Keidran Jones, better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a Virgin Islander singer and rapper. His song "Replay" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009. In December 2009, "Replay" peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. It also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on January 10, 2010.

He releases his debut album titled “My Life”, which is expected to release on March 2, 2010. The album is produced by J.R. Rotem and features the hit single, "Replay". The debut album also features artists’ Rock City and Kevin Rudolf.

The first single was "Replay" and went straight to number one. The song has proved biggest in the UK, debuting at #1 on January 10, 2010 selling over 106,000 copies in its first week, the highest sale for any new year release since Michelle McManus sold 118,000 copies of "All This Time" in the equivalent week in January 2004. In it’s second week in the charts it stayed at number 1, holding off Fireflies by Owl City. It was released on January 4 2010 in the UK. The second single released was "Solo" impacting radio stations January 27th, 2010.

He was born into a musical family and grew up on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Iyaz studied digital recording in college and recorded music. Island Girls found radio success in the Caribbean. Sean Kingston found Iyaz through his MySpace page back in 2008.

When Iyaz first saw the messages from Kingston in his MySpace inbox, he didn’t believe it was really him and ignored the messages. But after receiving three more messages, Iyaz thought he’d better respond and later signed a recording contract with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights, a record label owned by Warner Bros. Records. Kingston introduced him to producer J. R. Rotem. "Replay" was released as his first single.

Other Information

• Birth name : Keidran Jones
• Origin : Tortola, British Virgin Islands
• Genres : pop, contemporary R&B
• Years active : 2009 – present
• Labels : Beluga Heights Records
• Associated acts : Sean Kingston
• Website : iyazmusic.com

Discography

• 2010 : My Life

Tags: Iyaz, My Life