Brandon Beal (born December 16, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. He gained recognition through his single "

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" which went viral through the app Dubsmash, and charted in 14 different countries including Denmark, Indonesia, and Malaysia. He later released the single "

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" that featured

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which also reached number 1 in Denmark, and charted in Sweden, Norway, and Germany. He also hit the number 1 spot in Denmark with the

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song " CPH Girls" that featured him.

Career

Beal gained his first musical recognition through his independent album ''Comfortable'' released in 2006, (a collaboration with Danish/American producer

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). Brandon Beal has worked with artists like

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, Kato,

and

. In February 2011, Beal and

Rasmus Hedegaard Rasmus Hedegaard (born Rasmus Hedegård Sørensen, 25 July 1988), using the mononym Hedegaard (sometimes stylized as HEDEGAARD), is a Danish DJ and music producer. He is signed to Copenhagen Records. His management is TWTTW (Then We Take The Worl ...

, also known as Beal & Ras toured Denmark with Kato and

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. Their first single "Money" stayed on the Danish Dance charts for 14 weeks peaking at No. 13. They released their second single "I Like It" featuring

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on August 18, 2011. Beal was featured on "My House 2.0" on Kato's album '' Discolized 2.0''. The song peaked at No. 40 on

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without being an official single. He is also featured on Kato's single "Never Let U Go" that also features

. The single debuted at No. 2 on Hitlisten in its first week of release. He also worked alongside Danish singer and band

on their album, which was No. 1 on the album charts for 11 weeks, and to date has gone 3× platinum. On October 22, 2012, Lukas Graham released the single "Better Than Yourself" which was also co-written by Brandon. This song debuted at No. 1 on Hitlisten, and is his biggest selling single to date. In 2014, he released the song "

" produced by Hedegaard and featuring Danish singer

. The single reached number one on

Tracklisten Hitlisten, also known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Thursday midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart Track Top-40 combines the 40 best-selling tracks from legal music downloads ...

, the official Danish singles chart and later received a Danish Music Award for "Club Hit of the Year". In 2016, Beal released the single "

" featuring vocals by Lukas Graham. It reached number 1 on Hitlisen, the official Danish Singles Chart becoming his third number 1 in Denmark after "Twerk It Like Miley" and "CPH Girls".

Discography

Albums

Singles

Featured in

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
*Music Exclusives Intervie
Brandon Beal Interview: June 2010 « MusicXclusives.com , "We Play It First"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beal, Brandon 1983 births Living people People from Tyler, Texas Singers from Texas American contemporary R&B singers 21st-century American male singers American emigrants to Denmark