Shy Carter

Shy Carter (born September 4, 1988), is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. In 2009, he co-wrote "Someday" with Rob Thomas, which became a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.^[1][1][1] "Stuck Like Glue", his collaboration with Sugarland, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 20 and became the 11th most downloaded country music song of all time. He has also been featured on Latin artist Gloria Trevi's #1 song. He's also worked with Faith Hill, Ashanti, and Chingy. Carter also wrote a song titled "Bring it Back", which was released on August 7, 2015.^[2]

Career

Carter attended Grand Valley State University, graduating with a B.A. in Marketing. In 2007, Carter signed a production deal with Nelly. He signed a Publishing agreement with Primary Wave in 2008. In September 2009, Rob Thomas released "Someday", co-written with Carter, and became Rob Thomas's third career No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.^[1] He co-wrote "Stuck Like Glue" with Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) with Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland, released in July 2010, selling almost three million copies and became the 11th most downloaded country music song of all time, and the highest debut for a country group or duo on the Hot 100, debuting at No. 20. He co-wrote, co-produced, and was featured alongside Ray J on Mr. Midwest's song, "Shorty Is A Weirdo", which was released on March 20, 2011. In May 2012, Haley Reinhart released Listen Up! with the song, "Let's Run Away" which he co-wrote and produced. Carter co-wroter and co-produced the song, "Don't Keep in Touch", from Marcus Canty's EP, This...Is Marcus Canty. In 2013, He was a part of two songs on country artist Billy Currington's album We Are Tonight, on which he co-wrote, produced, and sang background on "Hallelujah" as well as rapped a verse on "Banana Pancakes". Carter appeared on Gloria Trevi's album De Pelicula, singing a rap verse on "Habla Blah Blah". The song reached No. 1 on Adult Pop Songs in the Billboard charts.^[3] He was also on the song "Mr. Almost", from Meghan Trainor's debut studio album, Title.^[4] His song "Bring It Back" debuted on Sirius XM Hits 1 radio, on their weekend show, "Hitbound", on July 25, 2015, and "graduated" to their "Weekend Countdown" on September 19, 2015. Carter appeared on Charlie Puth's song "As You Are", from Puth's debut studio album, Nine Track Mind.

Personal life

Shy Carter works and currently resides in Los Angeles.

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