18yoman

18yoman
18yoman in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Vincent Goodyer[1]
Also known as	Vin Goodyer[2][3]
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Hip hop pop soul R&B
Occupations	Record producer singer songwriter
Years active	2016–present

Vincent Goodyer, known professionally as 18yoman (stylized in 18YOMAN), is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Sydney.[2][4] He is an ARIA Award recipient and co-produced Lil Nas X's album Montero (2021), which received a Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year.[5]

Career

A Bunaba Australian, 18yoman started working on records alongside regular collaborator Adit Gauchan (Horrorshow, Turquoise Prince), with whom he co-produced Spit Syndicate's 2018 album Orbit.[6] He scored the feature documentary film, Martha: A Picture Story which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival[7] and was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Score in a Documentary Film.[8]

He later worked on albums from the likes on Triple One[9] and Daniyel[2] before winning an ARIA Award for his production on neo-soul heroine Kaiit's single "Miss Shiney".[10][3]

In late 2020, he signed with Take a Daytrip imprint No Idle, a joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group, while also launching his own publishing house Banquet Sounds and signing friend and frequent collaborator Glenn Hopper/LEN20.[2][11]

18yoman then co-produced two tracks on Kid Cudi's third incarnation of his Man on the Moon album trilogy Man on the Moon III: The Chosen,[11] co-wrote Cordae and Young Thug's single "Wassup"[12] and also featured on Australian soul upstart KYE's single "Gold" featuring Sampa the Great.[13]

Alongside collaborators Billy Ward and Len20, 18yoman arranged, composed and recorded the strings for Lil Nas X's debut album Montero released on Columbia, while also co-writing "Am I Dreaming" featuring Miley Cyrus, alongside Ward, Take a Daytrip and Omer Fedi.[14]

In 2022, 18yoman received writing and production credits on Rico Nasty's mixtape Las Ruinas, alongside Roy Lenzo and Grasps,[15] before working on YG's 2022 single "Alone".[16]

Awards and nominations

AACTA Awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, (known as the AACTA Awards), are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2019 AACTA Award	Martha: A Picture Story	Best Original Music Score in a Documentary	Nominated	[8]
2022 AACTA Award	Mystery Road: Origin)	Best Original Score in Television	Nominated	[1]

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.[17]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2023	Vincent Goodyer (18yoman)	Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year	Pending	[18]

• Nominated − 2022 Grammy Award for Best Album (Lil Nas X's Montero)[5]

Discography

Singles

As 18yoman

• "Eye Catcher" – 2019
• "Full to the Brim" – 2019
• "Swimming" (ft. Mia Elnekave) – 2019
• "Fireflies" – 2020

As featured artist

• "Vinny's Interlude" (UNO Stereo ft. 18yoman) – 2020
• "Gold" (KYE ft. Sampa the Great & 18yoman) – 2021

Production discography

Year	Work[19]	Artist	Label	Writer	Producer
2022	Livin My Truth	Kid Cudi	Republic	Y	Y
2022	No Weapon	YG (ft. Nas)	Def Jam	Y	Y
2022	Alone	YG	Def Jam	Y	Y
2022	Gotta Get Paid	Rico Nasty	Atlantic	Y	Y
2022	Messy	Rico Nasty (ft. Teezo Touchdown & Bktherula)	Atlantic	Y	Y
2022	Planet 4 2	IV Jay	Atlantic	Y	Y
2022	A.M. FETA MEANS	Rahul	D36	Y	Y
2022	IDK	Tasman Keith (ft. Phil Fresh)	AWAL	Y	Y
2021	Wassup	Cordae (ft. Young Thug)	Atlantic	Y
2021	Am I Dreaming	Lil Nas X (ft. Miley Cyrus)	Columbia	Y
2021	Sun Goes Down	Lil Nas X	Columbia	Y
2021	Dreaming of this Day	Chillinit	420Fam	Y	Y
2021	Tuesday	KYE (ft. Jerome Farah & 18yoman)	Sony	Y	Y
2021	Sweet and Sour	Amelia Moore	Capitol	Y	Y
2021	Youtube2MP3	AG Club	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Who That (Know Me)[20]	Nerve	Independent	Y	Y
2021	Gold	KYE (ft. Sampa the Great)	Sony Music Australia	Y	Y
2021	Somebody	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Good Day	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Bold Face to the Sun	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	82nd	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Novocane	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Don't Judge	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Good Life	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Beam	Payday	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2021	Give It To Me	Pink Sweats	Atlantic	Y
2020	Emotions = Shit[21]	blackbear.	Independent	Y	Y
2020	Loverose	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Milky Mark	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Pleasure Island	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Skinless Man	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Yap! Yap! Yap!	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Crylence	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	The Conformist	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Wait 4 Me	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Where is He	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2020	Playin	UNO Stereo	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2020	Vinny's Interlude	UNO Stereo	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2020	Purple Tape	UNO Stereo	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2020	Need 2 Say	UNO Stereo	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2020	Real	Jharrel Jerome	Independent	Y	Y
2020	Dear Mama[22]	Ty Fontaine	10K Projects	Y	Y
2020	Alone On Your Birthday	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2020	Lost Ones	Daniyel	COR/TAN	Y	Y
2020	Lord I Know	Kid Cudi	Republic	Y	Y
2020	4 Da Kidz	Kid Cudi	Republic	Y	Y
2019	Gypsy Love	Turquoise Prince	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2019	Monday Interlude	Turquoise Prince	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2019	Tuesday Blues	Turquoise Prince	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2019	Catch Up	Turquoise Prince	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2019	Cold Blooded	Turquoise Prince	Warner Music Australia	Y	Y
2019	Miss Shiney[3]	Kaiit	Independent / Ditto	Y	Y
2019	So Easy	Triple One	The Orchard	Y	Y
2018	Wonderland[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y
2018	Fast Friends[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y
2018	Contraband & Conversation[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y
2018	Same Difference[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y
2018	Late to the Party[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y
2018	Miracles[6]	Spit Syndicate	Independent / AWAL	Y	Y

References

1. "Winners & Nominees". AACTA. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. "Sydney producer 18YOMAN signs multi-global deals, launches own production house". The Music Network. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "Sydney's 18YOMAN kicks off summer with two credits on Kid Cudi's new LP". Triple J. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
4. "BRAND NEW: Dummy meets 18YOMAN". DummyMag. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
5. "2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". Grammy. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
6. "Orbit by Spit Syndicate". Genius. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
7. "Martha: A Picture Story | 2019 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
8. "Winners & Nominees". AACTA. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
9. "Triple One, Nerve and 18YOMAN wrote us a quarantune called 'Joe-X'". ABC. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
10. "2019 ARIA Awards Winners". ARIA. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
11. "Take a Daytrip Launches No Idle, a Universal Imprint Looking to Bring Diversity Into the Studio (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
12. "Cordae (Ft. Young Thug) – Wassup". Genius.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
13. Rose, Anna (23 June 2021). "KYE teams up with Sampa the Great on shimmering new single 'Gold'". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
14. "AM I DREAMING from MONTERO by Lil Nas X". jaxsta.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
15. "Rico Nasty: Las Ruinas". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
16. "YG's 'Alone'". WhoSampled. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
17. "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
18. "Nominees revealed for the 2023 APRA Music Awards". APRA Awards. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
19. "18YOMAN on Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
20. Wehner, Cyclone (17 May 2021). "Nerve: "It's the season for people to be tall poppies at the thing that they love"". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
21. "blackbear - Emotions Shit". Genius. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
22. "TyFontaine - We Ain't The Same". Album of The Year. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

External links

• 18YOMAN at AllMusic
• Vincent Goodyer at AllMusic