Nineteen85’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story
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| Intro | Canadian record producer | |
| Is | Record producer Songwriter Musician Composer | |
| From | Canada | |
| Type | Business Music | |
| Gender | male | |
| Birth | 1 July 1985, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Age: | 35 years | |
| Star sign | Cancer | |
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Anthony Paul Jefferies (born July 1, 1985), known professionally as Nineteen85, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. Nineteen85 also 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”. In 2014 he was named by Complex magazine as one of 15 new producers to watch for. 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)”.
Production discography
Singles produced
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | IRL | NZ | UK | US | USR&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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Digital download | |
| “0 to 100 / The Catch Up” (Drake) | 2014 | 61 | 27 | — | — | 68 | 35 | 8 |
| Digital download |
| “Truffle Butter” (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake and Lil Wayne) | 2015 | 43 | 18 | — | — | 188 | 14 | 4 | The Pinkprint | |
| “My Love” (Majid Jordan featuring Drake) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Majid Jordan | ||
| “Hotline Bling” (Drake) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Views | |
| “One Dance” (Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla) | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| “Too Good” (Drake featuring Rihanna) | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 3 | |||
| “For Free” (DJ Khaled featuring Drake) | 71 | 70 | — | — | 25 | 13 | 4 | Major Key | ||
| “OTW” (Khalid featuring 6lack and Ty Dolla Sign) | 2018 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 11 | 60 | 57 | 35 |
| Digital download |
| “—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Other songs
2011
Donnis – Southern Lights
- 08. “Everybody”
Shaun Boothe – Waiting Room
- 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
Juicy J – Stay Trippy
- 18. “Having Sex” (featuring Trina and 2 Chainz)
Drake – Nothing Was the Same
- 12. “Too Much”
Tiara Thomas – Dear Sallie Mae
- 03. “Tell Me Something”
R. Kelly – Black Panties
- 09. “My Story” (featuring 2 Chainz)
2014
P. Reign – Dear America
- 01. “DnF” (featuring Drake & Future)
Jennifer Hudson – JHUD
- 01. “Dangerous”
Jessie Ware – Tough Love
- 11. “Desire”
2016
Majid Jordan – Majid Jordan
- 11. “King City”
dvsn – Sept. 5th
- 01. “With Me”
- 02. “Too Deep”
- 03. “Try / Effortless”
- 04. “Do It Well”
- 05. “In + Out”
- 06. “Sept. 5th”
- 07. “Hallucinations”
- 08. “Another One”
- 09. “Angela”
- 10. “The Line”
Drake – Views
- 05. “Hype”
- 08. “With You” (featuring PartyNextDoor)
- 09. “Faithful” (featuring Pimp C and dvsn)
- 14. “Childs Play”
PartyNextDoor – PartyNextDoor 3
- 04. “Not Nice”
James Vincent McMorrow – We Move
- 01. “Rising Water”
- 03. “Last Story”
- 06. “Get Low”
- 09. “Surreal”
2017
Bleachers — Gone Now
- 07. “Let’s Get Married”
Drake – More Life
- 05. “Get It Together” (featuring Black Coffee and Jorja Smith)
- 06. “Madiba Riddim”
dvsn – Morning After
- 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
Travis Scott – Astroworld
- 17. “Coffee Bean”
Mariah Carey – Caution
- 1. “GTFO”
Future – Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd
- 20. “Tricks on Me”
2019
Pvrx – 3.14
- 2. Stay With Me
- 3. Nun New
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | “Hotline Bling” | Best Rap Song | Won | |
| Nineteen85 | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical | Nominated | ||
| Views | Album of the Year | Nominated |
