Videos: Iyaz

Replay

So Big

Solo

Keidran Jones (born 14 April 1987), better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten in many other countries. All of Iyaz's singles have reached the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart.

Iyaz was born in 1987 to a musical family. He grew up in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.[1] Iyaz studied digital recording at Old England Institute of Technology and recorded music. Island Girls found radio success in the Caribbean.[1] Sean Kingston found Iyaz through his MySpace page in 2008[2] and later signed him a recording contract with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights. Michael Nguyen introduced him to producer J. R. Rotem. He released "Replay" in 2010, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 in many other territories, including the United Kingdom. His second single "Solo" was released in February 2010, and peaked at #32 on the Hot 100. He also took part in recording the Haiti charity single, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". His debut album, Replay was released in 2010, and he was also featured on Charice's single "Pyramid". In an interview with HitQuarters, producer and Beluga Heights head J. R. Rotem described Iyaz's creative perfectionism:

"Whereas others might work on several songs in one day, he might sit there and work on one song for days. The end result that he gets is usually an absolute gem, so heartfelt and genuine."[3]

Iyaz also appeared on the fourth season of Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana Forever and made a song with Miley Cyrus called "Gonna Get This", which is featured on the Hannah Montana Forever soundtrack album. He is also featured in the upcoming film 21 Coconuts. In 2011, Iyaz will be working on his second album but no release date or title has yet been confirmed. He has released a song together with Travie McCoy, titled "Pretty Girls". He was featured in Big Time Rush's song "If I Ruled the World". In 2011 he recorded a track with Demi Lovato for her third studio album Unbroken titled 'You're My only Shorty'.
[edit] Discography
List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[4] BEL
[5] GRE
[6] NE
[7] SWI
[8]
Replay

Released: 9 February 2011
Label: Beluga Heights, Reprise
Formats: CD, digital download

26 68 18 61 35
[edit] Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[4] US
[9] AUS
[10] CAN
[11] FRA
[12] GER
[13] AUT
[14] IRE
[15] NL
[16] NZ
[17]
" Replay" 2009 1 2 1 5 7 7 3 2 8 2

AUS: 2× Platinum[18]
GER: Gold
ITA: Platinum
NZ: Platinum
UK: Gold
US: 3× Platinum[19]

Replay
" Solo" 2010 3 32 48 54 — 25 28 26 35 35

US: Gold[20]

"So Big" 40 — — — — — — 46 — —
" Pretty Girls"
(featuring Travie McCoy) 2011 — 43 — — — — — — — — TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country
[edit] As featured artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US AUS CAN US Dance UK
" We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
(with Various Artists) 2010 2 20 7 — 50 Non-album single
" Pyramid"
(Charice featuring Iyaz) 56 45 41 1 17 Charice
" La La La"
(Auburn featuring Iyaz) 51 — — — — TBA
" Break My Bank"
(New Boyz featuring Iyaz) 68 — — — — Too Cool to Care
" Gonna Get This"
(Hannah Montana featuring Iyaz) 66 — — — — Hannah Montana Forever
" The Mack"
(Mann featuring Iyaz and Snoop Dogg) 2011 — 68 — — 28 Mann's World
" If I Ruled the World"
(Big Time Rush featuring Iyaz) 106 — — — — TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country
[edit] Filmography
Year TV show Role
2010 Hannah Montana Forever Himself
2011 So Random! Himself
[edit] Awards and nominations
Year Award show Nomination Result
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Best Reggae Video" — "Replay" Won
BMI Pop Music Awards 50 Most Performed Songs of the Year — "Replay" Won