Sidney Swift
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| Born | October 4, 1988 |
| Origin | Miami, Florida |
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Sidney Swift is an American entrepreneur, inventor, and Grammy award nominated producer. He is the founder and CEO of entertainment technology company Defient and leads Rolling Stone Magazine's web3 culture council.
Swift started his career in 2010 as a songwriter and since has written and/or produced songs performed by Nicki Minaj, Panic! At The Disco, Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Big Sean, Future, Nelly, and more. He contributed to Billboard hits such as Beyoncé's "7/11", Jason Derulo's "Don't Wanna Go Home”, Gucci Mane's “Make Love”, Nicki Minaj's “Changed It”, DJ Khaled's “Welcome to My Hood” and Major Lazer's "Light It Up".
In 2017, in partnership with Atlantic Records, Swift developed the avatar artist known as Chillpill. The project was an early example of what is now known as metaverse performances. Chillpill has released songs with Rico Nasty, Sueco, BBNO$ and was nominated for a 2018 Grammy award.
In 2020 Swift founded Defient, an entertainment technology company specializing creator tools, music video games, motion capture live streaming shows, audio plug-ins, NFT collections, and mobile metaverse ownership, customization, and accessibility. In 2021 he was granted a US Patent for inventing a synchronized streaming technology used in music and television to deliver a second layer content experience on top of traditional media.
Selected discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Track | Songwriter | Producer | Mix Engineer /
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| 2011 | DJ Khaled | We the Best Forever | "Welcome to My Hood" |
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| Jason Derulo | Future History | "Don't Wanna Go Home" |
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| 2012 | Jake Miller | Spotlight | "Runnin" |
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| 2013 | Nelly | M.O. | "Heaven" |
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| 2014 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé: Platinum Edition / More Only | "7/11" |
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| 2015 | Major Lazer | Peace Is The Mission | "Light It Up" |
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| Noel | Noel: A Christmas Album | "The Motown Cafe" |
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| "Rudolph" |
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| "Jingle Bells" |
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| "Gifts" |
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| "Tags" |
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| "Joy" |
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| "Amazing Grace" |
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| "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" |
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| "Ceilings" |
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| "Little Drummer Boy" |
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| "Jingle Jingle" |
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| "Heal" |
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| "Silent Night" |
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| "Penny Pinchin" |
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| "$285 Million" |
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| "Noel" |
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| 2016 | Big Sean | Non Album Single | "What A Year" |
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| TWENTY88 | TWENTY88 | "2 Minute Warning" |
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| Jhené Aiko | TRIP | "Maniac" |
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| Molly Moore | Shadow of the Sun EP | "Hallucinating" |
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| Keyon Christ | TBA | "Gods Of The City" |
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| "On My Way" |
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| Christina Chriss | Non Album Single | "From the Way" |
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| French Montana | MC4 | "Check Come" |
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| "Im Heated" |
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| 2017 | Big Sean | I Decided | "Inspire Me" |
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| Baby E | Kill The Noise | "Satisfied" |
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| Wyclef Jean | J'OUVERT | Little Things Remix |
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| Carnival III | Warrior |
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| Rita Ora | TBA | "Hallelujah" |
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| Stan Walker | New Take Over | "Messages" |
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| "New Take Over" |
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| Marko Penn | Dirty Work | "Good Time" |
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| "Tithes & Offering" |
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| "Blame It On The Dope" |
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| Future | Hndrxx | "Use Me" |
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| Gucci Mane ft.Nicki Minaj | Mr. Davis | "Make Love" |
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| Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne | Digital Single | "Changed It" |
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| Miguel | War & Leisure | "Pineapple Skies" |
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| 2018 | Panic! at the Disco | Pray For The Wicked | "One Of The Drunks" |
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| Chloe & Halle | The Kids Are Alright | "If God Spoke" |
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| Riz La Vie | Digital Single | "Napkins" |
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| Keyon Christ | They Dont Want Us | "Unfuckingfortunately ft. Vic Mensa" |
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| "Something Says" |
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| "Nights Like This" |
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| 2019 | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular Act: II | "Tell Em" |
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| Rose Villain | Digital Single | "Swoop" |
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| Santino La Saint | Digital Single | "Call You When I Get Home" |
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| Bryce Vine ft. YG | Carnival | "La La Land" |
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2019 | War & Leisure (as producer) | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |
| The Kids Are Alright (as writer) | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |