Dan August Rigo (born August 6, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian recording artist, songwriter, producer and musician. August Rigo is signed to a publishing contract with Sony/ATV as a songwriter.

Early life

Rigo was born on August 6, 1986, in

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. He became passionate about music when he watched

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's performance of "

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" on Motown's 25th Anniversary TV Show. He taught himself to play keyboards and guitar while in his teens.

Music career

He Co-wrote '' U Smile'', "Stuck in the Moment" and "Kiss And Tell" for

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'' for Iyaz and ''Outta this World'' for JLS. He is featured on

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's second album, Messy Little Raindrops, on the song Better To Lie. He is the executive producer of

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's 2011 release of "musiqinthemagiq" and co-wrote "Anything", "SayIDo", "Silver & Gold", "WaitingStill" and "BackToWhere". In 2010, August secured a publishing deal with Sony/ATV as well as an admin society deal with BMI. He is also signed with Island Def Jam Records. In October 2011, August released his first single "Here Comes Trouble" featuring

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on Alpine Music Group/Island DefJam. He also released his promo mixtape "Too Big To Fail" online. Rigo produced and featured on YouTube rapper D-Pryde's mixtapes "Once Again" (2012) and "Mars" (2011), as well as D-Pryde's first EP Canal&Richvale (2013) On September 18, 2015, August Rigo released the Japanese version of his album "The Fall Out" on Manhattan Records in Japan. "The Fall Out" was released independently on Rigo's label "Summerchild Records" in Canada on November 6, 2015. The album was nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording. In 2024 Rigo composed music for the television series '' Gangnam Project''.Daniel Nolan, "Making of 'Gangnam Project' in Hamilton was personal for Sarah Haasz: Mohawk College played the role of K-Pop school in South Korea". ''

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'', March 8, 2024.

Discography

Singles written

* 2010: "

" ( Iyaz) * 2010: "Change Positions" ( Pleasure P) * 2010: "Up & Running" (Jessica Jarrell) * 2011: "Gotta Be You" (

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) * 2011: " Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" ( Sean Kingston) * 2011: "Anything" (

) * 2015: "Back To Sleep" (

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) * 2017: "Back 2 U (AM 1:27)" ( NCT 127) * 2018: "1,2,3" (

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) * 2019: "Betcha" ( Baekhyun) * 2020: "Black Swan" (

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) * 2020: "On" (

) * 2021: "Anticipation" (Leanne and Naara) * 2022: " Hot" ( Seventeen) * 2022: "" (

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) * 2023: "

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" (Seventeen) * 2023: "I Want You" ( SB19) * 2023: "Real Life" (NCT 127) * 2025: "Shooting for the Stars" (SB19)

Songs written

*2010

– My World 2.0 * 3. "Stuck in the Moment" * 4. " U Smile" * 11. "Kiss and Tell" (iTunes bonus track)" Iyaz – Replay ** 2. "

" JLS – Outta This World * 3. "Outta This World" * 5. "Work" * 6. "I Know What She Like" * 11. "Love at War"

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– Rebuilt * 5. "Unlearn Me" * 9. " Over You

– Messy Little Raindrops * 9. "Better to Lie" D-Pryde - "MARS" * 13. '"Big Shot" *2011 Mindless Behavior – Number 1 Girl * 3. "Future"

– MusiqInTheMagiq * 1. "Anything" * 3. "Sayido" * 5. "Silver&Gold" * 6. "WaitingStill" * 7. "Backtowhere" * 13. "Clumsylove" (iTunes bonus track) *2014 Jesse McCartney – Have It All * 3. "The Writer" *2015

–

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* 1. "Back To Sleep" *2017

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* 2. Keep On *2017

- Heartbreak on a Full Moon * 27. Tough Love

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rigo, August Dan 1986 births Living people Canadian musicians of Filipino descent Canadian pop musicians Canadian record producers Canadian male songwriters Musicians from Toronto Writers from Toronto