Joy Neil Mitro Deb (born 14 January 1979) is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He has worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, Mic Lowry and Akon.
Deb is signed to Northbound Music Publishing in Stockholm, where he is a member of the production team "The Family" together with Linnea Deb and Anton HÃÂ¥rd af Segerstad. Earlier (2013âÂÂ2016) the group was signed to BMG Publishing.
Joy studied at the music writing academy Musikmakarna.
Deb was born to an Indian father and a Finnish mother.
Joy Deb, alongside Linnea Deb and Anton HÃÂ¥rd af Segerstad, is notable for his work in the Eurovision Song Contest, both in the contest and in national selections. They are most present in Sweden's annual Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen, in which they have three wins. The first winning song in 2013, "You" by Robin Stjernberg, broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammy as Song of the Year 2014. The second winning song, "Heroes" performed by MÃÂ¥ns Zelmerlöw in 2015, won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and sold 5àPlatinum in Sweden and Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. They won Melodifestivalen once again in 2024 with Unforgettable performed by Marcus & Martinus.
Deb was also involved as lyricist, composer and producer of the Käärijä and Baby Lasagna song #eurodab, which featured as interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Finale 2025.
Joy has also written and produced several international hits. He co-wrote the first record 'Top Down' on Fifth Harmony's 'Reflection' Album. Also, Joy and his current production team wrote and produced JoJo's comeback single 'Save My Soul'.
In 2016, "Oh Lord" was released with the British vocal harmony boy band Mic Lowry. The song was the group's debut single and it was written by Joy, Linnea Deb, Anton HÃÂ¥rd af Segerstad, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins, as the song contains lyrics and music from Phil Collins' song "In the Air Tonight".
Winner of ESC 2015. Nr 1 in 22 Countries.
3ÃÂ Platinum in Sweden. Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria.
Nr 1 on âÂÂthe Swedish Singles chartâÂÂ. Swedish Grammy nominee for song of the year in 2015.
5ÃÂ Platinum in Sweden.
Jojo's comeback single.
The track reached No.3 on âÂÂthe real-time Billboard + Twitter Trending 140â chart. It also peaked position 33 on US Billboards âÂÂPop Digital Songsâ chart.
In 2013 the song broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day. Swedish Grammy nominee for âÂÂSong of the yearâ 2014
3ÃÂ Platinum in Sweden.
The song is featured in the trailer for âÂÂBridget Jones's babyâÂÂ.
It peaked position no.10 on âÂÂthe Swedish Singleâ chart.
It peaked position no.57 on âÂÂthe Swedish Singleâ chart.
It peaked position no. 35 on âÂÂthe Swedish Singleâ chart.