Sidney Swift is an American

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, inventor, and Grammy award nominated producer. He is founder and CEO of the

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entertainment company DEFIENT and a frequent guest writer for

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. Swift started his career in 2010 as a songwriter and since has written and/or produced songs performed by

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, Panic! At The Disco,

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, Beyoncé,

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, Future, Nelly, and more. He contributed to Billboard hits such as Beyoncé's " 7/11", Jason Derulo's "

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”, Gucci Mane's “ Make Love”, Nicki Minaj's “ Changed It”, DJ Khaled's “ Welcome to My Hood” and Major Lazer's " Light It Up". In 2017 Swift founded DEFIENT after developing the anonymous virtual artist known as chillpill. The project was an early example of what is now known as a meta-star. In partnership with Atlantic Records chillpill released songs and videos with Rico Nasty, Sueco, BBNO$ and was nominated for a 2018 Grammy award. From 2019-2020 Alongside the chillpill project, DEFIENT launched music video games, motion capture live streaming shows, audio plug-ins, and created the sold-out 10k NFT collection & decentralized record label ChillRx. In 2021 Swift was granted a

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for inventing SyncStream , the synchronized streaming to secondary device technology that is used in music and television to deliver a second layer content experience on top of traditional media. In 2022 Swift started Auggy Inc, a subsidiary of DEFIENT specializing in mobile

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ownership, customization, and accessibility as-well-as the DEFI Agency, a consulting firm for businesses looking to expand their brand using new technologies.

Selected discography

Awards and nominations

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, ''

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'' (as producer) , Best Urban Contemporary Album , , - , '' The Kids Are Alright'' (as writer) , Best Urban Contemporary Album ,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Sidney 1988 births Living people Record producers from Florida Songwriters from Florida Musicians from Miami