Nate Butler

For the cartoonist, see Nate Butler (comics).

Nate Butler
Background information
Birth nameNate Butler
Born (1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 43)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
GenresR&B, pop, electronica, soul, Rap/Hip hop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, record producer, casting (performing arts)
Years active1992–present

Nate Butler is an American songwriter, music producer, vocal producer, recording artist, and casting director based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been a part of 50 plus million records sold worldwide at last count. Butler has worked with multi-platinum artists such as A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Luther Vandross,[1] Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice, Houston,[2] Craig David,[3] Backstreet Boys,[4] 3LW, Christina Milian, Stacie Orrico,[5] JoJo, Aaron Carter, The Cheetah Girls and others. Butler launched the career of the platinum R&B group 3LW by writing their hit singles: No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)[6] and Playas Gon' Play.[7] Two of the members of 3LW, Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon, went on to become members of the worldwide Disney sensation The Cheetah Girls. Butler also penned the notable chart topping R&B smash single "Afterparty" by Koffee Brown, also referred to as a R&B classic.[8]

Butler helped launch the careers of many artists, such as the American Idols and others such as, S Club 7[9] (U.K.), L5 (France), Blue (U.K.), Sugababes (U.K.), Miss3 (Norway), BoA (Japan),[10] and Lola (Italy). Butler has racked up credits on blockbuster films such as Barbershop, Four Brothers,[11] Dr. Dolittle 2,[12] Save the Last Dance, and the Nickelodeon hit Jimmy Neutron.[13]

Butler was a part of the casting team for the final season of The X-Factor and America's Got Talent Season 9 and 10. He worked as the Jr. Casting Producer for Showtime at the Apollo on Fox Entertainment Group hosted by Steve Harvey and he is currently casting for the new show The Four: Battle For Stardom with Sean John Combs aka P. Diddy, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor, Charlie Walk the President of Universal Republic Records and Fergie which also airs on the Fox Entertainment Group. In 2020 he joined the casting team for the Netflix show Sing On! a Karaoke based show out of the UK. Later he joined the casting team for an Amazon Audible show called "Breakthrough" with Kelly Rowland, Sara Bareilles. Butler just finished the Netflix show Building The Band premiering in 2025 with host Kelly Rowland, Nicole Scherzinger and AJ McLean

Currently he is one of the stars of the television show "Live Your Dream" in South Africa which focuses on bringing hope to those in the entertainment space, by presenting opportunities to be seen and heard by the top executives in the arts and entertainment world. It is currently airing on Via Television Network on DSTV channel 147.

  1. ^ Billboard.com – Discography – Luther Vandross – Luther Vandross
  2. ^ Billboard.com – Discography – Houston – It's Already Written
  3. ^ Billboard.com – Discography – Craig David – Slicker Than Your Average [Bonus Disc]
  4. ^ "backStreetboys* – Incomplete". Discogs. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Billboard.com – Discography – Stacie Orrico – Beautiful Awakening
  6. ^ allmusic ((( 3LW > Overview )))
  7. ^ allmusic
  8. ^ "Digital Videos – Episodes (TV Series) – VH1". VH1. Retrieved June 28, 2017.[dead link]
  9. ^ "S Club – Don't Stop Movin' (2002) lyrics at The Lyric Archive". www.thelyricarchive.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "BoA – Be The One". Discogs. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  11. ^ "Four Brothers (2005)". imdb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  12. ^ "Nate Butler". IMDb. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  13. ^ "Nate Butler Filmography – Yahoo! Movies". yahoo.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.