Savan Harish Kotecha is an Oscar, Golden Globe and multi Grammy nominated American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, for which he wrote and produced several songs and performed one song. Notable songs Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include: Lizzo ("2 Be Loved") Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Break Free", "Love Me Harder", "One Last Time", "Focus", "Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", "No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored") Katy Perry ("Rise") Westlife ("Obvious", "Amazing", "Us Against the World", "Beautiful in White") The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", "In The Night") Ellie Goulding ("Love Me like You Do", "On My Mind", "Close to Me") Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love") Maroon 5 ("One More Night") Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", "If You Seek Amy") One Direction ("What Makes You Beautiful") Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang") Christina Aguilera ("Your Body") Demi Lovato ("Confident", "Cool For the Summer") Shayne Ward ("No U Hang Up", "Breathless") Discography Adam Lambert "If I Had You" (US CHR #15) "Evil in the Night" "The Original High" "Things I Didn't Say" Alexandra Burke "Start Without You" (UK #1) "What Happens on the Dance Floor" "Broken Heels" (UK #8) "The Silence" (UK #16) "Dumb" "Gotta Go" Allison Iraheta "Friday I'll Be Over U" "Just Like You" Ariana Grande "Focus" (US #7) (UK #10) "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (US #2) (UK #1) "Break Free" (featuring Zedd) (US# 4) (UK #16) "One Last Time" (US #13) (UK #2) "Love Me Harder" (featuring The Weeknd) (US #7) (UK #48) "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj) (US #3) (UK #1) "Santa Tell Me" (US Holiday Song Chart #1) (US #17) (UK #11) "Into You" (US #13) (UK #14) "Side to Side" (featuring Nicki Minaj) (US #4) (UK #4) "Everyday" (featuring Future) (US #55) (UK #123) "Greedy" "Sometimes" "Bad Decisions" "Touch It" "They Don't Know" "No Tears Left To Cry" (US #3) (UK #2) "God Is a Woman" (US #8) (UK #4) "Everytime" (US #62) "Breathin" (US #12) (UK #8) "Bloodline" (US #22) "Bad Idea" (US #27) "Ghostin" (US #25) "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (US #2) (UK #1) "Don't Call Me