Mike Dean
American record producer
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| 2025 | Planned release of studio album '425' |
| 2025 | Co-wrote and produced multiple tracks on the Weeknd's album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow', including collaborations with artists like Anitta, Travis Scott, and Playboi Carti. |
| 2025 | Slated to produce The Weeknd's upcoming album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'. |
| 2024 | Continued his collaborative work with Future & Metro Boomin on 'We Don't Trust You' and 'We Still Don't Trust You', and produced tracks for The Weeknd with Playboi Carti and Anitta. |
| 2024 | Released his fifth solo studio album '424'. |
| 2023 | Dean contributes live arrangements to Metro Boomin's Coachella performance and appears as a guest musician during 070 Shake's performance. |
| 2023 | Released his fourth solo studio album '4:23'. |
| 2023 | Produced the soundtrack for 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' and worked on several high-profile collaborations, including Travis Scott's 'Utopia' and multiple tracks with The Weeknd featuring artists like Future, Madonna, Jennie, and Lily-Rose Depp. |
| June 4 2023 | Co-wrote and produced the Weeknd's single 'Double Fantasy' (featuring Future) for 'The Idol' HBO series soundtrack, in which Dean is also a cast member. |
| April 29 2023 | Released his fourth mixtape '4:23', co-produced by the Weeknd. |
| 2022 | Contributed live musical arrangements to the Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia's Coachella performances. |
| 2022 | Became an opening act on the Weeknd's After Hours til Dawn Tour, filling in for LJ Jones as bass and keyboard player. |
| 2022 | Created a remix of The Weeknd's 'Starry Eyes' and contributed to multiple significant albums including Beyoncé's 'Renaissance', Pusha T's 'It's Almost Dry', and XXXTentacion's 'Look at Me: The Album'. |
| 2022 | Released his third solo studio album 'Smoke State 42222'. |
| 2021 | Released live album 'Echoplex (Live 2021)' |
| 2021 | Produced Kanye West's 'Donda' album and collaborated with Rich the Kid on the single 'Blue Cheese'. Also worked on a remix of Aaliyah featuring The Weeknd's 'Poison'. |
| 2021 | Released studio album '4:22' and live album 'Echoplex (Live 2021)' |
| 2021 | Released his second solo studio album '4:22'. |
| 2021 | Produced Kanye West's 'Donda' album and collaborated with Rich the Kid on the single 'Blue Cheese'. Also worked on Lana Del Rey's 'Blue Banisters' and a posthumous Aaliyah track featuring The Weeknd. |
| May 20 2021 | Lana Del Rey's single 'Wildflower Wildfire', produced by Dean, was released. |
| 2020 | Mike Dean produced multiple notable albums including Selena Gomez's 'Rare', Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon', and Burna Boy's 'Twice as Tall', showcasing his prolific work across various music genres. |
| 2020 | Released his first solo studio album '4:20' as a non-performing lead artist. |
| April 20 2020 | Dean released his instrumental mixtape '4:20'. |
| 2019 | Continued producing diverse projects including 2 Chainz's 'Rap or Go to the League', Madonna's 'Madame X', Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King', and the Sunday Service Choir's 'Jesus Is Born'. |
| 2018 | Produced a wide range of albums including Pusha T's 'Daytona', Kanye West's 'Ye', Kids See Ghosts' self-titled album, Nas' 'Nasir', The Carters' 'Everything Is Love', Teyana Taylor's 'K.T.S.E.', and Travis Scott's 'Astroworld'. |
| May 2017 | Dean announces the launch of his record label M.W.A. and signs his first artist, Dice Soho from Houston. |
| 2016 | Prolific year of production including Beyoncé's 'Lemonade', Kanye West's 'The Life of Pablo', Frank Ocean's 'Endless' and 'Blonde', Travis Scott's 'Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight', and Kid Cudi's 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin''. |
| 2015 | Dean works on the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness and contributes to the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. |
| 2015 | Worked on diverse projects including Madonna's 'Rebel Heart', Travis Scott's 'Rodeo', The Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind the Madness', and Justin Bieber's 'No Sense'. |
| 2013 | Produced multiple critically acclaimed albums including Beyoncé's self-titled album, Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail', Kanye West's 'Yeezus', and Travis Scott's debut mixtape 'Owl Pharaoh'. |
| 2011 | Collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West to produce the album 'Watch the Throne'. |
| 2010 | Mike Dean produced multiple significant albums including Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy', Kid Cudi's 'Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager', and Z-Ro's 'Heroin'. |
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