Mel & Mus
Mel & Mus are a Grammy-nominated Dutch songwriting and production duo best known for writing and producing the R&B/hip-hop hits "Don't Think They Know", "Barbie Dreams" and "Good Good".
Career
In 2010, their song "Hit It Like This" received special recognition from the music magazine Rap-Up as a "must-hear song" on the Jamie Foxx album, Best Night of My Life, for its "club-primed" sound. The Rihanna and Nicki Minaj collaboration, "Raining Men" from the 2010 album Loud, was their breakthrough, appearing on various charts in both the United States and United Kingdom.Mel & Mus next contributed two songs to the Chris Brown album X: "Songs On a 12 Play" and "Don't Think They Know" in 2013, which posthumously paired the noted R&B artist Aaliyah with Brown.
In 2023, they reached #1 on US Urban Radio with "Good Good", the lead single from Usher's ninth studio album, Coming Home. The single was Usher's first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit since 2016, and stayed on top of the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart for five weeks. The song was included on the Vibe "20 Best R&B Songs of 2023" list, praised for its "sexy, empathetic, and smooth southern bounce with modern trap-tinged R&B". In 2025, Mel & Mus produced and co-wrote "Bae", the comeback single from Keri Hilson.