Phil Tan is a Malaysian-American music and audio engineer.

Early life and education

Tan was born in Malaysia. He attended

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in the U.S., where he attained a degree in Recording Arts in 1990. Afterwards he moved to

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, where he embarked on a career as a recording engineer.

Career

Tan's first big break came in 1992, working with

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. As a mixing engineer, he worked on three

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winning albums:

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" (Best Contemporary R&B Album, 2005),

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' " Release Therapy" (Best Rap Album, 2006) and

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" (Best Dance Recording, 2010). Tan was inducted into the

Hall of Fame in 2009. As of 2009, sales of albums and singles sold in the US with Tan listed in the credits as a mixer, engineer, remixer or producer totaled over 220 million. ''Modern Mixing'' has called him "one of the most successful mixing engineers of all time", noting he worked on "26 singles that have reached number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart".

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Phil American audio engineers Grammy Award winners American people of Malaysian descent Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American people of Hong Kong descent