Savan Kotecha

Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas.^[1] Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent.^[2] He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, for which he wrote and produced several songs and performed one song.^[3]

Savan Kotecha
Birth name	Savan Harish Kotecha
Origin	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Pop pop rock dance-pop teen pop power pop R&B
Occupations	Songwriter record producer vocal coach
Labels	Mr. Kanani Jive RCA Capitol LaFace Island BMG Atlantic Syco Columbia

Notable songs

Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include:

• Lizzo ("2 Be Loved")
• Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Break Free", "Love Me Harder", "One Last Time", "Focus", "Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", "No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored")
• Katy Perry ("Rise")
• Emblem3 ("Chloe (You're the One I Want)")
• Westlife ("Obvious", "Amazing", "Us Against the World", "Beautiful in White")
• The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", "In The Night")
• Ellie Goulding ("Love Me like You Do", "On My Mind", "Close to Me")
• Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love")
• Maroon 5 ("One More Night")
• Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", "If You Seek Amy")
• One Direction ("What Makes You Beautiful")
• Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang")
• Christina Aguilera ("Your Body")
• Demi Lovato ("Confident", "Cool For the Summer")
• Shayne Ward ("No U Hang Up", "Breathless")
• JLS ("The Club Is Alive")
• Vanessa Hudgens ("Say OK")

Discography

Adam Lambert

• "If I Had You" (US CHR #15)
• "Evil in the Night"
• "The Original High"
• "Things I Didn't Say"

Alexandra Burke

• "Start Without You" (UK #1)
• "What Happens on the Dance Floor"
• "Broken Heels" (UK #8)
• "The Silence" (UK #16)
• "Dumb"
• "Gotta Go"

Allison Iraheta

• "Friday I'll Be Over U"
• "Just Like You"

Ariana Grande

• "Focus" (US #7) (UK #10)
• "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (US #2) (UK #1)
• "Break Free" (featuring Zedd) (US# 4) (UK #16)
• "One Last Time" (US #13) (UK #2)
• "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd) (US #7) (UK #48)
• "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj) (US #3) (UK #1)
• "Santa Tell Me" (US Holiday Song Chart #1) (US #17) (UK #11)
• "Into You" (US #13) (UK #14)
• "Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #4) (UK #4)
• "Everyday" (featuring Future) (US #55) (UK #123)
• "Greedy"
• "Sometimes"
• "Bad Decisions"
• "Touch It"
• "They Don't Know"
• "No Tears Left To Cry" (US #3) (UK #2)
• "God Is a Woman" (US #8) (UK #4)
• "Everytime" (US #62)
• "Breathin" (US #12) (UK #8)
• "Bloodline" (US #22)
• "Bad Idea" (US #27)
• "Ghostin" (US #25)
• "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (US #2) (UK #1)
• "Don't Call Me Angel" (US #13) (UK #2)
• "Bad to You" (with Normani and Nicki Minaj)
• "Nobody" (with Chaka Khan)
• "How I Look on You"

Avicii

• "Sunset Jesus"

Backstreet Boys

• "In a World Like This"

BC Jean

• "I’ll Survive You"

Britney Spears

• "I Wanna Go" (US #7) (US POP/CHR #1)
• "Up n’ Down"
• "If U Seek Amy" (US #19)

Carolina Liar

• "All That Comes Out Of My Mouth"

Carrie Underwood

• "Quitter"
• "Inside Your Heaven" (US #1)

Cassadee Pope

• "Easier To Lie"

Celine Dion

• "Eyes on Me"
• "Let Your Heart Decide"

Cher Lloyd

• "Want U Back" (UK #25) (US #12)
• "Grow Up (feat. Busta Rhymes)"
• "Over The Moon"
• "Dirty Love"
• "With Ur Love" (UK #4)
• "I Wish" (feat. T.I.) (US #117)
• "M.F.P.O.T.Y"
• "Killing It"
• "Alone With Me"

Charlie Puth

• "Empty Cups"

Christian TV

• "Love2Baby"

Christina Aguilera

• "Your Body" (US #34) (UK #16)
• "Let There Be Love"

Dannii Minogue

• "Love Fight"
• "Vibe On"

Days Difference

• "Speakers" (#29 Hot AC)

Delta Goodrem

• "I Can't Break It to My Heart" (AUS #13)

Demi Lovato

• "Really Don't Care" (feat. Cher Lloyd) (US #26) (US Top 40 #7)
• "Something That We're Not"
• "Shouldn't Come Back"
• "Cool for the Summer" (UK #7) (US #11)
• "Confident" (US #21)
• "Stars"

Ellie Goulding

• "Love Me Like You Do" (UK #1) (US #3)
• "On My Mind" (UK #5) (US #13)
• "Codes"
• "Don't Need Nobody"
• "Army"
• "Close to me"

Enrique Iglesias

• "Ring My Bells"

Emblem3

• "Chloe (You're the One I Want)" (US #93)
• "Spaghetti"
• "Teenage Kings"

Fifth Harmony

• "Better Together"

G-Eazy feat. Jeremih

• "Saw It Coming"

Geri Halliwell

• "Ride It" (UK #4)

Glee

• "Loser like Me" (US #6)
• "Light Up the World" (US #33)

Hilary Duff

• "All About You" (US Mainstream Top 40 - #38)

Il Divo

• "Sempre Sempre"
• "Una Noche"
• "Mama"

Jennifer Lopez

• "First Love" (US CHR: 20)

Jessie James

• "I Look So Good (Without You)" (US CHR #43)
• "Burn It Up"

Jessie J

• "Bang Bang" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)

JLS

• "The Club Is Alive" (UK #1)

Jolin Tsai

• "36 Tricks of Love" (爱情三十六計) (Taiwan #1) (Taiwan Radio #1) (China #1)

Jordan Pruitt

• "My Shoes" (Radio Disney #11)

Justin Bieber

• "Beauty and a Beat" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #5)

Katy Perry

• "Rise" (US #11)
• "Witness"

Ke$ha

• "All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)"

Laza Morgan

• "One by One"

Leona Lewis

• "I Got You" (UK #14)
• "Brave"
• "Naked"
• "Outta My Head"

Lesley Roy

• "Psycho B**ch"

Lizzo

("2 Be Loved")

Lindsay Lohan

• "Disconnected"
• "Symptoms Of You"

Miranda Cosgrove

iCarly Soundtrack

• "Stay My Baby" (Radio Disney #19)
• "Oh Oh"

Madonna

• "Devil Pray"
• "Addicted"
• "Borrowed Time"

Maluma

• "Tu Vecina" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)

Maneskin

• "Feel"
• "If Not For You"

Maroon 5

• "One More Night" (US #1)

Megan & Liz

• "Release You"

MKTO

• "Forever Until Tomorrow"

Natalie La Rose

• "Around the World" (featuring Fetty Wap)

Nick Jonas

• "Under You"

Normani

• "Motivation" (US #33) (UK #27)
• "Bad to You" (with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)

Prince Royce

• "Back It Up" (feat. Pitbull) (US #98) (Grammy Nominated)

One Direction

• "Live While We're Young" (US #3) (UK #3)
• "What Makes You Beautiful" (US #4) (UK #1)
• "Na Na Na"
• "I Wish"
• "Up All Night"
• "Save You Tonight"
• "Kiss You" (UK #9) (US #19)
• "One Thing" (UK #9)
• "Heart Attack"
• "Last First Kiss"
• "Back For You"
• "Nobody Compares"
• "Still The One"
• "Change My Mind"
• "Magic"
• "Happily"
• "Vas Happenin Boys"

Paul Potts

• "Mamma"

Paula DeAnda

• "Roll The Credits" (US CHR #37)

PrettyMuch

• "Would You Mind"
• "Teacher"
• "Open Arms"
• "No More"
• "Me Necesita" (feat. CNCO)

R5

• "Let's Not Be Alone Tonight"

Robin Thicke

• "Back Together" (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Sage The Gemini feat. Nick Jonas

• "Good Thing" (US #78)

Sam Smith

• "How Do You Sleep?" (US #24) (UK #7)

Shayne Ward

• "If That's OK with You" (UK #2)
• "No U Hang Up" (UK #2)
• "Breathless" (UK #6)
• "Damaged"
• "Some Tears Never Dry"
• "Until You"
• "Melt the Snow"
• "U Got Me So"
• "You Make Me Wish"
• "Stand by Me" (UK #14)
• "Something Worth Living For"
• "A Better Man"

Shontelle

• "T Shirt" (US #36) (UK #6)

Skip Marley

• "Lions"
• "Calm Down"

Tammin Sursok

• "Pointless Relationship" (AUS #5)
• "Whatever Will Be" (AUS #13)
• "Almost Me"

The Vamps

• "Somebody To You" (UK #4)

Tori Kelly

• "Nobody Love" (US #60)
• "Expensive"
• "California Lovers"

Tata Young

• "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy"
• "Call Him Mine"

Usher

• "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" (US #4)
• "Scream" (US #9) (UK #5)

Victoria Justice

• "Beggin' on Your Knees" (US #58)
• "Best Friend's Brother" (US #86)

Vanessa Hudgens

• "Say OK" (US #61)
• "Whatever Will Be" (Tammin Sursok cover)

The Weeknd

• "Can't Feel My Face" (US #1)
• "In the Night" (US #12)
• "Shameless"
• "Rockin'"
• "Love to Lay"
• "A Lonely Night"
• "Ordinary Life"

Westlife

• "Where We Are"
• "No More Heroes"
• "Us Against the World" (UK #8)
• "Something Right"
• "The Easy Way"
• "Pictures In My Head"
• "Amazing" (UK #4)
• "Colour My World"
• "Hit You With The Real Thing"
• "Maybe Tomorrow"
• "Miss You When I’m Dreaming"
• "Still Here"
• "Obvious" (UK #3)
• "Heal"
• "When a Woman Loves a Man"
• "I Get Weak"

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Awards and nominations

Kotecha has been the recipient of nine BMI Awards, 23 ASCAP Awards and two Billboard Music Awards, among others.^[6]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s)
2016	Golden Globe Awards	Best Original Song	"Love Me like You Do"	Nominated	[7]
	Grammy Awards	Best Song Written for Visual Media		Nominated	[8]
2020	Grammy Awards	Album of the Year	Thank U, Next	Nominated
2021	Grammy Awards	Best Compilation Soundtrack	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	Nominated
	Academy Awards	Best Original Song	"Husavik"	Nominated	[9]

References

1. Lindvall, Helienne (11 November 2010). "Behind the music: Who's the guy with the silly wigs on The X Factor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
2. "Savan Kotecha, Songwriter". ofindianorigin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2015-10-24. I come from a pretty traditional Gujarati family and that made getting into the music business pretty tricky. My parents like most Indian parents, wanted me to go to Uni and be a Doctor or Lawyer. That meant I was on my own for the most part as far as figuring out how to 'make it'. It also gave me something to prove which made me work extra hard.
3. Tangcay, Jazz (2020-06-26). "Behind the Music of 'Eurovision,' Where Spoof Songs Say so Much". Variety. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
4. discography | Kanani Songs
5. Discography | All Music
6. Robert, Yola (July 13, 2020). "Legendary Songwriter Savan Kotecha Joins Holberton School Board Of Trustees To Increase Tech Diversity". Forbes. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
7. "Savan Kotecha". goldenglobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
8. "Savan Kotecha". grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
9. McIntyre, Hugh (March 15, 2021). "Get To Know The Best Original Song Oscar Nominees". Forbes. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

External links

• Official web site