Poo Bear

Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd (born September 4, 1978 in Connecticut ) is an American songwriter, singer and record producer. Since the beginning of the 2000s he was involved in numerous hits and from 2013 he became known in particular for his collaboration with Justin Bieber . As a Poo Bear , he also entered the charts twice as a singer.

biography

Jason Boyd grew up in poor conditions in Connecticut . When he was eight years old, his parents divorced. A little later, a tornado destroyed the house in which they lived and with the help of a donation from the parish he found a new home with his single mother in Atlanta . The city was a center of R&B music and important labels and producers had settled there. Boyd developed a talent as a songwriter early on and found access to the music business. At the age of 14, he was already writing a song called Anywhere , which was included in the 1998 album Room 112 by the local R&B quartet 112 . The following year he became the first chart hit with his participation. Two songs from the follow-up album Part III , in which he was involved, also hit the charts: Peaches & Cream reached number 4 and was the band's biggest hit, Dance with Me was an unexpected hit in Belgium, it was a number there. one hit and came in fourth in the annual ranking.

His next major contribution was Boyd in 2004 on the album Confessions by Usher , that the high point in the career of R & B singer with a diamond represented award. He had co-wrote three songs, including Caught Up , which was Boyd's first major international hit. In the following years it brought him a collaboration with the successful producer Scott Storch and access to other well-known artists. Work by Kelly Rowland was another international hit out of time. He had further successes with Danity Kane and Chris Brown .

Until then, Boyd had stayed in the background and was only known in the industry. He only got a lot of attention from 2013 when he worked with Justin Bieber . After the teen pop star attracted attention through some negative headlines, he looked for a reorientation towards R&B music and teamed up with Boyd, among others. Starting October 7, 2013, he released a new song every week for 10 weeks. As a result, the individual songs and the album Journals that was released afterwards were not so commercially successful, but brought a lot of chart positions, especially beyond North America, on which Boyd had contributed to a majority. The musical development continued with the next regular studio album Purpose and after its release in 2015 it became Bieber's most successful album. Boyd wrote the song What Do You Mean? With Bieber and Mason Levy . , which became an international number one hit, and was involved in a total of 9 of the 13 album songs as a writer. For the first time, he also co-produced 3 songs, which earned him an album of the year nomination at the 2017 Grammy Awards .

Another international hit on the album was Where Are Ü Now , which was not attributed to Bieber but to producers Skrillex and Diplo with Bieber as “featuring guest”. Before that, Boyd had already been involved in several recordings as an accompanist and under his pseudonym Poo Bear had also officially appeared on singles by rapper and Lupe Fiasco . In 2017 he recorded his own single with Skrillex for the first time and had a smaller chart hit in Europe with Would You Ever . The following year, Hard 2 Face Reality was followed by a second chart single for Poo Bear with the participation of Bieber and Jay Electronica . His first own album Bearthday Music , however, remained without a chart position.

He received another Grammy nomination in 2018 as co-author of the remix version of the Latin American hit Despacito with the participation of Justin Bieber. During this time, there was also increased collaboration with European musicians, mostly together with Bieber. This resulted in hits like 2U with David Guetta and in 2019 another international number one hit I Don't Care with Ed Sheeran as well as smaller successes with Martin Garrix and Sam Smith . Justin Bieber's fifth studio album Changes was released in 2020 . Boyd not only co-wrote all the songs on this album, he also co-produced them. Even if the album achieved many number one placements, it was commercially far behind its earlier successes and did not contain any major hits.

Discography

album

• Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music (2018)

Songs

year	Title artist (s)	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , placements, weeks, awards, comments)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Would You Ever Skrillex & Poo Bear	-	-	CH63 (4 weeks) CH	UK55 (11 weeks) UK	-
2018	Hard 2 Face Reality Poo Bear featuring Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica	-	AT71 (1 week) AT	CH88 (1 week) CH	-	-

More songs

• That's What They Made It Foe ( Yo Gotti featuring Pooh Bear, 2006)
• Standing on the Mountain Top ( DJ Khaled featuring Ace Hood & Pooh Bear, 2008)
• Whn the Lights Go Off ( Redman featuring Poo Bear, 2010)
• Heart Donor ( Lupe Fiasco featuring Poo Bear, 2012)
• Work for It (featuring Tyga , 2014)
• Salvage (Up All Night) ( Galantis featuring Poo Bear, 2017)
• All We Can Do (Poo Bear & Juanes , 2017)
• Will I See You (featuring Anitta , 2017)
• Hard 2 Face Reality (featuring Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica , 2018)
• Perdido (featuring J Balvin , 2018)

Author participation

Jason Boyd was involved in the following songs as a writer and, where indicated, as a producer:

year	Title artist (s)	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , placements, weeks, awards, comments)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Anywhere 112	-	-	-	-	US15 (25 weeks) US
2001	Peaches & Cream 112	-	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	US4 (29 weeks) US
	Dance with Me 112	-	-	-	-	US39 (20 weeks) US	Number 1 in Belgium
2004	Caught Up Usher	DE26 (9 weeks) DE	AT48 (7 weeks) AT	CH22 (16 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (12 weeks)UK	US8 (27 weeks) US
2006	Sleep on It Danity Kane	-	-	-	-	US64 (2 weeks) US
2008	Work Kelly Rowland	DE25 (11 weeks) DE	AT32 (12 weeks) AT	CH8 (22 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (26 weeks)UK	-
2009	I Can Transform Ya Chris Brown	-	-	-	UK26th silver (13 weeks)UK	US20th × 2 Double platinum (19 weeks)US
2011	She ain't you Chris Brown	-	-	-	UK53 (6 weeks) UK	US27 platinum (20 weeks)US
	Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Lupe Fiasco featuring MDMA	-	-	-	-	US70 (1 week) US
2013	All That Matters Justin Bieber	DE46 (1 week) DE	AT34 (1 week) AT	CH17 (1 week) CH	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	US24 (8 weeks) US	Number 1 in Denmark
	Hold tight Justin Bieber	DE56 (1 week) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	CH25 (1 week) CH	UK28 (1 week) UK	US29 gold (1 week)US	Number 1 in Denmark
	Recovery Justin Bieber	DE50 (1 week) DE	AT49 (1 week) AT	CH33 (1 week) CH	UK28 (1 week) UK	US41 (1 week) US
	Bad Day Justin Bieber	DE66 (1 week) DE	AT41 (1 week) AT	CH28 (1 week) CH	UK31 (1 week) UK	US53 (1 week) US	Number 1 in Denmark
	All Bad Justin Bieber	DE61 (1 week) DE	AT45 (1 week) AT	-	UK34 (1 week) UK	US50 (1 week) US
	PYD Justin Bieber featuring R. Kelly	DE64 (1 week) DE	AT49 (1 week) AT	CH27 (1 week) CH	UK30 (1 week) UK	US54 (1 week) US
	Change Me Justin Bieber	DE67 (1 week) DE	AT45 (1 week) AT	CH34 (1 week) CH	UK39 (1 week) UK	US59 (1 week) US
2015	Little More (Royalty) Chris Brown	-	-	-	-	US91 (1 week) US	also producer
	What do you mean? Justin Bieber	DE4th platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT1 (33 weeks) AT	CH2 (38 weeks) CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (62 weeks)UK	US1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (31 weeks)US	also number 1 in Australia , Denmark , Finland , New Zealand , Norway , Sweden
	Where Are Ü Now Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber	DE33 gold (46 weeks)DE	AT29 (31 weeks) AT	CH28 gold (34 weeks)CH	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)UK	US8th × 4 Quadruple platinum (45 weeks)US
2016	Company Justin Bieber	-	-	-	UK25th gold (21 weeks)UK	US53 platinum (12 weeks)US	also producer
2017	Jump Out the Window Big Sean	-	-	-	-	US76 platinum (1 week)US
	2U David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber	DE3 platinum (19 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (19 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (23 weeks)CH	UK5 platinum (16 weeks)UK	US16 platinum (11 weeks)US	also producer
	I'm the One DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo , Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne	DE4th platinum (20 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (20 weeks)AT	CH6th × 2 Double platinum (22 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)UK	US1 × 7 Seven times platinum (22 weeks)US	also number 1 in Australia and New Zealand
	So Far Away Martin Garrix & David Guetta featuring Jamie Scott & Romy Dya	DE8 (24 weeks) DE	AT12 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH14 (26 weeks) CH	UK81 (2 weeks) UK	US- gold US
	Burning Sam Smith	-	-	CH52 (2 weeks) CH	UK63 (1 week) UK	-
2018	No Brainer DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo	DE15 (11 weeks) DE	AT7th gold (9 weeks)AT	CH12 (9 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (13 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (15 weeks)US	Number 1 in Denmark
2019	10,000 Hours Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber	DE47 (5 weeks) DE	AT18 (5 weeks) AT	CH21 (9 weeks) CH	UK19th silver (9 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (30 weeks)US
	I Don't Care Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber	DE2 platinum (40 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (42 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (52 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)US	including number 1 in Australia , Denmark , Finland , Italy , Norway , Portugal , Sweden
2020	Yummy Justin Bieber	DE15 (9 weeks) DE	AT5 (9 weeks) AT	CH3 (13 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (15 weeks)US	Number 1 in New Zealand also producer
	Get Me Justin Bieber featuring Kehlani	-	-	CH88 (1 week) CH	UK61 (1 week) UK	US93 (1 week) US	also producer
	Intentions Justin Bieber featuring Quavo	DE23 (13 weeks) DE	AT11 (14 weeks) AT	CH13 (17 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (… Where.)UK	US5 platinum (… Where.)US	Number 1 in New Zealand also producer
	Forever Justin Bieber featuring Post Malone & Clever	DE56 (2 weeks) DE	AT28 (2 weeks) AT	CH33 (3 weeks) CH	UK29 (5 weeks) UK	US24 (2 weeks) US	also producer
	Come Around Me Justin Bieber	-	-	-	-	US86 (1 week) US	also producer
	Habitual Justin Bieber	-	-	-	-	US98 (1 week) US	also producer
	All Around Me Justin Bieber	-	-	-	-	US100 (1 week) US	also producer

More songs

• Love Is Such a Crazy Thing / Pink (2000)
• Round Up / Blu Cantrell & Lady May (2003)
• Make My Day / Common featuring Cee-Lo (2008)
• I Can Transform Ya / Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz (2009)
• Better on Me / Pitbull featuring Ty Dolla Sign (2017)
• Us / Jennifer Lopez (2018)
• The Distance / Mariah Carey featuring Ty Dolla Sign (2018)
• Head High / One Ok Rock (2019)

swell

1. ↑ Poo Bear at Famous Birthdays, accessed July 18, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b} 'I'm like a secret assassin': Poo Bear on writing for Justin Bieber, Skrillex and Sam Smith , Elle Hunt, The Guardian, April 8, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd in the Grammy database
4. ↑ Chart sources: AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• Poo Bear at BMG (English)
• Song participation at hitparade.ch
• Jason PD Boyd in the ASCAP songwriters database
• Poo Bear at Allmusic (English)
• Jason Boyd at Discogs (English)