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Brody Brown
Brody Brown
Birth name	Christopher Steven Brown
Born	Compton, California, U.S.
Genres	Pop; hip hop; R&B;
Occupations	Songwriter; record producer; multi-instrumentalist;
Years active	2002–present
Labels	80s Baby;
Member of	1500 or Nothin'; Shampoo Press & Curl;

Christopher Steven "Brody" Brown is an American songwriter and record producer. Best known for his association with singer Bruno Mars, they met in 2008 and formed the production team Shampoo Press & Curl in 2015.^[1] In addition, Brown is also part of the production group 1500 or Nothin' alongside fellow Californians James Fauntleroy, Lamar Edwards and Larrance Dopson. Brown has written or produced for artists including Nipsey Hussle, CeeLo Green, Kesha, Adele, Lukas Graham, Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and Mark Ronson.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Brown was born in Compton, California. Growing up, he listened to some jazz and mostly gospel that was played everyday and all day on Sundays. As a child, he taught himself to read music and play the drums, bass, guitar and piano. In junior high school, in addition to playing with the school band, he played with rock, salsa, and jazz bands. He also performed regularly at local churches.^[5]^[6]

Brown was a member of The Crips. He was shot at and jailed as a teenager. In a 2016 interview he said that music "kept him from becoming another statistic in a hard neighborhood."^[7]

Career

Brown joined 1500 or Nothin' in 2003, and prior to dropping out of high school in 2005, he began writing and playing with Bobby Valentino, whom he met through a mutual friend.^[5]^[8]^[6] 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.^[7] Lindsey showed Brown and fellow songwriters Mars and Jeff Bhasker (whom Mars met through Mike Lynn) the ins and outs of writing pop music and acted as a mentor, helping them to hone their craft.^[7]^[9]

Brown subsequently co-wrote tracks with Mars for his debut album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010), Unorthodox Jukebox (2012), 24k Magic (2016), and Silk Sonic's An Evening with Silk Sonic. Other songs he co-wrote with Mars include "Grenade", which was nominated for six Grammy Awards in 2011, and the 24K Magic title track, "That's What I Like", which in 2017 won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Performance. 24K Magic also won Album of the Year. He and Mars additionally worked together on tracks for other artists, including Adele's "All I Ask", from 25 (2015), Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa's "Young, Wild, & Free", Mark Ronson's "Feel Right" and CeeLo Green's "Fuck You".^[2]^[3]^[4]

Brown was a co-writer on Silk Sonic's "Leave the Door Open", which won four 2022 Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Performance. ^[10]

Grammy Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	"Fuck You" (CeeLo Green)	Song of the Year	Nominated	^[3]
2011	"Grenade" (Bruno Mars)	Song of the Year	Nominated
2012	"Young, Wild & Free" (Snoop Dogg Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars)	Best Rap Song	Nominated
2017	25 (Adele)	Album of the Year	Won
2018	24K Magic (Bruno Mars)	Album of the Year	Won
	"24K Magic" (Bruno Mars)	Record of the Year	Won
	"That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars)	Song of the Year	Won
	"That's What I Like" (Bruno Mars)	Best R&B Song	Won
2022	"Leave the Door Open" (Silk Sonic)	Song of the Year	Won
2022	"Leave the Door Open" (Silk Sonic)	Best R&B Song	Won

Selected discography

Year	Album or Song	Artist	Credit
2021	An Evening with Silk Sonic	Silk Sonic	Composer, instrumentation
2020	Alicia	Alicia Keys	Composer
2020	6pc Hot EP	6LACK	Producer
2019	No. 6 Collaborations Project	Ed Sheeran	Composer
2018	Victory Lap	Nipsey Hussle	Producer, programmer Keyboards additional production
2017	That's What I Like	Bruno Mars	Composer
2017	Rainbow	Kesha	Producer
2016	"Versace on the Floor"	Bruno Mars	Composer
	"Open Heart" (Acoustic live)	CeeLo Green	Composer
	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	Composer, vocals (background)
2015	Uptown Special	Mark Ronson	Bass, composer
	Ludaversal	Ludacris	Composer
	"Beast Mode"	Ludacris	Composer
	Lucas Graham	Lukas Graham	Executive producer, composer
	25	Adele	Composer, piano
2014	Music of Grand Theft Auto V	Soundtrack	Composer
2012	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars	Composer
2012	Food & Liquor II The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco	Composer, producer, programmer
2011	The R.E.D. Album	The Game	Composer, producer
2011	The Muppets Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Muppets	Composer
2010	"Fuck You"	CeeLo Green	Composer
	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	Bruno Mars	Composer, multi-instrumentalist instrumentation
	B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B	Bass, guitar
2009	Malice N Wonderland	Snoop Dogg	Composer