| Intro | American musician |
| A.K.A. | Michael Tucker, Blood Diamonds, BloodPop®, Michael Diamond, BLOOD |
| Is |
Record producer Musician Composer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Business Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 15 August 1990, Kansas City, USA |
| Age: | 29 years |
| Star sign | Leo |
Michael Tucker (born August 15, 1990), known professionally as BloodPop (stylized as BloodPop), is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter. He has previously used the monikers Blood Diamonds, Blood, and Michael Diamond. He is known for writing and producing songs for Justin Bieber and Madonna. In 2017, he released a collaboration with Bieber, “Friends”, as his debut single under the BloodPop moniker.
Early life and career
Michael Tucker was born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Tucker studied jazz guitar in middle school, went to Kansas City Art Institute, and deejayed art school parties in 2007. Cody Critcheloe mentored him in Tucker’s parents’ basement for a month straight, where he learned how to produce and write music. Tucker studied video editing in Vancouver, British Columbia for three years, made SoundCloud instrumentals under Blood Diamonds, and signed with Transparent Records and OWSLA. He then relocated to Los Angeles.
Personal life
Tucker is currently in a relationship with singer Hana.
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | AUS | CAN | DEN | FRA | GER | IRL | NZ | SWE | UK | ||||
| “Friends” (with Justin Bieber) |
2017 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
|
Non-album single |
| “Capital Letters” (with Hailee Steinfeld) |
2018 | — | 36 | 69 | 34 | — | 32 | — | — | 42 | 39 |
|
Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| “Newman” | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| “—” denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Featured appearances
- “Go” (2014) (Grimes featuring Blood Diamonds)
- “A Good Night” (2018) (John Legend featuring BloodPop)
Songwriting and production credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | Produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Grins” | 2013 | Charli XCX | True Romance | Co-writer/Producer | Charlotte Aitchison | Dan Aslet |
| “Go” (featuring Blood Diamonds) |
2014 | Grimes | Non-album single | Featured artist/Producer | – | – |
| “Bet” (featuring Devonte Hynes) |
Tinashe | Aquarius | Co-writer/Producer | Tinashe Kachingwe, Dacoury Natche | DJ Dahi | |
| “U” | 2015 | Mikky Ekko | Time | Jonathan Sudduth | – | |
| “They. Resurrect. Over. New” (featuring Ab-Soul) |
Lupe Fiasco | Tetsuo & Youth | Wasalu Jaco, Dacoury Natche, Herbert Stevens | DJ Dahi | ||
| “Devil Pray” | Madonna | Rebel Heart | Madonna Ciccone, Timothy Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Dacoury Natche | Madonna, Avicii, DJ Dahi | ||
| “Iconic” (featuring Chance the Rapper & Mike Tyson) |
Co-writer/Additional producer | Madonna Ciccone, Toby Gad, Maureen McDonald, Larry Griffin Jr., Chancellor Bennett, Dacoury Natche | Madonna, Toby Gad, AFSHeeN, Josh Cumbee, DJ Dahi | |||
| “Body Shop” | Co-writer/Producer | Madonna Ciccone, Toby Gad, Maureen McDonald, Larry Griffin Jr., Dacoury Natche | Madonna, DJ Dahi, Toby Gad | |||
| “Beautiful Scars” | Madonna Ciccone, Richard Nowels Jr., Dacoury Natche | Madonna, DJ Dahi | ||||
| “Borrowed Time” | Madonna Ciccone, Timothy Bergling, Arash Pournouri, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Dacoury Natche | Madonna, Avicii, DJ Dahi | ||||
| “Clay” | Hana | HANA EP | Hana Pestle | Hana | ||
| “Avalanche” | Hana Pestle | Hana | ||||
| “Tell Me” | Raye | Second EP | Rachel Keen | – | ||
| “Sorry” | Justin Bieber | Purpose | Justin Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Sonny Moore | Skrillex | ||
| “Touch” | Pia Mia | Non-album single | Pia Perez, Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen | Stargate | ||
| “Mark My Words” | Justin Bieber | Purpose | Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, James Abrahart, Rodney Jerkins, Fredrik Halland | – | ||
| “I’ll Show You” | Justin Bieber, Joshua Gudwin, Sonny Moore, Theron Feemster | Skrillex | ||||
| “Children” | Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Sonny Moore, Brandon Green, Nico Hartikainen | Skrillex, Maejor, Hartikainen | ||||
| “Hit the Ground” | Co-writer | Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Sonny Moore, Andrew Wotman, Louis Bell, Brian Lee | – | |||
| “Body” (featuring Jeremih) |
2016 | Dreezy | No Hard Feelings | Co-writer/Producer | Seandrea Sledge, Brittany Hazzard, Jeremy Felton | – |
| “Underwater” | Hana | HANA EP | Hana Pestle | Hana | ||
| “White” | Hana Pestle | Hana | ||||
| “Chimera” | Hana Pestle | Hana | ||||
| “Scared of Happy” | Fifth Harmony | 7/27 | Tinashe Kachingwe, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Cass Lowe | Stargate | ||
| “Hands” | Various artists | Non-album single | Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels | Mark Ronson | ||
| “Better” | Britney Spears | Glory | Britney Spears, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter | Mischke | ||
| “Perfect Illusion” | Lady Gaga | Joanne | Kevin Parker, Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson | Mark Ronson, Kevin Parker, Lady Gaga | ||
| “Drum” | MØ | TBA | Karen Marie Ørsted, Charlotte Aitchison, Jonnali Parmenius | – | ||
| “Diamond Heart” | Lady Gaga | Joanne | Producer | – | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Josh Homme, Jeff Bhasker | |
| “A-Yo” | Co-writer/Producer | Stefani Germanotta, Hillary Lindsey, Mark Ronson | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | |||
| “Joanne” | Producer | – | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | |||
| “John Wayne” | Co-writer/Producer | Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson, Josh Homme | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | |||
| “Dancin’ in Circles” | Stefani Germanotta, Beck Hansen, Mark Ronson | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | ||||
| “Million Reasons” | Producer | – | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | |||
| “Sinner’s Prayer” | – | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | ||||
| “Come to Mama” | – | Mark Ronson, Emile Haynie, Lady Gaga | ||||
| “Hey Girl” (featuring Florence Welch) |
– | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | ||||
| “Angel Down” | – | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | ||||
| “Grigio Girls” | Co-writer/Producer | Stefani Germanotta, Hillary Lindsey, Mark Ronson | Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga | |||
| “Blow You Up” (featuring AlunaGeorge & Less Is More) |
Yogi | Non-album single | Co-writer/Additional producer | Yogesh “Yogi” Tulsiani, Deleon Blake, Alexander Lewis, Ross Golan, Benjamin Levin, Charlotte Aitchison, Tor Hermansen, Jean Baptiste, George Reid, Aluna Francis, Mikkel Eriksen | Yogi, Less Is More | |
| “What You Do to Me” | John Legend | Darkness and Light | Co-writer | John Stephens, Blake Mills, Matthew Sweeney, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter | – | |
| “Want You Back” | 2017 | Haim | Something to Tell You | Additional producer | – | Ariel Rechtshaid |
| “Wanna Know Love” | Jasmine Thompson | Wonderland EP | Co-writer | Justin Tranter, Julia Michaels | – | |
| “A Good Night” (featuring BloodPop) |
2018 | John Legend | Non-album single | Featured artist/Co-writer/Producer | John Stephens, Alexandra Yatchenko, Rachel Keen | – |
| “Enemies” | Lauv | I Met You When I Was 18 | Co-writer | Ari Leff, Christy Zakarias | – | |
| “My One” | Lily Allen | No Shame | Co-writer/Producer | Lily Cooper, Ezra Koenig | Mark Ronson, Ezra Koenig | |
| “Cowboy” | Alma | TBA | Alma Sofia-Miettinen, Justin Tranter, Sarah Hudson | – | ||
| “RIP Harambe” | 2019 | Elon Musk | Non-album single | Co-Writer/Producer | Yung Jake, Caroline Polachek, Elon Musk | |
| “Spring Snow” | Vampire Weekend | Father of the Bride | Co-Writer/Producer | Ezra Koenig, Sam Gendel | Ezra Koenig, Ariel Rechtshaid |
Remixes
- 2011: Keep Shelly in Athens – “Hauntin’ Me”
- 2012: Kendrick Lamar – “Swimming Pools (Drank)”
- 2013: Ellie Goulding – “Anything Could Happen”
- 2013: Major Lazer – “Get Free” (featuring Amber Coffman)
- 2014: Sky Ferreira – “You’re Not the One”
- 2014: Kiesza – “Giant in My Heart”
- 2015: Beyoncé – “Haunted”
- 2017: Haim “Little of Your Love”
- 2017: Lana Del Rey – “Lust for Life” (featuring The Weeknd)
- 2017: Taylor Swift – “…Ready for It?”
- 2019: Grimes – “We Appreciate Power”
- 2019: Tove Lo – “Sweettalk My Heart” (BloodPop and Burns Vitaclub Remix)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Much Music Video Awards | Video of the Year | Grimes (feat. Blood Diamonds) – “Go” | Nominated |
| Best Post-Production | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Purpose | Nominated |