Brett Leland McLaughlin, known professionally as Leland, is an American singer and songwriter.[1] Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including Selena Gomez, Troye Sivan, Daya, Andy Grammer, Kelsea Ballerini and Allie X.[2][3] In December 2017, McLaughlin signed with Vertigo Berlin/Universal Music Germany for his career as a singer and is currently published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Birth name | Brett Leland McLaughlin |
Born | (1987-07-22) July 22, 1987 (age 35) |
Origin | Ocean Springs, Mississippi, U.S. |
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Years active | 2011–present |
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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Aware"[4] | 2015 | Non-album singles |
"Full-Time" (featuring Pyramids in Paris and Nevada) | ||
"Mattress" | 2017 | |
"Run into You" | 2018 | |
"Run Away with Me" (with Peter Thomas) |
Attachment | |
"Middle of a Heartbreak" | Non-album singles | |
"Another Lover" | 2019 | |
Title | Year | Album |
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"I'm a Rapper" (Marcus Butler featuring Brett McLaughlin) |
2013 | Non-album singles |
"Beam Me Up" (Le P featuring Leland) |
2015 | |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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"Sweet Life" | 2015 | Keljet | Transatlantic |
Leland co-wrote Kardashian: The Musical, VH1 Divas Live and Kitty Girls featured on the ninth season and All Stars 3 of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, and was a guest on the sixth episode of All Stars 3, second episode of All Stars 4, twelfth episode of season 12 and seventh episode of All Stars 6. Leland co-wrote "I'm That Bitch" and "You Think You Know Me" for the first two episodes of the twelfth season.
Leland co-wrote "Break Up (Bye Bye)" and "UK Hun?" for RuPaul's Drag Race UK. He also wrote “Queens Down Under” for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.
Leland served as executive music producer for the Hulu series Love, Victor, in addition to writing the series' theme song "Somebody Tell Me". He also co-wrote 13 original songs for the series' soundtrack.
Leland co-wrote "My Brother's Gay" and "Stink", and the theme song for the series The Other Two, which was executive produced by Lorne Michaels and created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, and aired on Comedy Central.
Leland served as executive music producer and composer for Gayme Show on Quibi.
McLaughlin composed the score, and wrote 11 original songs with Bram Inscore, for the Netflix original movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, directed by Ian Samuels and starring Shannon Purser. The film was released on September 7, 2018.[5]
McLaughlin composed the theme song "Revelation", featured in the movie and end credits of the film Boy Erased, with Troye Sivan and Jonsi.[6]
Leland was born in Biloxi, Mississippi.[7] He is openly gay.[8]
indicates a song that was released as a single.
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Chart performance | Album | |||||||||
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US | AUS | BEL (FL) |
CAN | GER | NED | NZ | SWE | UK | US Club | ||||
"Galaxy" (featuring Stan Walker) |
2011 | Jessica Mauboy | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | Get 'Em Girls |
"We Pray for You" | J Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Disappear" | John Flanagan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pretty Lies | |
"Heartkiller" | 2012 | Kat Graham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Against the Wall |
"Trust" | Timomatic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Timomatic | |
"Wall Street" | 2014 | Neon Hitch | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Eleutheromaniac |
"It's Okay to Cry" | J Rice | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
"State of Things" | Matt Simons | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Catch & Release | |
"Sanctuary" | 2015 | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | CollXtion I |
"1991" | Kat Graham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roxbury Drive | |
"Going Down Tonight" | Colby O'Donis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Hide Away" | Daya | 23 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 44 | 48 | 15 | 55 | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | Daya EP | |
"Thirsty" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Legendary" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"U12" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Back to Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Run Away" | Kat Graham | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roxbury Drive | |
"Don't Wait" | Joey Graceffa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | Non-album singles | |
"No Pressure" | Little Boots | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Working Girl | |
"Bite" | Troye Sivan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue Neighbourhood | |
"Talk Me Down" | — | 36 | 21 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 3] | — | 118 | — | |||
"Youth" | 23 | 17 | 32 | 47 | 22 | 78 | 23 | 74 | 96 | 1 | |||
"Lost Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"For Him." (featuring Allday) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Suburbia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Swimming Pools" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Closure" | Hayley Warner | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Lady & Her Man" | 2016 | Tiffany | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Million Miles |
"I'm Famous" (featuring Conor Maynard) |
Marcus Butler | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Open Book" | Jacob Whitesides | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Why? | |
"All the Rage" | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"All the Money" | Britt Nicole | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Britt Nicole | |
"Girls Night Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I Tried" | J Sutta | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Feline Resurrection | |
"Hungover" | Emmalyn | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"You Will Find Me" | Alex & Sierra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | As Seen on TV | |
"I.C.Y.M.I." | Daya | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sit Still, Look Pretty | |
"Love of My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Cool" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Got the Feeling" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Credit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Next Plane Out" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Vowels" | Capital Cities | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Solarize | |
"Heartbreak Tastes Like Summer" | Jessica Foxx | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Good Time People" | Spencer Ludwig | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"No Bad Vibes" | Nicole Millar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Communication | |
"Bad Feeling" | 2017 | Joy Crookes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Influence |
"What You Want" | The Heirs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Paper Love" | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | CollXtion II | |
"Vintage" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Old Habits Die Hard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"That's So Us" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"True Love is Violent" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Why" | Sabrina Carpenter | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Weekend" | Adam Sample | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"How You Gon' Do That" (featuring Cara) |
Flosstradamus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Ugly" | Jaira Burns | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"There for You" (with Troye Sivan) |
Martin Garrix | 94 | 23 | 19 | 48 | 31 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 40 | — | ||
"Fetish" (featuring Gucci Mane) |
Selena Gomez | 27 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 49 | 16 | 24 | 33 | — | ||
"Why Did You Lie?" | Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Need a Break" | Kodak Black | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Project Baby 2 | |
"Whole Heart" | Rachel Platten | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Waves | |
"Even If It Hurts" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"High Rollin" | Jaira Burns | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"I Could Never" (featuring Bridesman) |
Keljet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"New" | Daya | —[upper-alpha 6] | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Party Up" (featuring Spencer Ludwig) |
Osmo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Miss Me More" | Kelsea Ballerini | 47 | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Unapologetically | |
"85" | Andy Grammer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Good Parts | |
"Workin' on It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"My My My!" | 2018 | Troye Sivan | 80 | 14 | 1 | 57 | 87 | 79 | 25 | 65 | 38 | 1 | Bloom |
"The Good Side" | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 7] | — | — | — | |||
"Ignore Me" | Betty Who | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Betty | |
"Sitting on a Secret" | RuPaul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Drag Up Your Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Divas Live, Pt. 1" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Divas Live, Pt. 2" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Quarter Life Crisis" | Harry Hudson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yesterday's Tomorrow Night | |
"PharmaRusical" | RuPaul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Oh God" (featuring Konshens) |
Era Istrefi | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"All My Issues" | Nicole Millar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Excuse Me | |
"Science" | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Super Sunset | |
"Bloom" | Troye Sivan | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | — | Bloom | |
"Dance to This" (featuring Ariana Grande) |
115 | 39 | 36 | 85 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 9] | 98 | 64 | — | |||
"Seventeen" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Plum" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"What a Heavenly Way to Die" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Animal" | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | |||
"This This" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Running Shoes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Paradise" | Hotshot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Early Flowering | |
"Mood" | Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"The Other Side" | Betty Who | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sierra Burgess is a Loser: OST | |
"Kid Wonder" | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Half of You" | MNEK | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Phone Call" | No Artist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Lie for Love" | Sabrina Carpenter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Sunflower" | Shannon Purser | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Sunflower (Reprise)" | Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I Don't Change" | KID | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Parking Lot" | No Artist | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Goodbye" | Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"End Up With You" | Carrie Underwood | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cry Pretty | |
"1999" (with Troye Sivan) |
Charli XCX | —[upper-alpha 11] | 18 | 32 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 12] | —[upper-alpha 13] | 13 | 48 | Charli | |
"Revelation" (with Jónsi) |
Troye Sivan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Boy Erased: OST | |
"Toxins" | Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Paris" | Sabrina Carpenter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singular: Act I | |
"Hold Tight" (featuring Uhmeer) |
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"Errybody Say Love" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Don't Funk It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I'm So Tired..." (with Troye Sivan) |
2019 | Lauv | 81 | 11 | 37 | 57 | 42 | 63 | 9 | 37 | 8 | — | How I'm Feeling |
"Bones" (featuring OneRepublic) |
Galantis | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | —[upper-alpha 14] | 46 | — | — | Church | |
"I Can't Stop Me" (featuring Saweetie) |
Sabrina Carpenter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singular: Act II | |
"Take You Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Spotlight" (featuring Andy Mineo and Swoope) |
Andy Grammer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Naive | |
"Me Necesita" (with CNCO) |
PrettyMuch | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | INTL:EP | |
"Cruel" | Jax Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Snacks (Supersize) | |
"Quite Miss Home" | James Arthur | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 15] | — | 77 | — | You | |
"Break up Bye Bye" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race UK | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | Non-album singles | |
"Love Me Wrong" (featuring Troye Sivan) |
Allie X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cape God | |
"First Christmas (That I Loved You)" (from Let It Snow) |
Shameik Moore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Rare" | 2020 | Selena Gomez | 30 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 42 | 40 | 28 | 44 | 28 | — | Rare |
"Now I'm Gone" | Andrea Vasquez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love Don't Live Here | |
"Louder Than Bombs" | BTS | —[upper-alpha 16] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Map of the Soul: 7 | |
"I'm That Bitch" | RuPaul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"You Don't Know Me" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Kings & Queens" | Ava Max | 13 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 9 | —[upper-alpha 17] | 21 | 19 | — | Heaven & Hell | |
"Daze Inn" | Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy | |
"Take Yourself Home" | Troye Sivan | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — | In a Dream | |
"Uncool" (featuring .Ange.) |
Adam Sample | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
"Man Up" | Hailee Steinfeld | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Half Written Story | |
"Someone Else" | Duncan Laurence | — | — | 36 | — | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | Worlds on Fire | |
"I Made It/ Mirror Song/ Losing is the New Winning (Las Vegas Live Medley)" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"I'm a Drag Queen" | The Cast of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"I'm in Love" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, Season 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Somebody to Tell Me" | Tyler Glenn | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs from "Love, Victor" (Original Soundtrack) | |
"Athlete" | Greyson Chance | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"God, This Feels Good" | Isaac Dunbar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Slow Grenade" (featuring Lauv) |
Ellie Goulding | —[upper-alpha 19] | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 20] | — | — | — | Brightest Blue | |
"Clapback" | RuPaul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Warmer" | Rascal Flatts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How They Remember You | |
"Stud" | Troye Sivan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In a Dream | |
"10/10" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"In a Dream" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Bite" | Aaron Carpenter | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
"Miss America" | Isaac Dunbar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Two Thumbs" | Kiiara | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lil Kiiwi | |
"Fires" (featuring Lil West) |
Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy | |
"Feel Something" | Armin van Buuren and Duncan Laurence | — | — | 78 | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | Small Town Boy | |
"Love, or the Lack Thereof" | Isaac Dunbar | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Evil Twin | |
"Her Majesty" | Frock Destroyers | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Frock4Life | |
"Big Ben" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Frockatica 1" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Frockatica 2" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Fame Whore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Frockatica 3" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"FROCK4LIFE" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"How's the Lighting?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Roommates" | Dixie D'Amelio | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 21] | — | — | — | TBA | |
"Wingman" | 2021 | Boys World | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Charger" (Solo or featuring Charli XCX) |
ELIO | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Can You Hear Me Now? | |
"Phenomenon" | The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"UK Hun?" | United Kingdolls | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | ||
"Lucky" (featuring The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13) |
RuPaul | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Obsessed" | Addison Rae | 110 | — | — | 74 | — | — | —[upper-alpha 22] | — | — | — | TBA | |
"Gucci Knife" (featuring MASN) |
Carlie Hanson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Stars" | Duncan Laurence | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | Small Town Boy (Deluxe) | |
Year | Organization | Work | Category | Result | Ref |
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2016 | ARIA Music Awards | "Youth" | Song of the Year | Won | [12] |
2019 | Golden Globe Awards | "Revelation" | Best Original Song | Nominated | [13] |