Lee Sang-hyeon better known by his stage name BRLLNT is a Grammy Award nominated DJ/Producer from South Korea born in 1995.[1]

BRLLNT
Birth nameLee Sang-hyeon
Born (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 (age 29)
OriginSouth Korea
GenresHip-Hop, R&B, House
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • Producer
Years active2014-present
Korean name
Hangul
이상현
Revised RomanizationLee Sang-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerLee Sanghyŏn

He released his first EP titled "Girl" in 2017 with featuring from Changmo, Sumin, Paul Blanco and DUVV.[2]

He co-produced with Anderson .Paak and Dumbfoundead in 2018 the song Like I Do by American singer Christina Aguilera from her eighth studio album Liberation.[3] The single featuring GoldLink received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, held in 2019.[4]

In 2019 he produced the song 돈 Call Me (Don Call Me, in Korean Don means Money) for the Korean Rapper Yumdda which was Yumdda's first Chart Ranking song. This song was nominated at the Korean Music Awards for Best Hip Hop Song and at the Korea Hip-Hop Awards for Hip Hop Track of the year.[5][6]

In 2019 he produced the song indiGO for the Korean Rapper JUSTHIS & KID MILI & NO:EL & Yang-Hongwon.[7]

Due to his tie with Soap Seoul holding his regular party called TERRITORY,[8] he released a track named Cash featuring Paul Blanco in 2020 on their newly launched Soap Records label.[9]

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 GRAMMY Awards Best Rap/Sung Performance Christina Aguilera - Like I Do feat. GoldLink

prod. by BRLLNT, Anderson .Paak, Dumbfoundead

Nominated [10]
2020 Korean Hip-hop Awards Hip Hop Track of the Year Yumdda - "Don't Call Me"

prod. by BRLLNT

Nominated [11]
Korean Music Awards Best Hip Hop Song Nominated [12]

References edit

  1. ^ "BRLLNT". Insomniac.
  2. ^ "BRLLNT 'Girl' EP Highlights". Archived from the original on 2020-09-25.
  3. ^ "Like I Do - Christina Aguilera". Youtube.
  4. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Goldlink". GRAMMY.com. 2020-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  5. ^ "염따(Yumdda) - 돈 Call Me (Prod. by BRLLNT) / [DF LIVE]". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27.
  6. ^ "래퍼 염따, 플렉스 넘치는 일상…맨 몸에 점퍼 입고 "차트인 기념 1000만원짜리 MV" - 강소현". 톱스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. ^ "IndiGO / 저스디스 (JUSTHIS) & Kid Milli & NO:EL & 양홍원 - genie". www.genie.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  8. ^ "My Guide Seoul".
  9. ^ "BRLLNT -cash (feat.paul blanco)". Youtube.
  10. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Goldlink". GRAMMY.com. 2020-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  11. ^ "Korean Hip-hop Awards Hip Hop Track of the Year nominees". www.koreanhiphopawards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  12. ^ "Korean Music Awards Best Hip Hop song nominees". koreanmusicawards.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-09-24.