Damon Sharpe

Damon Sharpe
Background information
Birth name	Damon Jared Reinagle
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Pop, R&B, dance, Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, DJ, recording artist, music executive, vocal coach, actor
Website	https://damonsharpe.com/

Damon Sharpe, born Damon Jared Reinagle,^[1] is an American record producer, songwriter, DJ and recording artist who works in Los Angeles. He first reached notability as a member of Guys Next Door. He has since contributed to various albums that have cumulatively sold over 40 million copies and have been streamed over 2 billion times. He has over 80 million streams as a solo artist and 800k monthly streams on Spotify.^[2][3]

Current career

Sharpe is active in Los Angeles. He is signed to Armada Music and has worked with various contemporary artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Pitbull, Alesso, Kylie Minogue, Anastacia, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child, Loud Luxury, Flo Rida, New Boyz, Monica, Charlie Wilson, NKOTB, Nelly, A1, Ginuwine, Amerie, CoCo Lee, 98 Degrees, American Idol's Kimberley Locke and Justin Guarini, Natalie Cole, Corbin Bleu, Korean and Japanese artists Got7, 2PM, SF9, BoA, Shinee, Da-ice, Kangta, Laboum, Kim Jae-joong, Ai, W-inds, T-ara, Kumi Koda, B1A4, Fairies and others.^[4][5][6] He has collaborated with EDM DJs Alesso, Thomas Gold, DVBBS, Morgan Page, Zonderling, Gattuso, Elephante, Kap Slap, Mischa Daniels, and Ferry Corsten. In 2005 he released the Hurricane Katrina relief record Come Together Now written with actress Sharon Stone and featuring contributions from Celine Dion, Nick Carter, Joss Stone, Jesse McCartney, Patti LaBelle, Wyclef Jean, Gavin DeGraw, Anthony Hamilton, The Game, JoJo, John Legend, Kimberley Locke, Natalie Cole, Brian McKnight, AJ McLean, Mýa, Aaron Carter, Stacie Orrico, Kelly Price, and Ruben Studdard.^[7] Other releases include works by Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, JLS, Leona Lewis, Big Time Rush, and more.^[8] He also appeared on season 2 of The X Factor as one of the on camera vocal coaches.

Sharpe appeared as a coach/judge on the YTV spinoff series The Next Star: SuperGroup that aired spring 2014.^[9]

In 2022, Sharpe launched his own record electronic/dance record label entitled Brainjack Music.^[10] The same year, he also performed his second DJ set at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.^[11]

Discography

Discography

Title	Artist	Label
"Party Monster"	2pm	Sony Music Japan
"Cherry On Top"	10시 45분	Dreamus
"No More"	A1	Columbia UK
"Brand New Day"	Ai	Universal Sigma
"Enough of Me"	Aaron Carter	Transcontinental Records
"It's U"	Abraham Mateo	Sony Music Spain
"Fue Un Error Amarte"	Abraham Mateo	Sony Music Spain
"I'm Feeling So Good" feat. CD9	Abraham Mateo	Sony Music Spain
"Been There Done That"	Afro Z
Cool	Alesso	Def Jam Records
"415"	Alex Donofrio and Damon Sharpe
"Flesh & Bone"	Alex Mattson & Damon Sharpe ft Cimo Frankel	Sony Music Finland
"Na Na Na"	Alicja Janosz	RCA
"Dangerous"	Amerie	Island Def Jam
"Broken Wings"	Anastacia	BMG Rights Management
"Defeated"	Anastacia	Mercury and Island Def Jam
"Naughty"	Anastacia	Mercury and Island Def Jam
"Love Is A Crime" of Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture	Anastacia	Epic
"Paid My Dues"	Anastacia	Epic
"Why’d you Lie To Me"	Anastacia	Epic
"You’ll Be Fine"	Anastacia	Mercury and Island Def Jam
"Brokedown Palace"	Angemi & Ale Q	Smash the House
"Pink Champagne"	Ariana Grande	Republic
"Cuts and Bruises"	Asher D	Independiente Records
"Only One"	B5	Bad Boy Records
"Nothin Even Matters"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Elevate"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Love Me Love Me"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"All Over Again"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Crazy For U"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"24/7"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Untouchable"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Love Me Again"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Run Wild"	Big Time Rush	Nickelodeon and Columbia
"Sushi"	BIJOU & DVRKO & Damon Sharpe	DVRPKO
"Sweet Thing"	Blue	Innocent and Virgin UK
"Lose Your Mind"	BoA	Avex Records
"Feel You"	BoA	SM Entertainment
"Losing Sleep"	Boyz II Men	BMG Rights Management
"Feel The Love"	Cahill feat. Kimberley Locke	3 Beat and AATW
"Blink"	Cascada	Kontor Records
"My Favorite Part of You"	Charlie Wilson	RCA Records
"Good Time"	Charlie Wilson feat. Pitbull	RCA Records
Down to Earth (soundtrack)	Chris Rock	Epic
"Cool"	CoCo Lee	Epic
"Gotta Clue"	CoCo Lee	Epic
"So Good"	CoCo Lee	Epic
"Marchin"	Corbin Bleu	Hollywood Records
"Mixed Up"	Corbin Bleu	Hollywood Records
"Hollaback Girl"	Damon Sharpe	Brainjack
"Lost Years"	Damon Sharpe	Loudkult
"Man of the Year"	Damon Sharpe	STSN
"Spontaneous"	Damon Sharpe	Loudkult
"Own That"	Damon Sharpe	Hood Politics
"Solid Ground"	Damon Sharpe & Afterdark & Kate Wild	Brainjack
"15 Minutes"	Damon Sharpe & Disco Fries	Armada
"Hotta Fire"	Damon Sharpe & Jeff Retro	Brainjack
"Is It Me"	Damon Sharpe: feat. Krayzie Bone	London and Sire Records
"First Time"	Damon Sharpe ft Polina Grace	Armada
"Point the Sky"	Damon Sharpe ft Polina Grace	Armada
"Let's Get Real"	Damon Sharpe & Raven Kreyn ft Alle	Armada
"Dock of the Bay"	Damon Sharpe ft Scarlett	Brainjack
"Naughty Girl"	Damon Sharpe ft Tima Dee	Brainjack
"Wicked Ways"	DVBBS feat. Stella Rio	Spinnin' Records
"Age of Innocence"	Elephante, Trouze, Damon Sharpe	Armada Music
"Hemera"	Exile	Avex Records
"Hero"	Fairies	Avex Trax
"Not Alone"	Ferry Corsten	Armada
"High Heels"	Flo Rida & Walker Hayes (Damon Sharpe Remix)	APG
"Club Hopping"	Gareth Gates	19 and RCA UK
"Enough of Me"	Gareth Gates	19 and RCA UK
"Groove With Me"	Gareth Gates	19 and RCA UK
"Just Say Yes"	Gareth Gates	19 and RCA UK
"When In Rome"	Gattüso & Damon Sharpe	Armada
"Faces"	Gian Varela & Damon Sharpe ft Matluck	Mixmash Records
"Just Because"	Ginuwine	Epic
"2 in the Morning"	Girlicious	Universal Records Canada
"Sick"	Got7	JYP Entertainment
"Marchin"	'High School Musical: The Concert	Hollywood Records
"There for You"	Hilary Roberts	Red Songbird
"Fight to the Other Side"	Hilary Roberts	Red Songbird
"The Storm Center"	INTO1	腾讯视频
"Critical"	Jason Malachi	JMRP
"So Done",	Jeannie Ortega	Hollywood Records
"Love Don’t Cost A Thing"	Jennifer Lopez	Epic
"3D"	JLS	Epic
"This Ones For Me And U" feat. New Edition	Johnny Gill	Caroline
"Doin' Things"	Justin Guarini	19 & RCA
"Erase You"	Kaaze	Revealed Recordings
"Undercover"	Kalimba	Sony Records
"Many Times"	Kangta	SM Entertainment
"Famous"	Katy Tiz	Lava
"Every Time You Walk Out That Door"	Kelly Rowland	Columbia
"No Man No Cry"	Kelly Rowland	Columbia
"Welcome To My Wild World"	Kim Jae-joong	C-JeS Studios
"Doing It Tonite,"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Hey DJ"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Last Christmas"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Now I Can Fly"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Supa’woman"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Talk About Us"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"What I Gotta Do"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"You Don’t Have To Be Strong"	Kimberley Locke	Curb Records
"Get Outta My Way"	Kylie Minogue	EMI
"Go Hard or Go Home"	Kylie Minogue	EMI
"Story Travel"	Laboum	NH Media, Nega Network
"Bang Bang"	Laboum	Capitol Records
"Rich"	Laboum	Capitol Records
"Safe With Me (Damon Sharpe Remix"	Loud Luxury ft Drew Love	Armada
"Safe With Me"	Loud Luxury ft Drew Love	Armada
"No Looking Back"	Mandy & Damon Sharpe	Dirty Workz
"No Good in Goodbye"	Mercury 4
"I Wrote This Song"	Monica	J Records
"Just Another Girl"	Monica	J Records
"Beautiful Disaster"	Morgan Page, feat. Stella Rio and Damon Sharpe	Armada Music
"Fire & Gold"	Morgan Page & VIVID ft Alle & Damon Sharpe	Armada
"Dangerous Mind"	Mýa	Motown
"Just Be A Man About It"	Mýa	Motown
"Say A Little Prayer"	Natalie Cole	Verve
"Phantom Heart"	Ørjan Nilsen & Damon Sharpe	Armada
"Ghost Ship"	Ørjan Nilsen & Damon Sharpe	Armada
"Break My Bank"	New Boyz: feat. Iyaz	Asylum and Warner Bros. Records
"Hard (Not Luvin U)"	NKOTB	NKOTB Music
"Another Love Story"	PLAY	Epic
"Never Never land"	PLAY	Epic
Cell Block Tango of Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture	Queen Latifah feat. Lil' Kim and Macy Gray)	Epic
"Dirty Paradise"	Reece Mastin	Sony Music Entertainment
"How I Do"	Rigo Luna	Machete and Universal
"321"	SHINee	Universal
"Vacant Eyes"	SOREN & Damon Sharpe ft Sarah De Warren	Dirty Workz
"Act Like You Know"	Stacie Orrico	Virgin
"Gifted"	Stacie Orrico	Virgin
"Jump the Gun"	Stacie Orrico	Virgin
"Let It Go"	Stacie Orrico	Virgin
"Life After You"	Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano ft RANI	Armada
"Ooh La La"	T-ara	MBK Entertainment
"Jumpstart"	These Kids Wear Crowns	Capitol Records/EMI
"Saints & Sinners"	Thomas Gold ft M.BRONX	Armada
"Yellow Light"	Tiffany	SM Entertainment
"Yellow Light"	Tiffany Young	SM Entertainment
"Outlaw"	Tren'L	Casablanca, Universal
"Blink"	U.V.U.K: "Blink"	Robbins Entertainment
"Come Together Now"	Various artists	Concord
"Addicted to love"	W-inds.	Pony Canyon
"Ayo"	98 Degrees	Entertainment One
"No Part of You"	98 Degrees	Entertainment One
"Take The Long Way Home"	98 Degrees	Entertainment One

References

1. "ASCAP Search". Ascap.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
2. "Damon Sharpe". Spotify.
3. "Award-Winning Producer Damon Sharpe Releases "Lost Years" Featuring Josh Cumbee". 7 November 2020.
4. "The Deals: Burna Boy Signs with SESAC, Waterparks & Smallpools Soak up New Record Contracts". Billboard.
5. "SCV – Hollywood's Backlot: Damon Sharpe". The-signal.com. 25 November 2009.
6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (22 July 2006). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 48. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
7. "The ASCAP Foundation". The ASCAP Foundation. 1 March 2006.
8. "Big Time Rush Hard at Work on New Album | News Video". MTV. 13 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012.
9. "Canada's 'The Next Star' Spins Off Supergroup Series". Hollywoodreporter.com. 23 September 2013.
10. "Damon Sharpe presents first release on new Brainjack Music label, 'Hollaback Girl': Listen". 27 May 2022.
11. "Damon Sharpe, and Alexis Lynn's dance music Anthem 'Make U Happy' [Brainjack]". 2 July 2022.

External links

• Interview, HitQuarters Mar 2003
• Article, LAWEEKLY Mar 2021
• Interview, FLAUNT Aug 2021