Leroy James Clampitt (born October 24, 1992), formerly known as Big Taste, is a Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from
Pirongia
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, New Zealand, based in
Los Angeles
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California
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. Leroy has co-written and produced songs for artists including
Justin Bieber
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Madison Beer
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Sabrina Carpenter
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Laufey
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,
Mallrat
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, and
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Clampitt was awarded APRA's prestigious 'The 1,000,000,000 List', which acknowledges extraordinary success from songwriters who had accumulated over one billion streams globally for an original song.
Select discography
See also
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New Zealand American
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References
External links
BABZ inc.Allmusic.com
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1992 births
Living people
New Zealand record producers
New Zealand songwriters
Male songwriters
People from Waikato