Philip Lawrence is an American songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and
voice actor best known for his work with the songwriting and production team
The Smeezingtons, alongside
Bruno Mars. He has won eight
Grammy Awards for his work.
Lawrence's latest recording project,
24K Magic, won at the Grammys in the categories Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance. Lawrence is co-writer and co-producer on the majority of the songs released under these ventures. He also sings vocal with The Hooligans band who tours with Mars. Between 2010 and 2012 he received ten Grammy nominations, and in 2013 won his first Grammy award with Bruno Mars for “Best Pop Vocal Album” for
Unorthodox Jukebox.
In the same year, he also released his own solo album,
Letters I Never Sent. He followed by participating in the second-largest viewed Super Bowl Halftime Show performing with the
Red Hot Chili Peppers, receiving 115.3 million viewers. He returned again to the Super Bowl in 2016, performing parallel to
Lady Gaga,
Beyoncé and
Coldplay for another Halftime Show performance. Along with composing and producing hits for Bruno Mars, Lawrence has produced/wrote for
Adele,
Flo Rida,
Lil Wayne,
Wiz Khalifa,
CeeLo Green and others.