Jacob Manson is a British multi platinum-selling music producer, DJ and songwriter best known as a member of house production duo Blonde with Adam Englefield. Manson signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV in 2013. Blonde was then signed by Parlophone in 2014.
With Blonde, Manson has had a number of successful singles including 2014's "I Loved You" featuring Melissa Steel, which peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart, and 2015's "All Cried Out" featuring Alex Newell, peaking at #4 in the UK Singles Chart and #1 in the UK Dance Chart. In 2016, Blonde released "Nothing Like This" with UK garage singer Craig David.
In addition to his work with Blonde, Manson has production and writing credits on a number of other successful tracks from artists such as Rudimental, KSI and Ed Sheeran, Craig David, Anne-Marie, The Vamps, Banx & Ranx and Ella Eyre.
Discography
With Blonde
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
UK Dance |
AUT |
BEL (FL) |
GER |
IRE |
SCO |
SWI | ||||
| "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) |
2014 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) |
7 | 5 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 65 | 10 | 56 |
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| "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) |
2015 | 4 | 1 | — | 59 | — | 74 | 4 | — |
| |
| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) |
76 | 19 | — | 99 | — | — | 50 | — | |||
| "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) |
2016 | 15 | 5 | — | 94 | — | 34 |
— | — |
|
Following My Intuition |
| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani featuring Sigala and Blonde) |
2016 | 67 | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
Production and songwriting discography
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Credits | Produced With | Peak Chart Position (UK) | Certification | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Lay It All on Me" (ft. Ed Sheeran) |
2015 | Rudimental | Co-writer | 12 | BPI: Platinum, RIAA Platinum, ARIA 2× Platinum | We the Generation | |
| "Don't Need No Money" (ft. Sigala & Blonde) |
2016 | Imani Williams | Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | 67 | Non-album single | ||
| "Don't Ask" | 2017 | Matt Terry | Co-writer | - | Trouble | ||
| "Just My Type" | 2018 | The Vamps | Co-writer/Producer | - | Night & Day | ||
| "Talk Later" | - | ||||||
| "Answerphone" (with Ella Eyre ft. Yxng Bane) |
Banx & Ranx | Co-writer | 5 | BPI: Platinum | Non-album single | ||
| "Somebody Like Me" (ft. AJ Tracey) |
Craig David | Co-writer/Producer/Mixer | - | The Time Is Now | |||
| "Used to Love You" | Anne-Marie | Co-Producer | Fraser T. Smith, Lostboy | - | Speak Your Mind | ||
| "Hooked" | Why Don't We | Co-writer/Producer | - | 8 Letters | |||
| "Loyal" | Paloma Faith | Co-writer/Producer/Mixer | Chris Loco | - | The Architect | ||
| "Silent Night" | Producer | - | Non-album single | ||||
| "I Don't Belong In This Club (ft. Macklemore)" | 2019 | Why Don't We | Co-writer/Producer | - | RIAA: Gold | TBA | |
| "Getaway" | Syn Cole | Co-writer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "I've Gotta Be Me" | Paloma Faith | Producer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "Lotta Love" | Jack & Jack | Co-writer/Co-producer | Jussifer | - | A Good Friend Is Nice | ||
| "The Road" | Leo Kalyan | Co-writer/Producer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "Nobody's Son" | Jelani Blackman | Co-writer/Producer | - | Average Joe EP | |||
| "Brixton" | Co-writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Cheers" | Co-writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Average Joe" | Co-writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "FXCK YOU CAUSE YOU WERE THE ONE (ft. Eyelar)" | Kid Brunswick | Mixer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "Too Hot" | Jason Derulo | Co-writer/Producer | - | Non-album single | |||
| "F It Up" | Co-writer/Producer | - | "2Sides (Side 1)" | ||||
| "Talk About Us (ft. Stefflon Don" | Co-writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Alone" | Josef Salvat | Co-writer/Producer | - | Modern Anxiety | |||
| "Modern Anxiety" | Co-producer | - | |||||
| "Walls" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Co-writer | - | Walls | ||
| "Let Me Love You" | Four of Diamonds | Co-producer | Tre Jean-Marie | - | TBA | ||
| "Swerve" | Jelani Blackman | Co-writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Tricky" | Producer | - | TBA | ||||
| "P2P" | Jelani Blackman & Big Zuu | Co-writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Hurt" | Louise Redknapp | Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Paper Moons" | Josef Salvat | Co-writer/Producer | - | Modern Anxiety | |||
| "Houdini" (ft. Swarmz and Tion Wayne) |
KSI | Co-writer/Producer | AJProductions | 6 | BPI: Silver | Dissimulation | |
| "Aristocrats" | Raleigh Ritchie | Additional Production | Chris Loco | "Andy" | |||
| "Let It Go (ft. Anna Clendening)" | Matoma | Co-writer/Co-producer | Matoma | - | TBA | ||
| "Penny" | Kid Brunswick | Mixer | - | TBA | |||
| "Skinny" | Additional Production/Mixer | - | TBA | ||||
| "Prescription Kid" | Additional Production/Mixer | - | TBA | ||||
| "Numb" | Elderbrook | Additional Production | - | Why Do We Shake in the Cold? | |||
| "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" | Co-Producer/Mixer | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | - | ||||
| "All My Love" | Co-Writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "I'm A Fool" | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | Joel Pott, Elderbrook | - | ||||
| "Down By The Bay" | Co-Writer/Producer/Mixer | - | |||||
| "Take A Minute" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Back To My Bed" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Set Fire To My Gun" | Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Next December" | Co-Writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "Suena Taz" | Lao Ra | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "4AM" | Kid Brunswick | Mixer | - | TBA | |||
| "Felt Tips" | SL | Co-Producer | AJProductions | - | Different Dude | ||
| "Foolish (ft. L3)" | Jelani Blackman | Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Bipolar Rhapsody" | Kid Brunswick | Co-Producer/Mixer | - | TBA | |||
| "Favours" | Jvck James | Producer/Co-Writer | - | TBA | |||
| "Kein Hunger (ft. Ufo361))" | Loredana | Co-Producer/Co-Writer | 9 (Germany) | Medusa | |||
| "Is It" | M24 | Producer/Mixer | - | TBA | |||
| "Interest (ft. Ms Banks & Oxlade)” | 2021 | Dolapo | Co-producer | AJProductions | 9 (U.K. Afrobeats Chart) | TBA | |
| "I Left A Party For You" | Pilar Victoria | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | John Carroll Kirby | - | “Hi, My Name's Pily” | ||
| "Space Song" | Producer | - | |||||
| "Flustered Snowflakes" | - | ||||||
| "80s Movie” | - | ||||||
| "Text Me Back" | - | ||||||
| "Cuando Me Llamas” | - | ||||||
| "Top Gyal” | Soaky Siren | Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Begin Again” | Adam Melchor | Co-Writer | - | ||||
| "PDA" | Master Peace | Co-Producer | - | “Public Display of Affection” | |||
| "Boyfriend (feat. Mae Muller)” | - | ||||||
| "Slow Song (feat. Kasien)” | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | - | |||||
| "Slipping Away” | - | ||||||
| "Hold You Back” | Co-Writer/Producer | - | |||||
| "When You Were Young” | Kid Brunswick | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | - | TBA | |||
| "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan” | Don Broco | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | - | Amazing Things | |||
| "Frost” | Tomorrow X Together | Co-Writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Gang Gang (ft. Jay1 & Deno (singer))” | KSI | Co-Writer/Producer | 40 | All Over the Place | |||
| "The Night” | Finn Foxell | Co-Writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "Wasted (Digga D song) (ft. ArrDee)” | Digga D | Co-Writer/Producer | 6 | BPI: Gold | TBA | ||
| "Baby (ft. Deno (singer))” | A1 x J1 | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | AoD | - | TBA | ||
| "Don't Matter” | Jelani Blackman | Co-Writer/Producer | - | TBA | |||
| "The Feel” | Kid Brunswick | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | - | XForever | |||
| "Dear Anonymous” | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | - | |||||
| "Skin” | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | Mike Shinoda | - | ||||
| "XForever” | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | - | |||||
| "This Song Makes No Sense” | Co-Writer/Co-Producer/Mixer | - | |||||
| "To My White Boy Princess" | 2022 | Alice Longyu Gao | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | - | TBA | ||
| “BMW" | Bad Boy Chiller Crew | Additional Production | 7 | BPI: Gold | TBA | ||
| “Come & Go” | ArrDee | Production | 16 | “Pier Pressure” | |||
| “Be Me” | Finn Foxell | Production | TBA | ||||
| “Leaders” | Finn Foxell | Production/Co-Writer | TBA | ||||
| “Fuego” | Aitch (rapper) | Co-Production/Co-Writer | Whyjay | Close to Home | |||
| “The Palm” | Whyjay & Litek | ||||||
| “Not Over Yet Remix (ft. Headie One & Nines (rapper))” | KSI | Production/Co-Writer | TBA | ||||
| “Messy in Heaven” | Venbee & Goddard | Co-Production | 3 | BPI: Platinum | TBA | ||
| “ILY2” | NewDad | Production | TBA | ||||
| "I Need You" | 2023 | Elderbrook | Co-Writer/Producer | - | Little Love |
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