Danny Schofield, known professionally as DannyBoyStyles (and previously known as Styles), is a Grammy award-winning

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, engineer,

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, and

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. He produced all ten tracks on the Weeknd's album '' Kiss Land'' and won a

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for his work on the Weeknd's follow-up, '' Beauty Behind the Madness''.

Early life and career

Schofield was born and raised in

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. His first hit as a producer was " This Is Why I'm Hot" for Mims in 2007, which would go on to peak at #1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He also produced most of the other songs on Mims' ''

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'' album as part of DJ Blackout's Blackout Movement. A few years later, he was introduced to Amir "Cash" Esmailian and

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, co-managers to the Weeknd and Canadian rapper

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. He would go on to produce all 10 tracks on the Weeknd's debut studio album '' Kiss Land'' which was released in September 2013. He won his first

for his work on the Weeknd's '' Beauty Behind the Madness'' which included production and songwriting work on " Often", " Acquainted", and "Angel." In October 2013, he joined Ben Billions and Belly to co-write "

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" for

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featuring the Weeknd. The song would eventually appear on '' Lemonade'' which was nominated for

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at the

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and won for

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. DannyBoyStyles is also a frequent collaborator with The Weeknd and Belly and has produced or written songs for a variety of artists including

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, NAV, and Juicy J.

Songwriting and production discography

Albums

Songs

References

External links

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