Английская Википедия:Adonis Shropshire
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Taurian Adonis Shropshire[1] is an American songwriter and record producer.
Beginning his career in 2001, Shropshire has written or produced numerous hit records for various artists, including Mariah Carey's "I Stay In Love", Usher's "My Boo", P. Diddy's "I Need a Girl (Part One)", "I Need a Girl (Part Two)", Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye", Ciara's "And I", Marques Houston's "Circle", Day26's "Since You've Been Gone", Enrique Iglesias's "Push", Ginuwine's "Last Chance", Beyoncé's "Summertime", and Lee Taemin's "Play Me". He received his first formal credit on "Walking On Sunshine" for Jennifer Lopez in 2001. He is affiliated with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records and has won three Grammy Awards among seventeen nominations.[2]
History
Adonis was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he attended the Chattanooga Phoenix III High School for the Performing Arts.[3]Шаблон:Failed verification While in middle school, he met Usher Raymond IV (the two would later form a group before Raymond's move to Atlanta). While frequenting a local studio he learned the art of creating songs, music production, using audio equipment, recording, as well as structuring and writing lyric melody. Currently Adonis is the CEO, and Founder of Beatstreet, Inc.[4]Шаблон:Failed verification
While having a friendship with R&B trio Blaque, he would travel to various recording sessions with them. Natina Reed and her former Blaque group member Shamari Fears, noticed a particular talent he had for producing vocals and allowed him to contribute in the studio. These sessions were his first "real" recording sessions, which consisted of helping vocal produce three songs for the group's debut album.
In 1997, he moved back to Atlanta to pursue his dream of breaking into the music industry. While in a local singing group he was introduced to Rowdy Records exec Kirk Woods (The Woodland Entertainment Group) who would later become his manager.[5] When the group disbanded in 2000, he started writing songs for other recording artists. This prompted his manager to set up a meeting with famed producer and CEO of Bad Boy Worldwide Sean "Diddy" Combs. While in New York Adonis worked on the album of pop icon Jennifer Lopez's "J.LO". This was Adonis' first songwriting credit. Soon after Diddy signed Adonis to his publishing venture with EMI as part of his "Hit Men Squad." Immediately Adonis began to craft songs for Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, 112, Cheri Dennis, Beyoncé, Usher, B2K, and Ciara
His affiliation with Bad Boy led to him working with Noontime (which had a co-management deal with Bad Boy). That work resulted in him meeting Bryan-Michael Cox. Adonis's relationship with Cox soon had him producing and writing for Chris Brown, Nicole Scherzinger, Mariah Carey and Gwen Stefani. Although prior to working with Cox, Adonis had written and produced an extensive body of work (including Hot 100 #1 hits such as Usher's "My Boo") in addition to P. Diddy's "I Need a Girl (Part One)" and "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" and two Grammy Awards (for work on albums by Carey and Usher), Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" marked his first Hot R&B Chart #1 hit with Cox.
In 2014 Adonis began working with Kristinia DeBarge on her third studio album.[6] On January 5, 2015, he and DeBarge started releasing new music exclusively through YouTube. She entitled the project "New Music Mondays".[7]
Selected production and writing credits
Grammy Awards and nominations
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Adonis has received 3 awards from 17 nominations.
Шаблон:Awards table |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Faithfully || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Confessions || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Won |- | Шаблон:Grammy || My Boo|| Best R&B Song || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Confessions || Album Of The Year || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Hurt No More || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || My Boo || Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal || Шаблон:Won |- | Шаблон:Grammy || The Emancipation of Mimi || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Won |- | Шаблон:Grammy || The Emancipation of Mimi || Album Of The Year || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Chris Brown|| Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Just like You || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Back of My Lac' || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || The Introduction of Marcus Cooper || Best Contemporary R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Still Standing || Best R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || My World 2.0 || Best Pop Vocal Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Fortune || Best Urban Contemporary Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || TGT || Best R&B Album || Шаблон:Nom |- | Шаблон:Grammy || Side Effects of You || Best Urban Contemporary Album || Шаблон:Nom Шаблон:End
References
External links
- ↑ How To Make A Hit. Accessed January 21, 2008.
- ↑ https://www.grammy.com/artists/adonis-shropshire/15371
- ↑ Chattanooga Phoenix III High School 1996 Graduates
- ↑ All Music Discography Accessed January 21, 2008
- ↑ GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER ADONIS SHROPSHIRE JOINS FORCES WITH ASCAP AND AMERICA SCORES ATLANTA Шаблон:Webarchive Accessed January 21, 2008
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
