless" Salbego, the President/CEO of Rekless Music, Iyaz's new label, and Stuart Hart. On 23 September 2015, MTV exclusively premiered the official video of "Alive".
Discography
[
edit
]
Studio albums
[
edit
]
Extended plays
[
edit
]
Singles
[
edit
]
As lead artist
[
edit
]
As featured artist
[
edit
]
Other appearances
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
"If I Ruled the World" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number 6 on the
Bubbling Under Hot 100
extension chart.
[26]
Awards and nominations
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Iyaz
. allmusic.com
- ^
"Iyaz Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More"
.
AllMusic
.
- ^
"Iyaz Duets with Miley Cyrus on 'Hannah Montana'
"
.
Billboard
.
- ^
"Artists | BMG Music Rights Management"
. Bmg.com. 15 September 2013. Archived from
the original
on 21 July 2013.
- ^
a
b
c
Lipshutz, Jason (6 November 2009).
"Young island-pop singer Iyaz hits "Replay"
"
.
Billboard
. Reuters
. Retrieved
20 November
2009
.
- ^
David Caplan,
"5 Things to Know About Singer Iyaz"
,
People
, 2 April 2010
- ^
"Artists | Replay ? Big Top 40 Music moms"
. Bigtop40.com
. Retrieved
9 August
2010
.
- ^
"Interview With JR Rotem"
.
HitQuarters
. 4 April 2010. Archived from
the original
on 14 March 2012
. Retrieved
8 April
2010
.
- ^
"IYAZ - Last Forever (Prod. By David Guetta)"
.
HotNewHipHop
. 3 June 2011.
- ^
"Iyazの「Aurora (Bonus Track Version)」"
– via music.apple.com.
- ^
a
b
"Iyaz songs and albums | full Official Chart history"
.
Official Charts Company
. Retrieved
8 April
2024
.
- ^
"Iyaz ? Replay"
. ultratop.be.
- ^
"greekcharts.com ? Greek charts portal"
. Hung Medien. Archived from
the original
on 30 May 2012
. Retrieved
18 December
2010
.
- ^
"dutchcharts.nl ? Dutch charts portal"
. Hung Medien
. Retrieved
18 December
2010
.
- ^
"Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community"
. Hung Medien
. Retrieved
18 December
2010
.
- ^
"Iyaz Chart History - Heatseekers Albums"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
16 October
2020
.
- ^
"Rushing to the big time".
The West Australian
. Vol. Today. 7 April 2010. p. 5.
- ^
a
b
Ryan, Gavin (2011).
Australia's Music Charts 1988?2010
(PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 139.
- ^
"Iyaz > Album & Song Chart History > Canadian Hot 100"
.
Billboard
Nielsen Business Media
. Retrieved
1 July
2019
.
- ^
"Chartverfolgung / Big Time Rush / Longplay"
(in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Archived from
the original
on 17 October 2012
. Retrieved
20 July
2011
.
- ^
"Dutch Top 40 > Adele"
(in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Archived from
the original
on 24 July 2011
. Retrieved
25 January
2011
.
- ^
"Iyaz Chart History: Billboard Hot 100"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
1 July
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"BRIT Certified - bpi"
(To access, enter the search parameter "Iyaz" and select "Search by Keyword")
.
British Phonographic Industry
. Retrieved
14 September
2018
.
- ^
a
b
c
"American certifications ? Iyaz"
.
Recording Industry Association of America
. Retrieved
22 November
2023
.
- ^
"Island Girls (feat. Iyaz, Diction, & Shotta) - Single by Out Da Box Family"
– via music.apple.com.
- ^
"Iyaz Chart History - Bubbling Under Hot 100"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
16 October
2020
.
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Studio albums
| |
---|
Singles
| |
---|
Featured singles
| |
---|
|
---|
International
| |
---|
National
| |
---|
Artists
| |
---|