Jason Paul Douglas Boyd, known professionally as Poo Bear,[3][4] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his songwriting work for Canadian singer Justin Bieber, having been credited on each of his albums since his compilation, Journals (2013). Boyd has written four Billboard Hot 100-number one singles with Bieber's performances on "Despacito (Remix)" and "I'm the One", and his singles "Where Are Ü Now" and "What Do You Mean?". Furthermore, Boyd has written Bieber's top 40 singles "Intentions", "Forever", "I Don't Care", and "All That Matters". Prior, Boyd was credited on albums for R&B group 112, and co-wrote Usher's 2004 single "Caught Up", which peaked within the chart's top ten. He often writes for Scott Storch productions and co-writes in tandem with Sasha Sirota.[5]
Poo Bear | |
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| Birth name | Jason Paul Douglas Boyd |
| Also known as | MDMA[1] |
| Born | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Origin | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | poobearmusic |
As a recording artist, Boyd signed with Capitol Records to release his debut studio album, Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music (2018).[2] He launched the distribution platform, Fwaygo in 2023.[6]
Early life
editBoyd was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He moved with his mother to Atlanta, Georgia, at age 9 after a tornado left them homeless.[7] His first career breakthrough came from working with R&B group 112, for whom he co-wrote the songs "Dance with Me" and "Peaches & Cream".[8]
Career
editFollowing his early success with 112, Boyd continued to write with other artists, including Chris Brown, Jill Scott, and Mariah Carey.[9] In 2004, Usher's album Confessions was released and contained the single "Caught Up", which Boyd co-wrote with Ryan Toby and producers Dre & Vidal. The album was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 10 million copies in the US,[10] and is largely considered as one of the best albums of the decade.[11][12][13] "Caught Up" was the fifth single released from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
While in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2013, Boyd was introduced to Justin Bieber through rapper Lil Twist and other friends of Bieber's. The two bonded over similar upbringings and tastes in music and traveled the world together while working on music for Bieber's album. During this time, Boyd eschewed working with other artists, devoting his time exclusively to Bieber.[7] He co-wrote the majority of the songs on Bieber's albums Journals and Purpose, including "No Pressure", where he is also credited as producer, "PYD", "All That Matters", and the double-platinum selling singles "Where Are Ü Now", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "What Do You Mean?", which peaked at number 1 on the Hot 100. On April 27, 2018, Boyd released his debut studio album Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music, via Capitol Records.
In the latter part of the 2010s, Boyd's work found success in both the Latin and country music genres. "Despacito (Remix)" was named the number 1 Latin song in the history of the Billboard charts,[14] and Dan + Shay's hit "10,000 Hours" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
In addition, Boyd produced the songs "Mañana es Too Late" and "Lo Nuestro es Más", by Mexican pop duo Jesse & Joy, with the first one being a collaboration with Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details |
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| Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music |
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| The Book of Nabeel |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub.[15] | AUS [16] |
AUT [17] |
BEL [18] |
FRA [19] |
GER [20] |
NLD [21] |
SWE [22] |
SWI [23] |
UK[24] | ||||
| "Would You Ever" (with Skrillex) |
2017 | 24 | 42 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 91 | 63 | 55 |
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Non-album single |
| "Will I See You" (featuring Anitta) |
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| "Hard 2 Face Reality" (featuring Justin Bieber and Jay Electronica) |
2018 | 6 | — | 71 | — | — | — | 70 | 59 | 88 | — | ||
| "Perdido" (featuring J Balvin)[25] |
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| "All We Can Do" (with Juanes) |
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| "Two Commas" |
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| "Yes Please" |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Lonely Christmas" (Bryson Tiller featuring Justin Bieber and Poo Bear) |
2021 | A Different Christmas |
Other charted songs
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [26] | |||
| "Angels Speak" (Justin Bieber featuring Poo Bear) |
2021 | 39 | Justice (The Complete Edition) |
Guest appearances
edit| Title | Year | Other artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Salvage (Up All Night)" | 2017 | Galantis | The Aviary |
| "Angels Speak" | 2021 | Justin Bieber | Justice (The Complete Edition) |
| "Lonely Christmas" | Bryson Tiller, Justin Bieber | A Different Christmas |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Justin Bieber: Seasons | Himself | [27] |
Songwriting and production credits
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 112 | "Be with You" | Room 112 |
| "Anywhere (Interlude)" | |||
| 2000 | Pink | "Love is Such a Crazy Thing" | Can't Take Me Home |
| 2001 | 112 | "Dance with Me" | Part III |
| "Peaches & Cream" | |||
| "All I Want is You" | |||
| "Don't Hate Me" (featuring Twista) | |||
| "Sweet Love" | |||
| 2002 | Howard Jones | "All I Want" | The Peaceful Tour Live |
| Audiovent | "The Energy" | Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris | |
| "Looking Down" | |||
| "I Can't Breathe" | |||
| "Rain" | |||
| "One Small Choice" | |||
| "Sweet Frustration" | |||
| "Stalker" | |||
| "Gravity" | |||
| "Underwater Silence" | |||
| "Back and Forth" | |||
| "Beautiful Addiction" | |||
| "When I Drown" | |||
| Lady May | "Round Up" (featuring Blu Cantrell) | May Day | |
| Isyss | "Single for the Rest of My Life" | The Way We Do | |
| 2003 | Glenn Lewis | "Back for More" (featuring Kardinal Offishall) | Non-album single |
| 112 | "Knock U Down (Interlude)" | Hot & Wet | |
| "Knock U Down" | |||
| "Give It to Me" | |||
| Ruben Studdard | "After the Candles Burn" | Soulful | |
| 2004 | Carl Thomas | "Work It Out" | Let's Talk About It |
| Usher | "Caught Up" | Confessions | |
| "Superstar" | |||
| "Follow Me" | |||
| 8Ball & MJG | "Confessions" (featuring Poo Bear) | Living Legends | |
| Jill Scott | "My Petition" | Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 | |
| 2005 | R.A.C.L.A. | "2 in 1" | DEXteritate |
| Amerie | "Just Like Me" | Touch | |
| Purple Ribbon All-Stars | "My Chrome" (featuring Poo Bear) | Got Purp? Vol. 2 | |
| "Lovin' This" | |||
| 2006 | Urban Mystic | "I Refuse" | Ghetto Revelations II |
| "Your Portrait" | |||
| Yo Gotti | "That's What They Made It Foe" (featuring Poo Bear) | Back 2 da Basics | |
| Brooke Hogan | "About Us" (featuring Paul Wall) | Undiscovered | |
| Kelis | "Trilogy" | Kelis Was Here | |
| "Handful" | |||
| Danity Kane | "Sleep on It" | Danity Kane | |
| Ruben Studdard | "What tha Business Is" | The Return | |
| Brooke Hogan | "My Space" | Undiscovered | |
| "All About Me" | |||
| "My Number" (featuring Stacks) | |||
| "One Sided Love" | |||
| "Dance Alone" (featuring Nox) | |||
| 2007 | 8Ball & MJG | "Take It Off" (featuring Poo Bear) | Ridin High |
| Mya | "Lock U Down" (featuring Lil Wayne) | Liberation | |
| Daddy Yankee | "Qué Pasó!" | El Cartel: The Big Boss | |
| Kelly Rowland | "Comeback" | Ms. Kelly | |
| "Work" | |||
| Foxy Brown | "When the Lights Go Out" (featuring Kira) | Brooklyn's Don Diva | |
| 2008 | Saint | "Dance with Me" feat. M.D.P. | Non-album single |
| Fat Joe | "Get It for Life" (featuring Poo Bear) | The Elephant in the Room | |
| "Preacher on a Sunday Morning" (featuring Poo Bear) | |||
| Ludacris | "Contagious" (featuring Jamie Foxx) | Theater of the Mind | |
| Kindred the Family Soul | "No Limit" | The Arrival | |
| Common | "Make My Day" (featuring CeeLo Green) | Universal Mind Control | |
| 2009 | Method Man & Redman | "Hey Zulu" (featuring Poo Bear) | Blackout! 2 |
| "I Know Sumptin'" (featuring Poo Bear) | |||
| Chris Brown | "I Can Transform Ya" (featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz) | Graffiti | |
| "What I Do" (featuring Plies) | |||
| 2010 | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | "Rebirth" | Uni5: The World's Enemy |
| RichGirl | "Swagger Right" (featuring Fabolous and Rick Ross) | Non-album single | |
| Redman | "When the Lights Go Off" (featuring Poo Bear) | Reggie | |
| 2011 | Lupe Fiasco | "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" (featuring MDMA) | Lasers |
| "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)" (featuring MDMA) | |||
| "Coming Up" (featuring MDMA) | |||
| Chris Brown | "She Ain't You" | F.A.M.E. | |
| Lloyd | "World Cry" (featuring R. Kelly, Keri Hilson and K'naan) | King of Hearts | |
| Yelawolf | "Let's Roll" (featuring Kid Rock) | Radioactive | |
| 2012 | Lil Twist | "Contact" | Don't Get It Twisted |
| Lupe Fiasco | "Bitch Bad" | Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 | |
| Slaughterhouse | "Place to Be" (featuring B.o.B) | Welcome to: Our House | |
| Lupe Fiasco | "Heart Donor" (featuring Poo Bear) | Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 | |
| "How Dare You" (featuring Bilal) | |||
| "Brave Heart" (featuring Poo Bear) | |||
| "Hood Now (Outro)" | |||
| 2013 | Jah Cure | "Nothing is Impossible" | World Cry |
| Justin Bieber | "All That Matters" | Journals | |
| "Hold Tight" | |||
| "Recovery" | |||
| "Bad Day" | |||
| "All Bad" | |||
| "PYD" (featuring R. Kelly) | |||
| "Change Me" | |||
| "Swap It Out" | |||
| 2015 | Jack Ü | "Where Are Ü Now" (with Justin Bieber) | Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü |
| King Los | "Black and White (Interlude)" (featuring Poo Bear) | God, Money, War | |
| JR Castro | "Get Home" (featuring Kid Ink and Quavo) | Sexpectations, Vol. I | |
| Justin Bieber | "What Do You Mean?" (solo or with Ariana Grande) | Purpose | |
| Nico & Vinz | "Not for Nothing" | Cornerstone EP | |
| Abraham Mateo | "A Place in My Heart" | Are You Ready? | |
| Justin Bieber | "Mark My Words" | Purpose | |
| "Company" | |||
| "No Pressure" (featuring Big Sean) | |||
| "No Sense" (featuring Travis Scott) | |||
| "Life is Worth Living" | |||
| "Children" | |||
| "Purpose" | |||
| "Been You" | |||
| "Get Used to It" | |||
| "We Are" (featuring Nas) | |||
| "Trust" | |||
| "All In" | |||
| "Hit the Ground" | |||
| "The Most" | |||
| Chris Brown | "Little More (Royalty)" | Royalty | |
| 2016 | JR Castro | "FMN" (featuring Timbaland) | Sexpectations, Vol. I |
| J Balvin | "No Hay Titulo" | Energia | |
| Steven Tyler | "Hold On (Won't Let Go)" | We're All Somebody from Somewhere | |
| 2017 | Big Sean | "Jump Out the Window" | I Decided |
| Ashlund Jade | "Ultimatum" | Non-album single | |
| Pitbull | "Better on Me" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) | Climate Change | |
| Trey Songz | "What Are We Here For" | Tremaine the Album | |
| "Break from Love" | |||
| La'Porsha Renae | "What is Love" | Already All Ready | |
| Luis Fonsi | "Despacito (Remix)" (with Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) | Vida | |
| DJ Khaled | "I'm the One" (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) | Grateful | |
| Wale | "Colombia Heights (Te Llamo)" (featuring J Balvin) | Shine | |
| Juanes | "Goodbye for Now" | Mis planes son amarte | |
| Jack & Jack | "Last Thing" | Gone EP | |
| Mali | "I Will" | The Transition of Mali | |
| David Guetta | "2U" (featuring Justin Bieber) | 7 | |
| Ty Dolla Sign | "Love U Better" (featuring Lil Wayne and The-Dream) | Beach House 3 | |
| Fifth Harmony | "Angel" | Fifth Harmony | |
| Ty Dolla Sign | "So Am I" (featuring Damian Marley and Skrillex) | Beach House 3 | |
| Galantis | "Salvage (Up All Night)" (featuring Poo Bear) | The Aviary | |
| Alesso | "Is That for Me" (with Anitta) | Non-album single | |
| Ty Dolla Sign | "Famous" | Beach House 3 | |
| "Side Effects" | |||
| Sam Smith | "Burning" | The Thrill of It All | |
| David Guetta | "So Far Away" (with Martin Garrix featuring Jamie Scott and Romy Dya) | 7 | |
| 2018 | Jennifer Lopez | "Us" | Non-album single |
| Stargate | "1Night" (featuring PartyNextDoor, 21 Savage and Murda Beatz) | ||
| Labrinth | "Same Team" (with Stefflon Don) | ||
| DJ Khaled | "No Brainer" (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper) | Father of Asahd | |
| Matoma | "Don't Say What You Want To" (featuring Yashua) | One in a Million | |
| Mariah Carey | "The Distance" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) | Caution | |
| Taz Zavala | "Beauty & the Struggle" (with Arika Gluck) | Westside OST | |
| Mariah Carey | "One Mo' Gen" | Caution | |
| "8th Grade" | |||
| 2019 | Hikaru Utada | "Face My Fears" (with Skrillex) | Bad Mode |
| One Ok Rock | "Head High" | Eye of the Storm | |
| Jesse & Joy | "Mañana Es Too Late" (with J Balvin) | Aire (Versión Día) | |
| Ed Sheeran | "I Don't Care" (with Justin Bieber) | No.6 Collaborations Project | |
| Billie Eilish | "Bad Guy (Remix)" (with Justin Bieber) | Non-album single | |
| Madison Ryann Ward | "Other Side" | Beyond Me EP | |
| FKA Twigs | "Holy Terrain" (featuring Future) | Magdalene | |
| Chris Brown | "Don't Check on Me" (with Justin Bieber) | Indigo | |
| Zac Brown Band | "Need This" | The Owl | |
| "OMW" | |||
| "Me and the Boys in the Band" | |||
| "Finished What We Started" (featuring Brandi Carlile) | |||
| Bear and a Banjo | "Better Days" | Non-album single | |
| Dan + Shay | "10,000 Hours" (with Justin Bieber) | ||
| Bear and a Banjo | "Lying's the New Truth" | Bear and a Banjo | |
| "No Way (That's Not America)" | |||
| "Me and My Banjo" | |||
| "Born this Way" | |||
| "Can You Hear Me Now" (solo or with Zac Brown) | |||
| "Behind the Preposition" | |||
| "We Ain't Going Nowhere" | |||
| "Gone But Not Forgotten" | |||
| 2020 | Justin Bieber | "Yummy" (solo or with Summer Walker) | Changes |
| "Intentions" (featuring Quavo) | |||
| Jesse & Joy | "Lo Nuestro Vale Mas" | Aire (Versión Día) | |
| Justin Bieber | "Forever" (featuring Post Malone and Clever) | Changes | |
| "All Around Me" | |||
| "Habitual" | |||
| "Come Around Me" | |||
| "Available" | |||
| "Running Over" (featuring Lil Dicky) | |||
| "Take It Out on Me" | |||
| "Second Emotion" (featuring Travis Scott) | |||
| "Get Me" (featuring Kehlani) | |||
| "E.T.A." | |||
| "Changes" | |||
| "Confirmation" | |||
| "That's What Love Is" | |||
| "At Least for Now" | |||
| Bear and a Banjo | "New Beginning" | Bear and a Banjo | |
| PartyNextDoor | "Savage Anthem" | Partymobile | |
| Jesse & Joy | "Aires" | Aire (Versión Día) | |
| "¿En Qué Nos Convertimos?" |
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