Английская Википедия:Amir Esmailian

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Amir Esmailian (Persian: امیر اسماعیلیان; born December 28, 1983), also known as Cash and Cash XO, is an Iranian-Canadian music industry executive, talent manager, and record producer. He is the co-founder of XO Records and the co-manager of the label's primary artist, singer the Weeknd. He has executively produced albums and songs for artists such as Nav (whom he also manages) and the Carters.

Early life and education

Amir Esmailian was born in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 1983, during the Iran–Iraq War. To flee the conflict, his family emigrated to Ottawa, Canada in 1988. Growing up, Esmailian was neighbors with future rapper and XO signee, Belly. The two would often go to recording studios together. He got his nickname, "Cash", as a child, given to him by his friend and future XO member, Hawk Marley. His first job as a 12 year-old involved making Canadian Football League trading cards. He is a graduate of Merivale High School in Ottawa.

Career

In 2002, Esmailian's friend and rapper, Belly, was signed to Wassim "Sal" Slaiby's Capital Prophets label (later the CP Music Group). Slaiby also hired Esmailian as the head of street promotion for the label. At age 19 in 2003, Esmailian began traveling with rapper and friend, Juelz Santana, on his tours. In 2007, he started co-managing Belly alongside Sal, which took him to Florida in an effort to help his client break into the club scene.

While living in Miami in 2011, Esmailian's friend, Hawk Marley, sent him some of singer the Weeknd's tracks when the artist was relatively unknown. Esmailian then drove to Toronto, Canada and began managing the Weeknd. In 2012, Esmailian, Slaiby and the Weeknd founded the XO record label as a joint venture with Republic Records. Through the XO and Republic partnership, the Weeknd released several albums in the following years, including Trilogy (2012), Kiss Land (2013), and Beauty Behind the Madness (2015). The latter album would be honored with two Grammy Awards. Along with Slaiby, Esmailian was named to BillboardШаблон:'s "40 Under 40: Music's Young Power Players" list in 2015. Esmailian was also pivotal in the 2016 release of Starboy, the Weeknd's third studio album that debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, received triple platinum certification and won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards. On March 20, 2020, XO and Republic Records released the Weeknd's fourth studio album After Hours. The album debuted and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification. In March 2020, After Hours broke the record for the most global pre-adds in Apple Music history, with over 1.02 million users.

In 2016, Esmailian discovered the Toronto-based rapper and record producer Nav, signing him to XO and becoming his co-manager. In February 2017, Nav released his debut self-titled mixtape, in which him and Esmailian were the executive producers of. Esmailian would go on to be an executive producer on Nav and Metro Boomin's collaborative mixtape, Perfect Timing, alongside the two in July of that year.

In May 2018, Nav released his debut studio album, Reckless, in 2018, in which Esmailian executive produced alongside Nav. Also in June 2018, Esmailian earned songwriting credits on the Carters' Everything is Love album with "Friends", a song in which Nav co-produced since it was an instrumental version of a track left off from Reckless. He would again earn executive producer credits alongside Nav and the Weeknd on Nav's second studio album, Bad Habits, which was released in March 2019, and debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. In May 2020, Esmailian, Nav, and the Weeknd again executive produced Nav's third studio album, Good Intentions and its deluxe reissue, Brown Boy 2, the former that once again debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Esmailian is also credited as a producer for seven songs and a songwriter for nine songs on the album. In November 2020, he would go on again to be an executive producer alongside Wheezy on Nav's commercial mixtape, Emergency Tsunami.

In April 2019, Esmailian premiered 21 previously unreleased songs on the fifth episode of the Weeknd's Beats 1 radio show, Memento Mori. Tracks by Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, Travis Scott, Gunna, Nav, 21 Savage, Offset, Gucci Mane, Future, and others were played. In 2020, Esmailian launched a Champagne named Noirblanc, under the house name Xavier D’Orsenac.

Songwriting and production discography

List of songs written along with notes to indicate production
Year	Artist	Album	Song	Co-written with
2013	French Montana	Excuse My French	"Gifted" Шаблон:Small	Karim Kharbouch, Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Danny Schofield
2016	Travis Scott	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight	"Beibs in the Trap" Шаблон:Small	Jacques Webster II, Navraj Goraya
2017	Nav and Metro Boomin	Perfect Timing	"ASAP Ferg" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Leland Wayne, Symere Woods
			"Both Sides" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Leland Wayne, Shéyaa Abraham-Joseph
			"Call Me"	Navraj Goraya, Leland Wayne
			"Need Some" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Leland Wayne, Radric Davis, Tim Gomringer, Kevin Gomringer
2018	Tory Lanez	Memories Don't Die	"Dance for Me" Шаблон:Small	Daystar Peterson, Navraj Goraya, Sergio Romero, Daniel Gonzalez
	Nav	Reckless	"Never Change"	Navraj Goraya, Danny Schofield
			"Faith" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Quavious Marshall, Mariel Orr
			"Champion" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Jacques Webster II, Ozan Yildirim, Michael Hernandez
			"Glow Up"	Navraj Goraya, Danny Schofield
			"Just Happened"	Navraj Goraya, Danny Schofield, Robert Richardson
			"Wanted You" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Symere Woods, Khaled Khaled, Benjamin Diehl
			"With Me"	Navraj Goraya, Benjamin Diehl
	The Carters	Everything Is Love	"Friends"	Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Matthew Samuels, Jahaan Sweet, Rupert Thomas, Jr., Navraj Goraya, Tavoris Hollins, Jr., Brittany Coney, Denisia Andrews
	Tory Lanez	Love Me Now?	"Cut Me Off" Шаблон:Small	Daystar Peterson, Navraj Goraya, Javar Rockamore, Robert Reese, Theodore Thomas, Thomas Walker
2019	Future	The Wizrd	"First Off" Шаблон:Small	Nayvadius Wilburn, Jacques Webster II, Jacob Canady
	Nav	Bad Habits	"Tap" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Robert Williams, London Holmes, Westen Weiss
			"Tension"	Navraj Goraya, Mohkom Bhangal, Jordan Bacchus, Sugar-Ray Henry, Jason Quenneville
			"Tussin" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Jeffery Williams, Mohkom Bhangal, Jacob Canady, Ezekiel Henry
			"Know Me"	Navraj Goraya, Andrew Franklin, Austin Schindler
			"Amazing" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Nayvadius Wilburn, Brytavious Chambers
2020	Lil Uzi Vert	Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2	"Leaders"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Symere Woods, Navraj Goraya, Andrew Franklin, Mohkom Bhangal
	Nav	Good Intentions	"No Debate"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Jeffery Williams, Wesley Glass, Andrew Franklin, Mohkom Bhangal
			"My Business"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Nayvadius Wilburn, Andrew Franklin
			"Turks" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Sergio Kitchens, Jacques Webster II, Wesley Glass
			"Status"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Symere Woods, Keanu Torres
			"Codeine" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Sergio Kitchens, Andrew Franklin
			"Saint Laurenttt"Шаблон:Efn	Navraj Goraya, Andrew Franklin, Nima Jahanbin, Paimon Jahanbin
			"Run It Up"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Bashar Jackson, Andrew Franklin, Mohkom Bhangal, Windsor Lubin
			"Spend It"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Jeffery Williams, Wesley Glass, Brandon Korn
			"No Ice"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Durk Banks, Andrew Franklin, Dylan-Cleary Krell
	Future	High Off Life	"Solitaires" Шаблон:Small	Nayvadius Wilburn, Jacques Webster II, Wesley Glass
	Nav	Emergency Tsunami	"Breaking News Intro"	Шаблон:N/A
			"Friends & Family"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Jasper Harris
			"Young Wheezy" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Sergio Kitchens, Wesley Glass
			"Nasty"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Colin Franken, Corey French
			"Repercussions" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Jeffery Williams, Wesley Glass, Sean Momberger
			"Vetement Socks"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Chandler Durham, Colin Franken, Alexander Bak
			"Don't Need Friends" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Dominique Jones, Wesley Glass, Andrew Franklin
			"Make It Right Back"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Robert Richardson
			"Trains" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Raqhid Render, Wesley Glass
			"Do Ya Deed" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Saaheem Valdery, Wesley Glass
			"Droppin Tears"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Sugar-Ray Henry
			"Modest"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Sugar-Ray Henry
			"Turn & Twist"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Colin Franken
			"Breaking News Outro"	Шаблон:N/A
			"Pickney"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass
			"Stella McCartney" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Nayvadius Wilburn, Wesley Glass
2021	Rowdy Rebel	Шаблон:N/A	"Jesse Owens" Шаблон:Small	Chad Marshall, Navraj Goraya, Andrew Franklin
2022	Nav	Demons Protected by Angels	"Dead Shot" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Symere Woods, Andrew Franklin
			"One Time" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Caleb Toliver, Nayvadius Wilburn, Dylan Cleary-Krell
			"Weirdo"	Navraj Goraya, Wesley Glass, Chandler Ingram
			"My Dawg" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Durk Banks, Andrew Franklin, Keanu Torres, Fabio Aguilar
			"Interstellar" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Symere Woods, Andrew Franklin, Patrick Piscot, Jeppe Jacobsen
			"Lost Me" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Rony Kordab, Luke Honeywood, Patrick Bodi
			"Reset"Шаблон:Efn Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Bryson Tiller, Andrew Franklin
			"Mismatch" Шаблон:Small	Navraj Goraya, Marcellus Register, Wesley Glass, Mohkom Bhangal
2023	Don Toliver	Love Sick	"Embarrassed" Шаблон:Small	Caleb Toliver, Jacques Webster II, Wesley Glass, Dylan Cleary-Krell, Douglas Ford
	Travis Scott	Utopia	"Topia Twins" Шаблон:Small	Jacques Webster II, Robert Thomas, Shéyaa Abraham-Joseph, Wesley Glass, Oliver Rodigan, Dylan Cleary-Krell, Henri Velasco

External links

• The Weeknd official website