Tobias "Toby" Gad is a Los Angeles-based hit producer and songwriter from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, perhaps best known for co-writing Fergie's Grammy nominated hit song "Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)

"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Fergie and Toby Gad for pop singer Fergie's debut solo album The Dutchess . The song was released as the album's fourth single in 2007 and topped the charts in several countries, most notably in Australia , and in...

" as well as co-writing and producing Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

's worldwide #1 hit "If I Were a Boy

If I Were a Boy

"If I Were a Boy" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was composed by Toby Gad and BC Jean. Jean initially recorded her version of the song which was rejected by Jean's record company. Knowles then recorded a new version for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce...

", and The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

 multi-platinum #1 "Untouched

Untouched (song)

"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...

". He has worked with many super stars including Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

, One Direction

One Direction

One Direction are a British-Irish boy band, consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They finished third on the seventh series of The X Factor. Following The X Factor, the group signed a record contract with Syco Music.One Direction's debut single...

, Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...

, Brandy

Brandy Norwood

Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....

, Drake Bell

Drake Bell

Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...

, Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

, Pat Monahan

Patrick Monahan

Patrick Monahan is the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy award winning band Train. He also has recorded a solo album, and has collaborated with multiple artists.-Life and career:...

, Esmee Denters

Esmée Denters

Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....

, Fergie, American Idols Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...

, Kris Allen

Kris Allen

Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...

 and Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks

Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...

, Allison Iraheta

Allison Iraheta

Allison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record...

, Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....

, Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

, The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

; and has released over 150 records on major labels as a songwriter and/or producer.

In 2009 Toby and his managers David Sonenberg and William Derella started his record label called KITE RECORDS NYC. The first 2 artists on KITE are Susan Justice, signed through American Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...

 to Tom Whalley, Warner Bros, album release sced. for early 2010, and http://Jessica-Jarrell-Daily.Skyrock.Com Jessica Jarrell, signed through David Massey to LA Reid, IDJ, sced for release early 2010

In 2009, Toby Gad's publishing company Gad Songs formed joint ventures with EMI publishing and with BMG rights publishing aiming on signing and developing producers and writers. The first signing of Gad Songs is producer/writer Dillon Pace

Dillon Pace

Dillon Pace is a songwriter, producer and founding member of the band of Verona.-Early Career:Dillon Pace was born in Staten Island, New York and grew up playing shows and producing acts in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn music scene. In 2009 he met multi-platinum producer Toby Gad who signed him to...

 from Staten Island.

Toby's film production company Gad Films, founded in 2008, produces TV and Internet video content that documents the song writing process of Toby and his artist as well as a monthly video blog. The Gad Films site can be found at "behind The scenes" on www.tobygad.com

Toby is the brother of Jens Gad

Jens Gad

Jens Gad is a songwriter, producer and guitarist. He was previously the co-producer for the musical project, Enigma. Currently, he is releasing albums under the name of Jens Gad Presents for his new instrumental work, and also under the name of Achillea, for his new world-influenced music which...

, who has produced such successful German acts as Enigma

Enigma (musical project)

Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...

 and Sandra.

Childhood and early musical experience

Born into a musical family in Munich Germany in 1968, Toby was influenced by both parents who were established figures in the Munich music scene with their group, “The Jazz Kids”. His Danish father is a clarinet player and a pilot. His German mother is a psychotherapist and composer/pianist who tours the UK and Europe with Brian Carrick's jazz band, the Algiers Stompers.

At age four, Toby was expected to study banjo and join the "Jazz Kids" but he took to playing the piano instead. By the time he was seven, he and his brother Jens had formed their own band, the “Gad Rollers”, and played original rock'n roll compositions during intermissions of their parents' gigs. The newly found recognition around town led to performances in various radio and TV shows. Before long, Toby and Jens scored their first recording deal with hit-producer Gunther Mende

Gunther Mende

Gunther Mende is one of the most famous music producers of Europe.- Life :He was six years old when he got his first set of drums. From that point on he loved music...

, the writer of the Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

 hit "The Power of Love

The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)

"The Power of Love" is a power ballad co-written and originally recorded by Jennifer Rush. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Laura Branigan, Air Supply, and Céline Dion, and translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard....

", however the deal was turned down by their parents, who felt education was more important.

Early career successes

Though too young to get into most clubs at age 13, Toby and Jens were no strangers to the live music scene in Munich. Weekly gigs in bars, concerts in open-air summer festivals and shows in legendary live clubs such as the "Domicile" spread the word, and Munich hit producer Tony Monn showed interest in the brothers. Tony handed over his state-of-the-art recording studio to Toby and Jens whenever he was out of town. The young men were able to spend endless days and nights in a state-of-the-art studio writing, arranging and recording their first three record releases.

In 1986, when Frank Farian

Frank Farian

Frank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...

, Germany’s most successful producer (No Mercy

No Mercy (band)

No Mercy is an American pop and dance music group formed by Frank Farian in Florida in 1995, consisting of Marty Cintron , and twin brothers, Ariel and Gabriel Hernández , from Miami, Florida.-Career:In 1996, No Mercy released their debut album titled No Mercy, later re-released in Europe retitled My...

, Boney M

Boney M

Boney M. is a Eurodisco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba...

, Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli was a pop/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, visually fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved international success and earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on Feb. 21, 1990. Milli Vanilli became one of the most...

,...) was looking for new talent, a mutual friend turned him on to the Gad brothers’ material. The next day the boys flew to Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 and thus started a seven-year collaboration with Frank. One week later they found three of their songs on Milli Vanilli's debut album, which later went multi-platinum.

Farian recognized the young men’s potential as artists and produced Toby and Jens’ first album Q, which was followed by a live tour. Funk legend George Clinton

George Clinton (funk musician)

George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...

 liked the record so much that he spent a full day jamming with the brothers and later invited Toby and Jens to perform two songs on stage with his P-funk

P-Funk

P-Funk is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed...

 band.

Commercial breakthrough

In 1990, Toby met Mauritian

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

 singer Jacqueline Nemorin. This became the beginning of a 10-year collaboration between the two. Together with Farian, Toby produced Nemorin’s first album “The Creole Dance” on BMG

BMG

Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

.

In 1994, Toby signed on with manager Klaus Frers (Daydream Music Supervizing) and produced Nemorin’s second album for EMI Europe

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. It was also Klaus who moved the duo into music production for dozens of successful TV shows, commercials and movie soundtracks. Toby and Jacqueline wrote and produced the title-song for the movie Neverending Story III, the music for two popular daily TV talk-shows that stayed on air for four years, and the single "The Magic of the Fall", which went on to win the BDA Gold Award in L.A. for best TV trailer concept.

In 1998, Toby was hired by the Spanish producer Rafael Perez

Rafael Pérez

Rafael Pérez Pareja was acting President of Ecuador 15 October 1883 to 23 November.-External links:*...

 to work on Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

’ third album. That same year Toby signed a deal with Joost Van Os, former head of Polygram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

, and Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

 ATV which lead to songs on the albums of Ruth Jacott (Gold), Oli P (Gold) and Nino de Angelo

Nino de Angelo

Nino de Angelo is a German singer who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song, "Flieger", written by Dieter Bohlen and Joachim Horn-Bernges....

 (Top-30).

Move to New York City

Following much success in his home country, Gad relocated to New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, opening Strawberrybee studio in Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...

.
The album title song and hit single "Unspoken" of Christian Platinum artist Jaci Velasquez

Jaci Velasquez

Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....

, written by Toby, Madeline Stone and O.Hatch, managed to stay half a year in the Christian Billboard top 20 single charts and was re-released on the Billboard #2 album WOW Greatest Hits 2004.

Meanwhile Toby had substantial hits back overseas. “Damn I Think I Love You” stayed at #1 for seven weeks and became the most sold single 2001 in Holland. The #1 StarMaker album with two of Toby's songs went triple platinum. Sita

Sita (singer)

Sita Vermeulen , known by the mononym Sita, is a Dutch pop singer. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of pop group K-otic. After the band disbanded in 2003, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she would be featured primarily on children's television and was a...

’s debut single “Happy" was at #1 for two weeks and remained in the top five for two months. The song was also released in the US on the Wild Thornberries soundtrack, followed by the #1 album of Sita.

Success in America

After a period of time running from door to door at record labels, publishing companies, music law firms and managements, Toby was given the chance to work with MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 host Willa Ford

Willa Ford

Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...

. Their single "A Toast to Men

A Toast to Men

"A Toast to Men " is a single from pop singer Willa Ford. It is the only single to be released from her 2004 second album SexySexObsessive, which was ultimately shelved.-Song:...

" became a #40 radio single, appearing in the hit movie Barbershop 2.

The collaboration with David and William Derella from the DAS

Das

Das or DAS may refer to:* Das , a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon* Das , an Emirati island in the Persian Gulf* Das , a common surname or title in the Indian Subcontinent...

 management team resulted in a significant co-publishing deal with Cherrylane Music Publishing and record deals for several of Toby's artists.
In August 2005, Interscope Records released Texan teen sensation Kaci Brown

Kaci Brown

Kaci Deanne Brown is an American pop and R&B singer. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she moved with her family to Nashville at age 12 in 2001, initially with the intention of developing a career in country music. Instead, she chose a pop career and toured with the Backstreet Boys. At age 17, she...

's album Instigator

Instigator (album)

Instigator is the debut album by Pop and R&B singer Kaci Brown. The album was released on August 9, 2005. "Unbelievable" was the first single released from the album...

, entirely developed, produced and co-written by Toby. R&B group Fatty Koo

Fatty Koo

Fatty Koo is a R&B and Hip-Hop sextet from Columbus, Ohio that made its way into the music industry in 2005. The group consists of members Eddie B, Gabrielle, Josh, Marya, Ron, Valure, Their fame mostly came from their television show on BET, Blowin Up: Fatty Koo...

 has an album on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 on which every song is produced and co-written by Toby. He produced and co-wrote songs on the album of the Australian twins The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

, who scored the biggest US newcomer record deal of the year on Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 / Sire records

Sire Records

Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...

 and went double platinum in Australia. Columbia records also signed Toby's protege Meleni. Their song "Happy" can be found in the Will Smith

Will Smith

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...

 hit movie Hitch

Hitch (film)

Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith. The film, which was written by Kevin Bisch, co-stars Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta. Smith plays a professional matchmaker who makes a living teaching men how to woo women...

. Meleni and Toby co-wrote the song "Drop it on me

Drop It on Me

"Drop It on Me" is a song recorded by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin that was included on his tenth album, Life . The single, features Daddy Yankee.This song is produced by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and Luny Tunes...

" on Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin

Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

's 2005 album Life

Life (Ricky Martin album)

Life is the eighth album by Ricky Martin. It was released on October 10, 2005 in Europe, October 11, 2005 in the US and October 19, 2005 in Japan.-Background and development:...

. Another artist that Toby developed for years, Lola

Lola (singer)

Lola is a Brooklyn, New York- female singer/songwriter. Raised in the Belleville District of Paris by hippie parents, Lola has also lived in Brazil and Los Angeles, California. Although her initial exposure was received via a house music remix of "No Strings," which had been on U.S. Dance chart...

, released her single "No Strings" on Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 / Sobe

SoBe

SoBe is a brand of teas, fruit-juice blends and enhanced water beverages owned by PepsiCo. The name SoBe is an abbreviation of South Beach, named after the upscale area located in Miami Beach, Florida. In the past, the SoBe name has also been licensed for gum and chocolate products...

 which spent 4 months on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Dance charts, peaking at #2.

In 2006, Toby opened a second studio with five interns, expanding his production company "Strawberrybee Music" and his publishing company "Gad Songs". Toby produced the entire Blue Note records album of Elizabeth Withers, who starred in Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 musical The Color Purple

The Color Purple (musical)

The Color Purple is a Broadway musical based upon the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It features music and lyrics written by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, with a book by Marsha Norman. It ran on Broadway in 2005 and has been touring throughout the US...

, and contributed a song on Fergie's platinum selling album The Dutchess

The Dutchess

The Dutchess is the debut and only studio album by American recording artist Fergie, who is a member of The Black Eyed Peas. The album was released on September 19, 2006. As of 2008, the album has sold more than six million copies worldwide...

. He also collaborated with then 13 year old Emmy nominated actress/singer Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...

 on her 2007 debut album on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 and produced a song for the second season of hit Disney sitcom Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

.

In 2008, Toby's and Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song)

"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Fergie and Toby Gad for pop singer Fergie's debut solo album The Dutchess . The song was released as the album's fourth single in 2007 and topped the charts in several countries, most notably in Australia , and in...

" was Grammy nominated for best female vocal performance and won ASCAP Song Of The Year. The song twice broke the record for most airplay on US radio and spent a total of 21 weeks in various Billboard US charts at #1, including one week #1 in the Hot 100. Over 87 worldwide compilation albums feature the song. The recognition of this song led to further collaborations with stars such as Alexz Johnson

Alexz Johnson

Alexzandra Spencer "Alexz" Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Her debut album Voodoo was independently released on March 30, 2010....

, Beyoncé, Brandy

Brandy Norwood

Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....

 (writing and producing three songs for her 2008 album Human

Human (Brandy album)

Human is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Brandy, first released in France in December 2008 and by March 2009 in most international music markets...

, including the title track); Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

 (three songs on her 2008 album Crayons

Crayons (album)

Crayons is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Donna Summer released on May 20, 2008 in the United States. It is her first album of original material since 1991's Mistaken Identity.- Overview :...

); Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Bedingfield

Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...

 (two songs, "Happy" and "Freckles"), Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...

 (two songs, "Delete You" and "Me Without You"), Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

(two songs season 3), Esmee Denters

Esmée Denters

Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....

, Nick Carter

Nick Carter (musician)

Nickolas Gene "Nick" Carter is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group, Backstreet Boys. He went on to release a solo album called Now Or Never during their hiatus. He has made occasional television appearances and...

 Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...

, Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...

 (on the Nickelodeon show True Jackson, VP

True Jackson, VP

True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme song was written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and...

theme song)Jada upcoming album UniversalMotown .

Toby scored his second worldwide #1 hit with Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

's "If I Were a Boy

If I Were a Boy

"If I Were a Boy" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was composed by Toby Gad and BC Jean. Jean initially recorded her version of the song which was rejected by Jean's record company. Knowles then recorded a new version for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce...

," which Toby produced and co-wrote. "If I Were A Boy" reached #1 in 9 countries and hit top10 in over 20 countries around the world. Toby's third platinum number one hit was the indie-electro pop anthem "Untouched

Untouched (song)

"Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United...

" by Aussie duo The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

. The song sold platinum in the US and reached #1 in Ireland and Mexico.

Move to Los Angeles

In summer 2009 Toby relocated his recording studio to Los Angeles. The new studio, located in the Hollywood Hills, features several music production rooms and a video editing room.

In Los Angeles, Toby continued collaborating with stars such as American Idol winners Kris Allen

Kris Allen

Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...

 and Allison Iraheta

Allison Iraheta

Allison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record...

.

In 2009 Toby also launched his own record label, Kite Records, which is a collaboration between Toby, David Sonenberg

David Sonenberg

David Sonenberg is known for being the founder of the music management label DAS Communications. Sonenberg also dabbled in the film industry as the producer of the Academy Award winning film When We Were Kings....

/DAS Management, and Island Def Jam Music Group as well as Gad Films which features exclusive behind the scenes footage of Toby working in the studio with stars such as Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....

 and The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

.

Articles

Toby has written several articles and given numerous talks and demonstrations about his recording and production techniques, as well as his approach to succeeding in the music industry.

• "From Neve to Native" in Recording - The Magazine for the Recording Musician
• "Logic Used Native - How I Work It" in Recording - The Magazine for the Recording Musician
• "Logic Longhaul" in Mix Magazine
• "Starting Over in USA"
• "The Journey"

Discography

Year	Artist	Album/Singles	Charts	Certifactions/Awards	Credits
1988	Fancy Fancy (singer) Fancy is a German Eurodance and Euro Disco artist who was popular in the mid to late 1980s.-Career:...	Contact "I Don't Want To Go" "Girl Don't Let Me Down"	-	-	-
1988	Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli was a pop/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, visually fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved international success and earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on Feb. 21, 1990. Milli Vanilli became one of the most...	All or Nothing All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album) All or Nothing was the debut album by the dance pop duo Milli Vanilli, released only in Europe on the BMG label in November 1988. In 1989, it was repackaged and retitled Girl You Know It's True for release in the United States on the Arista label, with several of the original album tracks replaced... "Can't You Feel My Love?" "Boy In The Tree" "Is It Love"	#1 Billboard 200 #8 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	-	-
1989	Q	Q-NRG "Rainy"	#5 Radio Charts - "Rainy"	-	-
1991	Los Reyes Los Reyes Los Reyes may mean:*Los Reyes *Los Reyes Acaquilpan, Edomex, Mexico*Los Reyes, Michoacán , Mexico*Los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico...	Tarot	-	-	-
1992	Nemorin	The Creole Dance	-	-	-
1994	Nemorin	Neverending Story III "Mission of Love" "Dream On"	-	-	-
1995	Nemorin	The Magic of the Fall "Mission of Love" "Angelina"	#5 Radio Charts (Greece) - "Angelina"	-	-
1999	John Scatman	Take Your Time Take Your Time Take Your Time is the third and final album by Scatman John. Released six months before his death on December 3; although he suffered from lung cancer through most of the recording, he still managed to release the album.... "The Chicadee Song"	-	-	-
1999	Bellissima	"Ohh La La" (Single)	-	-	-
1999	Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...	Cosas del Amor Cosas del Amor (Enrique Iglesias album) Cosas del Amor is the third Spanish studio album from Pop singer Enrique Iglesias. In 1999 the Album received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.- Album information :... "Cosas Del Amor" "Para De Jagar" "Ruletta Russia"	-	Platinum worldwide	-
2000	AOC	Maybe You're Right (Single)	-	-	-
2001	Starmaker	K-Otic/Bulletproof Damn I Think I Love You Rebel Child	#1 Billboard (Holland)	3x Platinum	-
2002	Sita Sita (singer) Sita Vermeulen , known by the mononym Sita, is a Dutch pop singer. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as part of pop group K-otic. After the band disbanded in 2003, she had a brief solo career before turning to television, where she would be featured primarily on children's television and was a...	Wild Thornberries Happy	#1 single (Holland)	4 Dutch MTV Awards	-
2004	Willa Ford Willa Ford Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...	A Toast to Men A Toast to Men "A Toast to Men " is a single from pop singer Willa Ford. It is the only single to be released from her 2004 second album SexySexObsessive, which was ultimately shelved.-Song:... "Toast to Men"	Top 40	-	-
2004	Sandy Mölling Sandy Mölling Sandy Mölling , known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...	* "One In A Million One in a Million (Sandy Mölling song) "One in a Million" is a song by German artist Sandy Mölling on her 2004 debut album, Unexpected. It was covered by Hannah Montana for the soundtrack to season two of the television series Hannah Montana, and released on the accompanying soundtrack album Hannah Montana 2 .Mölling's version of the... " (Later covered by Hannah Montana Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real... ) "Unexpected"	Album #13 Official German Chart	-	-
2005	Lola Lola (singer) Lola is a Brooklyn, New York- female singer/songwriter. Raised in the Belleville District of Paris by hippie parents, Lola has also lived in Brazil and Los Angeles, California. Although her initial exposure was received via a house music remix of "No Strings," which had been on U.S. Dance chart...	Take it Like I Give It "No Strings"	#2 Billboard Dance #4 Billboard Hip-Hop #1 UK Music Week	-	-
2005	Jaci Velasquez Jaci Velasquez Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez is an American Contemporary Christian and Latin Pop singer—in both English and Spanish languages....	Unspoken "Unspoken"	Top 20 Billboard Christian #2 Billboard Compilation (Wow Gospel Hits 2005)	Certified Platinum (Wow Gospel Hits 2005)	-
2005	Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...	Life Life (Ricky Martin album) Life is the eighth album by Ricky Martin. It was released on October 10, 2005 in Europe, October 11, 2005 in the US and October 19, 2005 in Japan.-Background and development:... "Drop It On Me"	#5 Billboard 200	-	-
2005	Nicole Wray Nicole Wray Nicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...	Lovechild "Child of the King" "Say My Name" "Where I'm From" "You Ain't S*** to Me"	-	-	-
2005	The Veronicas The Veronicas The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....	The Secret Life Of... "Secret" "Mouth Shut" "Speechless"	#2 Australian Album Chart #5 New Zealand Album Chart #3 US Billboard Top Heatseekers	4x Platinum (Australia ARIA)	-
2006	Jane Zhang	Jane.Love EP Jane.Love EP Jane·Love was the first EP that was released by the 2005 Super Girl runner-up, Jane Zhang. The Chinese version is titled Jane·爱. The E.P. contains six tracks in total, 3 songs and 3 instrumentals and it cost 2 million yuan to produce. It has sold 210,000 copies in China... "To Be Loved" "逆时针 (Counterclockwise)"	#1 China	Sold more than 210,000 copies	-
2006	Meleni Smith	Meet Me In the Bathroom "Meet Me In The Bathroom" "Happy"	#1 Junior Vasquez Playlist - "Meet Me In The Bathroom"	"Happy" featured in Will Smith Movie "Hitch"	-
2006	Kaci Brown Kaci Brown Kaci Deanne Brown is an American pop and R&B singer. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she moved with her family to Nashville at age 12 in 2001, initially with the intention of developing a career in country music. Instead, she chose a pop career and toured with the Backstreet Boys. At age 17, she...	Instigator Instigator (album) Instigator is the debut album by Pop and R&B singer Kaci Brown. The album was released on August 9, 2005. "Unbelievable" was the first single released from the album... "Instigator" "Unbelievable"	#9 Hot Dance Club Play - "Instigator" #27 Hot Dance Club Play, #1 Disney Radio - "Unbelievable"	-	-
2006	Elisabeth Withers	"It Could Happen to Anyone"	#6 Mediabase Urban AC Charts	-	-
2006	Fergie	The Dutchess The Dutchess The Dutchess is the debut and only studio album by American recording artist Fergie, who is a member of The Black Eyed Peas. The album was released on September 19, 2006. As of 2008, the album has sold more than six million copies worldwide... "Big Girls Don't Cry Big Girls Don't Cry (Fergie song) "Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Fergie and Toby Gad for pop singer Fergie's debut solo album The Dutchess . The song was released as the album's fourth single in 2007 and topped the charts in several countries, most notably in Australia , and in... "	15 weeks in #1 Billboard positions #3 Billboard 200 #1 Billboard Hot 100	Double Platinum (single) Double Platinum in USA (album) nearly 4x Platinum worldwide (album)	-
2007	Keke Palmer Keke Palmer Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...	DisneyMania 5 DisneyMania 5 Disneymania 5 is the 5th installment in the Disneymania series. Its was released on March 27, 2007. The album features 4 of the stars from High School Musical: Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and from High School Musical: The Concert, Drew Seeley among others. The album... "True to Your Heart"	#14 Billboard Top 200 #1 Top Kids Audio	-	-
		So Uncool So Uncool "Keep It Movin is the first official single from of Keke Palmer's debut album, So Uncool. It was sent to US Mainstream radio on August 7, 2007. It failed to chart.-Music video:... "Bottoms Up" "Rainbow" "Skin Deep" "Wake Up Call"	#14 Billboard Top 200 #1 Top Kids Audio	-	-
2007	The Veronicas The Veronicas The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....	Hook Me Up Hook Me Up Hook Me Up is the second studio album by Australian band The Veronicas, which was released on 3 November 2007 by Rhino Entertainment, Sire Records and London Records. The album shows a new direction in music for the duo – exploring a New Wave/electro-pop sound which was influenced by Los Angeles... "Untouched Untouched (song) "Untouched" is an electropop song written by Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, and Toby Gad, produced by Gad for The Veronicas' second album Hook Me Up . It was released as the album's second single in Australia on 10 December 2007. The song is notable for becoming the band's breakout hit in the United... " "This Is How It Feels" "Take Me on the Floor Take Me on the Floor "Take Me on the Floor" is a song by The Veronicas from their second album Hook Me Up. It was released to radio stations as their second single in the United States on 24 March 2009.. The song was used in promotional ads for the 2008 season of Australia's Dancing with the Stars... " "Revenge Is Sweeter {Than You Ever Were}" "All I Have" "In Another Life" "This Love This Love (The Veronicas song) "This Love" is a dance-rock song written by Toby Gad and then-unknown pop singer Kesha, produced by Gad for The Veronicas second album Hook Me Up... "	#2 Australian ARIA Albums Chart	2x Platinum (Australia ARIA)	-
2007	Hannah Montana Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...	Original Soundtrack "Rockstar" (producer) "One In A Million" (producer/writer)	First Week #1 Billboard Top 200	-	-
2008	Donna Summer Donna Summer LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...	Crayons Crayons (album) Crayons is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Donna Summer released on May 20, 2008 in the United States. It is her first album of original material since 1991's Mistaken Identity.- Overview :... "Fame (The Game)" (writer, producer) "Sand On My Feet" (writer, producer) "Scyience of Love" (writer, producer)	-	-	-
2008	Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...	I Am... Sasha Fierce "If I Were a Boy If I Were a Boy "If I Were a Boy" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was composed by Toby Gad and BC Jean. Jean initially recorded her version of the song which was rejected by Jean's record company. Knowles then recorded a new version for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce... " (co-writer, producer)	-	-	-
2008	Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British pop singer and songwriter. Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle...	Pocket Full of Sunshine "Freckles" (co-writer, producer)	- album #3 Billboard 200 charts	-	-
2008	Brandy Brandy Norwood Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....	Human Human (Brandy album) Human is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Brandy, first released in France in December 2008 and by March 2009 in most international music markets... "Gonna Find My Love" (writer, producer) "Human" (writer, producer)	-	-	-
2008	Keke Palmer Keke Palmer Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress and singer who rose to fame for her performance in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee. She also starred as the title character in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP...	True Jackson, VP True Jackson, VP True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme song was written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and... "True Jackson, VP (Theme Song)" (co-writer, producer)	-	-	-
2009	Ashley Tisdale Ashley Tisdale Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...	Guilty Pleasure "Me Without You" "Delete You"	-	-	-
2009	Sandra	Back To Life Back to Life (Sandra album) Back to Life is the ninth studio album by German singer Sandra, released in 2009.The album was recorded in New York and while working on it, Sandra was collaborating with Thomas Anders and Toby Gad . The album contains 15 songs, most of which were written by Toby Gad... "R U Feeling Me" "Once in a Lifetime" "In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat (Sandra song) "In a Heartbeat" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was written by Toby Gad, Jim Dyke and produced by Jens Gad who had also co-produced her two previous studio albums, The Wheel of Time and The Art of Love. The song was released in March 2009 as the lead single from Sandra's ninth studio... " "The Night Is Still Young The Night Is Still Young (Sandra Feat. Thomas Anders song) "The Night Is Still Young" is a pop song by German singer Sandra featuring Thomas Anders. The song was written by Toby Gad and Audrey Martel and produced by Jens Gad who had also co-produced her two previous studio albums, The Wheel of Time and The Art of Love... " "Just Like Breathing" "Always on my Mind" "What If" "These Moments" "I Want You" "Who I Am"	#26 German Album Charts	-	-
2009	Jordin Sparks Jordin Sparks Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...	Battlefield Battlefield (album) Battlefield is the second studio album by American R&B and pop singer Jordin Sparks. It was first released on July 17, 2009 in Australia and Ireland, July 20 in the UK and from July 21 worldwide, on Jive Records... "Let It Rain" "Emergency (911)" "Faith" "Vertigo" "Papercut"	album #7 Billboard 200 charts	-	-
2009	Demi Lovato Demi Lovato "She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...	Here We Go Again "Everything You're Not"	-	-	-
2009	Hannah Montana Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...	Hannah Montana 3 "Just a Girl"	album #2 Billboard 200 charts	-	-
2009	Pixie Lott Pixie Lott Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...	Turn It Up Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album) Turn It Up is the debut studio album by English recording artist Pixie Lott. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 by Mercury Records. The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, before dropping to number thirteen in its second week. Turn It Up has so far spent five... "Band Aid" "Nothing Compares"	album #6 UK Charts	-	-
2009	Jessie James Jessie James (singer) Jessica Rose James, is an American country pop singer and songwriter. Having auditioned for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fifteen, James began working on refining her craft with Karla Wallace of Yellow Dog Records...	Jessie James Jessie James (album) Jessie James is the debut self-titled album by American country-pop singer-songwriter Jessica James. The album was released on August 11, 2009 under Mercury Records... "Inevitable"	TBA	-	-
2009	Esmee Denters Esmée Denters Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....	Outta Here Outta Here (album) -Charts:-Release history:... "Admit It"	Album #5 Dutch Charts (USA charts TBA)	-	-
2009	Jessica Jarrell	Armageddon Single "Armageddon"	#1 breakout club charts	-	-
2009	Allison Iraheta Allison Iraheta Allison Iraheta is an American singer from Los Angeles, California, who was the fourth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Iraheta won the Telemundo competition Quinceañera: Mamá Quiero Ser Artista. Following the conclusion of Idol, Iraheta was signed to a record...	Just Like You Just Like You (Allison Iraheta album) Just Like You is the debut album from American Idols eighth season contestant Allison Iraheta. It was released on December 1, 2009 through Jive Records and 19 Recordings... "Scars"	TBD	-	-
2009	Selena Gomez Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...	Kiss and Tell Kiss & Tell (Selena Gomez & the Scene album) Kiss & Tell is the debut studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. It was released on September 29, 2009 by Hollywood Records. Gomez formed the band as she stated she did not want to become a solo artist quite yet. The band worked with several writers and producers on the album... "I Don't Miss You At All"	#9 on the Billboard Top 200	-	-
2009	Kris Allen Kris Allen Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...	Kris Allen Kris Allen (album) Kris Allen is the major-label album debut from the American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen. The album was released on November 17, 2009 in the US... "The Truth" "From The Ashes" "I Need To Know"		-	-
2009	Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...	The Element of Freedom The Element of Freedom Keys began working on the album in May 2009. During this time, Keys and her audio engineer bought several vintage keyboards, describing the Moog as her "special best friend". Recording took place in The Oven Studios in Long Island, New York. Keys expressed that she "didn't know what to do" when she... "Love Is My Disease"	#2 on the Billboard Top 200	Platinum 3.5 million copies on world	-
2009	Robin Thicke Robin Thicke Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...	Sex Therapy Sex Therapy (album) Sex Therapy is the fourth studio album by American R&B recording artist Robin Thicke, released December 15, 2009 on Star Trak Entertainment in the United States. Sex Therapy also features guest contributions by Jay-Z, Game, Jazmine Sullivan, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, and Estelle... "Mona Lisa"	-	-	-
2010	Monrose Monrose Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...	Ladylike Ladylike Ladylike is the fourth and final studio album by German pop trio Monrose, released by Starwatch Music and the Warner Music Group on June 11, 2010 in German-speaking Europe... "Catwalk V-O-G-U-E"		-	-
2010	Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene is an American pop band formed in Hollywood, California in 2009. Along with lead singer and founder Selena Gomez, the band consists of bassist Joey Clement, guitarist Ethan Roberts, drummist Greg Garman and keyboardist Dane Forrest. Selena Gomez & the Scene have released...	A Year Without Rain A Year Without Rain A Year Without Rain is the second studio album by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The album was released on September 17, 2010 via Hollywood Records. The band once again worked with writers and producers from their debut, Kiss & Tell such as Rock Mafia duo Tim James, and Antonina Armato, as... "A Year Without Rain" "Intuition"	-	-
2010	Pixie Lott Pixie Lott Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...	Turn It Up Louder Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album) Turn It Up is the debut studio album by English recording artist Pixie Lott. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 by Mercury Records. The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, before dropping to number thirteen in its second week. Turn It Up has so far spent five... "Broken Arrow"		-	-
2010	Emily Osment Emily Osment Emily Jordan Osment is an American teen actress, singer-songwriter and voice actress born in Los Angeles, California. After working in several television films in her childhood, she gained fame for co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over...	Fight or Flight Fight or Flight (Emily Osment album) Fight or Flight is the debut studio album by American pop singer-songwriter Emily Osment. The album was released in Canada on September 28, 2010, and in the US October 5, 2010 by Wind-Up Records. She has worked with producers from her previous musical efforts such as Matthew Bair, as well as Toby... "Lets Be Friends"		-	-
2010	Hannah Montana Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...	Hannah Montana Season 4 "Ordinary Girl" "Que Sera"		-	-
2010	Drake Bell Drake Bell Jared Drake Bell , better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young...	3rd Record "Nevermind"		-	-
2010	Camp Rock 2	Camp Rock 2 It's On "It's On" was the second single released from Naughty by Nature's third album, 19 Naughty III. It was released on June 8, 1993 and was produced and written by the three members of the group. The single found decent success on the Billboard charts, making it to 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 48 on... "It's On" "Tear it Down"		-	-
2010	JLS JLS - Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...	Outta This World Outta This World The album has received generally mixed reviews from music critics. In his review for The Independent, Andy Gill reviewed the album poorly and said "For most of its 14 tracks, Outta This World is boy-band R&B at its most formulaic, tracks like "That's My Girl" and over-autotuned opener "The Club Is... "Love You More Love You More (JLS song) "Love You More" is a pop song by English boy band JLS from their second studio album, Outta This World. The song, written by JLS, Wayne Hector, and Toby Gad, was released as the band's second single from the album on 12 November 2010. The track serves as the official Children in Need charity single... "	Single#1 in UK Charts/Album#2 in UK Charts	-
2011	Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....	Single#1 in UK Charts "Don't Hold Your Breath Don't Hold Your Breath "Don't Hold Your Breath" is a song by American recording artist Nicole Scherzinger, taken from her debut studio album, Killer Love . The empowering mid-tempo pop song was written by Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg and Toby Gad. The song was released on March 10, 2011, as the album's second single... "		-
2011	Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene Selena Gomez & the Scene is an American pop band formed in Hollywood, California in 2009. Along with lead singer and founder Selena Gomez, the band consists of bassist Joey Clement, guitarist Ethan Roberts, drummist Greg Garman and keyboardist Dane Forrest. Selena Gomez & the Scene have released...	"We Own The Night" "Bang Bang Bang"		-
2011	Ashley Tisdale Ashley Tisdale Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...	Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure Soundtrack "Gonna Shine"		-
2011	Demi Lovato Demi Lovato "She’s got the range, the full emotional spectrum, incredible control… Vocally, she’s the best thing Disney’s had since Christina Aguilera."—Producer Toby Gad on Demi Lovato's vocals...	Unbroken Unbroken (Demi Lovato album) Unbroken is the third studio album by American pop singer Demi Lovato. The album was released on September 20, 2011, by Hollywood Records. Lovato worked with a variety of producers and writers such as Toby Gad, Rock Mafia, Timbaland, Dreamlab, and others... "Skyscraper" "My Love Is Like A Star" "For the Love of a Daughter"	-	-	-
2011	Kelly Clarkson Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...	Stronger Stronger (Kelly Clarkson album) Stronger is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. The album was released on October 21, 2011 in Australia and October 24, 2011 in the United States and the United Kingdom through RCA Records... "The War Is Over" "Einstein"	-	-	-
2011	Cher Lloyd Cher Lloyd Cher Lloyd is a British singer and rapper from Malvern, Worcestershire. Lloyd rose to fame in 2010 when she participated in reality TV series The X Factor, to which she finished in fourth place. Shortly afterwards, Lloyd was signed by Simon Cowell to Sony Records subsidary SyCo Music, releasing...	Sticks + Stones "Dub on the Track"	-	-	-
2011	One Direction One Direction One Direction are a British-Irish boy band, consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They finished third on the seventh series of The X Factor. Following The X Factor, the group signed a record contract with Syco Music.One Direction's debut single...	Up All Night Up All Night (One Direction album) Early reviews have been positive. Pop music critics Trash Lounge gave the album four out of five stars, comparing the band favourably to other all-male groups... "Taken"	-	-	-
2011	Pixie Lott Pixie Lott Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009 and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It...	Young Foolish Happy Young Foolish Happy Young Foolish Happy has received mixed to negative reviews from most music critics. Kim Dawson and John Earls of the Daily Star opined that "there's nothing foolish about [the] album" and that "[s]hirking teeny-bop options for proper soul passion helps her silky voice shine, especially on bump 'n'... "Dancing on My Own" "Love You to Death"	-	-	-

External links

• Toby Gad Production Credits (Discography)