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Ilya Salmanzadeh (/sɑːlmənˈzɑːdə/; born 19 September 1986), known mononymously as ILYA, is a Swedish/Iranian songwriter, producer, and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's hit single "Problem" for her second studio album My Everything (2014).

Career

Ilya Salmanzadeh was born in Iran, raised in Denmark, and moved to Sweden at age 11. In 2005 at the age of 19, he signed with Warner/Chappell Music in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2009, he graduated from the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. "Miss Me", Mohombi & Nelly's song in 2010, was Ilya's first internationally acclaimed production. In 2011, he produced "Mama" and "Reba" from The Lonely Island's Grammy-nominated album, Turtleneck & Chain. In 2013, he produced Cher Lloyd's song, "I Wish", and Fifth Harmony's award-winning song, "Me & My Girls".

Alongside Max Martin, he co-wrote and produced Ariana Grande's "Problem" and Jennifer Lopez's "First Love" in 2014. "Problem" went on to become one of the fastest-selling singles in iTunes history before winning a Teen Choice Award, VMA and EMA months later. In June 2014, Ilya was nominated for the Denniz Pop Awards, an annual prize handed out to up-and-coming musicians. "Bang Bang", co-produced by Ilya, was released as a joint single by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on 29 July 2014 to universal acclaim. In January 2015, Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do", co-written by Ilya, was released for the soundtrack album to the motion picture, Fifty Shades of Grey, becoming the most-streamed song in a week on Spotify. In May 2015, he remixed Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar, which became his first No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

He co-wrote and produced large parts of Ariana Grande's later albums Sweetener and Thank U, Next. In 2019, Salmanzadeh co-wrote and produced Beyoncé's Grammy-nominated song "Spirit". He also worked on the production of Labrinth's singles "Miracle" and "Oblivion" (which features Sia), both taken from his sophomore solo album, Imagination & the Misfit Kid.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

• 2007: "Used To Be"

As featured artist

• 2009: "Get You on the Pool" (Kocky & Trash featuring Ilya)
• 2011: "Got It Like That" (Lazee ft. Ilya)

Production discography

Ilya's works include:

Year	Title	Album	Songwriter	Producer
2008	"Karma" (featuring David Jassy)	Darin Zanyar – Flashback	Y	Y
	"Road Trip"		Y	Y
2010	"Miss Me" (ft. Nelly)	Mohombi – MoveMeant	Y	Y
2011	"Alienized"	Linda Pritchard – Alive	Y	Y
	"Crying in the Rain"		Y	Y
	"Dance Your Tears Away"		Y
	"Erase & Rewind"		Y	Y
	"Glorious"		Y	Y
	"Miracle"		Y	Y
	"Not Even Hello"		Y	Y
	"On Time"		Y	Y
	"Rise Again"		Y	Y
	"Satellite"		Y	Y
	"Stuck in a Riddle"		Y	Y
	"Got It Like That"	Lazee – Supposed II Happen	Y	Y
	"Explosive Love"	Eric Saade – Saade Vol. 2	Y
	"Feel Alive"		Y
	"Mama"	The Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain		Y
	"Reba (Two Worlds Collide)" (ft. Kenan Thompson)		Y	Y
	"Finally Free"	Kimberley Locke – Four for the Floor	Y	Y
2012	"Get Started"	David Lindgren – Get Started	Y
	"Bastard"	Amanda Fondell – Bastard	Y	Y
2013	"Can't Hold Back"	Anton Ewald – A	Y	Y
	"We Are a Crowd"	The Lonely Island – The Wack Album	Y	Y
	"Me & My Girls"	Fifth Harmony – Better Together		Y
	"I Wish" (ft. T.I.)	Cher Lloyd – Sorry I'm Late	Y	Y
2014	"One Last Time"	Ariana Grande – My Everything		Y
	"Problem" (ft. Iggy Azalea)		Y	Y
	"First Love"	Jennifer Lopez – AKA	Y	Y
	"Bang Bang" (Jessie J with Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)	Jessie J – Sweet Talker Ariana Grande – My Everything		Y
	"Dreamers"	Mohombi – Universe	Y	Y
	"Grow Old With You"		Y	Y
	"Just Like That"		Y	Y
	"Save Me"		Y	Y
	"Comeback"	Ella Eyre – Feline	Y	Y
	"Santa Tell Me"	Ariana Grande – Christmas Kisses	Y	Y
2015	"Love Me like You Do"	Ellie Goulding – Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Y
	"Things I Didn't Say"	Adam Lambert – The Original High	Y	Y
	"City Dove"	Tori Kelly – Unbreakable Smile	Y	Y
	"Back It Up" (ft. Pitbull)	Prince Royce – Double Vision	Y	Y
	"Back It Up" (ft. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull)		Y	Y
	"Bad Blood" (ft. Kendrick Lamar)	Taylor Swift – 1989		Y
	"Good Thing" (ft. Nick Jonas)	Sage the Gemini – Bachelor Party	Y	Y
	"Around the World" (ft. Fetty Wap)	Natalie La Rose – Around the World	Y	Y
	"One in a Million"	Hilary Duff – Breathe In. Breathe Out.	Y	Y
	"Confident"	Demi Lovato – Confident	Y	Y
	"Mr. Hughes"			Y
	"On My Mind"	Ellie Goulding – Delirium	Y	Y
	"Codes"		Y	Y
	"Pay My Rent"	DNCE – Swaay	Y	Y
	"Toothbrush"		Y	Y
	"Focus"	Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman	Y	Y
2016	"Bad Decisions"		Y	Y
	"Everyday" (ft. Future)		Y	Y
	"Greedy"		Y	Y
	"Into You"		Y	Y
	"Side to Side" (ft. Nicki Minaj)		Y	Y
	"Sometimes"		Y	Y
	"Still Falling for You"	Ellie Goulding – Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"Don't Talk About It"	Tove Lo – Lady Wood	Y	Y
	"Fire Fade"		Y	Y
	"They Don't Know"	Ariana Grande – Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"What U Workin' With?"	Gwen Stefani & Justin Timberlake – Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"DNCE"	DNCE – DNCE	Y	Y
	"Pay My Rent"		Y	Y
	"Toothbrush"		Y	Y
	"Zoom"		Y	Y
2017	"Lions"	Skip Marley – Lions	Y	Y
	"Calm Down"	Skip Marley – Calm Down	Y	Y
	"Act My Age"	Katy Perry – Witness		Y
	"Ain't About What You Got"	Star cast – Star (season 1) soundtrack	Y	Y
	"Would You Mind"	PRETTYMUCH – Would You Mind	Y	Y
	"End Game" (ft. Ed Sheeran and Future)	Taylor Swift – Reputation		Y
	"Refugee"	Skip Marley – Refugee	Y	Y
	"Teacher"	PRETTYMUCH – Teacher	Y	Y
	"Open Arms"	PRETTYMUCH – Open Arms	Y	Y
2018	"Raindrops (An Angel Cried)"	Ariana Grande – Sweetener		Y
	"God Is a Woman"		Y	Y
	"Everytime"		Y	Y
	"Breathin"		Y	Y
	"No Tears Left to Cry"		Y	Y
	"Close To Me" (ft. Swae Lee)	Ellie Goulding & Diplo – Brightest Blue	Y	Y
	"Last Goodbye" (ft. Tove Styrke & Stefflon Don)	Clean Bandit – What Is Love?	Y	Y
2019	"Bloodline"	Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next	Y	Y
	"Bad Idea"		Y	Y
	"Ghostin"		Y	Y
	"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"		Y	Y
	"Tu Vecina" (ft. Ty Dolla Sign)	Maluma – 11:11	Y	Y
	"Miracle"	Labrinth – Imagination & the Misfit Kid	Y	Y
	"Spirit"	Beyoncé – The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"How Do You Sleep?"	Sam Smith – Love Goes	Y	Y
	"Don't Call Me Angel"	Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey – Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"How It's Done"	Kash Doll, Kim Petras, Alma, Stefflon Don – Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"Bad to You"	Ariana Grande, Normani, Nicki Minaj – Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"Nobody"	Ariana Grande, Chaka Khan – Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"How I Look on You"	Ariana Grande – Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Y	Y
	"Motivation"	Normani – Motivation	Y	Y
2020	"I'm Ready"	Sam Smith & Demi Lovato – Love Goes	Y	Y
	"Worry About Me" (feat. blackbear)	Ellie Goulding − Brightest Blue	Y	Y
	"My Oasis" (feat. Burna Boy)	Sam Smith − Love Goes		Y
	"High On Your Supply"	Katy Perry − Smile	Y	Y
2021	"Oh Na Na" (with Myke Towers and Tainy)	Camila Cabello – Familia	Y
	"Alone Together"	Westlife − Wild Dreams	Y
2022	"Lightning"	Charli XCX – Crash	Y
	"Unholy"	Sam Smith – Gloria	Y	Y
	"I Love Your Girl"	Mabel – About Last Night...	Y	Y
	"Grrrls"	Lizzo – Special	Y	Y
2023	"Brrr"	Kim Petras – Feed the Beast	Y	Y
2024	"Bye"	Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine	Y	Y
	"Don't Wanna Break Up Again"		Y	Y
	"Saturn Returns Interlude"		Y	Y
	"Eternal Sunshine"			Y
	"True Story"			Y
	"The Boy Is Mine"			Y
	"Yes, And?"		Y	Y
	"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"		Y	Y
	"I Wish I Hated You"		Y	Y
	"Imperfect for You"		Y	Y
	"New Woman" (ft. Rosalía)	Lisa – Alter Ego	Y	Y
	"It's OK I'm OK"	Tate McRae – So Close to What	Y	Y

Awards and nominations

See also

• Persian Swedes
• List of songs recorded by Jennifer Lopez