Mark Endert

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Mark Endert
OriginCalifornia, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Piano
  • keyboards
  • synthesizers
Years active1990's – Present
Website www.markendert.com

Mark Endert is a Grammy award winning American music producer, mixer, arranger and musician.

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Biography

From the early 1990s to the present, Endert is credited on albums spanning a wide array of musical genres with sales totaling more than 90 million albums worldwide.

Billboard #1 Singles include "This Love" (Maroon 5), [1] "I Don't Want to Be" (Gavin Degraw) [2] and "Everything You Want" (Vertical Horizon). [3]

Endert has been nominated for numerous Grammy Awards including Album of the Year Nominations; Madonna's Ray of Light [4] and Sara Bareilles' The Blessed Unrest . [5] He received a Grammy Award for Lauren Daigle's Look Up Child album. [6]

Notable album credits

YearArtistAlbumAwards/ Rankings
1996 Fiona Apple Tidal Certified 3x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [7]
1998 Madonna Ray of Light Won – Grammy: Best Pop Album, Best Dance Album, [4] 16 Million Album Sales Worldwide [8]
1999 Melanie C Northern Star Worldwide Sales Nearing 4 Million [9]
1999 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin 15 Million Album Sales Worldwide [10]
1999 Vertical Horizon Everything You Want Certified 2x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [11]
2000 Madonna Music 11 Million Album Sales Worldwide [12]
2001 Ours Distorted Lullabies
2002 Maroon 5 Songs About Jane Certified 4x Multi-Platinum by RIAA, [13] Over 10 Million Album Sales Worldwide [14]
2002 Splender To Whom it May Concern
2003 Gavin Degraw Chariot Certified Platinum by RIAA [15]
2004 Delta Goodrem Mistaken Identity Certified 5x Multi-Platinum in Australia by ARIA [16]
2005 Anna Nalick Wreck of the Day Certified Gold by RIAA [17]
2005 The Fray How to Save a Life Certified 2x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [18]
2007 Delta Goodrem Delta Certified 2x Multi-Platinum in Australia by ARIA [19]
2007 Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long Certified 2x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [20]
2007 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 9 Million Album Sales Worldwide [21]
2008 Miley Cyrus Breakout Certified Platinum by RIAA [22]
2009 Train Save Me, San Francisco Certified Gold by RIAA [23]
2010 Chris Tomlin And If Our God Is For Us... Won – Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album [24]
2012 Train California 37 Certified Gold by RIAA [25]
2013 Chris Tomlin Burning Lights Nominated – Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album [5]
2013 Sara Bareilles The Blessed Unrest Nominated – Grammy: Album of the Year [5]
2014 MercyMe Welcome to the New Nominated - Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album [26]
2014 Train Bulletproof Picasso
2017 Grace VanderWaal Just the Beginning
2017 MercyMe Lifer Nominated - Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album [26]
2017 Train A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat
2018 Carrie Underwood Cry Pretty Certified Gold by RIAA. [27]
2018 Lauren Daigle Look Up Child Won - Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Album [6]

Notable song credits

YearArtistSongAwards/ Rankings
1996 Fiona Apple "Criminal"Won – Grammy: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance [28]
1996 Fiona Apple "Shadowboxer"
1996 Fiona Apple "Sleep to Dream"
1998 Madonna "The Power of Good-Bye"
1999 Madonna "Beautiful Stranger"Won – Grammy: Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media [29]
1999 Tonic "You Wanted More"
1999 Vertical Horizon "Everything You Want"Billboard Hot 100 #1 Single, [30] Billboard's most played song in 2000. [31]
2002 Maroon 5 "This Love"Won – Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, [32] #1 Mainstream Top 40 Single [33]
2003 Gavin Degraw "Chariot"Certified Gold by RIAA [15]
2003 Gavin Degraw "I Don't Want to Be"#1 Mainstream Top 40 Single [34]
2005 Anna Nalick "Breathe (2 AM)"Certified Gold by RIAA [35]
2005 The Fray "How to Save a Life"Nominated – Grammy: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal [36]
2005 The Fray "Over My Head (Cable Car)"Nominated – Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal [36]
2006 Five for Fighting "The Riddle"
2007 Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder"Won – Grammy: Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, [37] #1 Hot 100 Single [38]
2007 Maroon 5 "Wake Up Call"Certified 2x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [39]
2008 Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna "If I Never See Your Face Again"Nominated – Grammy: Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals [40]
2009 Train "Hey Soul Sister"Certified 6x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [41]
2009 Train "If It's Love"Certified Gold by RIAA [42]
2009 Train "Marry Me"Certified Platinum by RIAA [43]
2011 Christina Perri "A Thousand Years"Certified 8x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [44]
2012 Train "Drive By"Certified 3x Multi-Platinum by RIAA [45]
2012 Train "50 Ways to Say Goodbye"Certified Gold by RIAA [46]
2013 Chris Tomlin "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)"Nominated – Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Song, [5] Certified Platinum by RIAA [47]
2013 Phillip Phillips "Gone, Gone, Gone"Certified Platinum by RIAA [48]
2013 Sara Bareilles "Brave"Nominated – Grammy: Best Pop Solo Performance [5]
2014 MercyMe "Greater"Certified Gold by RIAA [49]
2016 Train "Play That Song"Certified Platinum by RIAA [50]
2017 Grace VanderWaal "So Much More Than This"Winner of America's Got Talent Season 11 [51]
2018 Lauren Daigle "You Say"Won - Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/ Song [52]
2018 MercyMe "Grace Got You"Nominated - Grammy: Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/ Song [52]

Personal life

Endert married in 2004, and the following year moved from the Los Angeles area to the east coast of Florida to start a family. [53] Since then he has enjoyed balancing his professional and family life with his wife, son, and daughter.

Notes and references

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  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Grammy Awards 2014 – January 26, 2014". LA Times. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
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  7. "RIAA - Tidal". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. Thorpe, Vanessa (July 2009). "Orbit switches from Madonna to Tennyson with live Radio 3 epic" The Guardian.
  9. "Mel C (ex Spice Girls): 'Carriera solista terrificante'" Rockol.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  10. Adams, Steve (November 4, 2006). "Martin's World View". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 64–. 00062510. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  11. "RIAA - Everything You Want". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  12. Gerard, Chris (July 2009). "Madonna’s 'Hard Candy' Strikes Sour Note" NBC Washington
  13. "RIAA - Songs About Jane". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  14. Leeds, Jeff (May 21, 2007). "Second CD by Maroon 5 Faces Great Expectations" New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  15. 1 2 "RIAA - Chariot:. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  16. "ARIA - Mistaken Identity". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  17. "RIAA - Wreck Of The Day". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  18. "RIAA - How To Save A Life". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  19. "ARIA - Delta". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  20. "RIAA - It Won't Be Soon Before Long". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  21. Copsey, Rob (June 2007). "Rihanna celebrates the tenth anniversary of her breakthrough album Good Girl Gone Bad: "I'm forever grateful"". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  22. "RIAA - Breakout". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  23. "RIAA - Save Me, San Francisco". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  24. "Grammys 2011 – 54th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  25. "RIAA - California 37". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  26. 1 2 "Grammys - MercyMe Artist". Grammy.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  27. "RIAA - Cry Pretty". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  28. "Grammys 1997 – 40th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com'. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  29. "Grammys 1999 – 42nd Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  30. "Vertical Horizon Everything You Want Chart History" Billboard.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  31. Carlson, Brian Taylor (August 13, 2019) "World Food & Music Festival: What you need to know" Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  32. "Grammys 2005 – 48th Annual Grammy Awards" Archived November 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Grammy.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  33. "Maroon 5 This Love Chart History" Billboard.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  34. "Gavin Degraw I Don't Want To Be Chart History" Billboard.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  35. "RIAA - Breathe (2 AM)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  36. 1 2 Kaufman, Gil (December 7, 2006). "Mary J. Blige, Chili Peppers Top Grammy Nominations List". MTV.
  37. "Grammys 2007 – 50th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  38. "Maroon 5 Makes Me Wonder Chart History" Billboard.com. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  39. "RIAA - Wake Up Call". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  40. "Grammy 2009 Winners List". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  41. "RIAA - Hey, Soul Sister". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  42. "RIAA - If It's Love" Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  43. "RIAA - Marry Me" Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  44. "RIAA - A Thousand Years". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  45. "RIAA - Drive By". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  46. "RIAA - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye" Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  47. "RIAA - Whom Shall I Fear". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019
  48. "RIAA - Gone, Gone, Gone". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  49. "RIAA - A Thousand Years". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  50. "RIAA - Play That Song". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  51. Daly, Sean (September 15, 2016). "'America's Got Talent' season 11 winner announced". Foxnews.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  52. 1 2 "Grammys 2018 - 61st Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  53. Tingen, Paul (September 2007). "Secrets of the Mix Engineers: Mark Endert". Sound on Sound.

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