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'{{Infobox musical artist |name = Leland |background = solo_singer |image = |caption = |alias = Brett McLaughlin |birth_date = |origin =[[Ocean Springs, Mississippi|Ocean Springs]], [[Mississippi]] |genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Electronic dance music|dance]], [[country music|country]] |occupation = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]], [[Record producer|producer]], vocal producer |years_active = 2015–present |associated_acts =[[Troye Sivan]], [[Daya (singer)|Daya]], [[Capital Cities (band)|Capital Cities]], [[Allie X]], [[Selena Gomez]] }} '''Brett Leland McLaughlin''', known professionally as '''Leland''', is an American [[singer]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]], [[composer]] and lecturer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brett McLaughlin|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brett-mclaughlin-mn0002971278/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2015-09-07}}</ref> Based in Los Angeles, California, he has worked closely with a range of popular artists, including [[Troye Sivan]], [[Daya (singer)|Daya]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Andy Grammer]], [[Kelsea Ballerini]] and [[Allie X]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brett McLaughlin|url=http://mi.edu/about-mi/faculty/brett-mclaughlin/|website=Musician Institute - College of Contemporary Music|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Biloxi-born songwriter goes from catering for a Kardashian to being tweeted by TSwift|url=http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/article55136910.html|website=Sun Herald|date=July 16, 2016|accessdate=March 30, 2018|author=Lauren Walck}}</ref> In December 2017, McLaughlin signed with [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo Berlin]]/[[Universal Music Group|Universal Music Germany]] for his artist project Leland and is currently published by [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]]. == Discography == === As lead artist === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center" |- ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |- ! scope="row"| "Mattress" | 2017 |rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Run Into You" | rowspan="2"| 2018 |- ! scope="row"| "Middle Of A Heartbreak" |- |} ==Television== ===''RuPaul's Drag Race''=== McLaughlin co-wrote Kardashian: The Musical, VH1 Divas Live and Kitty Girls featured on Season 9 and All Stars 3 of [[VH1]]'s ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', and was a guest on Episode 6 of All Stars 3 and Episode 4 of All Stars 4. ===''The Other Two''=== Executive Produced by Lorne Michaels and created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, McLaughlin co-wrote the songs and theme song for a show called The Other Two coming out on Comedy Central. ==Films== ===''Sierra Burgess Is a Loser''=== McLaughlin composed the score and wrote 11 original songs with Bram Inscore for the upcoming [[Netflix]] original movie ''[[Sierra Burgess Is a Loser]]'' directed by Ian Samuels and starring [[Shannon Purser]]. The film was released on September 7th, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Songwriter & Artist Leland Co-Writes Hit Songs For Daya, Troye Sivan and Selena Gomez|url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/leland-brett-mclaughlin-2017.htm|website=Songwriter Universe|date=October 20, 2017|accessdate=March 31, 2018|author=Dale Kawashima}}</ref> ===''Boy Erased''=== McLaughlin composed the theme song "Revelation" with Troye Sivan and Jonsi featured in the movie and end credits.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}} == Personal life == Leland is openly gay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.out.com/music/2017/7/21/queer-songwriter-leland-goes-solo-mattress|title=Queer Songwriter Leland Goes Solo on 'Mattress'|last=Moran|first=Justin|date=2017-07-21|work=Out|access-date=2018-10-05|language=en}}</ref> ==Songwriting and Production credits== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:160px;"| Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" style="width:180px;"| Album ! scope="col" | Written with: |- ! scope="row"| "Sanctuary" | rowspan="14"| 2015 | [[Allie X]] | ''[[CollXtion I]]'' | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Jonas Jeberg]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Hide Away (Daya song)|Hide Away]]" | rowspan="5"| [[Daya (singer)|Daya]] | rowspan="5"| ''[[Daya (EP)|Daya EP]]'' | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |- ! scope="row"| "Thirsty" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |- ! scope="row"| "Legendary" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |- ! scope="row"| "U12" | Gino Barletta, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |- ! scope="row"| "Back to Me" | [[Daya (singer)|Grace Tandon]], Gino Barletta, Jonathan Lock, Britten Newbill, Scott Bruzenak |- ! scope="row"| "No Pressure" | [[Little Boots]] | ''[[Working Girl (album)|Working Girl]]'' | [[Little Boots|Victoria Hasketh]], Pat Lukens, Liam O'Donnell |- ! scope="row"| "Bite" | rowspan="6"| [[Troye Sivan]] | rowspan="6"| ''[[Blue Neighbourhood]]'' | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Talk Me Down]]" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Emile Haynie]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Youth (Troye Sivan song)|Youth]]" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Alex Hope (songwriter)|Alex Hope]] |- ! scope="row"| "Lost Boy" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Alex Hope (songwriter)|Alex Hope]] |- ! scope="row"| "For Him"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Allday]])}} | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Allday|Thomas Gaynor]] |- ! scope="row"| "Surburbia" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]] |- ! scope="row"| "Closure" | [[Hayley Warner]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Hayley Warner]] |- ! scope="row"| "Open Book" | rowspan="6"| 2016 | [[Jacob Whitesides]] | ''Why?'' | [[Jacob Whitesides]], David Spencer |- ! scope="row"| "I.C.Y.M.I." | rowspan="4"| [[Daya (singer)|Daya]] | rowspan="4"| ''[[Sit Still, Look Pretty (album)|Sit Still, Look Pretty]]'' | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, [[Jonas Jeberg]] |- ! scope="row"| "Love of My Life" | Gino Barletta, [[Chloe Angelides]], Michael Fonesca, Shane van Luntern, Teal Douville |- ! scope="row"| "Cool" | Gino Baretta, Scott Bruzenak, Britten Newbill |- ! scope="row"| "Got the Feeling" | Gino Baretta, [[Lukas Hilbert|Lukas Loules]] |- ! scope="row"| "Vowels" | [[Capital Cities (band)|Capital Cities]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Capital Cities (band)|Ryan Marchent]], [[Capital Cities (band)|Sebu Simonian]], [[Sermstyle|Jamie Sanderson]] |- |- ! scope="row"| "Paper Love" | rowspan="11"| 2017 | rowspan="5"| [[Allie X]] | rowspan="5"| ''[[CollXtion II]]'' | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], George Pimental |- ! scope="row"| "Vintage" | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Oliver Golstein |- ! scope="row"| "Old Habits Die Hard" | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], George Pimental, Christopher Rabba, Michael Wise |- ! scope="row"| "That's So Us" | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Jeffrey Lebron |- ! scope="row"| "True Love is Violent" | [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Chris Braide|Christopher Braide]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Why (Sabrina Carpenter song)|Why]]" | [[Sabrina Carpenter]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Jonas Jeberg]] |- ! scope="row"| "How You Gon' Do That"<br>{{small|(featuring Cara)}} | [[Flosstradamus]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Flosstradamus|Curt Cameruci]], Cara Salimando, Henry Durham, Jorgen Odegard |- ! scope="row"| "[[Ugly (Jaira Burns song)|Ugly]]" | [[Jaira Burns]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Cirkut (record producer)|Henry Walter]], [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine |- ! scope="row"| "[[There for You]]"<br>{{small|(with [[Troye Sivan]])}} | [[Martin Garrix]] | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | [[Martin Garrix|Martin Garritsen]], Benjamin Burgess, [[Cook Classics|William Lobban Bean]], [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Jesse Thomas (singer-songwriter)|Jesse Thomas]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Fetish (song)|Fetish]]"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Gucci Mane]])}} | [[Selena Gomez]] | {{n/a|non-album single}} | [[Selena Gomez]], [[Chloe Angelides]], Gino Barletta, [[Jonas Jeberg]], [[The Futuristics|Joe Khajadourian]], [[The Futuristics|Alexander Schwartz]], [[Gucci Mane|Radric Davis]] |- ! scope="row"| "Miss Me More" | [[Kelsea Ballerini]] | ''[[Unapologetically]]'' | [[Kelsea Ballerini]], [[David Hodges]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[My My My! (Troye Sivan song)|My My My!]]" | rowspan="27"| 2018 | rowspan="2"| [[Troye Sivan]] | rowspan="2"| ''[[Bloom (Troye Sivan album)|Bloom]]'' | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[OzGo|Oscar Gorres]], James Alan Ghaleb |- ! scope="row"| "[[The Good Side]]" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Ariel Rechtshaid]], [[Jam City|Jack Latham]] |- ! scope="row"| "Ignore Me" | [[Betty Who]] | {{TBA}} | [[Betty Who|Jessica Newham]], Peter Thomas, Kyle Moorman |- ! scope="row"| "[[Bloom (Troye Sivan song)|Bloom]]" | rowspan="8"| [[Troye Sivan]] | rowspan="8"| ''[[Bloom (Troye Sivan album)|Bloom]]'' | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Peter Svensson]], [[Oscar Holter]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Dance to This]]"<br>{{small|(featuring [[Ariana Grande]])}} | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Oscar Holter]], [[Noonie Bao|Jonnali Parmenius]] |- ! scope="row"| "Seventeen" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "Plum" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[OzGo|Oscar Gorres]], James Alan Ghaleb |- ! scope="row"| "What a Heavenly Way to Die" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]] |- ! scope="row"| "Animal" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], [[Ariel Rechtshaid]], [[Jam City|Jack Latham]] |- ! scope="row"| "This This" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]] |- ! scope="row"| "Running Shoes" | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Michael Uzowuru]], [[Jeff Kleinman]] |- ! scope="row"| "The Other Side" | [[Betty Who]] | rowspan="10"| ''Sierra Burgess is a<br>Loser: OST'' | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Cesar Ovalle Jr. |- ! scope="row"| "Kid Wonder" | [[Allie X]] | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]] |- ! scope="row"| "Half of You" | [[MNEK]] | Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "The Phone Call" | {{n/a|No Artist}} | Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "Lie for Love" | [[Sabrina Carpenter]] | Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "Sunflower" | Shannon Purser | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Lindsey Beer |- ! scope="row"| "Sunflower (Reprise)" | [[Allie X]] | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], Bram Inscore, [[Allie X|Alexandra Hughes]], Lindsey Beer |- ! scope="row"| "I Don't Change" | [[K.I.D (band)|K.I.D]] | Bram Inscore, [[K.I.D (band)|Christopher Rabba]], [[K.I.D (band)|Kara Valorzi]] |- ! scope="row"| "The Parking Lot" | {{n/a|No Artist}} | Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "Goodbye" | Carlie Hanson | Bram Inscore |- ! scope="row"| "End Up With You" | [[Carrie Underwood]] | ''[[Cry Pretty (album)|Cry Pretty]]'' | [[Hillary Lindsey]], Will Weatherly |- ! scope="row"| "1999"<br>{{small|(with [[Troye Sivan]])}} | [[Charli XCX]] | {{TBA}} | [[Charli XCX|Charlotte Aitchison]], [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Oscar Holter]], [[Noonie Bao|Jonnali Parmenius]] |- ! scope="row"| "Revelation"<br>{{small|(with [[Jonsi]])}} | [[Troye Sivan]] | ''[[Boy Erased|Boy Erased: OST]]'' | [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[Jonsi|Jón Þór Birgisson]] |- ! scope="row"| "Toxins" | Charlie Hanson | {{TBA}} | Charlie Hanson, [[Julia Michaels]] |- ! scope="row"| "Paris" | rowspan="2"| [[Sabrina Carpenter]] | rowspan="2"| ''[[Singular: Act I]]'' | [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Jason Evigan]] |- ! scope="row"| "Hold Tight"<br>{{small|(featuring Uhmeer)}} | [[Sabrina Carpenter]], Michael Sabbath |- ! scope="row"| "I'm So Tired..."<br>{{small|(with [[Troye Sivan]])}} | 2019 | [[Lauv]] | {{TBA}} | [[Lauv|Ari Leff]], Michael Pollack, [[Troye Sivan|Troye Mellet]], [[OzGo|Oscar Gorres]] |- |} ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !! Organization !! Work !! Category !! Result !! Ref |- |- |2016 |[[ARIA Music Awards]] |rowspan="1"|''[[Youth (Troye Sivan song)|Youth]]'' |Song of the Year |style="background: #ddffdd"|Won |<ref>{{cite news| last =McLeay | first = Ben |author2=Kerri Pedestrian | title = Beautiful Angel Troye Sivan Nabs Song Of The Year For ‘Youth’ At The ARIAs | work = [[Youth]] | publisher = Pedestrian | date =November 23, 2016 | url = https://www.pedestrian.tv/music/beautiful-angel-troye-sivan-nabs-song-of-the-year-for-youth-at-the-arias/ }}</ref> |- |- |2018 |[[Emmy Awards]] |rowspan="1"|''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' |[[Outstanding Reality Program]] |{{Nominated}} | |- |2019 |[[Golden Globe Awards]] |"[[Boy Erased|Revelation]]" |[[Golden Globe for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] |{{nominated}} |<ref>https://variety.com/2018/film/news/golden-globe-nominations-2019-1203082075/</ref> |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leland, (Brett McLaughlin)}} [[Category:1991 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century American singers]] [[Category:21st-century American singers]] [[Category:American male singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Gay writers]] [[Category:LGBT musicians from the United States]] [[Category:LGBT singers]] [[Category:People from Biloxi, Mississippi]] [[Category:Singers from Mississippi]] [[Category:Songwriters from Mississippi]]'