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Ryan Vojtesak, better known by his stage name Charlie Handsome, is an American record producer from Atlanta, Georgia. Vojtesak has been credited on albums for artists including Post Malone, Khalid, Drake, Kanye West, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Juice WRLD, Chance the Rapper, Kodak Black, Sam Hunt, and Morgan Wallen.[1][2][3]
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| Birth name | Ryan Vojtesak |
| Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
Early life and career
editVojtesak began playing the guitar and writing songs at age 14. He dropped out of high school and wrote songs as a hobby while pursuing a career in construction. In 2014, after meeting with G.O.O.D Music President Che Pope, Vojtesak moved to Los Angeles to pursue music a full time career in music, citing G.O.O.D Music founder Kanye West as a significant early inspiration.[4] Later that year, Vojtesak met and began working with Post Malone, earning an executive producer credit on Malone’s 5× Platinum Certified debut album Stoney.[5][6] By 2019, Vojtesak had produced several records featured on the Billboard Hot 100 for artists including Khalid, Kodak Black, Young Thug, Chris Brown and Drake, and was featured as a Variety Hitmaker for the year.[7] By 2020, Vojtesak was highlighted at the 20th Anniversary of the BMI R&B and Hip Hop Awards for having 5 or more credits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the year, alongside producers including Nick Mira, Tay Keith, London On Da Track, and Mike Dean,[8] and was also named one of the "best hip-hop producers of the year" by XXL Magazine.[9] In addition to his work in Hip-Hop and R&B, Vojtesak also works extensively in country music, producing for artists including Sam Hunt, Kane Brown, Florida Georgia Line, and Morgan Wallen, having produced on Wallen's 6× Platinum selling Dangerous: The Double Album.[10] In 2022, Vojtesak notably co-produced the Billboard Hot 100 #1 record "First Class" and 5 other tracks on rapper Jack Harlow's second studio album "Come Home the Kids Miss You,"[11][12] and co-produced Morgan Wallen's "You Proof," which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[13]
Awards and accolades
editIn 2019, Vojtesak was recognized as a "Hitmaker" by Variety for his work on Khalid's "Better"[14] and won a BMI Pop Award for his work on Khalid and Normani's "Love Lies."[15]
In 2020, Vojtesak was once again recognized by Variety as a "Hitmaker," this time for his work on Trevor Daniel's viral hit record "Falling" alongside producers KC Supreme and Taz Taylor.[16] Vojtesak thereafter won another BMI Pop Award in 2020 for contributions on Khalid's "Better" and was recognized for this standout year by Music Row Magazine as #22 on their Top 100 Songwriter Charts.[17]
In 2021, Vojtesak received a third BMI Pop award for his work on Trevor Daniel's "Falling."[18] Later in 2021, the NMPA recognized Vojtesak's contributions on Kane Brown, Khalid, and Swae Lee's "Be Like That" as the year's Platinum Anthem (the most listened to song from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021[19]). Furthermore, 2021 also saw XXL Magazine recognize Young Thug's Punk as one of the best albums of the year, which featured Vojtesak's production on 4 tracks on the album. By the end of the year, Vojtesak was once again recognized as a Music Row Top 100 Songwriter, this time landing at #48 on the list.[20]
In 2022, Vojtesak won the Academy of Country Music Award's Album of The Year for his contributions on Morgan Wallen's "Dangerous: The Double Album."[21] In that same year, he won a BMI Pop Award for his contributions on Kane Brown's "Be Like That,"[22] and in September, Vojtesak was named as a "Top Producer of the Year" at the BMI R&B & Hip Hop Awards alongside producers such as Kanye West and Roget Chahyed, among others.[23] Vojtesak was also named a "Hitmaker" by Variety in 2022.[24]
In 2023, Vojtesak earned his first GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Song as a songwriter and producer on Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[25] Vojtesak co-wrote multiple other songs on Wallen's third studio album, One Thing At A Time, including the platinum-certified “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” and “You Proof,” which was named Song of the Year at BMI’s Country Awards.[26] He was honored as a 2023 Variety “Hitmaker” and CMA Triple Play recipient.[27] Vojtesak also earned the #6 spot on the 2023 Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart.
Discography
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kenny Chesney | Blame It On The Salt | Born |
| Tate McRae | "Want That Too" | Think Later | |
| Post Malone, Blake Shelton | "Pour Me A Drink" | Single | |
| Peso Pluma, Cardi B | "PUT EM IN THE FRIDGE" | Éxodo | |
| Moneybagg Yo, Morgan Wallen | "WHISKEY WHISKEY" | SPEAK NOW | |
| Thomas Rhett | "Gone Country" | Single | |
| Post Malone, Morgan Wallen | "I Had Some Help" | Single | |
| ERNEST | "Did It For The Story" | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE | |
| "Smokin' Gun" | |||
| "Life Goes On" | |||
| "Small Town Goes" | |||
| "Ain't Right Ain't Wrong" | |||
| mike. | "public" | the lows. | |
| dive bar | |||
| "skylight" | |||
| "coastin (night)" | |||
| everything but sorry | |||
| catalogue cabin | |||
| mgk, Trippie Redd | "lost boys" | genre : sadboy | |
| "beauty" | |||
| "suddenly" | |||
| "who do i call" | |||
| 2023 | Nicki Minaj, Monica, Keyshia Cole | "Love Me Enough" | Pink Friday 2 (Gag City Deluxe) |
| charlieonnafriday | "I'm Not Crazy" | Single | |
| Dylan Scott | "This Town’s Been Too Good To Us" | This Town’s Been Too Good To Us | |
| ERNEST | "Kiss of Death" | Single | |
| Kate Peytavin | "something’s off" | big white light | |
| KSI | "Replacement" | Caught In Two Minds | |
| Lil Durk | "Cross The Globe" | Almost Healed | |
| "Stand By Me" | |||
| Lil Towi | "Lost My Mind (Gon’ Be Okay)" | Single | |
| Lil Uzi Vert | "Zoom" | Pink Tape | |
| Lil Wayne | "Kat Food" | Tha Fix Before Tha VI | |
| Machine Gun Kelly | "PRESSURE" | Single | |
| Morgan Wallen | "180 (Lifestyle)" | One Thing at a Time | |
| "Cowgirls (feat. ERNEST)" | |||
| "Everything I Love" | |||
| "Good Girl Gone Missin" | |||
| "Had It" | |||
| "Hope That’s True" | |||
| "Last Night" | |||
| "Me + All Your Reasons" | |||
| "Me to Me" | |||
| "Neon Star (Country Boy Lullaby)" | |||
| "One Thing At A Time" | |||
| "Single Than She Was" | |||
| "Thinkin’ Bout Me" | |||
| "Whiskey Friends" | |||
| Oliver Tree | "The First Night" | Alone In A Crowd | |
| Quavo | Without You | Single | |
| 2022 | Anitta | "Love Me, Love Me" | Versions of Me |
| CKay | "leave me alone" | Sad Romance | |
| ERNEST | "Some Other Bar" | Single | |
| Giveon | "Lost Me" | Give Or Take | |
| Gunna | "so far ahead > empire" | DS4EVER | |
| Jack Harlow | "Poison (feat. Lil Wayne)" | Come Home The Kids Miss You | |
| "I Got A Shot" | |||
| "I'd Do Anything To Make You Smile" | |||
| "Young Harleezy" | |||
| "First Class" | |||
| Juice Wrld | "Face 2 Face" | Single | |
| M.I.A. | "K.T.P. (Keep The Peace)" | Mata | |
| M.I.A. | "The One" | Single | |
| Morgan Wallen | "You Proof" | One Thing at a Time | |
| Post Malone | "Lemon Tree" | Twelve Carat Toothache | |
| Tate McRae | "don't come back" | i used to think i could fly | |
| Walker Hayes | "Delorean" | Country Stuff The Album | |
| YoungBoy Never Broke Again | "My Time" | The Last Slimeto | |
| 2021 | Lil Durk | "Broadway Girls (feat. Morgan Wallen)" | Single |
| Young Thug | "Livin' It Up (with Post Malone and ASAP Rocky" | Punk | |
| "Yea Yea Yea" | |||
| "Recognize Real (with Gunna)" | |||
| "Die Slow (with Strick)" | |||
| "Stupid/ Asking" | |||
| Khalid | "Present" | Scenic Drive (mixtape) | |
| ZAYN | "Outside" | Nobody Is Listening | |
| Rauw Alejandro | "Curame" | Vice Versa | |
| mike. | "boyfriend jeans" | the highs. | |
| "say something" | |||
| "you can tell" | |||
| "blue water" | |||
| "keep being you" | |||
| "gang" | |||
| "g.o.d" | |||
| "like blood" | |||
| "upside down" | |||
| "rodman" | |||
| "bar hoppin" | |||
| "life got crazy" | |||
| Morgan Wallen | "Heartless (with Diplo) (feat. Julia Michaels)" | Dangerous: The Double Album | |
| "More Than My Hometown" | |||
| "Still Goin Down" | |||
| "Warning" | |||
| "Blame It On Me" | |||
| "This Bar" | |||
| "Wasted On You" | |||
| Polo G | "RAPSTAR" | Hall of Fame | |
| 2020 | Shy Glizzy | "Right Or Wrong (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)" | Single |
| Murda Beatz, Polo G | "DOORS UNLOCKED (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)" | Single | |
| The Kid LAROI | "NOT FAIR (feat. Corbin)" | F*ck Love | |
| mike. | "been thinking" | Single | |
| Kane Brown, Swae Lee, Khalid | "Be Like That" | Single | |
| Juice WRLD | "Up Up And Away" | Legends Never Die | |
| "Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey)" | |||
| "Righteous" | |||
| Georgia Ku | "Big Plans" | REAL EP | |
| Breland | "Wifi" | Breland EP | |
| "Hot Sauce" | |||
| mike. | "2 birds" | Single | |
| Polo G | "Beautiful Pain (Losin My Mind)" | The Goat | |
| Alec Benjamin | "Demons" | These Two Windows | |
| Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Lil Baby | "I Do It (ft. Big Sean, Lil Baby)" | Funeral | |
| Trevor Daniel, Summer Walker | "Falling (Summer Walker Remix)" | Single | |
| Florida Georgia Line | "I Love My Country" | 6-Pack | |
| 2019 | Khalid & Kane Brown | "Saturday Nights (REMIX)" | Single |
| Lauren Jauregui | "More Than That" | Single | |
| Quavo | "Red Butterflies (feat. Trippie Redd)" | Single | |
| AJ Tracey | "Psych Out!" | AJ Tracey (Deluxe) | |
| Shad Da God | "Thumb Thru (feat. Gunna & Lil Duke)" | City of God | |
| Trevor Daniel | "Falling (blackbear remix)" | Single | |
| Leven Kali | "Sumwrong" | Leven Kali: Low Tide | |
| Kodak Black | "Pimpin' Ain't Eazy" | Bill Israel | |
| Melii | "Trip" | phAses | |
| Khalid | "Bluffin'" | Free Spirit | |
| "Free Spirit" | |||
| "Hundred" | |||
| "Right Back" | |||
| "Twenty One" | |||
| "Right Back (feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie)" | |||
| "Don't Pretend" | |||
| Blackbear | "Sick Of It All" | Anonymous | |
| SAFE | "Control" | Stay | |
| "Nobody Cares" | |||
| "Summer's End 2" | |||
| Miley Cyrus, Swae Lee, Mike WiLL Made-It | "Party Up The Street" | She Is Coming | |
| Nessly | "Prairie Fields" | Standing On Satan's Chest | |
| Julia Michaels | "Work Too Much" | Inner Monologue, Pt 2 | |
| Chance The Rapper | "Sun Come Down" | The Big Day | |
| Yung Bans, YNW Melly | "100 Shells (feat. YNW Melly)" | Misunderstood | |
| Lil Durk, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie | "U Said (feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie)" | Love Songs 4 The Streets 2 | |
| Diplo, Morgan Wallen | "Heartless (feat. Morgan Wallen)" | Diplo presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil | |
| Ernest | "All We Need" | Locals Only | |
| Yung Pinch | "Cross My Mind" | Back 2 The Beach | |
| "Over It (with Wiz Khalifa)" | |||
| Morgan Wallen | "This Bar" | Single | |
| Mike Stud | "Cabo" | Uhyuready? | |
| "Cheers2Tears" | |||
| "Nostalgia" | |||
| "Picture" | |||
| "The Mirage" | |||
| Reeseynem, Chance The Rapper, Jeremih | "First Day Out" | Only On The Weekends | |
| 2018 | Yung Pinch | "Sail Away" | 4Everfriday Szn Two |
| "1997" | |||
| Khalid & Normani | ”Love Lies” | Single | |
| RAYE, Mabel, Stefflon Don | "Cigarette" | Single | |
| Fijimacintosh | "Pain Heals and Fade Away" | Satellite Crash | |
| NAV | "Freshman List" | Reckless | |
| Tobi Lou, Smino | "Troop (feat. Smino)" | Troop | |
| The Weeknd | "Wasted Times" | My Dear Melancholy, | |
| Snakehips, Jeremih, Aminé | "For the Fuck Of It (aka FTFOI For The Fuck Of It)" | Single | |
| EMI | "Cheap" | Planet | |
| "Moves" | |||
| "Popular" | Single | ||
| Wiley, Shakka | "Certified (feat. Shakka)" | Single | |
| Young Thug, Nicki Minaj | "Anybody (feat. Nicki Minaj)" | Hear No Evil | |
| Morgan Wallen | "If I Know Me" | If I Know Me | |
| Sam Hunt | "Downtown's Dead" | Southside | |
| KYLE | "Clouds" | Light Of Mine | |
| Kid Ink | "Woop Woop" | Woop Woop | |
| Lil Baby, Lil Yachty | "100 Round" | Perfect Timing | |
| Black Atlass | "Feel" | Pain & Pleasure | |
| RL Grime, 24hrs | "UCLA" | Nova | |
| Young Thug, Gunna | "Dirty Shoes (feat. Gunna)" | Slime Language | |
| Young Thug, Gunna | "Chains Choking Me (feat. Gunna)" | Slime Language | |
| Khalid | "Better" | Free Spirit | |
| Young Thug, T-Shyne | "Real In My Veins (feat. T-Shyne)" | On The Rvn | |
| Niykee Heaton | Mascara | Starting Over | |
| Trevor Daniel | Falling | Nicotine | |
| Khalid | 9.13 | Suncity | |
| Motion | |||
| Salem's Interlude | |||
| Saturday Nights | |||
| Vertigo | |||
| Suncity (feat. Empress Of) | |||
| Jacob Banks | "Kumbaya (feat. Bibi Bourelly)" | Village | |
| Bobby Raps | "Be Like That" | Single | |
| 2017 | Trey Songz | "93 Unreleased (aka 93 Unreleaded)" | Anticipation 3 (Mixtape) |
| Daniel Skye | "Good As It Gets" | check date | |
| EMI | "Like Us" | Single | |
| Drake | "Madiba Riddim" | More Life | |
| Kodak Black | "Up In Here" | Painting Pictures | |
| Bliss n Eso | "Moments (feat. Gavin James)" | Off The Grid | |
| EMI | "$Quad" | Planet | |
| Young Thug | "On Fire" | Beautiful Thugger Girls | |
| Young Thug, Milie Go Lightly | "She Wanna Party (feat. Millie Go Lightly)" | ||
| Bobby Raps | "Black Ice" | MARK | |
| "Winning" | |||
| Khalil | "Realized" | Prove It All | |
| A$AP Ferg, NAV | "What Do You Do" | Still Striving | |
| Kodak Black | "Up Late" | Project Baby 2 | |
| Ramriddlz | "Oceans" | Sweeter Dreams | |
| Anthony Russo | "California" | Single | |
| Kodak Black | "Fuck It" | Single | |
| EMI | "1" | Single | |
| Brain, Lil Dicky | "Cocaine (feat. Lil Dicky)" | I'm Brain | |
| "On Smash (feat. Lil Dicky)" | I'm Brain | ||
| SAFE | "Summers End" | STAY | |
| ALMA, French Montana | "Phases" | Single | |
| Kodak Black | "Halloween" | Single | |
| SonReal | "My Friend" | Single | |
| Nessly | "Doves Cry, Love Dies" | Still Finessin' 1.5 | |
| Gunna | "Invest" | Drip or Drown | |
| Roy Woods | "Take Time (feat. 24Hrs)" | Say Less | |
| Chris Brown | "Hands Up" | Heartbreak On A Full Moon Deluxe Edition: Cuffing Season - 12 Days of Christmas | |
| "I Wanna" | |||
| Chance The Rapper, Jeremih | "Held It Down" | Merry Christmas Lil' Mama | |
| Corbin | "Calm Down" | Single | |
| 2016 | Khalil | "Simple" | Single |
| Post Malone | "God Damn" | August 26 | |
| "Never Understand (feat. Larry June)" | |||
| Ariana Grande | "Step On Up" | Dangerous Woman | |
| Zuse | "I Need You" | Single | |
| A.CHAL | "Far From Home" | Welcome to GAZI | |
| Young Thug | "Me Or Us" | Beautiful Thugger Girls | |
| Kanye West | "Fade" | The Life of Pablo | |
| G Herbo | "Control" | Strictly 4 My Fans | |
| EMI | "Hit Me" | Single | |
| ILoveMakonnen | "Forever (feat. Santigold & 1st)" | I LOVE MAKONNEN 2 | |
| Lil Dicky | "Bruh..." | Professional Rapper | |
| "Pillow Talking (feat. Brain)" | |||
| Mac Miller | "Weekend (feat. Miguel)" | GO:OD AM | |
| Post Malone | "Feel (feat. Kehlani)" | Stoney | |
| "Go Flex" | |||
| "Leave" | |||
| Allan Kingdom | "Fables (feat. Chronixx)" | Northern Lights | |
| EMI | "Sip It Slow" | Single | |
| 2015 | Post Malone | "TEAR$" | Single |
| Post Malone | "Holyfield" | ||
| Khalil | "Future (feat. Kehlani & Justin Bieber)" | Single | |
| Lil Uzi Vert | "Moist" | Luv Is Rage | |
| Post Malone | "What's Up" | Single | |
| 2014 | Travis $cott | "Drugs You Should Try It" | Days Before Rodeo |
| Rittz | "Bounce (feat. Twista)" | Next To Nothing | |
| "Turn Down" | |||
| Jessie J | "Keep Us Together" | Sweet Talker |
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