Burns

Matthew James Burns (born 31 October 1985), known mononymously as Burns (stylised in all caps), is an English DJ, record producer and songwriter. His recent writing and production credits include Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris, Sam Smith, ASAP Rocky, Britney Spears, Teddy Swims, PartyNextDoor, Charli XCX, and others.

Early life Burns's mother was an artist and painter, and his father was a professional heavyweight boxer. Burns began making music at the age of twelve, playing guitar and keyboards before discovering sampling as a teenager. At the age of 15, Burns started producing his own tracks, combining sound hardware from the seventies and eighties with modern music software and samples.

Musical career BURNS was taken on by Three Six Zero for management, and subsequently joined Calvin Harris on his UK tour. He also released two EPs Turbo and Teknique on 2112 Records.

In 2010, BURNS released "Y.S.L.M (You Stopped Loving Me)" with French artist Fred Falke, also releasing his So Many Nights EP. In 2011, Burns released a track with NT89 entitled "Traffic" and went on to release "Iced Out" on Calvin Harris' Fly Eye label. In 2012, Burns secured a residency at The Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas while playing shows across America. He released "Lies" in September with remixes from Skream, Tiga, Acrobat and Otto Knows. The single entered the BBC Radio 1 playlist at C moving to B one week later and then on to A for 7 consecutive weeks. The track peaked at number 32 in the UK singles chart and at number 36 in the Netherlands.

BURNS began his solo residency at OMNIA nightclub in Las Vegas in 2016 as well as producing "Make Me" by Britney Spears. In 2017, BURNS was signed by RCA Records. His first release on the label, "Far Gone feat. Johnny Yukon" was released in summer of that year. He followed with a second single "Angel" in April 2018, and also "Hands on Me" which featured Maluma and Rae Sremmurd. "Hands on Me" was the first English-speaking feature for Latin artist Maluma. In May 2020, BURNS was credited 8 times as producer on Lady Gaga's album Chromatica.

Discography Compilation albums 2010 – This Is Burns 001 – European Sex Music – Part 1

Extended plays Year Title 2009 Turbo Disko Teknique 2010 Y.S.L.M (with Fred Falke) So Many Nights 2011 Traffic (with NT89) Midknight / Skeezer Iced Out Fred Falke Part IV 2021 Loving Touch

Singles As lead artist Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK BEL NL NZHot 2011 "Iced Out" — — — — 2012 "Lies" 32 36 68 — 2013 "Limitless" — 134 — — 2014 "Emos" — — — — "Flicka" — — — — 2015 "About U"(with Tommy Trash) — — — — "When I'm Around U" — — — — 2016 "Near Me"(with R3hab) — — — — "Make It Clap" — — — — "Beauty Queen" — — — — "Wave"(featuring Elvis Brown) — — — — "Run Things" — — — — 2017 "Far Gone"(featuring Johnny Yukon) — — — — "Low to the Floor" — — — — 2018 "Angel" — — — — "Hands on Me" (featuring Maluma and Rae Sremmurd) — — — — "Worst" (featuring Johnny Yukon) — — — — 2019 "Energy" (with ASAP Rocky and Sabrina Claudio) — — — 21 2021 "Can't Let Go" — — — — "Talamanca" 53 — — — BPI: Silver 2022 "Better" 89 — — —2025 "Need U"———— "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

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Productions