Joy Neil Mitro Deb, (born 14 January 1979) is a

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songwriter and producer. He has worked with artists such as

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, JoJo,

MiC Lowry Mic Lowry, stylised as MiC LOWRY, is a British vocal harmony boy band from Liverpool singing pop, contemporary R&B and soul music. The five-member band was formed in 2011 and is currently made up of Delleile Ankrah, Kaine Ofoeme, Ben Sharples a ...

and

Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P ...

. Currently, Deb is signed to Northbound Music Publishing in Stockholm, where he is a member of the production team “The Family” together with

Linnea Deb Linnéa Mary Hansdotter Deb (née Sporre; born 23 July 1977), known professionally as Linnea Deb, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. She has worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, MiC Lowry and Akon. Deb is signed to ...

and

Anton Hård af Segerstad Anton Hård af Segerstad (earlier Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad) (born 28 December 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and producer, part of the production team "The Family" with Joy Deb and Linnea Deb. His catalogue includes multiple award-winning ...

. Earlier (2013–2016) the group was signed to BMG Publishing. Joy studied at the well-known school ‘The Writers Academy of Sweden’.

Early life

Deb was born to an Indian father and a Finnish mother.

Melodifestivalen

Joy Deb has done several successful contribution in the annual Swedish song contest ‘ Melodifestivalen’. He has contributed to the contest with 11 songs whereas two of them were the winnings songs. The first winning song was in 2013 with ‘

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’ by

Robin Stjernberg Robin James Olof Stjernberg (; born 22 February 1991, Hässleholm, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on home soil on 18 May 2013 with the song " You". Stjernberg ...

. The same year the song also broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammy as ‘Song of the year’ 2014. The second winning song was ‘

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’ performed by

Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and television presenter. He took part in ''Idol 2005'', eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of '' Let's Dance,'' and scored a hit wit ...

in 2015. The song also won the

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. It sold 5× Platinum in Sweden and Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. In Melodifestivalen 2016 his production-team “The Family” managed to get 4 different contributions to the contest -performed by

Lisa Ajax Lisa Kristina Ajax (born 13 August 1998), is a Swedish singer, and winner of '' Idol 2014''. She also participated at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har". Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song " My H ...

, Ace Wilder, Molly Pettersson and ISA. Thanks to these contributions, they were appointed as ‘Songwriter of the year’ in the contest. The contribution with Ace Wilder ‘Don’t worry’ later got featured in the trailer for “ Bridget Jones’s Baby”. In 2017, Joy co-wrote two of the competing songs in Melodifestivalen – ‘I Don't Give A’ by

and ‘Statements’ by

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International releases

Joy has also written and produced several international hits. He co-wrote the first record 'Top Down' on

's 'Reflection' Album. Also, Joy and his current production team wrote and produced JoJo's comeback single 'Save My Soul'. In 2016, "Oh Lord" was released with the British vocal harmony boy band

MiC LOWRY Mic Lowry, stylised as MiC LOWRY, is a British vocal harmony boy band from Liverpool singing pop, contemporary R&B and soul music. The five-member band was formed in 2011 and is currently made up of Delleile Ankrah, Kaine Ofoeme, Ben Sharples a ...

. The song was the group's debut single and it was written by Joy,

, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins, as the song contains lyrics and music from Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight”.

Discography

* Top Down by

* Heroes by

Winner of ESC 2015. Nr 1 in 22 Countries. 3× Platinum in Sweden. Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. * Busy Doin Nothin by Ace Wilder Nr 1 on ‘the Swedish Singles chart’. Swedish Grammy nominee for song of the year in 2015. 5× Platinum in Sweden. * Oh lord by

* Therapy by

Kim Cesarion Kim Hugo Leonel Niko Cesarion (born 10 July 1990) is a Swedish singer-songwriter of Guadeloupean and Greek origin. Cesarion is a classically trained musician. He studied at Lilla Akademien, a highly acclaimed music school in Stockholm, and pla ...

* Save My Soul by JoJo Jojo's comeback single. The track reached No.3 on ‘the real-time Billboard + Twitter Trending 140’ chart. It also peaked position 33 on US Billboards ‘Pop Digital Songs’ chart. * You by

In 2013 the song broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day. Swedish Grammy nominee for ‘Song of the year’ 2014 3× Platinum in Sweden. * Don't worry by Ace Wilder The song is featured in the trailer for ‘Bridget Jones’s baby’. * My heart wants me dead by

It peaked position no.10 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart. * Hunger by

Molly Pettersson Hammar Ella Molly Natalia Pettersson Hammar (born 16 October 1995), known professionally as Molly Hammar, is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in the talent show Idol 2011 broadcast on TV4, where she reached fourth place. Career 2011: ...

It peaked position no.57 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart. * I will wait by ISA It peaked position no. 35 on ‘the Swedish Single’ chart. * Free Somebody by

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* Soldiers by

Ulrik Munther Jens ''Ulrik'' Munther (born 18 February 1994) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, actor and multi-instrumentalist signed to Universal Music Sweden. His debut studio album '' Ulrik Munther'', was released on 24 August 2011 and peaked to number 1 in S ...

* Bring out the fire by

Andreas Weise Andreas Georg Fredrik Weise (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, TV host and entertainer. He finished in fifth place on the Swedish '' Idol 2010''. Genres and musical expression Weise's music has influences from genres suc ...

* #Fail by

Oscar Zia Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of '' X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up on the eighth season of '' ...

* Echo by Outtrigger * Paradise by

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* Monsters by

Saara Aalto Saara Sofia Aalto (born 2 May 1987) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and voice actress. In 2012 she came second in the first season of '' The Voice of Finland''. In 2016 Aalto finished as the runner-up in the thirteenth series of ''The X Fac ...

References

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