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Nineteen85
Birth nameAnthony Paul Jefferies
Born (1985-07-01) July 1, 1985 (age 39)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active2008–present

Anthony Paul Jefferies[1] (born July 1, 1985), preferably Paul Jefferies and known professionally as Nineteen85, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter.[2] Nineteen85 holds the distinction of winning an ASCAP Music Award back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.

He is best known for producing records for Drake, notably some of his most successful singles, "One Dance", "Hotline Bling" and "Hold On, We're Going Home".[3] In 2014 he was named by Complex magazine as one of 15 new producers to watch for.[4] In 2015, he founded the R&B duo Dvsn with singer Daniel Daley. He has been nominated for three Grammys, including for "Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)".[5][6]

Production discography

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Singles produced

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List of singles as either producer or co-producer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
AUS
IRL
NZ
UK
US
US
R&B
/HH

"Hold On, We're Going Home"
(Drake featuring Majid Jordan)
2013 4 8 7 9 4 4 1 Nothing Was the Same
"Hazelton Trump"
(OB O'Brien)
2014 Non-album singles
"0 to 100 / The Catch Up"
(Drake)
2014 61 27 68 35 8
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: 2x Platinum
"Truffle Butter"
(Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne)
2015 43 18 188 14 4
  • ARIA: Platinum
The Pinkprint
"My Love"
(Majid Jordan featuring Drake)
Majid Jordan
"Hotline Bling"
(Drake)
3 2 8 14 3 2 1
  • MC: Platinum
  • ARIA: 8× Platinum
  • BPI: 2x Platinum
  • RIAA: Diamond
  • RMNZ: Gold
Views
"One Dance"
(Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla)
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • MC: Diamond
  • ARIA: 14× Platinum
  • BPI: 7× Platinum
  • RIAA: 11× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 2× Platinum
"Too Good"
(Drake featuring Rihanna)
9 3 7 4 3 14 3
  • MC: 4× Platinum
  • ARIA: 6× Platinum
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum
"For Free"
(DJ Khaled featuring Drake)
71 70 25 13 4
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
Major Key
"OTW"
(Khalid featuring 6lack and Ty Dolla Sign)
2018 30 27 57 11 60 57 35
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 3× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
Suncity (vinyl edition)
"Outta Time"
(Bryson Tiller featuring Drake)
2021 6 11 38 17 12 5 4
  • MC: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
Anniversary
"N.H.I.E."
(21 Savage and Doja Cat)
2024 15 51 39 37 27 19 9
  • MC: Gold
American Dream
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other songs

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2011

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DonnisSouthern Lights

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  • 08. "Everybody"

Shaun Boothe – Waiting Room

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  • 02. "Do It For You" (featuring Kim Davis)
  • 03. "Let Me Go (Remix)" (featuring CyHi The Prynce)
  • 04. "One Side"
  • 07. "Poor Boy (Remix)" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)
  • 08. "1 2 3" (featuring STS)
  • 09. "The Arena" (featuring Nadia Stone)
  • 12. "Safe To Say"

2013

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  • 18. "Having Sex" (featuring Trina and 2 Chainz) (produced by Supa Dups, co-produced by Nineteen85)
  • 12. "Too Much" (produced with Sampha)

Tiara ThomasDear Sallie Mae

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  • 03. "Tell Me Something"
  • 09. "My Story" (featuring 2 Chainz) (produced with R. Kelly)

2014

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P. Reign – Dear America

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  • 01. "DnF" (featuring Drake & Future)
  • 11. "Desire"

2016

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  • 11. "King City" (produced with Majid Jordan)
  • 01. "With Me"
  • 02. "Too Deep"
  • 03. "Try / Effortless" (co-produced by Noël Cadastre and Stephen Kozmeniuk)
  • 04. "Do It Well"
  • 05. "In + Out"
  • 06. "Sept. 5th"
  • 07. "Hallucinations" (produced with Stephen Kozmeniuk)
  • 08. "Another One"
  • 09. "Angela"
  • 10. "The Line"

Drake – Views

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  • 05. "Hype" (produced with Boi-1da, co-produced by The Beat Bully, add. production by Cubeatz)
  • 08. "With You" (featuring PartyNextDoor) (produced by Murda Beatz, add. production by Nineteen85 & Cardiak)
  • 09. "Faithful" (featuring Pimp C and dvsn) (produced by 40, co-produced by Boi-1da & Nineteen85)
  • 14. "Childs Play" (produced by 40, add. production by Majid Jordan, Metro Boomin & Nineteen85)
  • 04. "Not Nice" (co-produced by 40 & Supa Dups)
  • 01. "Rising Water" (produced with James Vincent McMorrow, co-written by James Vincent McMorrow and Paul Jeffries)
  • 03. "Last Story" (produced with James Vincent McMorrow)
  • 06. "Get Low"
  • 09. "Surreal" (co-produced by James Vincent McMorrow and Ross Dowling)

2017

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  • 07. "Let's Get Married" (produced with Jack Antonoff)
  • 05. "Get It Together" (featuring Black Coffee and Jorja Smith) (add. production by 40)
  • 06. "Madiba Riddim" (produced with Frank Dukes, add. production by Charlie Handsome)
  • 1. “Run Away”
  • 2. “Nuh Time / Tek Time”
  • 3. “Keep Calm”
  • 4. "Think About Me"
  • 5. “Don’t Choose”
  • 6. “Mood”
  • 7. “P.O.V.”
  • 8. “You Do”
  • 9. “Morning After”
  • 10. “Can’t Wait”
  • 11. “Claim”
  • 12. “Body Smile”
  • 13. “Conversations in a Diner”

2018

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  • 17. "Coffee Bean"

Mariah CareyCaution

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  • 20. "Tricks on Me"

2019

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  • 2. "Stay With Me"
  • 3. "Nun New"
  • 12. "I Don’t Want Your Money" (featuring H.E.R.)

2020

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  • 1. "No Good" (produced with Manswell, co-produced by Jandre Amos)
  • 2. "Friends" (featuring PartyNextDoor) (produced by Noel Cadastre, co-produced by Nineteen85, add. production by 40)
  • 3. "Still Pray for You" (co-produced by Raaheim)
  • 4. "Courtside" (featuring Jessie Reyez)
  • 5. "Miss Me?" (produced with Stwo)
  • 6. "No Cryin" (featuring Future) (produced with Cox)
  • 7. "Dangerous City" (with Ty Dolla $ign featuring Buju Banton) (produced with Noah Beresin and Hannibal)
  • 8. "So What" (featuring Popcaan) (produced with Raaheim, co-produced by Allen Ritter)
  • 9. "Outlandish"
  • 10. "Keep It Going" (produced with Majid Jordan)
  • 11. "Flawless (Do It Well Pt. 3)" (featuring Summer Walker) (produced with Raaheim)
  • 12. "Greedy"
  • 13. "Between Us" (featuring Snoh Aalegra) (add. production by Amorphous)
  • 14. "A Muse" (produced by Allen Ritter, co-produced by Nineteen85)
  • 15. "For Us" (produced with Cox)
  • 16. "...Again" (featuring Shantel May) (co-produced by Joe Reeves)

2021

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  • 17. "Get Along Better" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign) (co-produced by 40 and Noel Cadastre)
  • 19. "4th Baby Mama" (produced with Active By Night, Daniel East, and Slimwav)

2023

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  • 2. "Good Times" (produced with Kofibae)
  • 4. "40 Days n 40 Nights" (featuring Vory) (produced with K Rain and Treedot)
  • 9. "Love Sick" (produced with K Rain)

2024

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  • 18. "Guns & Money" (featuring Tay Iwar) (produced with TSB)

Awards and nominations

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Grammy Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 "Hotline Bling" (as songwriter) Best Rap Song Won [7]
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Nineteen85 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
Views (as producer) Album of the Year Nominated
2021 El Madrileño (as engineer) Latin, Best Engineered Album. Won

References

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  1. ^ "Credits / Detroit 2 / Big Sean". Tidal. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Nostro, Lauren (September 25, 2013). "Who's Who in OVO". Complex. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Leight, Elias (March 30, 2015). "Nicki Minaj, Drake & Kid Ink: The Evolving Relationship Between Hip-Hop & House". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Craig (August 26, 2014). "15 Producers to watch in 2014". Complex. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "SOCAN members Drake, Arcade Fire, deadmau5 nominated for 2015 Grammys". SOCAN. December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Awards Nominations & Winners". April 30, 2017.
  7. ^ "FINAL NOMINATIONS LIST" (PDF). The Grammys. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  8. ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". Retrieved March 31, 2017.