Louis Bell | |
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![]() Bell at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
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Birth name | Louis Russell Bell |
Born | Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. | May 27, 1982
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Years active | 2003–present |
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Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, Taylor Swift, Juice Wrld, DJ Khaled, Kanye West and Frank Dukes among others. [2] A producer and writer specializing in various genres, Bell has 18 US top 10 hits to his credit, including eight number ones, all since 2018. [3] [4] Billboard called Bell's impact on the top of the charts "historic" and labeled him "pop's most prolific, accomplished and untethered freelancer of 2019". [5]
Louis Bell was born on May 27, 1982, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 11 and used this skill to make beats with a keyboard and the audio software Fruity Loops, which led to him developing himself as a rapper and recording himself on the computer and eventually opening his own studio in Boston where he worked with dozens of artists. [6]
In 2013, Bell moved to Los Angeles after signing with his manager Austin Rosen, CEO/Founder of Electric Feel Management. [7] After some time working together in the studio, Bell and artist Post Malone quickly realized they had a great chemistry, and the same vision musically. [6] The duo continued to work together on Post Malone's debut album Stoney and multiple singles including "Congratulations" that gained popularity in late 2015. [8]
Bell's career took off in January 2016 when Justin Bieber visited him, Malone, and fellow producer Frank Dukes in the studio while finishing the Stoney album and the resulting product was the single "Deja Vu". [9]
In August 2016, Bell's first hit song, "Let Me Love You" by Justin Bieber, DJ Snake, and co-written with a longtime collaborator Andrew Watt, made its chart-topping debut. [10] Bell co-wrote and vocal produced the Frank Dukes & Metro Boomin co-production "Congratulations", Stoney's lead single, which debuted at Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart followed by "Rockstar", the lead single of Malone's second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys , which held the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for eight straight weeks. [11]
Bell has also collaborated with numerous artists including PartyNextDoor, Tyga, Juvenile, Sugar Ray, Mike Stud, OMI, Joe Budden, Andrew Watt, and many more. Bell earned a spot on Variety's 2017 Hitmakers list for his work on Malone's "Congratulations", Kygo's collaboration with Selena Gomez's "It Ain't Me", and Camila Cabello's and Young Thug's "Havana". [12]
On July 6, 2019, Bell became only the second person to top Billboard's newly launched Hot 100 Producer chart. This was thanks to four Hot 100 charting titles, on which Bell is credited as a producer. [13] He also reached number 3 on the Hot 100 Songwriters chart, thanks to his five songwriting credits on the Hot 100. [13]
Bell signed an exclusive publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group in January 2021. [14] In April 2023, Bell became the first songwriter to have eight RIAA diamond certified singles. [15] He is one of several artists involved in UMG's AI music incubator. [16]
Year | Artist | Song(s) | Album | Label | Production credit |
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2024 | Taylor Swift | "Fortnight" | The Tortured Poets Department | Republic Records | Vocal producer, vocal engineer |
Justin Timberlake | "Drown", "My Favorite Drug", "Imagination", "Selfish", "Conditions" | Everything I Thought It Was | RCA | Co-producer, co-writer, recording engineer | |
2023 | Post Malone | """Don't Understand", "Something Real", "Chemical", "Novacandy", "Mourning", "Too Cool To Die", "Sign Me Up", "Socialite", "Overdrive", "Sppedometer", "Hold My Breath" "Enough Is Enough", "Texas Tea", "Buyer Beware", "Landmine", "Green Thumb", "Laugh it Off", "Joy" | Austin (album) | Republic Records, Mercury Records | Co-producer, co-writer, recording engineer, programmer, keyboard, drumming programming, |
The Kid Laroi | "Forever & Again" | Barbie the Album | Atlantic | Programming | |
Taylor Swift | "All of the Girls You Loved Before" | N/A | Republic Records | Co-producer, co-writer, recording engineer, programmer | |
2021 | Kanye West | "Ok Ok", "Ok Ok pt 2" | Donda | Def Jam | Producer, vocal editing |
"Jail", "God Breathed", "Off the Grid", "Hurricane", "Praise God", "Jonah", "Believe What I Say", "24", "Remote Control", "Moon", "Heaven and Hell", "Donda", "Keep My Spirit Alive", "Jesus Lord", "New Again", "Lord I Need You", "Pure Souls", "Come To Life", "No Child Left Behind", "Jail Pt 2", "Jesus Lord Pt 2" | Vocal editing | ||||
Maroon 5 | "Can't Leave You Alone" (featuring Juice Wrld) | Jordi | Interscope | Producer, writer | |
One Republic | "Forgot About You" | Human | Interscope | ||
Swae Lee | "In the Dark" (featuring Jhené Aiko) | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (soundtrack) | Marvel Music / Hollywood Records / Interscope Records | ||
Post Malone | "Motley Crew" | N/A | Republic Records | ||
24kGoldn | "Love or Lust" | El Dorado | Columbia Records | ||
DJ Khaled | "I Did It" (featuring Post Malone, Meg Thee Stallion, DaBaby, and Lil Baby) | Khaled Khaled | We the Best / Epic | Writer | |
Justin Bieber | "Deserve You", "Hold On", "Die for You" (featuring Dominic Fike), "Hailey", "I Can't Be Myself" (featuring Jaden) | Justice | Def Jam | Producer, writer | |
"Peaches" (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) | Writer | ||||
2020 | Sam Smith | "Kids Again" | Love Goes | Capitol Records | Producer, writer |
Ty Dolla Sign | "Spicy" (featuring Post Malone) | Featuring Ty Dolla $ign | Atlantic | Writer | |
Miley Cyrus | "WTF Do I Know", "Plastic Hearts", "Angels like You", "Gimme What I Want", "Midnight Sky", "Hate Me" | Plastic Hearts | RCA | Producer, writer | |
5 Seconds of Summer | "Easier" (released in 2019) "Teeth" (released in 2019) "High" "Old Me" | Calm | Interscope | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Ozzy Osbourne | "It's a Raid" | Ordinary Man | Epic | Producer, writer | |
A Boogie wit da Hoodie | "Me and my Guitar" | Artist 2.0 | Atlantic | ||
Halsey | "Without Me" (featuring Juice WRLD) "Graveyard" "Still Learning" | Manic | Capitol | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Justin Bieber | "Forever" (featuring Post Malone & Clever) | Changes | Def Jam | Writer, vocal producer, recording engineer | |
2019 | Ramage | "Ya Lil" (featuring Nicki Minaj) | Al Anesa Farah - Music from the Original TV Series | Republic Records, UMG, SeVeN Pictures, Universal Music MENA, Universal Arabic Music | Producer, writer, vocal producer |
Camila Cabello | "Cry for Me" (featuring DaBaby) "Easy" "Feel It Twice" "Should've Said It" "My Oh My" | Romance | Epic, Syco | Producer, writer | |
French Montana | "Writing On The Wall" (featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, & Rvssian) | Montana | Epic | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixer | |
Charlie Puth | "Mother" | N/A | Artist Partner and Atlantic Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Lana Del Rey | "Fuck It, I Love You" | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Interscope Records | Producer | |
Taylor Swift | "I Forgot That You Existed" "Afterglow" "It's Nice to Have a Friend" | Lover | Republic Records | Co-producer, co-writer, recording engineer, programmer | |
Charlotte Lawrence | "Why Do You Love Me" | N/A | Atlantic Records, Gold Tooth Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | Tracks 1–12; including "Goodbyes" (feat. Young Thug) and "Wow." | Hollywood's Bleeding | Republic Records | Producer, writer, vocal Producer | |
Rich The Kid | "Ring Ring" (feat. Vory) | The World Is Yours 2 | Interscope Records | Producer, writer | |
Julia Michaels | "17" "Body" | Inner Monologue Part 2 | Republic Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Delacey | "My Man" (Louis Bell Remix) | N/A | Hitco | Producer, vocal editing | |
Vory | "You Got It" | N/A | Capitol Records | Producer, writer | |
Juice Wrld | "Fast" | Death Race for Love | Grade A Productions, Interscope Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jonas Brothers | "Sucker" | Happiness Begins | Republic Records | Writer | |
"Used To Be" | Producer, writer | ||||
Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen (feat. Fall Out Boy) | "I've Been Waiting" | N/A | AUTNMY, Columbia Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Julia Michaels | "Into You" | Inner Monologue Part 1 | Republic Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
DJ Khaled ft Post Malone & Travis Scott | "Celebrate" | Father of Asahd | Epic Records | ||
2018 | 21 Savage | "all my friends" | i am > i was | Slaughter Gang, Epic | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixer |
Rita Ora | "Only Want You", "Hell of a Life" | Phoenix | Atlantic Records UK | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jaden Smith | "FALLEN Part 2" | The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story | MSFTSMusic, Roc Nation | Producer, writer | |
Lil Wayne (feat. Post Malone or Sosamann) | "What About Me" | Tha Carter V | Young Money Entertainment | Writer | |
Vince Staples (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) | "Feels Like Summer" | FM! | Def Jam Recordings | Producer, writer | |
Little Mix | "Think About Us", "American Boy" | LM5 | Syco | Producer | |
Future & Juice Wrld | "Jet Lag", "Hard Work Pays Off" | Wrld on Drugs | Epic, Freebandz, Grade A, Interscope Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone & Swae Lee | "Sunflower" | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Republic Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jess Glynne | "No One" | Always in Between | Atlantic Records UK | Producer | |
Camila Cabello (feat. Swae Lee) | "Real Friends" (reimagined version) | N/A | Epic, Syco | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixing | |
Bazzi (feat. Camila Cabello) | "Beautiful" | Atlantic Records | Vocal editing | ||
Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid | "Eastside" | Friends Keep Secrets | Friends Keep Secrets / Interscope Records | Vocal editing | |
Bebe Rexha (feat. Tory Lanez) | "Steady" | Expectations | Warner Bros. Records | Producer, writer | |
Why Don't We | "Hooked" | 8 Letters | Atlantic Records | Vocal producer | |
Tiësto & Dzeko (feat. Preme & Post Malone) | "Jackie Chan" | The London Sessions | Musical Freedom Ltd. | Writer, vocal producer | |
Kris Wu | "Like That" | Antares | Interscope Records | Writer | |
Dice SoHo (feat. Vory) | "She Will" | You Could Have | M.W.A | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jess Glynne | "I'll Be There" | Always in Between | Atlantic Records | Producer | |
Preme (feat. Post Malone) | "Jackie Chan" | Light of Day | RCA Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | "Paranoid", "Spoil My Night", "Rich & Sad", "Zack and Codeine", "Takin' Shots", "Over Now", "Psycho", "Better Now", "Ball for Me", "Otherside", "Stay", "Blame It on Me", "Same Bitches", "Jonestown (Interlude)","92 Explorer", "Sugar Wraith" | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Republic Records | Executive producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Khalid, Ty Dolla Sign & 6lack | "OTW" | N/A | LVRN / Interscope Records | Vocal producer | |
5 Seconds of Summer | "Youngblood" | Youngblood | Capitol Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Cardi B | "Thru Your Phone" | Invasion of Privacy | Atlantic Records | Vocal producer | |
Shawn Mendes | "Lost in Japan" | Shawn Mendes | Island Records | Producer | |
Halsey (feat. Big Sean & Stefflon Don) | "Alone" | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom | Astrelwerks | Producer | |
Camila Cabello | "Never Be the Same" | Camila | Epic, Syco | Vocal editing | |
"All These Years" "Inside Out" | Vocal producer | ||||
"She Loves Control" "Into It" "Real Friends" | Writer, vocal producer | ||||
2017 | Chris Brown | "Hands Up", "On Purpose" | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | RCA Records | Writer |
Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug) | "Havana" | Camila | Epic, Syco | Writer, vocal producer | |
Camila Cabello & Grey | "Crown" | Bright: The Album | Atlantic Records | Vocal producer | |
Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) | "Rockstar" | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Republic Records | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | "Candy Paint" | The Fate of the Furious: The Album | APG, Atlantic, UMG | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Kris Wu (feat. Travis Scott) | "Deserve" | Antares | KRIS WU STUDIO | Producer, writer | |
Lorde (feat. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA) | "Homemade Dynamite (Remix)" | N/A | UMG | Writer, vocal producer | |
Kygo & Selena Gomez | "It Ain't Me" | Stargazing | Sony, Ultra | Vocal producer | |
Odesza (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair) | "Line of Sight" | A Moment Apart | Counter, Ninja Tune, Foreign Family Collective | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
DJ Snake | "Oh Me Oh My", "4 Life", "Let Me Love You" | Encore | Interscope | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Selena Gomez & Marshmello | "Wolves" | N/A | Interscope | Writer, vocal producer | |
2016 | Post Malone | "Big Lie", "Deja Vu", "No Option", "Patient", "Congratulations", "Up There", "Yours Truly, Austin Post", "Feeling Whitney" | Stoney | Republic | Producer, writer, vocal producer |
"Money Made Me Do It", "Git Wit U", "Hollywood Dreams" / "Come Down" | August 26 |
Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Best dance recording | "Line Of Sight" | Nominated | |
Best dance/electronic album | A Moment Apart | Nominated | ||
2019 | Album of the Year | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Nominated | [17] |
Record of the Year | "Rockstar" | Nominated | [17] | |
Best Rap/Sung Performance | Nominated [a] | |||
Best Pop Vocal Album | Camila | Nominated [a] | ||
2020 | Album of the Year | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Nominated [a] | |
Best Pop Vocal Album | Lover | Nominated [a] | ||
Record of the Year | "Sunflower" | Nominated | [17] | |
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Nominated [a] | |||
"Sucker" | Nominated | |||
2021 | Album of the Year | Hollywood's Bleeding | Nominated | [17] |
Best Pop Vocal Album | Changes | Nominated [a] | ||
Record of the Year | "Circles" | Nominated | [17] | |
Song of the Year | Nominated | [17] |
^[a] Grammy Award Winner Certificate-eligible nominations, as opposed to statuette-eligible. [18]
Year | Category | Work | Result |
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2019 | Producer of the Year | Himself | Won |
Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
2020 | Producer of the Year | Nominated | |
Songwriter of the Year | Won | ||
2021 | Producer of the Year | Nominated |
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