Charles Moniz is a Canadian recording engineer who worked on

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's studio albums ''

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'' and '' 24k Magic''. Alternatively, he recorded " All I Ask" for Adele's 2015 studio album '' 25''. For his recordings with Mars and Adele, Moniz has won multiple

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. Out of his seven Grammys, Moniz is a three-time winner of the

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and

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. Outside of engineering, Moniz played for the Canadian hardcore band

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and was the bass guitarist for

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from 2002 to 2007.

Early life

Moniz grew up in

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and began to play the drums when he was nine years old.

Career

Moniz began his music career with the Canadian hardcore band

and remained with them until 2001. From 2002 to 2007, Moniz was the bass guitarist for

. In 2010, he continued playing bass guitar for

before becoming Mars's

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. As an engineer, Moniz first worked on Mars's 2012 studio album ''

'' and contributed to "

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". In 2015, he recorded the

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song " All I Ask" for her album '' 25'' and recorded Ronson and Mars' song "

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". His latest work with Mars was on his 2016 studio album '' 24K Magic''. In 2021, he worked with Mars and Anderson .Paak on their debut studio album, as

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, ''

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''.

Awards

Moniz won the

in 2015 for "Uptown Funk" and

in 2016 for ''25''. He rewon record and album of the year for ''24K Magic'' in 2017 and additionally received the

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for the Bruno Mars album that year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moniz, Charles Living people Canadian audio engineers Canadian bass guitarists Canadian drummers Grammy Award winners Musicians from Ontario People from Burlington, Ontario Year of birth missing (living people)