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Nova Wav | |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Members | Brittany "Chi" Coney Denisia "Blu June" Andrews |
| Website | https://novawav.com |
Nova Wav is a record production and songwriting duo composed of Brittany "Chi" Coney and Denisia "Blu June" Andrews. Over the course of their career, Nova Wav has written and produced on tracks and albums for artists includingBeyoncé,Rihanna,DJ Khaled,Ariana Grande,Jay-Z,Saweetie,Nicki Minaj,Teyana Taylor,Kehlani and more. They were signed toWarner Chappell Music by Ryan Press and "Big Jon" Platt.[1] They were namedBillboards 2018 R&B/Hip-Hop 100 Power Players[2] and listed on Revolt's Top 9 producers of 2019 that demanded the sound of Hip Hop and R&B.[3]
Blu June was born inFort Lauderdale,Florida and raised inTallahassee,Florida. Chi is a native ofPlant City,Florida.[4]
Blu June and Chi formed the duo Nova Wav inAtlanta, Georgia back in 2011, and received their first placement of their professional career in 2012 co-writing "Loveeeeeee Song" byRihanna featuringFuture. Following the release ofUnapologetic, "Loveeeeeee Song" entered the USBillboardHot 100 at number 100. It ascended to 88 its second week and to 63 in its third week. It additionally debuted at number 14 on the USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs due to strong digital downloads[citation needed]. The song has also peaked at 4 on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.[5] On February 21, 2018Unapologetic was announced3x Multi-Platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[6]
In 2014, Nova Wav wrote "Best Mistake" with American recording artistAriana Grande that features American hip hop recording artistBig Sean and produced byKey Wane. The song was released August 12, 2014 becoming thepromotional single for Grande's second studio album,My Everything[citation needed] The album was later announced2× Multi-Platinum by RIAA on March 22, 2016.[7]
In 2016, Nova Wav teamed up with American singer and songwriterKehlani to produce and write her lead single "CRZY", which was later released on her studio albumSweetSexySavage underAtlantic Records.[8] On February 13, 2019 the record hit over one million copies sold making it Kehlani's first everCertified Platinum record[9] The single peaked onBillboard Hot 100 at number 85, Mainstream R&B/Hip Hop Charts at number 17, and Hot R&B songs at number 11 on November 26, 2016.[10]
In 2018, the duo won their firstGRAMMY Award for co-writing and producing "LoveHappy" and co-writing "Nice", "Friends", and "Black Effect", onThe Carters albumEverything Is Love which was released on June 16, 2018, byParkwood Entertainment,Sony Music Entertainment,S.C Enterprises, andRoc Nation.[11] Also that year, they worked alongsideDj Khaled and co-wrote the records "Top Off", "You Stay", "Holy Mountain" and "Just Us" in addition to co-writing and co-producing "Jealous" on his eleventh studio albumFather of Asahd which released May 17, 2019, throughWe the Best Music andEpic Records[citation needed]. The leading single "Top Off" was released on March 2, 2018 selling over 500,000 copies becomingCertified Gold on September 21, 2018.[12] On June 17, 2019, the albumFather of Asahd wasCertified Gold by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[13]
In 2019, Nova Wav co-wrote the record "Me + You" and "Commitment" for AmericanR&B singerMonica for her ninth studio album,Chapter 38. "Commitment" hit number 1 onBillboardAdult R&B Songs earning Monica her fourth number 1 record in over 10 years, and became the first single on her label, Mondeenise Music.[14]
In 2020, Nova Wav co-wroteBeyoncé's charity single "Black Parade." It was the most nominated song at the63rd Annual Grammy Awards, with four nominations includingRecord of the Year andSong of the Year. The song wonBest R&B Performance.
In 2022, Nova Wav won their next Grammy Award forBest R&B Performance for their work onJazmine Sullivan's "Pick Up Your Feelings".[15] Later that year, the duo co-wrote 8 out 16 songs on Beyoncé's albumRenaissance.
In 2025, Nova Wav appeared on theNetflix musicdocu-reality seriesHitmakers.[16][17]
| Year | Title | Album | Artist(s) |
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| 2025 | "Best Behavior" (featuringLil Baby) | Sex Hysteria[18] | Jessie Murph |
| "Yippee-Ki-Yay" (featuringT-Pain)[19] | Period | Kesha | |
| "Weigh Me Down"[20] | We Need to Talk: Love | Keri Hilson | |
| "Bliss"[21] | TBA | Tyla | |
| "Bed of Roses"[22] | Escape Room | Teyana Taylor | |
| 2024 | "Jolene" | Cowboy Carter[23] | Beyoncé |
| "Finally" | The Color Purple[24] | Jorja Smith | |
| "Keep It Movin'" | Halle Bailey | ||
| "7Days7Nights"[25] | After 7 | Lay Bankz | |
| "Paradise"(featuringDj Khaled and Anitta)[26] | No-album Single | Fat Joe | |
| "Trustworthy (Interlude)"[27] | Access All Areas: Unlocked | FLO (group) | |
| "Can't Wait For You" | Gratitude[28] | Mary J. Blige | |
| 2023 | "Feel Me Cry" | In Pieces | Chlöe |
| "What's Love" (withNova Wav) | The Love Album: Off The Grid[29] | Diddy | |
| "Mind Your Business" withKehlani andTy Dolla Sign | |||
| "Homicide" (featuringJessie Reyez)[30] | Non-album single | 6lack | |
| "Emotions" (featuringMuni Long)[31] | RAW | City Girls | |
| "Above The Law"(featuringTeyana Taylor andDj Khaled)[32] | Too Good to Be True | Rick Ross andMeek Mill | |
| 2022 | "Alien Superstar" | Renaissance[33] | Beyoncé |
| "Cuff It" | |||
| "Energy (featuringBeam)" | |||
| "Virgo's Groove" | |||
| "Move" (featuringGrace Jones andTems) | |||
| "Heated" | |||
| "Pure/Honey” | |||
| "Summer Renaissance" | |||
| "Waste My Time" | TBA | Citizen Queen | |
| "XO" | |||
| "Selfish" | Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales[34] | Jazmine Sullivan | |
| "On God!"[35] | Fool Me Once | Tiana Major9 | |
| "Emotions"[36] | Me vs. Myself | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | |
| "Gone Forever" (featuringRemy Ma andDj Khaled) | Good Morning Gorgeous[37] | Mary J. Blige | |
| 2021 | "Westside" | La'Donna | La'Donna |
| "No Ego" | Non-album single | Citizen Queen | |
| "Y" | Non-album single | ||
| "Call Me Queen" | Non-album single | ||
| "Woo Baby" (featuringChris Brown) | Non-album single | Pop Smoke | |
| "Thankful" (featuringLil Wayne andJeremih) | Khaled Khaled | DJ Khaled | |
| "I Did It" (featuringPost Malone,Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, andDaBaby) | |||
| "Just Be" (featuringJustin Timberlake) | |||
| "I Can Have It All" (featuring Bryson Tiller, H.E.R., andMeek Mill) | |||
| "I Love Her" | Sueños de Dalí | Paloma Mami | |
| 2020 | "Chosen One" | LG1 | Layton Greene |
| "Pick Up Your Feelings" | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | |
| "Love Reggae"(featuringTinashe) | Good to Know | JoJo | |
| "What U Need" | |||
| "Black Parade" | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé | |
| "Come Back To Me"(featuringRick Ross and Junie) | The Album | Teyana Taylor | |
| "Concrete" | |||
| "Bad" | |||
| "Still" | |||
| "Ever Ever" | |||
| "Friends" | |||
| "Made It" | |||
| "We Got Love"(featuringLauryn Hill) | |||
| "Sometimes" | Non-album single | H.E.R. | |
| 2019 | "We Got Love" | Non-album single | Teyana Taylor |
| "My Power" | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé,Tierra Whack,Moonchild Sanelly,Nija,Busiswa andYemi Alade | |
| "Mood 4 Eva" | Beyoncé,Jay-Z andChildish Gambino featuringOumou Sangaré | ||
| "Nile" | Beyoncé andKendrick Lamar | ||
| "Megatron" | Non-album single | Nicki Minaj | |
| "Commitment" | Chapter 38 | Monica | |
| "Me + You" | |||
| "Be Yourself (from Little)" | Little (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Chloe x Halle | |
| "Emotional"(featuringQuavo) | Icy | Saweetie | |
| "Feels" | While We Wait | Kehlani | |
| "Know" | Non-album single | Mary J Blige | |
| "Thriving"(featuringNas) | Non-album single | ||
| "Morning After Sex" | U2 | Damar Jackson | |
| "Talk with Your Body" | 2Sides (Side 1) | Jason Derulo | |
| "Champion (The Official 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Song)" | Non-album single | ||
| "You Stay"(featuringMeek Mill,J Balvin,Lil Baby andJeremih) | Father of Asahd | DJ Khaled | |
| "Just Us"(featuringSZA) | |||
| "Jealous"(featuringChris Brown,Lil Wayne andBig Sean) | |||
| "Holy Mountain"(featuringBuju Banton,Sizzla,Mavado and070 Shake) | |||
| "In My Head" | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | |
| 2018 | "Top Off"(featuring Jay-Z,Future and Beyoncé) | Father of Asahd | DJ Khaled |
| "Nice" | Everything Is Love | The Carters | |
| "Friends" | |||
| "Black Effect" | |||
| "LoveHappy" | |||
| "Kelly" | Non-album single | Kelly Rowland | |
| "No Candle No Light" | Icarus Falls | Zayn | |
| "Gonna Love Me" | K.T.S.E. | Teyana Taylor | |
| "Issues/Hold On" | |||
| "A Rose in Harlem" | |||
| "Never Would Have Made It" | |||
| "Ooh La La" | Joyride | Tinashe | |
| "Love Someone" | 3 (The Purple Album) | Lukas Graham | |
| "Promise" | |||
| "Stick Around" | |||
| "I Believe"(featuringDemi Lovato) | A Wrinkle in Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | DJ Khaled | |
| "Let Me Live" | Kehlani | ||
| 2017 | "CRZY" | SweetSexySavage | |
| "Whole Lotta Woman" | Meaning of Life | Kelly Clarkson | |
| "Drugs" | Non-album single | August Alsina | |
| 2016 | "Hard To Forget Ya" | Glory | Britney Spears |
| 2014 | "Best Mistake"(featuring Big Sean) | My Everything | Ariana Grande |
| 2012 | "Tipsy Love"(featuring Future) | Dusk Till Dawn | Bobby V |
| "Loveeeeeee Song"(featuring Future) | Unapologetic | Rihanna |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2013 | Grammy Awards | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Rihanna -Unapologetic | Won | [38] |
| 2018 | The Carters -Everything is Love | Won | [39] | ||
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | Women in Film Artistic Excellence | Nova Wav | Won | [40] | |
| 2020 | Grammy Awards | Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song | Lecrae - "Sunday Morning" (featuringKirk Franklin) | Nominated | [41] |
| 2021 | Song of the Year | Beyoncé - "Black Parade" | Nominated | [42] | |
| Best R&B Song | Nominated | ||||
| Best R&B Performance | Won | [43] | |||
| 2022 | "Pick Up Your Feelings" | Won | [44] | ||
| Best R&B Song | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | Give Her FlowHERS Awards | The Pen It Forward Award | Nova Wav | Won | [45] |