Anton Zaslavski (Russian: Антон Заславский;[a] born 2 September 1989), known professionally as Zedd (/zɛd/), is a German record producer and DJ.

[2] He rose to mainstream success with his 2012 single "Clarity" (featuring Foxes), which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best Dance Recording at the 56th Grammy Awards.

His second studio album, True Colors (2015), was supported by his third Billboard Hot 100-top 20 single, "I Want You to Know" (featuring Selena Gomez).

[8] In 2002, Zaslavski began playing for the German deathcore band Dioramic, signed by Lifeforce Records.

He has since produced remixes of well-known artists, including Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, the Black-Eyed Peas, Enhypen, Twice, Madeon, Porter Robinson, Krewella, Galantis, Deadmau5, Blackpink, Periphery and others.

[citation needed] In 2012, Zedd signed with Interscope Records and released his debut single from the label, "Spectrum", with lyrics and vocals by Matthew Koma.

He also produced and co-wrote the third single "Beauty and a Beat" with Max Martin for Justin Bieber's third studio album, Believe.

It charted in the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100, sold 2,238,000 copies, and was certified platinum, making it Zedd's most successful single to date.

[22] Zedd worked with Japanese singer Namie Amuro and produced her promotional single, "Heaven" for her album Feel.

[24] "Stay the Night", featuring Hayley Williams, was released as a single on 10 September 2013, as part of the deluxe version of Zedd's album.

The song met similar success, although it was criticized for its lack of uniqueness and less powerful lyrics compared to "Clarity".

[27] On 26 January 2014, he released the single "Find You" featuring Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant, which is included on the soundtrack for the film Divergent.

[31] On 18 December 2014, Moment of Clarity, a documentary about Zedd and his 2013 world tour, was released through his YouTube channel, with Sandra Bullock, Rachel Weisz and Julia Roberts.

[45] On 15 July 2016, singer Hailee Steinfeld and producer duo Grey released a song featuring Zedd titled "Starving",[46] which peaked at No.

[48] Zedd released a collaboration with Riot Games for the 2016 League of Legends eSports championship, Worlds, titled "Ignite" on 26 September 2016.

[citation needed] In 2017, he organized a benefit concert for the American Civil Liberties Union, prompted in response to US President Donald Trump's executive order to "suspended all refugee admissions for 120 days and blocked citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, refugees or otherwise".

On 23 February 2017, Zedd released his collaboration along with Alessia Cara, "Stay" which debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 33 on the UK Singles Chart.

[62] Zedd performed at Coachella on the main stage 21 April 2019, bringing out Katy Perry, Alessia Cara, and Maren Morris.

[66] On 10 October 2019, Zedd tweeted that he had been "permanently banned" from China due to his liking of a tweet related to South Park, an American adult animated sitcom which had been banned in the country several days prior as a result of the episode "Band in China".

In April 2021, it was revealed that Zedd would have a residency at the new Las Vegas super club Zouk, along with Tiësto, with each receiving US$250,000 per gig.

[71] On 12 August 2022, Zedd started a commercial collaboration with computer peripherals company HyperX (acquired by HP Inc. in 2021) and became its "Global Brand Ambassador".

[73] He was offered the job of composing the song as he is an open fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, while the lyrics are written by Yukinojo Mori.

[73] Zedd also performs the show's ending theme, "Nakama", this time in collaboration with Japanese-American singer Ai, who wrote the lyrics.