George Nozuka

Nozuka released his debut album Believe in 2007 under the mononym George.^{[citation needed]} The album was produced by Perry Alexander, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, and Anthony M. Jones, and was released by HC Entertainment Group. Three tracks became hits: "Talk to Me”, "Lie to Me", and "Last Time". Music videos for the songs were directed by RT! and appeared on the charts of Canada's specialized music cable channel MuchMusic.^{[citation needed]}

Nozuka co-wrote Justin Bieber's “Home This Christmas” with Justin Bieber, Melanie Joy Fontana, Nasri Tony Atweh, and Nicholas Turpin.^[2] He also collaborated with Drake, and toured with The Backstreet Boys across Europe and Japan.^{[citation needed]}

Nozuka is one of seven children of Canadian mother Holly Sedgwick^[5][6] and Japanese father Hiromitsu Nozuka. Sedgwick raised Nozuka and his six siblings as a single mother.^[7] Nozuka is the older brother of the musicians Justin Nozuka and Henry Nozuka, and the actor Philip Nozuka.

Nozuka's aunt, his mother's half-sister, is the actress Kyra Sedgwick, who is married to the actor Kevin Bacon. Their two children, Travis and Sosie Bacon,^[8] are Nozuka's first cousins.

• In 2007, the music video for "Lie to Me" won RT! the Best Director award at the Much Music Video Awards for the second consecutive year.^[9]