DaHeala
Background information
Born	Jason Matthew Quenneville (1982-02-23)February 23, 1982 (age 43) Gatineau,Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Record producer songwriter engineer
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Universal Publishing/SAL&CO[1] XO

Jason Matthew Quenneville (born February 23, 1982), professionally known asDaHeala (/dəˈhiːlə/də-HEE-lə), is a Canadian record producer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO.^[2] He has produced for artists such asthe Weeknd,Halsey,Lil Uzi Vert, andBelly, among others. He has earned threeGrammy Award nominations for his production work on the Weeknd's 2015 album,Beauty Behind the Madness. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with producersMax Martin,Daft Punk,Rick Rubin, andMetro Boomin.

Quenneville grew up inGatineau,Quebec in a household that spoke both French and English. At the age of 13, he learned how to DJ at a youth center which led to him learning how to useFL Studio 3 (formerly FruityLoops). His first production work was at the age of 23, when he worked on a mixtape (Death Before Dishonor) for Belly.^[3] He continued working with Belly on later projects including the 2007 album,The Revolution.^[4] He also produced all the tracks on Massari's 2005self-titled debut album.^[5]

Quenneville began working with the Weeknd on the singer's 2013 album,Kiss Land.^[3] He produced every song on the album in collaboration with DannyBoyStyles and the Weeknd himself.^[6] In 2014, he earned a production placement on Rick Ross' album,Mastermind, for the track "In Vein" featuring the Weeknd. He collaborated with fellow producers, Metro Boomin and Rick Rubin, on the song.^[7]

In 2015, Quenneville was the executive producer on the Weeknd's album,Beauty Behind the Madness. He also produced and wrote several tracks on the album including "Often", "Acquainted", "Dark Times" (featuringEd Sheeran), and "Earned It".^[8] The last song, alternatively titled "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)", appeared on thesoundtrack to the 2015 film,Fifty Shades of Grey.^[3] It was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Original Song^[9] and two Grammy Awards forBest R&B Song andBest Song Written for Visual Media.^[10] The nominations were shared among Quenneville, the Weeknd, Belly, andStephan Moccio.^[11] The album itself was nominated for theGrammy Award for Album of the Year^[10] and won the award forBest Urban Contemporary Album.^[11]

In 2016, Quenneville co-wrote five tracks on the Weeknd's third studio album,Starboy, including thetitle track which featuredDaft Punk.^{[citation needed]} For co-writing the song, Quenneville earned aSOCAN No. 1 Song Award.^[12] Also in 2016, he co-wrote theHalsey track, "Not Afraid Anymore", which appeared on thesoundtrack to the sequel film,Fifty Shades Darker.^[13] Over the course of the next two years, Quenneville produced and wrote tracks for several other artists includingLil Uzi Vert ("UnFazed" featuring the Weeknd),^[14]French Montana ("A Lie" featuring the Weeknd),^[15] andNav ("What I Need").^[16]

In 2020, Quenneville co-wrote and produced tracks on the Weeknd's fourth studio album,After Hours,^[17] including the 2019 single, "Blinding Lights", which eventually became theBillboard #1 Greatest Hot 100 Hit ofAll Time in 2021.^[18][19] In late March 2020, the Weeknd released three bonus tracks on the album, all of which were produced by DaHeala.^[20]

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