Naughty boy

Naughty Boy, 2015

Naughty Boy (born March 13, 1985 in Watford ; actually Shahid Khan ) is a British songwriter , record producer , musician and rapper .

Life

Khan was born on March 13, 1985 to Pakistani parents in Watford. Khan initially studied business and marketing at London Guildhall University (now London Metropolitan University), but dropped out after his first semester and started various jobs. Among other things, Khan worked at Dominos Pizza and Watford General Hospital. During this period of his life he decided to write and produce his own music under the name Naughty Boy Recordings. Khan recorded songs in a shed in his parents' garden on Charlock Way in Watford, Hertfordshire. Finances allowed Khan to later record his songs in a studio in Ealing, West London. He was awarded a three-year contract with Sony ATV and a one-album recording deal with Virgin Records (EMI Records). His debut album Hotel Cabana was released in August 2013. La La La was released as a pre-release single and was very successful commercially in Europe.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2013	Hotel Cabana	DE30 (2 weeks) DE	AT33 (1 week) AT	CH8 (4 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 23, 2013

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Phat Beach (I'll Be Ready)	-	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2005
2010	Never Be Your Woman Hotel Cabana	-	-	-	UK8 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 28, 2010 presents Wiley feat. Emeli Sandé
2012	Wonder Hotel Cabana	-	-	-	UK10 silver (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 19, 2012 feat. Emeli Sandé
2013	La La La Hotel Cabana	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (39 weeks)DE	AT3 (25 weeks) AT	CH2 platinum (34 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)UK	US19th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 19, 2013 feat. Sam Smith
	Lifted Hotel Cabana	DE55 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH61 (3 weeks) CH	UK8 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 19, 2013 feat. Emeli Sandé
	Think About It Hotel Cabana	-	-	-	UK78 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 17th, 2013 feat. Wiz Khalifa & Ella Eyre
2014	Home	-	-	-	UK45 (1 week) UK	-	First published: July 28, 2014 feat. Sam Romans
2015	Runnin '(Lose It All)	DE85 (9 weeks) DE	AT12 (14 weeks) AT	CH23 (24 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (29 weeks)UK	US90 (1 week) US	First published: September 18, 2015 feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin
2016	Should've been me	-	-	-	UK61 silver (9 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 18, 2016 feat. Kyla & Popcaan

more publishments

• 2017: One Chance to Dance (feat.Joe Jonas )
• 2018: All Or Nothing (with Ray BLK & Wyclef Jean )
• 2018: Bungee Jumping (feat. Emeli Sandé & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan )
• 2019: Undo (with Calum Scott & Shenseea)
• 2019: Live Before I Die (with Mike Posner )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Daddy Our Version of Events	-	-	-	UK21 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 27, 2011 Emeli Sandé feat. Naughty boy
2017	Dimelo	-	-	-	UK2 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First release: December 3rd, 2017 Rak-Su feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy

Further guest contributions

• 2018: Stay Here in the Sun (TALA feat.Naughty Boy)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2015: for the single Runnin '(Lose It All)  Belgium 2013: for the single La La La  Denmark 2013: for Streaming Heaven ( Emeli Sandé ) 2013: for the single La La La  Germany 2012: for the author participation and production Anti Hero (Brave New World) ( Marlon Roudette )  Italy 2012: for the author participation Heaven (Emeli Sandé) 2016: for the single Runnin '(Lose It All)  Canada 2014: for the single La La La  New Zealand 2015: for the single Runnin '(Lose It All)  Poland 2015: for the album Hotel Cabana  United Kingdom 2013: for the author participation Heaven (Emeli Sandé)

Platinum record  New Zealand 2013: for the single La La La  United Kingdom 2017: for the author's participation "Clown" (Emeli Sandé) 2 × platinum record  Australia 2013: for the single La La La  Italy 2014: for the single La La La  Poland 2016: for the single Runnin '(Lose It All) 3 × platinum record  Sweden 2014: for the single La La La 4 × platinum record  Denmark 2014: for streaming La La La

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	175,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	15,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	600,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	100,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	40,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	platinum1	22,500	nztop40.co.nz
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	3,660,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	13 × gold13	22 × platinum22nd

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US