Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), known professionally as PartyNextDoor (stylized as PARTYNEXTDOOR), is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. PartyNextDoor was the first artist signed to

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record label in 2013, in a joint-venture with

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. He then released his first EP self-titled ''

PartyNextDoor Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), known professionally as PartyNextDoor (stylized as PARTYNEXTDOOR), is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. PartyNextDoor was the first artist signed to Drake's OVO Sound record label ...

'' later that year. He subsequently released ''

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'' and ''

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'' in 2014 and ''

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'' in 2016. He has also seen success as a songwriter, having penned "

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", which was released on

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's album ''

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'' and peaked at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and become one of the most successful songs of the year, along with "

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" which peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Early life

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite was born to a Jamaican mother and a

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father in

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. He was inspired by the music his father played to him when he was younger such as

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and

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Career

2007–2014: Career beginnings and debut album

Having made

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-infused R&B under his real name Jahron Brathwaite

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he signed a publishing deal with

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as a songwriter, under the name PartyNextDoor, at age 18. His first mixtape, ''

'', was released to the

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on July 1, 2013. It entered on the ''

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chart at number six with sales of 2,000 copies and peaked at number 34 on the

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chart for the week of July 20, 2013. He performed background vocals on "Own It" and "Come Thru" from Drake's third studio album, ''

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''. His debut studio album ''

'' was released on July 30, 2014. The record featured singles like "Thirsty", "FWU", "East Liberty" and the ''

'' charted "

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", featuring

. Later that year, on December 3, 2014, PartyNextDoor released the four-track EP titled ''PNDColours'', with the follow up COLOURS 2, released in 2017. In 2015, he produced three songs on Drake's ''

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'': "Legend", " Preach" and "Wednesday Night Interlude".

2016–present: ''PartyNextDoor 3'', ''Partymobile'' and ''Partypack''

PartyNextDoor earned his first number-one song as a songwriter when on January 27, 2016, Rihanna released the lead single "

" from her eighth studio album, ''

''. The song maintained its spot at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks. He also penned the song "

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" on the same album. On March 25, 2016, PartyNextDoor released "

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", which features fellow artist

, from his upcoming second studio album, ''

'' (also known as ''P3''). A music video directed by affiliate and collaborator Adrian Martinez and featuring appearances by

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, and

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was released on

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on June 23, 2016. On June 15, 2016, Jeremih called into Real 92.3 LA to announce a joint album with PartyNextDoor called ''Late Night Party''. On July 2, 2016, he released another single, "Like That", featuring

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and

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, on OVO Sound radio. On July 21, 2016, PartyNextDoor announced the release date for his second studio album ''PartyNextDoor 3'' for August 12, 2016, and released "Not Nice", the record's second single. He and Jeremih toured in 2016 and had plans to release a joint project. On June 4, 2017, PartyNextDoor released ''

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'' without any prior announcement. A short film for the EP was released on June 12, 2017. On September 29, 2017, he released an EP titled ''Seven Days'', which included guest appearances from Halsey and

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. After a lead artist hiatus PartyNextDoor returned in December 2019 with two singles "The News" and " Loyal", with the latter featuring Drake. They served as the lead singles of his album ''

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'' which he tweeted would be released in February. The album was eventually released on March 27, 2020, following delays. On October 15, 2020, Party surprise-announced the release of ''Partypack'', a seven-song EP containing previously unreleased songs like the 2014 song "Persian Rugs". The EP was released the following day. On January 29, 2021, Party released his 2014 EP, ''

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'', to streaming services for the first time. It includes four extra tracks that were previously released as ''

'' in 2017.

Discography

* ''

'' (2014) * ''

'' (2016) * ''

'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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