Sandy Vee | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sandy Julien Wilhelm |
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| Born | (1975-04-22)22 April 1975 (age 49) |
| Origin | Toulouse,Occitania, France[1] |
| Genres | House |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, DJ, songwriter |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Sandy Julien Wilhelm (French pronunciation:[sɑ̃ndiʒyljɛ̃vilɛm]; born 22 April 1975), better known by hisstage nameSandy Vee, is a French music producer, DJ and songwriter. He gained much commercial and critical recognition for co-producingRihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)",Katy Perry's “Firework”, and eight songs on theDavid Guetta albumOne Love. He originally played bass in a variety of jazz, rock, and punk bands before gaining exposure to the underground DJ scene in France. He currently resides in New York City.
Sandy Vee won theBest Dance Recording at the2011 Grammy Awards for Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)". He was also nominated in the categoryAlbum of the Year for Katy Perry'sTeenage Dream.[2][3]
Vee was DJing at theFuck Me I'm Famous party atPachaIbiza whenDavid Guetta approached him after a set and told him how much he loved his track Bleep. The two producers bonded and went into the studio to produce the song that would eventually become "On The Dancefloor" forwill.i.am. However, according to Vee, "we discovered that not only did we work well together, but we worked fast... We figured there was no reason to stop, so we just kept going". This led to Vee co-producing 8 songs on Guetta's globally successful recordOne Love.
After the success withOne Love, Vee became a desired name on the pop production circuit. Sandy went on to work with Norwegian production duoStargate, who Sandy described their initial meeting in 2009 as: "I played them a few tunes I was working on at the time and they went crazy for one in particular...so we worked together and finished it". The first track the group worked on was eventually placed withSean Kingston.
Stargate and Vee continued to work together, producing hits forKaty Perry ("Firework"),Rihanna ("Only Girl (In the World)", "S&M") andNe-Yo ("Beautiful Monster"),Britney Spears ("Selfish"), and more.Sandy currently lives in New York where he has since exponentially increased his production credits with credits on records forTaio Cruz,Pitbull,Selena Gomez,Nikki Williams.
2009:David Guetta feat.Akon - "Sexy Bitch"
2010:Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)"
2010:Katy Perry - "Firework"
2011:Rihanna - "S&M"
2011:Best Dance Recording,Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)" (Won)
2012:Record of the Year,Katy Perry - "Firework" (Nominated)
2012:Album of the Year,Rihanna - "Loud" (Nominated)
2012:Best Dance/Electronica Album,David Guetta - "Nothing But the Beat" (Nominated)
| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
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| 2009 | David Guetta | One Love | "Gettin' Over" |
| "Sexy Bitch" | |||
| "On the Dancefloor" | |||
| "Missing You" | |||
| "One Love" | |||
| "I Wanna Go Crazy" | |||
| "If We Ever" | |||
| 2010 | Taio Cruz | Rokstarr | "Higher" |
| Katy Perry | Teenage Dream | "Firework" | |
| Akon | Stadium | "Angel" | |
| Rihanna | Loud | "S&M" | |
| "Only Girl (In the World)" | |||
| Ne-Yo | Libra Scale | "Beautiful Monster" | |
| Sean Kingston | Single | "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" | |
| Kelly Rowland | Here I Am | "Commander" | |
| Pitbull (feat.T-Pain) | Planet Pit | "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" | |
| 2011 | Alexis Jordan | Alexis Jordan | "Good Girl" |
| "Hush Hush" | |||
| Nicole Scherzinger | Killer Love | "Wet" | |
| Britney Spears | Femme Fatale | "Selfish" | |
| David Guetta | Nothing But the Beat | "Where Them Girls At" | |
| Bella | Single | "Nobody Loves Me" | |
| Selena Gomez & the Scene | When the Sun Goes Down | "Middle of Nowhere" | |
| Leona Lewis | Single | "Collide" | |
| 2013 | Nicole Scherzinger | Single | "Boomerang" |
| Nikki Williams | Single | "Glowing" | |
| Pia Toscano | Single | "Make You A Man" | |
| 2014 | Enrique Iglesias | Sex and Love | "Physical" |
| "3 Letters" |
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