Jacob Manson

{{Short description|British songwriter and record producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jacob Manson | image = Jacob Manson.jpg | caption = Manson in 2015 | birth_name = Jacob Manson | alias = Blonde (duo) | birth_place = Bristol, England, United Kingdom. | module = {{Infobox person | child = yes | alma_mater = University of Leeds (BA) }} | genre = {{flatlist| * Dance music * hip-hop * pop }} | instruments = {{flatlist| * piano * keyboards * guitar * bass * drums }} | occupations = {{flatlist| * DJ * songwriter * multi-instrumentalist * record producer }} | years_active = 2013–present | past_member_of = Blonde (duo) }}

'''Jacob Manson''' is a British songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known as one half of the electronic music duo Blonde, whose singles "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) and "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) charted in the UK top 10 and received BPI Platinum certification.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I LOVED YOU – BLONDE FT MELISSA STEEL |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/blonde-ft-melissa-steel-i-loved-you/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ALL CRIED OUT – BLONDE FT ALEX NEWELL |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/blonde-ft-alex-newell-all-cried-out/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref>

As a songwriter and producer outside Blonde, Manson has contributed to 9 top 10 records and has credits with artists including Ed Sheeran, David Guetta and Jason Derulo, as well as frequent collaborations with Elderbrook and Nines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dior – MK & CHRYSTAL (song credits) |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/song/dior/1811551953 |website=Apple Music |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=messy in heaven – venbee & goddard. (song credits) |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/song/messy-in-heaven/1698754423 |website=Apple Music |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref> In July 2025, he co-wrote "Dior" by MK featuring Chrystal, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks as well as an 11 week stay in the top 10.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DIOR – MK FT CHRYSTAL |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/mk-ft-chrystal-dior/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MK achieves first ever Official Number 1 Single with Dior ft Chrystal |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mk-achieves-first-ever-official-number-1-single-with-dior-featuring-chrystal/ |website=Official Charts Company |date=11 July 2025 |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref> In 2024, "Messy in Heaven" by venbee and Goddard.—which Manson co-produced— charted at #3 in the UK and was nominated for the BRIT Award for Song of the Year with Mastercard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The nominations for Song of the Year with Mastercard have been announced |url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/2024/the-nominations-for-song-of-the-year-with-mastercard-have-been-announced-1/ |website=The BRIT Awards |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=messy in heaven – venbee & goddard. (Production & Engineering credits) |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/song/messy-in-heaven/1698754423 |website=Apple Music |access-date=16 January 2026}}</ref>

==Discography== ===With Blonde=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK <ref name="UK">Peaks in the UK: * All except noted: {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/48104/blonde/|title=Artist Search > Blonde |publisher=Official Charts Company |work=Officialcharts.com }} * "Don't Need No Money": {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49868/imani-williams-sigala-blonde/|title=Artist Search > Imani Williams |publisher=Official Charts Company |work=Officialcharts.com }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK Dance <ref name="UK"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT <ref>[http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&titel=I+Loved+You&cat=s Austriancharts.at – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323060915/http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Blonde%20feat.%20Melissa%20Steel&titel=I%20Loved%20You&cat=s |date=23 March 2015 }} Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 February 2015.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL (FL) <ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/144790/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel-I-Loved-You Ultratop.be – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 February 2015.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121753/http://www.officialcharts.de/song.asp?artist=Blonde+feat.+Melissa+Steel&title=I+Loved+You&cat=s&country=de Officialcharts.de – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2015.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150122041853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2015&year=2015&week=3 Chart Track: Week 3, 2015] Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 January 2015.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO <ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20141207/41 Archive Chart: 2014-12-13] Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 7 December 2014.</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI <ref>[http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040 Swisscharts.com – Blonde feat. Melissa Steel – I Loved You] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219080309/http://www.swisscharts.com/song/Blonde-feat.-Melissa-Steel/I-Loved-You-1329040 |date=19 February 2015 }} Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 February 2015.</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Foolish" (featuring Ryan Ashley) | rowspan="3"| 2014 | — || — || — || 82 || — || — || — || — | | rowspan="5" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Higher Ground" (featuring Charli Taft) | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "I Loved You" (featuring Melissa Steel) | 7 || 5 || 60 || 31 || 25 || 65 || 10 || 56 | * BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/search.aspx|title=BPI Certified Awards > Search|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=2015-02-14|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801142929/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "All Cried Out" (featuring Alex Newell) | rowspan="2"| 2015 | 4 || 1 || — || 59 || — || 74 || 4 || — | * BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI"/> |- ! scope="row"| "Feel Good (It's Alright)" (featuring Karen Harding) | 76 || 19 || — || 99 || — || — || 50 || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Nothing Like This" (with Craig David) | 2016 | 15 || 5 || — || 94 || — || 34 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001|title=GFK Chart-Track|publisher=|access-date=2020-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825072818/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=240001|archive-date=2015-08-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> || — || — | * BPI: Platinum<ref name="BPI"/> | ''Following My Intuition'' |- ! scope="row"| "Don't Need No Money" (Imani featuring Sigala and Blonde) | 2016 | 67 || 22 || — || — || — || 77 || — || — || | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Just for One Night" (featuring Astrid S) | 2017 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Me, Myself & I" (featuring Bryn Christopher) | 2018 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- | colspan="12" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |}

===Select Production and Songwriting Discography=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:160px;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" | Credits ! Produced With ! scope="col" | Peak Chart Position (UK) ! scope="col" | Certification ! scope="col" style="width:180px;" | Album |- ! scope="row" | "Lay It All on Me" {{small|(ft. Ed Sheeran)}} | 2015 | Rudimental | Co-writer | | 12 | BPI: Platinum, RIAA Platinum, ARIA 2× Platinum | ''We the Generation'' |- ! scope="row" | "Just My Type" | rowspan="5" | 2018 | The Vamps | Co-writer/Producer | | - | | ''Night & Day'' |- ! scope="row" | "Answerphone" {{small|(ft. Ella Eyre & Yxng Bane)}} | Banx & Ranx | Co-writer | | 5 | BPI: Platinum | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Somebody Like Me" {{small|(ft. AJ Tracey)}} | Craig David | Co-writer/Producer/Mixer | | - | | ''The Time Is Now'' |- ! scope="row" | "Used to Love You" | Anne-Marie | Co-Producer | Fraser T. Smith, Lostboy | - | | ''Speak Your Mind'' |- ! scope="row" | "Hooked" | rowspan="2” | Why Don't We | rowspan="2” | Co-writer/Producer | | - | | ''8 Letters'' |- ! scope="row" | "I Don't Belong In This Club (ft. Macklemore)" | rowspan="4" | 2019 | | - | RIAA: Gold | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | "Too Hot" | rowspan="3" | Jason Derulo | Co-writer/Producer | | - | | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "F It Up" | Co-writer/Producer | | - | | rowspan="2" | "2Sides (Side 1)" |- ! scope="row" | "Talk About Us (ft. Stefflon Don" | Co-writer/Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Walls" | rowspan="12” | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Co-writer | | - | | ''Walls'' |- ! scope="row" | "Houdini" {{small|(ft. Swarmz and Tion Wayne)}} | KSI | Co-writer/Producer | AJProductions | 6 | BPI: Silver | ''Dissimulation'' |- ! scope="row" | "Numb" | rowspan="9" | Elderbrook | Additional Production | | - | | rowspan="9" | Why Do We Shake in the Cold? |- ! scope="row" | "Why Do We Shake in the Cold?" | Co-Producer/Mixer | Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs | - | |- ! scope="row" | "All My Love" | Co-Writer/Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "I'm A Fool" | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | Joel Pott, Elderbrook | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Down By The Bay" | Co-Writer/Producer/Mixer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Take A Minute" | Co-Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Back To My Bed" | Co-Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Set Fire To My Gun" | Co-Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Next December" | Co-Writer/Producer | | - | |- ! scope="row" | "Kein Hunger (ft. Ufo361))" | Loredana | Co-Producer/Co-Writer | | 9 (Germany) | | Medusa |- ! scope="row" | "Interest (ft. Ms Banks & Oxlade)” | rowspan="5” | 2021 | Dolapo | Co-producer | AJProductions | 9 (U.K. Afrobeats Chart) | | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan” | Don Broco | Co-Writer/Co-Producer | | - | | Amazing Things |- ! scope="row" | "Frost” | Tomorrow X Together | Co-Writer/Producer | | - | | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | "Gang Gang (ft. Jay1 & Deno (singer))” | KSI | Co-Writer/Producer | | 40 | | All Over the Place |- ! scope="row" | "Wasted (Digga D song) (ft. ArrDee)” | Digga D | Co-Writer/Producer | | 6 | BPI: Gold | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | “BMW" | rowspan="6” | 2022 | Bad Boy Chiller Crew | Additional Production | | 7 | BPI: Gold | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | “Come & Go” | ArrDee | Production | | 16 | | “Pier Pressure” |- ! scope="row" | “Fuego” | rowspan="2” | Aitch (rapper) | rowspan="2” | Co-Production/Co-Writer | Whyjay | | | rowspan="2” | Close to Home |- ! scope="row" | “The Palm” | Whyjay & Litek | | |- ! scope="row" | “Messy in Heaven” | Venbee & Goddard | Co-Production | | 3 | BPI: Platinum | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | “ILY2” | NewDad | Producer | | | | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | "I Need You" | rowspan="10” | 2023 | Elderbrook | Co-Writer/Producer | | | | Little Love |- ! scope="row" | “Calendar” | rowspan="8” | Nines | rowspan="8” | Co-Producer/Co-Writer | | | | Crop Circle 2 |- ! scope="row" | “Only One ft. Skrapz & OURAA” | | | | rowspan="7” | Crop Circle 3 |- ! scope="row" | “Toxic ft. Bad Boy Chiller Crew” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Never Be Me ft. Blade Brown” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “I Do ft. Tunde & Mugzz” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Good Morning” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Could of Been ft. Miraa May” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Devil's Rejects ft. Skrapz & George The Poet” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “When We Were Young (The Logical Song) ft. Kim Petras” | David Guetta | Co-Writer | | 51 | | {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row" | "Places ft. Shimza" | rowspan="6” | 2024 | rowspan="4” | Elderbrook | rowspan="4” | Co-Writer/Producer | | | | rowspan="4” | Another Touch |- ! scope="row" | “Shallow Water” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Afters” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “How Long” | | | |- ! scope="row" | “Going Crazy” | rowspan="2” | Nines | rowspan="2” | Producer/Co-Writer | | | | rowspan="2” | Quit While You're Ahead |- ! scope="row" | “Champagne Problems ft. Skrapz” | | | |- ! scope="row" | "Dior ft. Chrystal" | rowspan="2” | 2025 | MK | Co-Writer/Producer | | 1 | BPI Platinum | - |- ! scope="row" | “Turn It Up” | Marlon Hoffstadt | Producer & Co-Writer | | | | {{TBA}} |}

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