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Ilya Salmanzadeh (; ; born 19 September 1986), known mononymously as Ilya, is an Iranian-born Swedish songwriter, record producer, and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's hit single "Problem" for her second studio album My Everything (2014). He is a six-time Grammy Awards nominee, including three nominations for Album of the Year: Thank U, Next (2020), Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) (2022), Special (2023).
Alongside Max Martin, he co-wrote and produced Ariana Grande's "Problem" and Jennifer Lopez's "First Love" in 2014. "Problem" went on to become one of the fastest-selling singles in iTunes history before winning a Teen Choice Award, VMA and EMA months later. In June 2014, Ilya was nominated for the Denniz Pop Awards, an annual prize handed out to up-and-coming musicians. "Bang Bang", co-produced by Ilya, was released as a joint single by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on 29 July 2014 to universal acclaim. In January 2015, Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do", co-written by Ilya, was released for the soundtrack album to the motion picture, Fifty Shades of Grey, becoming the most-streamed song in a week on Spotify. In May 2015, he remixed Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar, which became his first No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He co-wrote and produced large parts of Ariana Grande's later albums Sweetener and Thank U, Next. In 2019, Salmanzadeh co-wrote and produced Beyoncé's Grammy-nominated song "Spirit". He also worked on the production of Labrinth's singles "Miracle" and "Oblivion" (which features Sia), both taken from his sophomore solo album, Imagination & the Misfit Kid. His latest work is on Ed Sheeran's track "Azizam". He co-wrote and produced this song with Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Savan Kotecha. It was released on 04 April 2025.
| 2008 ! scope="row" | "Karma" (featuring David Jassy) | Darin Zanyar – Flashback | ||
| 2010 ! scope="row" | "Miss Me" (ft. Nelly) | Mohombi – MoveMeant | ||
| 2011 ! scope="row" | "Alienized" | Linda Pritchard – Alive | ||
| 2012 ! scope="row" | "Get Started" | David Lindgren – Get Started | ||
| 2013 ! scope="row" | "Can't Hold Back" | Anton Ewald – A | ||
| 2014 ! scope="row" | "One Last Time" | Ariana Grande – My Everything | ||
| 2015 ! scope="row" | "Love Me like You Do" | Ellie Goulding – Fifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||
| 2016 ! scope="row" | "Bad Decisions" | |||
| 2017 ! scope="row" | "Lions" | Skip Marley – Lions | ||
| 2018 ! scope="row" | "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)" | Ariana Grande – Sweetener | ||
| 2019 ! scope="row" | "Bloodline" | Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next | ||
| 2020 !scope="row" | "I'm Ready" | Sam Smith & Demi Lovato – Love Goes | ||
| 2021 ! scope="row" | "Oh Na Na" (with Myke Towers and Tainy) | Camila Cabello – Familia | ||
| 2022 ! scope="row" | "Lightning" | Charli XCX – Crash | ||
| 2023 ! scope="row" | "Brrr" | Kim Petras – Feed the Beast | ||
| 2024 ! scope="row" | "Bye" | Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine | ||
| 2025 ! scope="row" | "All Of The Same Lights" | Sabliess – Chaotic |
| 2012 | Grammy Award | Best Comedy Album | Turtleneck & Chain (songwriter & producer) | ||
| 2014 | Radio Disney Music Awards | Best Song to Rock Out to With Your BFF | "Me & My Girls" (producer) | ||
| Catchiest New Song | "I Wish" (songwriter & producer) | ||||
| Denniz Pop Awards | Rookie Songwriter/Producer | Himself | |||
| Swedish Music Publishers Prize | Year's Breakthrough | ||||
| Teen Choice Awards | "Problem" (songwriter & producer) | ||||
| MTV Video Music Award | Best Female Video | ||||
| Best Pop Video | |||||
| Best Collaboration | |||||
| Best Lyric Video | |||||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Song | ||||
| 2015 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Song | "Bang Bang" (producer) | ||
| Favorite Album | My Everything (songwriter, producer & programmer) | ||||
| Grammy Award | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | "Bang Bang" (producer) | |||
| Best Pop Vocal Album | My Everything (songwriter, producer & programmer) | ||||
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Song of the Year | "Bang Bang" (producer) | |||
| "Problem" (songwriter & producer) | |||||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best Collaboration | "Bang Bang" (producer) | |||
| "Problem" (songwriter & producer) | |||||
| Radio Disney Music Awards | Song of the Year | "Problem" (songwriter & producer) | |||
| ASCAP Pop Music Awards | Writer Among the Most Performed Songs | Himself | |||
| Billboard Music Award | Top Soundtrack | Fifty Shades of Grey (songwriter) | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Song | "Bad Blood" (producer) | |||
| "Love Me like You Do" (songwriter) | |||||
| Latin Grammy Award | Best Urban Song | "Back It Up (Spanish Version)" (songwriter & producer) | |||
| American Music Award | Top Soundtrack | Fifty Shades of Grey (composer) | |||
| Collaboration of the Year | "Bad Blood" (producer) | ||||
| 2016 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Song of the Year | |||
| "Love Me like You Do" (songwriter) | |||||
| Golden Globe Award | Best Original Song | ||||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Song | ||||
| Grammy Award | Best Pop Solo Performance | ||||
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | |||||
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Fifty Shades of Grey (songwriter) | ||||
| 2022 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Justice (producer & songwriter) | ||
| 2023 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Special (producer, engineers & mixer) | ||
| 2025 | Grammy Award | Best Dance Pop Recording | Yes, And? (producer) | ||
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