Eric Burton Frederic (born July 23, 1982), known professionally as Ricky Reed, is an American artist, music producer, singer, songwriter, and founder of
Nice Life Recording Company
Nice Life Recording Company is a Los Angeles-based record label and publishing company founded by producer Ricky Reed. Collectively, Nice Life artists and songwriters have won or been nominated for a wide variety of awards including Grammy Award ...
. From 2005 to 2014, Reed was also known as
Wallpaper
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.
Early work
He was the lead singer of the Bay Area band Locale A.M. from 2001–2004.
Awards and nominations
Reed has received
RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...
platinum records for two
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Talk Dirty" ft.
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(4× Platinum) and "
Wiggle" ft.
Snoop Dogg
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(2× Platinum).
In 2015, Reed received a
BMI Pop Award for his work on "
Talk Dirty".
Discography
Albums
* ''
Ricky Reed Is Real
''Ricky Reed Is Real'' is the second studio album and debut major-label release by American hip hop and pop music project Wallpaper. The album was released on July 23, 2013 to stores and digital retailers through Boardwalk Records and Epic Re ...
'' (as Wallpaper, 2013)
* ''The Room'' (2020)
Singles
* "Express Myself" (2016)
* "Be The 1" (2017)
* "Joan of Arc" (2017)
* "Good Vibrations" (2017)
Songwriting and production credits
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Ricky
Living people
1982 births
Record producers from California
Musicians from Oakland, California
Singers from California
Songwriters from California
Grammy Award winners