Ilya Salmanzadeh

Ilya Salmanzadeh (/sɑːlmənˈzɑːdə/; born 19 September 1986), known mononymously as Ilya, is a Swedish songwriter, producer and singer. He rose to prominence after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's "Problem" and Jennifer Lopez's "First Love".^[1][2]

Career

In 2005 at the age of 19, Ilya signed with Warner/Chappell Music in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2009, he graduated from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. "Miss Me", Mohombi & Nelly's song in 2010, was Ilya's first internationally acclaimed production.^[3][4] In 2011, he produced "Mama" and "Reba" from The Lonely Island's Grammy-nominated album, Turtleneck & Chain.^[5][6] In 2013, he produced Cher Lloyd's song, "I Wish", and Fifth Harmony's award-winning song, "Me & My Girls".^[7][8]

Alongside Max Martin, he co-wrote and produced Ariana Grande's "Problem" and Jennifer Lopez's "First Love" in 2014.^{[1][9][10][11]} "Problem" went on to become one of the fastest-selling singles in iTunes history before winning a Teen Choice Award, VMA and EMA months later.^{[12][13][14][15]} In June 2014, Ilya was nominated for the Denniz Pop Awards, an annual prize handed out to up-and-coming musicians.^[16][17][18] "Bang Bang", co-produced by Ilya, was released as a joint single by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on 29 July 2014 to universal acclaim.^[19][20] In January 2015, Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do", co-written by Ilya, was released for the soundtrack album to the motion picture, Fifty Shades of Grey, becoming the most-streamed song in a week on Spotify.^[21] In May 2015, he remixed Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar, which became his first No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[22][23]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

• 2007: "Used To Be"^[24]

As featured artist

• 2009: "Get You on the Pool" (Kocky & Trash featuring Ilya)^[25]
• 2011: "Got It Like That" (Lazee ft. Ilya)^[26]

Production discography

Ilya's works include:^{[27][28][29][30]}

Title	Year	Album	Songwriter	Producer
"Karma" (featuring David Jassy)	2008	Darin Zanyar – Flashback	Y	Y
"Road Trip"			Y	Y
"Miss Me" (ft. Nelly)	2010	Mohombi – MoveMeant	Y	Y
"Alienized"	2011	Linda Pritchard – Alive	Y	Y
"Crying in the Rain"			Y	Y
"Dance Your Tears Away"			Y
"Erase & Rewind"			Y	Y
"Glorious"			Y	Y
"Miracle"			Y	Y
"Not Even Hello"			Y	Y
"On Time"			Y	Y
"Rise Again"			Y	Y
"Satellite"			Y	Y
"Stuck in a Riddle"			Y	Y
"Got It Like That"		Lazee – Supposed II Happen	Y	Y
"Explosive Love"		Eric Saade – Saade Vol. 2	Y
"Feel Alive"			Y
"Mama"		The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain		Y
"Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" (ft. Kenan Thompson)			Y	Y
"Finally Free"		Kimberley Locke – Four for the Floor	Y	Y
"Get Started"	2012	David Lindgren – Get Started	Y
"Bastard"		Amanda Fondell – Bastard	Y	Y
"Can't Hold Back"	2013	Anton Ewald – A	Y	Y
"We Are a Crowd"		The Lonely Island – The Wack Album	Y	Y
"Me & My Girls"		Fifth Harmony – Better Together		Y
"I Wish" (ft. T.I.)		Cher Lloyd – Sorry I'm Late	Y	Y
"One Last Time"	2014	Ariana Grande – My Everything		Y
"Problem" (ft. Iggy Azalea)			Y	Y
"First Love"		Jennifer Lopez – A.K.A.	Y	Y
"Bang Bang" (Jessie J with Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)		Jessie J – Sweet Talker Ariana Grande – My Everything		Y
"Dreamers"		Mohombi – Universe	Y	Y
"Grow Old With You"			Y	Y
"Just Like That"			Y	Y
"Save Me"			Y	Y
"Comeback"		Ella Eyre – Feline	Y	Y
"Santa Tell Me"		Ariana Grande – Christmas Kisses	Y	Y
"Love Me like You Do"	2015	Ellie Goulding – Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack	Y
"Things I Didn't Say"		Adam Lambert – The Original High	Y	Y
"City Dove"		Tori Kelly – Unbreakable Smile	Y	Y
"Back It Up" (ft. Pitbull)		Prince Royce – Double Vision	Y	Y
"Back It Up" (ft. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull)			Y	Y
"Bad Blood" (ft. Kendrick Lamar)		Taylor Swift – 1989		Y
"Good Thing" (ft. Nick Jonas)		Sage the Gemini – Bachelor Party	Y	Y
"Around the World" (ft. Fetty Wap)		Natalie La Rose – Around the World	Y	Y
"One in a Million"		Hilary Duff – Breathe In. Breathe Out.	Y	Y
"Confident"		Demi Lovato – Confident	Y	Y
"Mr. Hughes"				Y
"On My Mind"		Ellie Goulding – Delirium	Y	Y
"Codes"			Y	Y
"Pay My Rent"		DNCE – SWAAY	Y	Y
"Toothbrush"			Y	Y
"Focus"		Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman	Y	Y
"Bad Decisions"	2016		Y	Y
"Everyday" (ft. Future)			Y	Y
"Greedy"			Y	Y
"Into You"			Y	Y
"Side to Side" (ft. Nicki Minaj)			Y	Y
"Sometimes"			Y	Y
"Still Falling for You"		Ellie Goulding – Bridget Jones's Baby soundtrack	Y	Y
"Don’t Talk About It"		Tove Lo – Lady Wood	Y	Y
"Fire Fade"			Y	Y
"They Don't Know"		Ariana Grande – Trolls soundtrack	Y	Y
"What U Workin' With?"		Gwen Stefani & Justin Timberlake – Trolls soundtrack	Y	Y
"DNCE"		DNCE – DNCE	Y	Y
"Pay My Rent"			Y	Y
"Toothbrush"			Y	Y
"Zoom"			Y	Y

Awards and nominations

See also

• Persian Swedes
• List of songs recorded by Jennifer Lopez

References

External links

• Ilya Salmanzadeh on Facebook
• Ilya Salmanzadeh on Instagram
• Ilya Salmanzadeh on Twitter
  
• Ilya Salmanzadeh's channel on YouTube