Blu June and Chi formed the duo Nova Wav in
Atlanta, Georgia back in 2011, and received their first placement of their professional career in 2012 co-writing "
Loveeeeeee Song" by
Rihanna featuring
Future. Following the release of
Unapologetic, "
Loveeeeeee Song" entered the US
Billboard Hot 100 at number 100. It ascended to 88 its second week and to 63 in its third week. It additionally debuted at number 14 on the US
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs due to strong digital downloads. The song has also peaked at 4 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. On February 21, 2018
Unapologetic was announced
3x Multi-Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2014, Nova Wav wrote "
Best Mistake" with American recording artist
Ariana Grande that features American hip hop recording artist
Big Sean and produced by
Key Wane. The song was released August 12, 2014 becoming the
promotional single for Grande's second studio album,
My Everything The album was later announced
2× Multi-Platinum by RIAA on March 22, 2016. In 2016, Nova Wav teamed up with American singer and songwriter
Kehlani to produce and write her lead single "
CRZY", which was later released on her studio album
SweetSexySavage under
Atlantic Records. On February 13, 2019 the record hit over one million copies sold making it Kehlani's first ever
Certified Platinum record The single peaked on
Billboard Hot 100 at number 85, Mainstream R&B/Hip Hop Charts at number 17, and Hot R&B songs at number 11 on November 26, 2016. In 2018, the duo won their first
GRAMMY Award for co-writing and producing "LoveHappy" and co-writing "Nice", "Friends", and "Black Effect", on
The Carters album
Everything Is Love which was released on June 16, 2018, by
Parkwood Entertainment,
Sony Music Entertainment,
S.C Enterprises, and
Roc Nation. Also that year, they worked alongside
Dj Khaled and co-wrote the records "
Top Off", "
You Stay", "Holy Mountain" and "
Just Us" in addition to co-writing and co-producing "Jealous" on his eleventh studio album
Father of Asahd which released May 17, 2019, through
We the Best Music and
Epic Records. The leading single "
Top Off" was released on March 2, 2018 selling over 500,000 copies becoming
Certified Gold on September 21, 2018. On June 17, 2019, the album
Father of Asahd was
Certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States. In 2019, Nova Wav co-wrote the record "
Me + You" and "
Commitment" for American
R&B singer
Monica for her ninth studio album,
Chapter 38. "Commitment" hit number 1 on
Billboard Adult R&B Songs earning Monica her fourth number 1 record in over 10 years, and became the first single on her label, Mondeenise Music. In 2020, Nova Wav co-wrote
Beyoncé's charity single "
Black Parade." It was the most nominated song at the
63rd Annual Grammy Awards, with four nominations including
Record of the Year and
Song of the Year. The song won
Best R&B Performance. In 2022, Nova Wav won their next Grammy Award for
Best R&B Performance for their work on
Jazmine Sullivan's "
Pick Up Your Feelings". Later that year, the duo co-wrote 8 out 16 songs on Beyoncé's album
Renaissance. In 2025, Nova Wav appeared on the
Netflix music
docu-reality series
Hitmakers. ==Discography==