Poo Bear

This article is about the songwriter. For the fictional bear, see Winnie-the-Pooh.

Not to be confused with DJ Pooh or GrandPooBear.

Jason Paul Douglas Boyd, known professionally as Poo Bear,^[3][4] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his songwriting work for Canadian singer Justin Bieber, having been credited on each of his albums since his compilation, Journals (2013). Boyd has written four Billboard Hot 100-number one singles with Bieber's performances on "Despacito (Remix)" and "I'm the One", and his singles "Where Are Ü Now" and "What Do You Mean?". Furthermore, Boyd has written Bieber's top 40 singles "Intentions", "Forever", "I Don't Care", and "All That Matters". Prior, Boyd was credited on albums for R&B group 112, and co-wrote Usher's 2004 single "Caught Up", which peaked within the chart's top ten. He often writes for Scott Storch productions and co-writes in tandem with Sasha Sirota.^[5]

Poo Bear
Birth name	Jason Paul Douglas Boyd
Also known as	MDMA[1]
Born	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Origin	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Genres	Pop R&B[2]
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Bearthday Capitol
Website	poobearmusic.com

As a recording artist, Boyd signed with Capitol Records to release his debut studio album, Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music (2018).^[2] He launched the distribution platform, Fwaygo in 2023.^[6]

Early life

Boyd was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He moved with his mother to Atlanta, Georgia, at age 9 after a tornado left them homeless.^[7] His first career breakthrough came from working with R&B group 112, for whom he co-wrote the songs "Dance with Me" and "Peaches & Cream".^[8]

Career

Following his early success with 112, Boyd continued to write with other artists, including Chris Brown, Jill Scott, and Mariah Carey.^[9] In 2004, Usher's album Confessions was released and contained the single "Caught Up", which Boyd co-wrote with Ryan Toby and producers Dre & Vidal. The album was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 10 million copies in the US,^[10] and is largely considered as one of the best albums of the decade.^[11][12][13] "Caught Up" was the fifth single released from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

While in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2013, Boyd was introduced to Justin Bieber through rapper Lil Twist and other friends of Bieber's. The two bonded over similar upbringings and tastes in music and traveled the world together while working on music for Bieber's album. During this time, Boyd eschewed working with other artists, devoting his time exclusively to Bieber.^[7] He co-wrote the majority of the songs on Bieber's albums Journals and Purpose, including "No Pressure", where he is also credited as producer, "PYD", "All That Matters", and the double-platinum selling singles "Where Are Ü Now", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "What Do You Mean?", which peaked at number 1 on the Hot 100. On April 27, 2018, Boyd released his debut studio album Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music, via Capitol Records.

In the latter part of the 2010s, Boyd's work found success in both the Latin and country music genres. "Despacito (Remix)" was named the number 1 Latin song in the history of the Billboard charts,^[14] and Dan + Shay's hit "10,000 Hours" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

In addition, Boyd produced the songs "Mañana es Too Late" and "Lo Nuestro es Más", by Mexican pop duo Jesse & Joy, with the first one being a collaboration with Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums

Title	Details
Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music	Released: April 27, 2018 Label: Capitol, Universal Format: CD, digital download
The Book of Nabeel	Released: November 18, 2022 Label: NFartam Ltd. Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US Bub.[15]	AUS [16]	AUT [17]	BEL [18]	FRA [19]	GER [20]	NLD [21]	SWE [22]	SWI [23]	UK[24]
"Would You Ever" (with Skrillex)	2017	24	42	—	3	—	—	—	91	63	55	MC: Gold	Non-album single
"Will I See You" (featuring Anitta)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Poo Bear Presents Bearthday Music
"Hard 2 Face Reality" (featuring Justin Bieber and Jay Electronica)	2018	6	—	71	—	—	—	70	59	88	—
"Perdido" (featuring J Balvin)[25]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"All We Can Do" (with Juanes)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Two Commas"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Yes Please"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"Lonely Christmas" (Bryson Tiller featuring Justin Bieber and Poo Bear)	2021	A Different Christmas

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart position	Album
		NZ Hot [26]
"Angels Speak" (Justin Bieber featuring Poo Bear)	2021	39	Justice (The Complete Edition)

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artist	Album
"Salvage (Up All Night)"	2017	Galantis	The Aviary
"Angels Speak"	2021	Justin Bieber	Justice (The Complete Edition)
"Lonely Christmas"		Bryson Tiller, Justin Bieber	A Different Christmas

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2020	Justin Bieber: Seasons	Himself	[27]

Songwriting and production credits

Year	Artist	Song	Album
1999	112	"Be with You"	Room 112
		"Anywhere (Interlude)"
2000	Pink	"Love is Such a Crazy Thing"	Can't Take Me Home
2001	112	"Dance with Me"	Part III
		"Peaches & Cream"
		"All I Want is You"
		"Don't Hate Me" (featuring Twista)
		"Sweet Love"
2002	Howard Jones	"All I Want"	The Peaceful Tour Live
	Audiovent	"The Energy"	Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris
		"Looking Down"
		"I Can't Breathe"
		"Rain"
		"One Small Choice"
		"Sweet Frustration"
		"Stalker"
		"Gravity"
		"Underwater Silence"
		"Back and Forth"
		"Beautiful Addiction"
		"When I Drown"
	Lady May	"Round Up" (featuring Blu Cantrell)	May Day
	Isyss	"Single for the Rest of My Life"	The Way We Do
2003	Glenn Lewis	"Back for More" (featuring Kardinal Offishall)	Non-album single
	112	"Knock U Down (Interlude)"	Hot & Wet
		"Knock U Down"
		"Give It to Me"
	Ruben Studdard	"After the Candles Burn"	Soulful
2004	Carl Thomas	"Work It Out"	Let's Talk About It
	Usher	"Caught Up"	Confessions
		"Superstar"
		"Follow Me"
	8Ball & MJG	"Confessions" (featuring Poo Bear)	Living Legends
	Jill Scott	"My Petition"	Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
2005	R.A.C.L.A.	"2 in 1"	DEXteritate
	Amerie	"Just Like Me"	Touch
	Purple Ribbon All-Stars	"My Chrome" (featuring Poo Bear)	Got Purp? Vol. 2
		"Lovin' This"
2006	Urban Mystic	"I Refuse"	Ghetto Revelations II
		"Your Portrait"
	Yo Gotti	"That's What They Made It Foe" (featuring Poo Bear)	Back 2 da Basics
	Brooke Hogan	"About Us" (featuring Paul Wall)	Undiscovered
	Kelis	"Trilogy"	Kelis Was Here
		"Handful"
	Danity Kane	"Sleep on It"	Danity Kane
	Ruben Studdard	"What tha Business Is"	The Return
	Brooke Hogan	"My Space"	Undiscovered
		"All About Me"
		"My Number" (featuring Stacks)
		"One Sided Love"
		"Dance Alone" (featuring Nox)
2007	8Ball & MJG	"Take It Off" (featuring Poo Bear)	Ridin High
	Mya	"Lock U Down" (featuring Lil Wayne)	Liberation
	Daddy Yankee	"Qué Pasó!"	El Cartel: The Big Boss
	Kelly Rowland	"Comeback"	Ms. Kelly
		"Work"
	Foxy Brown	"When the Lights Go Out" (featuring Kira)	Brooklyn's Don Diva
2008	Saint	"Dance with Me" feat. M.D.P.	Non-album single
	Fat Joe	"Get It for Life" (featuring Poo Bear)	The Elephant in the Room
		"Preacher on a Sunday Morning" (featuring Poo Bear)
	Ludacris	"Contagious" (featuring Jamie Foxx)	Theater of the Mind
	Kindred the Family Soul	"No Limit"	The Arrival
	Common	"Make My Day" (featuring CeeLo Green)	Universal Mind Control
2009	Method Man & Redman	"Hey Zulu" (featuring Poo Bear)	Blackout! 2
		"I Know Sumptin'" (featuring Poo Bear)
	Chris Brown	"I Can Transform Ya" (featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz)	Graffiti
		"What I Do" (featuring Plies)
2010	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	"Rebirth"	Uni5: The World's Enemy
	RichGirl	"Swagger Right" (featuring Fabolous and Rick Ross)	Non-album single
	Redman	"When the Lights Go Off" (featuring Poo Bear)	Reggie
2011	Lupe Fiasco	"I Don't Wanna Care Right Now" (featuring MDMA)	Lasers
		"Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)" (featuring MDMA)
		"Coming Up" (featuring MDMA)
	Chris Brown	"She Ain't You"	F.A.M.E.
	Lloyd	"World Cry" (featuring R. Kelly, Keri Hilson and K'naan)	King of Hearts
	Yelawolf	"Let's Roll" (featuring Kid Rock)	Radioactive
2012	Lil Twist	"Contact"	Don't Get It Twisted
	Lupe Fiasco	"Bitch Bad"	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
	Slaughterhouse	"Place to Be" (featuring B.o.B)	Welcome to: Our House
	Lupe Fiasco	"Heart Donor" (featuring Poo Bear)	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
		"How Dare You" (featuring Bilal)
		"Brave Heart" (featuring Poo Bear)
		"Hood Now (Outro)"
2013	Jah Cure	"Nothing is Impossible"	World Cry
	Justin Bieber	"All That Matters"	Journals
		"Hold Tight"
		"Recovery"
		"Bad Day"
		"All Bad"
		"PYD" (featuring R. Kelly)
		"Change Me"
		"Swap It Out"
2015	Jack Ü	"Where Are Ü Now" (with Justin Bieber)	Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
	King Los	"Black and White (Interlude)" (featuring Poo Bear)	God, Money, War
	JR Castro	"Get Home" (featuring Kid Ink and Quavo)	Sexpectations, Vol. I
	Justin Bieber	"What Do You Mean?" (solo or with Ariana Grande)	Purpose
	Nico & Vinz	"Not for Nothing"	Cornerstone EP
	Abraham Mateo	"A Place in My Heart"	Are You Ready?
	Justin Bieber	"Mark My Words"	Purpose
		"Company"
		"No Pressure" (featuring Big Sean)
		"No Sense" (featuring Travis Scott)
		"Life is Worth Living"
		"Children"
		"Purpose"
		"Been You"
		"Get Used to It"
		"We Are" (featuring Nas)
		"Trust"
		"All In"
		"Hit the Ground"
		"The Most"
	Chris Brown	"Little More (Royalty)"	Royalty
2016	JR Castro	"FMN" (featuring Timbaland)	Sexpectations, Vol. I
	J Balvin	"No Hay Titulo"	Energia
	Steven Tyler	"Hold On (Won't Let Go)"	We're All Somebody from Somewhere
2017	Big Sean	"Jump Out the Window"	I Decided
	Ashlund Jade	"Ultimatum"	Non-album single
	Pitbull	"Better on Me" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	Climate Change
	Trey Songz	"What Are We Here For"	Tremaine the Album
		"Break from Love"
	La'Porsha Renae	"What is Love"	Already All Ready
	Luis Fonsi	"Despacito (Remix)" (with Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber)	Vida
	DJ Khaled	"I'm the One" (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne)	Grateful
	Wale	"Colombia Heights (Te Llamo)" (featuring J Balvin)	Shine
	Juanes	"Goodbye for Now"	Mis planes son amarte
	Jack & Jack	"Last Thing"	Gone EP
	Mali	"I Will"	The Transition of Mali
	David Guetta	"2U" (featuring Justin Bieber)	7
	Ty Dolla Sign	"Love U Better" (featuring Lil Wayne and The-Dream)	Beach House 3
	Fifth Harmony	"Angel"	Fifth Harmony
	Ty Dolla Sign	"So Am I" (featuring Damian Marley and Skrillex)	Beach House 3
	Galantis	"Salvage (Up All Night)" (featuring Poo Bear)	The Aviary
	Alesso	"Is That for Me" (with Anitta)	Non-album single
	Ty Dolla Sign	"Famous"	Beach House 3
		"Side Effects"
	Sam Smith	"Burning"	The Thrill of It All
	David Guetta	"So Far Away" (with Martin Garrix featuring Jamie Scott and Romy Dya)	7
2018	Jennifer Lopez	"Us"	Non-album single
	Stargate	"1Night" (featuring PartyNextDoor, 21 Savage and Murda Beatz)
	Labrinth	"Same Team" (with Stefflon Don)
	DJ Khaled	"No Brainer" (featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper)	Father of Asahd
	Matoma	"Don't Say What You Want To" (featuring Yashua)	One in a Million
	Mariah Carey	"The Distance" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	Caution
	Taz Zavala	"Beauty & the Struggle" (with Arika Gluck)	Westside OST
	Mariah Carey	"One Mo' Gen"	Caution
		"8th Grade"
2019	Hikaru Utada	"Face My Fears" (with Skrillex)	Bad Mode
	One Ok Rock	"Head High"	Eye of the Storm
	Jesse & Joy	"Mañana Es Too Late" (with J Balvin)	Aire (Versión Día)
	Ed Sheeran	"I Don't Care" (with Justin Bieber)	No.6 Collaborations Project
	Billie Eilish	"Bad Guy (Remix)" (with Justin Bieber)	Non-album single
	Madison Ryann Ward	"Other Side"	Beyond Me EP
	FKA Twigs	"Holy Terrain" (featuring Future)	Magdalene
	Chris Brown	"Don't Check on Me" (with Justin Bieber)	Indigo
	Zac Brown Band	"Need This"	The Owl
		"OMW"
		"Me and the Boys in the Band"
		"Finished What We Started" (featuring Brandi Carlile)
	Bear and a Banjo	"Better Days"	Non-album single
	Dan + Shay	"10,000 Hours" (with Justin Bieber)
	Bear and a Banjo	"Lying's the New Truth"	Bear and a Banjo
		"No Way (That's Not America)"
		"Me and My Banjo"
		"Born this Way"
		"Can You Hear Me Now" (solo or with Zac Brown)
		"Behind the Preposition"
		"We Ain't Going Nowhere"
		"Gone But Not Forgotten"
2020	Justin Bieber	"Yummy" (solo or with Summer Walker)	Changes
		"Intentions" (featuring Quavo)
	Jesse & Joy	"Lo Nuestro Vale Mas"	Aire (Versión Día)
	Justin Bieber	"Forever" (featuring Post Malone and Clever)	Changes
		"All Around Me"
		"Habitual"
		"Come Around Me"
		"Available"
		"Running Over" (featuring Lil Dicky)
		"Take It Out on Me"
		"Second Emotion" (featuring Travis Scott)
		"Get Me" (featuring Kehlani)
		"E.T.A."
		"Changes"
		"Confirmation"
		"That's What Love Is"
		"At Least for Now"
	Bear and a Banjo	"New Beginning"	Bear and a Banjo
	PartyNextDoor	"Savage Anthem"	Partymobile
	Jesse & Joy	"Aires"	Aire (Versión Día)
		"¿En Qué Nos Convertimos?"