Nate Butler

For the cartoonist, see Nate Butler (comics).

Nate Butler
Background information
Birth name	Nate Butler
Born	(1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 43) Baltimore, Maryland, US
Genres	R&B, pop, electronica, soul, Rap/Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer, casting (performing arts)
Years active	1992–present

Nate Butler is an American songwriter, music producer, vocal producer, recording artist, and casting director based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a part of 50 plus million records sold worldwide at last count. Butler has worked with multi-platinum artists such as A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Luther Vandross,^[1] Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice, Houston,^[2] Craig David,^[3] Backstreet Boys,^[4] 3LW, Christina Milian, Stacie Orrico,^[5] JoJo, Aaron Carter, The Cheetah Girls and others. Butler launched the career of the platinum R&B group 3LW by writing their hit singles: No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)^[6] and Playas Gon' Play.^[7] Two of the members of 3LW, Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, went on to become members of the worldwide Disney sensation The Cheetah Girls. Butler also penned the notable chart topping R&B smash single "Afterparty" by Koffee Brown, also referred to as a R&B classic.^[8]

Butler helped launch the careers of many artists, such as the American Idols and others such as, S Club 7^[9] (U.K.), L5 (France), Blue (U.K.), Sugababes (U.K.), Miss3 (Norway), BoA (Japan),^[10] and Lola (Italy). Butler has racked up credits on blockbuster films such as Barbershop, Four Brothers,^[11] Dr. Dolittle 2,^[12] Save the Last Dance, and the Nickelodeon hit Jimmy Neutron.^[13]

Butler was a part of the casting team for the final season of The X-Factor and America's Got Talent Season 9 and 10. He worked as the Jr. Casting Producer for Showtime at the Apollo on Fox Entertainment Group hosted by Steve Harvey and he is currently casting for the new show The Four: Battle For Stardom with Sean John Combs aka P. Diddy, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Walk the President of Universal Republic Records and Fergie which also airs on the Fox Entertainment Group. In 2020 he joined the casting team for the Netflix show Sing On! a Karaoke based show out of the UK. Later he joined the casting team for an Amazon Audible show called "Breakthrough" with Kelly Rowland, Sara Bareilles. Butler just finished the Netflix show Building The Band premiering in 2025 with host Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger and AJ McLean

Currently he is one of the stars of the television show "Live Your Dream" in South Africa which focuses on bringing hope to those in the entertainment space, by presenting opportunities to be seen and heard by the top executives in the arts and entertainment world. It is currently airing on Via Television Network on DSTV channel 147.

Discography

Sources^[14]^[15]

	Artist			Song	Record Label
	A Boogie wit da Hoodie			Me vs. Myself "Turn of the Radio"	Atlantic
	Four Tet			Looking at your Pager	Sony Music
	Efya ft Tiwa Savage			The One	Farm UK
	King Combs			Birthday Suit	Bad Boy Records
	Timeflies			One Hit Wonder	Epic Records
	Royce Lovett			Home For Christmas	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Go	Motown
	Royce Lovett			That's Dat Jesus	Motown
	Royce Lovett			I Wanna Love You	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Reach (Feat. Nate Butler)	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Freedom	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Down 4 Whatever	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Put Your Armour On	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Show Me Love	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Say Something	Motown
	Royce Lovett			Write It on the Wall	Motown
	Shawty Lo			Blenda	D4L/Asylum/Warner Bros
	Jay Sean			Why Why Why	Virgin Records UK
	Ellie			Pop Pop Fizz Fizz	Ministry of Sound UK
	Ellie			Supersonic Soul	Ministry of Sound UK
	Ellie			So Cruel	Ministry of Sound UK
	Krave			Scrub the Ground	Upfront/Interscope
	The Cheetah Girls			Falling For You	Walt Disney Records
	Stacie Orrico			Save Me	Virgin
	Stacie Orrico			Can't Give It Up	Virgin
	Guy Sebastian			I'll Never Forget Ya	Sony Music Australia
	Melody			De Ja Vu	BMG/Japan
	Backstreet Boys			Moving On	Jive Records/UK/Asia
	Houston			What U Say	Capitol Records
	Blue (boy band)			I Wanna Know	Innocent Records/Virgin UK
	American Idol Juniors			No Matta What	Jive Records
	Christina Milian			Perfect	Universal Records/UK
	Ma$e			Sell It	Bad Boy/
	Manzini			The Balloon Song	Warner Music Denmark
	Jody Lei			Salt Shaker	Independiante/Sony UK
	Jody Lei			Reminisce	Independiante/Sony UK
	Miss 3			No Matta What	Sony Norway
	Won-G			My Life	Sanctuary/Bmg
	LMNT			Keep It Coming	Elektra
	Justin Guarini			Heartbreaker	J Records
	Luther Vandross			Say It Now	J Records
	Craig David			2 Steps Back	Windstar U.K./Atlantic US
	Toya			No Matta What (Party All Night)	Arista
	American Juniors			No Matta What (Party All Night Long)	Jive
	Tynisha Kelli			Dats What's Up	Warner Bros/Digital Release
	3LW			Crazy	Epic
	3LW			Leave Wit You	Epic
	3LW			No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)	Epic
	3LW			Playas Gon Play	Epic
	3LW			Curious	Epic
	3LW			Naughty On Xmas	Epic
	3LW			Ahh Nah	Epic
	Koffee Brown			After Party	Arista
	Scene 23			The Greatest	143 Atlantic
	S Club 7			The Greatest	Universal U.K.
	Michico			Should I Leave	Sony Japan
	Aaron Carter			Kid in Me	Jive
	Aaron Carter			AC Alienation	Jive
	L5 (band)			Look at Me	Mercury France
	Jimmy Cozier			Two Steps	J Records
	Dawn Robinson (EnVogue)			Set It Off	Universal
	Virtue			I am God	Jive
	Virtue			God Is Your Source	Jive
	No Secrets			Go Girlfriend	Hollywood Records
	Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice)			What You Talkin Bout	Virgin
	Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice)			Every Lil Part of Me	Virgin
	Deleon Richards			Let Go, Let God	Universal Music Christian Group
	Deleon Richards			Come Follow Me	Universal Music Christian Group
	Deleon Richards			Give It Up	Universal Music Christian Group
	Deleon Richards			Testify	Universal Music Christian Group
	DeLeon Richards			Don't Let It	Tommy Boy
	Xscape			Hold On	So So Def
	Tonya Mitchell			I Represent	Motown
	Elisha Laverne			Not at Home	Avex Japan
	Elisha Laverne			For Me	Avex Japan
	Elisha Laverne			Talking Bout	Avex Japan
	Namico			Perfect	Avex Japan
	Sugababes			Us Girls	Island Records UK
	BoA			Be the One	Avex Japan

Film and television placements

Movie	Song	Artist
Four Brothers	I Got That Fire
Barbershop	Baby, Baby, Baby	Colin P
Save the Last Dance	Hate the Playaz	Audrey Martells
Dr. Dolittle 2	Two Steps	Jimmy Cozier
Jimmy Neutron	Go Jimmy	Aaron Carter
Jimmy Neutron	AC Alienation	Aaron Carter
Popstars (Season 2)	The Greatest	The Popstars
Taina/Nickelodeon	I Represent	Maritza

Web campaign music and sound design catalogue

Company	Website	Job Description
Atlanta Botanical Gardens.	www.atlantabotanicalgardens.org	Web Site Campaign Sound Design(2006)
Coca-Cola	www.them.com	Theme music for limited release bottles (2005)
Marit Milien Couture	armchairmedia.com/projects/marit	Theme music for lingerie site (2006)
Radio One	www.freefm.com	Sound Design for David Lee Roth website(2006)

References

1. Billboard.com – Discography – Luther Vandross – Luther Vandross
2. Billboard.com – Discography – Houston – It's Already Written
3. Billboard.com – Discography – Craig David – Slicker Than Your Average [Bonus Disc]
4. "backStreetboys* – Incomplete". Discogs. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
5. Billboard.com – Discography – Stacie Orrico – Beautiful Awakening
6. allmusic ((( 3LW > Overview )))
7. allmusic
8. "Digital Videos – Episodes (TV Series) – VH1". VH1. Retrieved June 28, 2017.^{[dead link‍]}
9. "S Club – Don't Stop Movin' (2002) lyrics at The Lyric Archive". www.thelyricarchive.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
10. "BoA – Be The One". Discogs. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
11. "Four Brothers (2005)". imdb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
12. "Nate Butler". IMDb. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
13. "Nate Butler Filmography – Yahoo! Movies". yahoo.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
14. "General Archives – Hollywood.com". Hollywood.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
15. "Follow me! twitter.com/natebutler – Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace. Retrieved June 28, 2017.