J.R. Rotem

Jonathan Reuven Rotem (born September 1, 1975) is a South African-born American record producer, songwriter and music publisher.

Biography

Early life Rotem was born on July 23, 1975 Israeli immigrant parents. He moved to Canada at the age of two, and to Moraga, California at twelve.

Rotem played piano as a child. He attended Berklee College of Music with the intention of studying scoring for film, but instead majored in jazz composition. Rotem says, "One of my biggest goals for years was meeting a manager with a good reputation and with connections to get my music to people." Under a newly formed joint venture with Warner Bros. Records, the label signed R&B sensation Jason Derulo, whose debut album went on to sell 14 million singles and over 1 million albums worldwide.

In 2009, Rotem was honored as BMI Producer of the Year. In 2011, he was return to honored by BMI as Songwriter of the Year along with Lady Gaga and Jason Derulo. His producer tag is a horn that sounds with a stylized "J-J-J-J-J-R" and/or "Beluga Heights" at the beginning or end of records he produced.

In 2015, Rotem worked along with Ne-Yo and Timbaland on the music for the second season of Fox's Empire. On October 17, 2015, Gwen Stefani released "Used to Love You", co-written and produced by Rotem at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City which was Stefani's first single. Rotem has ten songs on Stefani's album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like which was released on March 18, 2016.

Discography

Songs and singles produced by J. R. Rotem YearArtistSongChart positionUSUKGERAUS2006 Rihanna "SOS"1221 Lil' Kim "Whoa"10443 – – Rick Ross "Push It"57 – – – Paris Hilton "I Want You" – – – –Sean Kingston "Beautiful Girls"11101 "Me Love"14324811 "Take You There"747 –34 Ashley Tisdale "He Said She Said"5815517 – JoJo "The High Road" – – – – Kevin Federline "America's Most Hated" – – – –2007 Chamillionaire feat. Slick Rick "Hip Hop Police"10150 – – The Cheetah Girls"Fuego" 122 – – – Britney Spears "Everybody" – – – – Lil Scrappy "Livin' in the Projects" – – – – Jada feat. Sean Kingston "I'm that Chick" – – – – Nicole Scherzinger feat. will.i.am "Baby Love (Remix)"10814558 Baby Bash feat. Sean Kingston "What Is It"57 – – – Plies "1 Mo Time" – – – – "I Am the Club" – – – – Fabolous "Can You Hear Me" – – – – Mýa feat. Snoop Dogg "Walka Not a Talka" – – – –2008 The D.E.Y. "Give You the World"119 – – – Rick Ross feat. T-Pain "The Boss"17 – – – Flo Rida feat. Sean Kingston "Roll"59 – – – Plies feat. Ne-Yo "Bust It Baby Pt. 2"793 – – Bun B feat. Sean Kingston "That's Gangsta"122 – – – Gorilla Zoe feat. Sean Kingston "On The Corner" – – – – Mann feat. Sean Kingston "Ghetto Girl" – – – – Leona Lewis "Better in Time"11226 Vanessa Hudgens "Sneakernight"881649894 Jesse McCartney "My Baby" – – – – James Fauntleroy "Strength" – – – – E-40 feat. The Game & Snoop Dogg "Pain No More"111 – – – Cory Gunz feat. Jason Derulo "Gamble on Me"125 – – – Plies feat. Ashanti "Want It, Need It"96 – – – Mike Jones feat. Nae Nae "Next to You"63 – – –2009 Anastacia "Defeated" – – – – Maino "However Do U Want It"124 – – – Piles "Becky"104 – – – Iyaz "Replay"2171 "Solo"3232548 "So Big" –40 – – Mann feat. Jason Derulo "Text" – – – – Tynisha Keli "Lights Out" – – – – Auburn "Superman" – – – – Sean Kingston feat. Lil Wayne "I'm at War" – – – –2010 Dima Bilan "Changes" – – – –Jason Derulo "Whatcha Say"1375 "In My Head"5191 "Ridin' Solo"92244 "What If"7612 –32 "The Sky's the Limit" –68 –22 JLS "Everybody in Love" –1 – – Lindsay Lohan "Too Young To Die" – – – – The Ready Set "Love Like Woe"27 – – – B.o.B feat. T.I. "Not Lost" – – – –Sean Kingston "Secret" – – – – "She Moves" – – – – Auburn feat. Iyaz "La La La"51 – – – Romance on a Rocketship "Skin & Bones" – – – – Sarah Connor "Fall Apart" – – – – Fefe Dobson "Stuttering" – – – – Ilya "Preapproved" – – – – Cheryl Cole "Better to Lie" – – – –2011 Kat Graham "I Want It All" – – – – Mann feat. 50 Cent "Buzzin'"736 – – Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna "Fly"1916 –18 Nicki Minaj "Girls Fall Like Dominoes'" –24 –99 Mann feat. Snoop Dogg and Iyaz "The Mack" –28 –68 Iyaz feat. Travie McCoy "Pretty Girls"43 – – – Cover Drive "Lick Ya Down" –9 – – Big Time Rush "Invisible" – – – – Jason Derulo "Pick Up the Pieces" – – –37 "Dumb" – – – – "Be Careful" – – – –2012 Mann feat. T-Pain "Get It Girl" – – – – Chris Rene "Young Homie"101 – – – Nicki Minaj "Marilyn Monroe"104121 – – Machine Gun Kelly feat. Cassie "Warning Shot" – – – – Maroon 5 "Wipe Your Eyes"80 – – –2013 Jessica Sanchez "Don't Come Around" – – – – Sean Kingston feat. T.I. "Back 2 Life (Live It Up)"109 –70 –Sean Kingston "Bomba" – – – – "Ordinary Girl" – – – – Sean Kingston feat. Busta Rhymes "How We Survive" – – – –2014 Mike Jay feat. YG & Too $hort "For a Week" – – – – Fall Out Boy "Centuries"102271552015 Meghan Trainor "No Good for You" – – – – Fifth Harmony "Like Mariah" – – – –Empire "Born to Love U" – – – –"Do It" – – – –"Mimosa" – – – –"Runnin" – – – –"Powerful" (feat. Jussie Smollett and Alicia Keys) – – – –"Miracles" – – – – Gwen Stefani "Used to Love You"52157 –57 Who Is Fancy feat. Ariana Grande & Meghan Trainor "Boys Like You"118 – – –2016Panic! at the Disco"Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time" – – – –Empire "Crown" – – – – "Freedom" – – – – Rick Ross feat. Mariah Carey "Can't Say No" – – – – Charlie Puth "Dangerously" – – – –Gwen Stefani "Naughty" – – – – "Red Flag" – – – –"Getting Warmer" – – – – "Rocketship" – – – – "War Paint" – – – – "Me Without You" – – – – "Splash" – – – – "Obsessed" – – – – "Loveable" – – – –2017Linkin Park"Talking to Myself" 109 – 73 –Marteen "Sriracha" – – – –Weezer"Feels Like Summer" – – – –2018Ciara"Level Up" 59 – – –2019Dinah Jane"Heard It All Before" – – – –Avril Lavigne"Birdie", "Bright" (Currently Unreleased) – – – –Chris Brown feat. Nicki Minaj & G-Eazy"Wobble Up" 103 – – –2020Bad Bunny"En Casita" – – – –Netta"Cuckoo" – – – –2021OMB Peezy"Right Here" – – – –Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull"Move to Miami" – – – –2022Subliminal"Yeye" – – – –2024Akon"Akon's Beautiful Day" – – – –