User:JSFarman/sandbox/Brody Brown

Brody Brown is an American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. The winner of five Grammy Awards, and a member of the songwriting and production team 1500 or Nothin', he has worked extensively with Bruno Mars as well as with artists including Nipsey Hussle, CeeLo Green, Kesha, Adele and Mark Ronson.

Early life
Brown was born in Compton, California. Growing up, he listened to the music his mother played at home: jazz during the week and gospel on Sundays. As a child, he taught himself to read music and play the drums, bass, guitar and piano. Influenced by his mother's love for diverse musical genres, in junior high school, in addition to playing with the school band, he played with rock, salsa, and jazz bands.

A member of the Crips, Brown was shot at and incarcerated several times as a teenager. In a 2016 interview he said that music "kept him from becoming another statistic in a hard neighborhood."

Career
Prior to dropping out of school in 2004, Brown began writing and playing with Bobby Valentino, who he met through a mutual friend. At 14, Valentino hired him to play bass in his touring band. After several tours, with Valentino as well as other artists, he joined 1500 or Nothin', a production team and band. At 17, he signed a publishing deal with Steve Lindsey, a publishing executive who had also signed Mike Elizondo, Kara DioGuardi, J.R. Rotem, and Mars, among others. Lindsey introduced Brown to Mars in  2007.

Brown went on to collaborate frequently with Mars, co-writing tracks with Mars for his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010) as well as on Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), 24k Magic (2016) and the Silk Sonic track "Leave the Door Open." Other songs he co-wrote with Mars include "Grenade," which was nominated for six Grammy Awards in 2011, and  the 24K Magic track, "That's What I Like," which in 2017 won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Best R&B Song. 24K Magic also won Album of the Year. He and Mars additionally worked together on tracks for other artists, including the Adele song "All I Ask", from 25, which won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2018, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's “Young, Wild, & Free”, a 2012 Best Rap Song Grammy nominee, Mark Ronson’s “Feel Right” and CeeLo Green's "Fuck You,"  which was nominated for Song of the Year in 2011.

Grammy Awards

 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2018||25||Album of the Year || Won||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| 2017 ||style="text-align:left;"| 24k Magic (Bruno Mars)|| Record of the Year || Won|| ''
 * 24k Magic ||Album of the Year||Won||
 * "That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars) || Song of the Year ||Won||
 * "That's What I Like" || Best R&B Song ||Won||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| 2012 || "Young, Wild & Free" (Snoop Dogg Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars)|| Best Rap Song||Nominated||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2011 || "Grenade" (Bruno Mars)||Song of the Year || Nominated||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2010 || "Fuck You" (CeeLo Green) || Song of the Year || Nominated ||
 * }
 * "That's What I Like" || Best R&B Song ||Won||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| 2012 || "Young, Wild & Free" (Snoop Dogg Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars)|| Best Rap Song||Nominated||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2011 || "Grenade" (Bruno Mars)||Song of the Year || Nominated||
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2010 || "Fuck You" (CeeLo Green) || Song of the Year || Nominated ||
 * }
 * style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"|2010 || "Fuck You" (CeeLo Green) || Song of the Year || Nominated ||
 * }
 * }
 * }