August Rigo

August Rigo
Birth name	Dan August Rigo
Born	August 6, 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop, R&B, dance-pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, singer
Labels	Alpine Music, Sony/ATV, Island Def Jam
Website	augustrigo.com

Dan August Rigo or better known professionally as August Rigo (born August 6, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian recording artist, songwriter, producer and musician. August Rigo is signed to a publishing contract with Sony/ATV^[1] as a songwriter.

Early life

Dan August Rigo (born August 6, 1986 Toronto, Ontario, Canada) became passionate about music when he watched Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown's 25th Anniversary TV Show. He taught himself to play keyboards and guitar while in his teens.^[2]

Music career

He Co-wrote U Smile, "Stuck in the Moment" and "Kiss And Tell" for Justin Bieber, Solo for Iyaz and Outta this World for JLS. He is featured on Cheryl Cole's second album, Messy Little Raindrops, on the song Better To Lie. He is the executive producer of Musiq Soulchild's 2011 release of "musiqinthemagiq" and co-wrote "Anything", "SayIDo", "Silver & Gold", "WaitingStill" and "BackToWhere".^[3]

In 2010, August secured a publishing deal with Sony/ATV^[1] as well as an admin society deal with BMI.^[4] He is also signed with Island Def Jam Records.^[4]

In October 2011, August released his first single "Here Comes Trouble" featuring Busta Rhymes on Alpine Music Group/Island DefJam.^[5] He also released his promo mixtape "Too Big To Fail" online.^[6]

Rigo produced and featured on YouTube rapper D-Pryde's mixtapes "Once Again" (2012) and "Mars" (2011), as well as D-Pryde's first EP Canal&Richvale (2013)

On September 18th, 2015, August Rigo released the Japanese version of his album "The Fall Out" on Manhattan Records in Japan.^[7] "The Fall Out" was released independently on Rigo's label "Summerchild Records" in Canada on November 6th, 2015.^[8] The album was nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording.^[9]

Discography

Singles Written by August Rigo

• 2010: "Solo" (Iyaz)
• 2010: "Change Positions" (Pleasure P)
• 2010: "Up & Running" (Jessica Jarrell)
• 2011: "Gotta Be You" (One Direction)
• 2011: "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" (Sean Kingston)
• 2011: "Anything" (Musiq Soulchild)
• 2015: "Back To Sleep" (Chris Brown)

Songs Written by August Rigo

Mindless Behavior – Number 1 Girl

• 3. "Future"

Musiq Soulchild – "MusiqIntheMagiq"

• 1. "Anything"
• 3. "Sayido"
• 5. "Silver&Gold"
• 6. "WaitingStill"
• 7. "Backtowhere"
• 13. "Clumsylove" (iTunes bonus track)

Justin Bieber – My World 2.0

• 3. "Stuck in the Moment"
• 4. "U Smile"
• 11. "Kiss and Tell" (iTunes bonus track)"

Iyaz – Replay

• 2. "Solo"

JLS – Outta This World

• 3. "Outta This World"
• 5. "Work"
• 6. "I Know What She Like"
• 11. "Love at War"

Girlicious – Rebuilt

• 5. "Unlearn Me"
• 9. "Over You

Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops

• 9. "Better to Lie"

Jesse McCartney – Have It All

• 3. "The Writer"

10. Produced and featured songs on YouTube sensation D-Pryde's Mixtape "MARS"

Chris Brown – Royalty

• 1. "Back To Sleep"

References

1. "Rigo". Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
2. "August Rigo: Perseverance Paying Off | MusicWorld®". BMI.com. January 21, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
3. Kellman, Andy (May 3, 2011). "Musiqinthemagiq – Musiq (Soulchild)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
4. "August Rigo Joins BMI Family | Photos". BMI.com. June 14, 2010. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
5. "August Rigo releases his first single "Here Comes Trouble"". Evigshedentertainment.com. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
6. jschramm23 (October 13, 2011). "August Rigo – Too Big To Fail (Mixtape)". GoodMusicAllDay.com. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
7. https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/the-fall-out-japan-edition/id1029826247
8. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-fall-out/id1054027817
9. http://junoawards.ca/nomination/2016-rbsoul-recording-of-the-year-august-rigo/