Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record
producer, musician and songwriter. Described as "the consummate DIY
writer and producer", Kurstin has been associated with releases which
have cumulatively sold more than 60 million albums worldwide. He has
won five Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
in 2017 and 2018.[1][2][3][4][5]
Kurstin co-wrote, produced and played most of the instruments on the
record-breaking 2015
Adele

Adele single, "Hello". Among others, he has
worked with Sia, Beck, Kelly Clarkson, Ellie Goulding, Pink, the
Shins, Tegan and Sara, Lily Allen, and the Foo Fighters. He often
plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, and engineers and programs
the records he produces.[3][6][7][2]
An "exceptionally accomplished" musician, Kurstin began his career as
a jazz pianist and later co-founded Geggy Tah. He has collaborated
with
Inara George

Inara George in
The Bird and the Bee

The Bird and the Bee since 2004.[8]
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
2.1 1994–2004: Geggy Tah, studio and session work
2.2 2004–2010: The Bird and the Bee, Lily Allen, Sia
2.3 2011–2016: Kelly Clarkson, the Shins, Pink, Adele
2.4 2016–present: Producer of the Year, Liam Gallagher, Foo
Fighters, No Expectations
3 Discography
4 Awards and nominations
4.1 Golden Globe Awards
4.2 Grammy Awards
4.3 Ivor Novello Awards
5 References
6 External links
Early life and education[edit]
Kurstin was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He started
playing piano at age 5; soon after, he picked up guitar and bass.
Kurstin joined his first band at the age of 11, and co-wrote "Crunchy
Water", the b-side to classmate Dweezil Zappa's "My Mother Is a Space
Cadet" at 12.[9] Kurstin is Jewish.[10]
In high school, Kurstin focused on jazz piano. After graduation, he
moved to New York to study with Charles Mingus' pianist
Jaki Byard

Jaki Byard at
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In addition to
coursework, as a student Kurstin played with prominent jazz artists
including Bobby Hutcherson, George Coleman, and Charles McPherson.[11]
He returned to
Los Angeles

Los Angeles to finish his degree, and graduated from
the
California

California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in 1992.[9]
In a 2013 interview, Kurstin said that his education in jazz had
played a vital role in his pop success. "It's still something I carry
over into my pop music work. It's really important to me that the
notes I'm choosing strike the right emotional chord."[12][13]
Career[edit]
1994–2004: Geggy Tah, studio and session work[edit]
Kurstin continued to perform with Hutcherson, Coleman, McPherson and
others following his graduation. In 1994, he formed
Geggy Tah with
Tommy Jordan, whom he had met at an LA jam. A friend passed a demo
they recorded on to David Byrne, who signed them to his label, Luaka
Bop. "They incorporate so many disparate elements into their sound
that one senses a new sensibility afoot", Byrne said in 1997.[14]
Geggy Tah released their debut album Grand Opening in 1994; Kurstin
played bass, clavinet, guitar, organ, piano, synthesizers and drums,
and was credited as a songwriter, producer, programmer, and backup
vocalist. In 1996 the band released Sacred Cow. It included the song
"Whoever You Are", which became a hit in 2001, after it was used in a
television spot for Mercedes Benz. As the song ascended the charts,
Geggy Tah released their final album, Into the Oh.[15][16][17]
In addition to playing with Geggy Tah, Kurstin did session work,
one-offs and tours with artists including Beck, Ben Harper, and the
Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2001, he released an album under the name
Action Figure Party on the Verve-affiliated label Blue Thumb Records.
Flea, Sean Lennon, Soul Coughing's Yuval Gabay as well as musicians
who performed with Beck, Air,
Gil-Scott Heron

Gil-Scott Heron and Garbage appeared on
the record.[18][19]
Kurstin signed a worldwide publishing deal with EMI (now Sony/ATV) in
2002. While he had consistently written songs since the age of 12, he
intensified his efforts, working "day and night, pumping out songs".
In addition to writing on his own, he collaborated with songwriters
and artists including Sia, whom he met through
Beck
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Beck in 2003.[20][21]
2004–2010: The Bird and the Bee, Lily Allen, Sia[edit]
In 2004, Kurstin was introduced to singer
Inara George

Inara George by a mutual
friend, Mike Andrews. Then producing George's solo debut, Andrews
hired Kurstin as a pianist for the album. Kurstin and George clicked
musically in the studio and together they formed The Bird and the Bee
(stylized as "the bird and the bee"). Shortly thereafter, they were
signed by
Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records chairman Bruce Lundvall.[22] Described by
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly as "space-age pop that cunningly combines bossa
nova languidity with Beach Boys-style lushness", they have since
released four albums and an EP. Kurstin was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Engineered Album for the Bird and the Bee's 2015
release, Recreational Love.[23] [24][25]
After working on tracks with artists including Peaches, All Saints,
Pink, the Flaming Lips, and Kylie Minogue, Kurstin was introduced to
Lily Allen. Along with other musicians, co-writers, producers and
engineers, he worked on her 2006 debut, Alright, Still, which went on
to achieve platinum status. For her second album It's Not Me, It's
You, Allen worked exclusively with Kurstin; he co-wrote every song and
played all of the instruments on the record, which he also engineered
and produced. The album's first single, "The Fear", spent four weeks
at number 1 in the UK, and the album hit number 5 in the US and
charted in the top 10 in eight other countries. With Allen, Kurstin
won three Ivor Novello Awards for his work on the double-platinum It's
Not Me, It's You. Based in part on the album's success, as well as his
work on a bird and the bee record, Kurstin was nominated for his first
Producer of the Year Grammy in 2010.[26]
Kurstin's first commercially available collaboration with Sia was
"Death by Chocolate", released on her 2008 album Some People Have Real
Problems. In 2010, he produced Sia's fifth album, We Are Born. It
reached number 2 in Australia and number 37 in the US. It won ARIA
Music Awards for Best Pop Album and Best Independent Release.[27]
2011–2016: Kelly Clarkson, the Shins, Pink, Adele[edit]
In 2012, Kurstin earned his first number 1 song in the United States
and two Grammy Award nominations for Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What
Doesn't Kill You)", which he co-wrote and produced. He reunited with
Clarkson in 2013 (on Wrapped in Red) and in 2015 (on Piece by Piece).
"I think what makes him stand out as a producer is his skill as a
musician", Clarkson said. "He can play anything phenomenally. His
abilities as a musician give him an advantage, because he doesn’t
have to rely on anyone else to interpret his vision."[28] In 2012
Kurstin produced and wrote or co-wrote five songs for the
Grammy-nominated Pink album, The Truth About Love, including its first
single, "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)". The album was Pink's first number 1
in the United States; it charted in the Top 10 in 31 countries, and as
of 2016 had been certified seven-times platinum. Later in 2012, he
began production on Tegan & Sara's Heartthrob and worked closely
with the Shins' James Mercer on Port of Morrow, which debuted at
number 3 on the Billboard 200.[29]
Kurstin in 2013
In addition to Clarkson, in 2013 and 2014 Kurstin wrote and produced
songs which appeared on albums by Lana Del Rey, Foster the People,
Ellie Goulding, Lykke Li, Katy Perry, and Charli XCX. He co-wrote and
produced Ellie Goulding's "Burn", which was the number 1 single in the
UK for three consecutive weeks, teamed again with Allen, and
collaborated with Sia on 1000 Forms of Fear. Her most successful album
to date,
1000 Forms of Fear
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1000 Forms of Fear debuted at number one on the US Billboard
200 and charted at number 1 in Australia and Canada and reached the
top five charts in Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,
and the United Kingdom.
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1000 Forms of Fear earned three ARIA Music
Awards. Kurstin was nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy for the
album's lead single, "Chandelier", and once again nominated as
Producer of the Year.[7]
Kurstin scored the 2014 adaptation of the film Annie and served as the
soundtrack's executive producer. With Sia, he created new arrangements
for the Broadway musical's original tracks and co-wrote several new
songs for the film, including "Opportunity", for which he received a
Golden Globe nomination.[30][31]
Kurstin began working with
Beck
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Beck on his follow up to the Grammy-winning
Morning Phase

Morning Phase in 2015. He co-wrote and produced "Dreams", the first
single from the album "Colors".[32]
Kurstin co-wrote and produced three songs on Adele's 2015 album, 25,
including its first single, "Hello". In an interview with Rolling
Stone,
Adele

Adele said: "This song was a massive breakthrough for me with
my writing because it'd been pretty slow up to this point, and I felt
after I worked with Greg [Kurstin] on this, it all poured right out of
me." Kurstin also played bass, guitar, drums, piano and keyboards on
"Hello", which reached number one in 28 countries. It was the first
record to exceed 1 million in digital sales over a 7-day period. As of
February 2016, the album has sold more than 20 million copies
worldwide.[33][34][35]
2016–present: Producer of the Year, Liam Gallagher, Foo Fighters, No
Expectations[edit]
Kurstin's fourth album with Sia, This Is Acting, was released in
January 2016.[36]
In February 2017, Kurstin won four Grammy Awards. For Adele's 25, he
won Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Record of the Year for
his work on Adele's 25. He won Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in
recognition of his work with Tegan and Sara, Sia and Ellie
Goulding.[37]
In March 2017, the BBC reported that Kurstin was working with Paul
McCartney on a new studio album.[38] Kurstin co-produced the song
"Love" on Kendrick Lamar's album Damn, released in March 2017.[39] On
June 1, 2017, a single by
Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher entitled "Wall of Glass" was
released.[40] The track was written by Gallagher and Kurstin.
Kurstin produced the
Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters album, Concrete and Gold, which
released on September 15, 2017. In an interview with Music Week, Dave
Grohl said: “If you want to survive you have to kind of push a
little bit. I just imagined the sound moving outwards. Not necessarily
alternative instrumentation and shit like that, just sonically to push
it out. Greg is a fucking genius. He’s a brilliant producer and he
has this sonic intuition that I have never seen in anybody else."[41]
In 2017, Kurstin launched No Expectations, a publishing joint venture
with Sony/ATV. The first artists signed to No Expectations were Jesse
Shatkin and Wendy Wang.[42]
Discography[edit]
Main article:
Greg Kurstin
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Greg Kurstin production discography
Awards and nominations[edit]
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result
2014
"Opportunity" with
Sia Furler

Sia Furler and
Will Gluck

Will Gluck (from Annie)
Best Original Song
Nominated
Grammy Awards[edit]
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result
2010
Body of work during eligible year
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Nominated
2013
"Stronger" (Kelly Clarkson)
Song of the Year
Nominated
Record of the Year
Nominated
2015
"Chandelier" (Sia)
Nominated
Body of work during eligible year
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Nominated
2016
Recreational Love

Recreational Love (The Bird and the Bee)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Nominated
2017
25 (Adele)
Album of the Year
Won
"Hello" (Adele)
Song of the Year
Won
Record of the Year
Won
Body of work during eligibility year
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Won
2018
Won
"Never Give Up"
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Nominated
Ivor Novello Awards[edit]
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result
2010
Greg Kurstin, Lily Allen
Songwriter of the Year
Won
"The Fear" (Lily Allen)
Best Song
Won
Most Performed Work
Won
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External links[edit]
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Olivia Newton-John
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Olivia Newton-John (1975)
"Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon,
Toni Tennille) (1976)
"This Masquerade" by
George Benson

George Benson (1977)
"Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley,
Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978)
"Just the Way You Are" by
Billy Joel

Billy Joel (1979)
"What a Fool Believes" by
The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John
Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick
Simmons) (1980)
1981−2000
"Sailing" by
Christopher Cross
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Cross_in_beaumont_ca_(2637703689).jpg)
Christopher Cross (1981)
"Bette Davis Eyes" by
Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes (1982)
"Rosanna" by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff
Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983)
"Beat It" by
Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (1984)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" by
Tina Turner

Tina Turner (1985)
"We Are the World" by
USA for Africa

USA for Africa (1986)
"Higher Love" by
Steve Winwood
.jpg/440px-Stevie_Winwood_(1970).jpg)
Steve Winwood (1987)
"Graceland" by
Paul Simon
.jpg/440px-Paul_Simon_at_the_9-30_Club_(b).jpg)
Paul Simon (1988)
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" by
Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin (1989)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by
Bette Midler

Bette Midler (1990)
"Another Day in Paradise" by
Phil Collins

Phil Collins (1991)
"Unforgettable" by
Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole with
Nat King Cole
.jpg/440px-Nat_King_Cole_(Gottlieb_01511).jpg)
Nat King Cole (1992)
"Tears in Heaven" by
Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton (1993)
"I Will Always Love You" by
Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston (1994)
"All I Wanna Do" by
Sheryl Crow
.jpg/440px-Sheryl_Crow_-_November_2014_(cropped).jpg)
Sheryl Crow (1995)
"Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996)
"Change the World" by
Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton (1997)
"Sunny Came Home" by
Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin (1998)
"My Heart Will Go On" by
Celine Dion

Celine Dion (1999)
"Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul
Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob
Thomas (2000)
2001−present
"Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)
(2001)
"Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)
(2002)
"Don't Know Why" by
Norah Jones

Norah Jones (2003)
"Clocks" by
Coldplay

Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil
Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004)
"Here We Go Again" by
Ray Charles

Ray Charles and
Norah Jones

Norah Jones (2005)
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by
Green Day

Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike
Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006)
"Not Ready to Make Nice" by
Dixie Chicks

Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie
Maines, Emily Robison) (2007)
"Rehab" by
Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse (2008)
"Please Read the Letter" by
Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss and
Robert Plant

Robert Plant (2009)
"Use Somebody" by
Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill,
Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010)
"Need You Now" by
Lady Antebellum

Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave
Haywood) (2011)
"Rolling in the Deep" by
Adele

Adele (2012)
"Somebody That I Used to Know" by
Gotye

Gotye featuring
Kimbra
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Kimbra (2013)
"Get Lucky" by
Daft Punk

Daft Punk featuring
Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams & Nile
Rodgers (2014)
"Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015)
"Uptown Funk" by
Mark Ronson
.jpg)
Mark Ronson featuring
Bruno Mars
.jpg/440px-BrunoMars24KMagicWorldTourLive_(cropped).jpg)
Bruno Mars (2016)
"Hello" by
Adele

Adele (2017)
"24K Magic" by
Bruno Mars
.jpg/440px-BrunoMars24KMagicWorldTourLive_(cropped).jpg)
Bruno Mars (2018)
v
t
e
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1959−1980
"Volare" –
Domenico Modugno

Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959)
"The Battle of New Orleans" –
Jimmy Driftwood

Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960)
"Theme from Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961)
"Moon River" –
Johnny Mercer
.jpg/440px-Johnny_Mercer,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_06121).jpg)
Johnny Mercer &
Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini (songwriters)
(1962)
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" –
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
(songwriters) (1963)
"Days of Wine and Roses" –
Johnny Mercer
.jpg/440px-Johnny_Mercer,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_06121).jpg)
Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
(songwriters) (1964)
"Hello, Dolly!" –
Jerry Herman

Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965)
"The Shadow of Your Smile" –
Paul Francis Webster & Johnny
Mandel (songwriters) (1966)
"Michelle" –
John Lennon

John Lennon &
Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967)
"Up, Up, and Away" –
Jimmy Webb
.jpg/520px-Jimmy_Webb_Deichmanske_Oslo_Jazzfestival_(151806).jpg)
Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968)
"Little Green Apples" –
Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969)
"Games People Play" –
Joe South

Joe South (songwriter) (1970)
"Bridge over Troubled Water" –
Paul Simon
.jpg/440px-Paul_Simon_at_the_9-30_Club_(b).jpg)
Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971)
"You've Got a Friend" –
Carole King

Carole King (songwriter) (1972)
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" –
Ewan MacColl (songwriter)
(1973)
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" –
Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox
(songwriters) (1974)
"The Way We Were" –
Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
(songwriters) (1975)
"Send in the Clowns" –
Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976)
"I Write the Songs" –
Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977)
"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand
& Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe
Brooks (songwriter) (1978)
"Just the Way You Are" –
Billy Joel

Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979)
"What a Fool Believes" –
Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald
(songwriters) (1980)
1981−2000
"Sailing" –
Christopher Cross
.jpg/440px-Christopher_Cross_in_beaumont_ca_(2637703689).jpg)
Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981)
"Bette Davis Eyes" –
Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon
(songwriters) (1982)
"Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne
Carson (songwriters) (1983)
"Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984)
"What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten
(songwriters) (1985)
"We Are the World" –
Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
(songwriters) (1986)
"That's What Friends Are For" –
Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer
Sager (songwriters) (1987)
"Somewhere Out There" – James Horner,
Barry Mann

Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
(songwriters) (1988)
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" –
Bobby McFerrin

Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" –
Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar
(songwriters) (1990)
"From a Distance" –
Julie Gold

Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991)
"Unforgettable" –
Irving Gordon

Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992)
"Tears in Heaven" –
Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton &
Will Jennings (songwriters)
(1993)
"A Whole New World" –
Alan Menken
.jpg/440px-Alan_Menken_2013_(cropped).jpg)
Alan Menken &
Tim Rice

Tim Rice (songwriters)
(1994)
"Streets of Philadelphia" –
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995)
"Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996)
"Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy,
Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy
Sims (songwriters) (1997)
"Sunny Came Home" –
Shawn Colvin

Shawn Colvin &
John Leventhal

John Leventhal (songwriters)
(1998)
"My Heart Will Go On" –
James Horner

James Horner & Will Jennings
(songwriters) (1999)
"Smooth" –
Itaal Shur
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Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000)
2001−present
"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen &
Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001)
"Fallin'" –
Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002)
"Don't Know Why" –
Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003)
"Dance with My Father" –
Richard Marx

Richard Marx & Luther Vandross
(songwriters) (2004)
"Daughters" –
John Mayer

John Mayer (songwriter) (2005)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David
Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006)
"Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire,
Natalie Maines

Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007)
"Rehab" –
Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008)
"Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion
& Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé
Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010)
"Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear,
Charles Kelley

Charles Kelley &
Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011)
"Rolling in the Deep" –
Adele

Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
(songwriters) (2012)
"We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker,
Andrew Dost

Andrew Dost & Nate
Ruess (songwriters) (2013)
"Royals" –
Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters)
(2014)
"Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips
& Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015)
"Thinking Out Loud" –
Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran &
Amy Wadge

Amy Wadge (songwriters)
(2016)
"Hello" –
Adele

Adele Adkins &
Greg Kurstin
.jpg/440px-Greg_Kurstin_studio_7053_Peter_Hill_(cropped).jpg)
Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017)
"That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy,
Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars,
Ray Charles

Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves,
Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018)
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