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Biography
Brian Dong Ho Lee (c. 1981) is a Korean American songwriter, best known as a co-writer of "Good Time" by Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen and "Work from Home" by Fifth Harmony, among other songs. He contributed to Lady Gaga's 2011 Born This Way album, co-writing "Americano" and "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" and providing back-up vocals on "Government Hooker".
Lee was trained as a classical violinist from the age of 3. He got his start in pop music with the Chicago area band he co-founded, Made in Hollywood, with fellow Chicagoan and former Inept bassist, Mike Felton. Following the dissolution of Made in Hollywood, Brian joined the band The White Tie Affair for a short period of time.
In 2013, he wrote and produced Icona Pop's dance club anthem "All Night" as well as Ingrid Michelson's, "The Afterlife."
Brian reached Number 1 in Japan with B2st's single "Can't Wait to Love You".
Discography
| Year | Artist | Label | Song | Co-written with | Accolades |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga | Interscope | "Americano" | Lady Gaga (as Stefani Germanotta), Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair, Cheche Alara | Album 2× Platinum US RIAA Album 3× Platinum UK BPI |
| 2011 | Lady Gaga | Interscope | "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" | Lady Gaga (as Stefani Germanotta), Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair | |
| 2012 | Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen | Universal Republic | "Good Time" | Adam Young, Matt Thiessen | 2× Platinum US RIAA |
| 2012 | Owl City | Universal Republic | "When Can I See You Again?" | Adam Young, Matt Thiessen | |
| 2012 | Owl City | Universal Republic | "I'm Coming After You" | Adam Young, Matt Thiessen | |
| 2012 | Cassie | Interscope | "Gimme That" | Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Drew Money | — |
| 2012 | Cross Gene | Avex | "One Way Love" | — | — |
| 2012 | Girls Generation | SM Entertainment | "The Great Escape Remix" | Brian Lee | — |
| 2013 | Icona Pop | Atlantic/Big Beat | "All Night" | Elof Loelv | #1 US Billboard Dance |
| 2013 | Selena Gomez | Hollywood Records | "The Lover In Me" | Leah Haywood, Daniel Pringle, Stuart Crichton, Selena Gomez | — |
| 2013 | Ingrid Michaelson | Cabin 24 / Mom + Pop | "Afterlife" | Ingrid Michaelson, Adam Palin | Album US Billboard 5 |
| 2013 | Michael Franti | ANTI | "I Don't Wanna Go" | Sam Hollander, Steve Shebby, Michael Franti | — |
| 2013 | Michael Franti | ANTI | "Wherever You Are " | Sam Hollander, Steve Shebby, Michael Franti | — |
| 2013 | Relient K | Mono vs Stereo | "Can't Complain" | Matthew Thiessen, Emily Wright, Aaron Sprinkle | Album #16 on US Billboard 200 #2 Billboard US Christian |
| 2013 | Relient K | Mono vs Stereo | "That's My Jam" | Sam Hollander, Matthew Thiessen | — |
| 2013 | Dev | Universal Republic | "Kiss It" | Devin Tailes, Hit-Boy | Top 40 US Rhythmic |
| 2013 | Hitomi | Avex | "Down For You" | Brian Lee | — |
| 2013 | Daichi Miura | Avex | "Half of You" | Daichi Miura | — |
| 2013 | Sinead Burgess | Island Records Australia | "Rearviewmirror" | Stuart Crichton, Sinead Burgess | — |
| 2014 | Hyuna | Cube Entertainment | "French Kiss" | Kim Taeho, Seo Jae Woo, LE | — |
| 2014 | Ricki-Lee Coulter | EMI | "Diva" | Ricki-Lee Coulter, Stuart Crichton | — |
| 2014 | Ricki-Lee Coulter | EMI | "In The Mood" | Ricki-Lee Coulter, Stuart Crichton | — |
| 2014 | Ricki-Lee Coulter | EMI | "Only You" | Ricki-Lee Coulter, Stuart Crichton | — |
| 2014 | Mike Stud | Electric Feel | "I'm Not Sorry" | Mike Seander, Luke Walker | — |
| 2015 | B2ST | Cube Entertainment Universal | "Can't Wait To Love You" | Stuart Crichton, Austin Bisnow | #1 Japan Oricon Charts |
| 2015 | KYGO | Sony Music | "Settin it Off" | Andrew Watt | |
| 2015 | Jake Miller | Warner Bros | "TBA" | — | |
| 2015 | SNBRN | TBD | "Beat the Sunrise" | Andrew Watt | — |
| 2015 | Strange Talk | Wind-Up Records | "When It Feels So Good" | Andrew Bolooki | — |
| 2015 | Andrew Watt | Universal Republic/John Varvatos | "High" | Andrew Watt, Conrad Sewell, Louis Bell | — |
| 2015 | Conrad Sewell | 300/Warner | "Hold Me Up" | Conrad Sewell | Top 40 Australia |
| 2016 | Justin Bieber | Def Jam Recordings | "Hit The Ground" | Poo Bear, Skrillex, Blood Pop, Andrew Watt, Louis Bell | — |
| 2016 | Fifth Harmony | Epic Records | "Work from Home" | Joshua Coleman, Jude Demorest, Alexander Izquierdo, Tyrone Griffin, Jr. | #4 US Hot 100 #1 US Rhythmic 4× Platinum US RIAA 4× Platinum CAN Music Canada 4× Platinum AU ARIA |
| 2016 | DJ Snake | Def Jam Recordings/Interscope Records | "Let Me Love You" | DJ Snake, Justin Bieber, Andrew Watt, Ali Tamposi, Louis Bell | #4 US Hot 100 Platinum US RIAA 2× Platinum AU ARIA 3× Platinum Sweden GLF |