Drew Pearson (songwriter)

Drew Pearson
Born Wadsworth, Ohio, United States
Genres Pop, alternative rock, country
Occupation(s) Songwriter, record producer, musician
Instruments Guitar, bass, piano, drums
Years active 2007–present
Associated acts Phillip Phillips, Zac Brown Band
Website pulserecordings.com/clients/drew-pearson

Drew Pearson is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with some of the biggest names in pop, alternative rock, and country music including Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Zac Brown Band, Phillip Phillips, The Veronicas, and others.[1] His collaboration with American Idol (season 11) winner Phillip Phillips and songwriter Greg Holden produced the single "Home", which has been certified 4X Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and made Phillips the first male contestant in American Idol's history to sell at least 6 million copies of a single.[2][3] "Home" is the highest selling debut of an "American Idol" coronation song, and held the #1 position on 6 different Billboard charts as well as iTunes.[4]

Selected songwriting discography

Year Artist Album Song Co-written with
2015 Katharine McPhee Hysteria "Break"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Castelli, Aaron Joseph
Pentatonix Pentatonix "Rose Gold"[1] Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Stephen Wrabel
Wrabel Non-album single "I Want You" Wrabel
2014 Switchfoot Fading West "When We Come Alive"[1] Switchfoot
"Let It Out"[1] Switchfoot
Down with Webster Party For Your Life "Circles"[1] Down With Webster
Wrabel Sideways EP "Into the Wild"[1] Wrabel
Lights Little Machines "Muscle Memory"[1] Lights
"Speeding"[1] Lights
"Running with the Boys"[1] Lights
"From All Sides"[1] Lights
"Child"[1] Lights
2013 2AM Club Non-album single "Not Your Boyfriend" 2AM Club, Stephen Wrabel
The Royal Concept Smile EP "Higher Than Love"[1] The Royal Concept
2012 Phillip Phillips The World from the Side of the Moon "Home"[1][5] Greg Holden
"Can't Go Wrong"[1] Phillip Phillips, Greg Holden
Cody Simpson Paradise "Hello"[1] Ryan Marrone, Garrick Smith, Jaden Michaels
2011 Zac Brown Band Footloose (2011 Soundtrack) "Where The River Goes"[1] Zac Brown, Anne Preven, Wyatt Durrette
Stan Walker Let The Music Play "Loud"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher
"Shine"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher

Selected production discography

Year Artist Album Details
2015 Wrabel "I Want You" Producer
2014 Lights Little Machines Producer, mixer[1]
Pentatonix Pentatonix (album) Producer[1]
Switchfoot Fading West Producer[1]
Down with Webster Party For Your Life Producer[1]
2013 Lee DeWyze Frames Producer[1]
Tony Lucca With The Whole World Watching Producer[1]
2AM Club "Not Your Boyfriend" Producer, mixer
2012 Cody Simpson Paradise Producer[1]
Lee DeWyze "The Fight" (non-album single) Producer[1]
Phillip Phillips The World from the Side of the Moon Producer[1]
2011 Stan Walker Let The Music Play Producer[1]
2008 Katy Perry One of the Boys Engineer[1]
2007 OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud Engineer
Mika Life in Cartoon Motion Engineer
The Veronicas Hook Me Up Engineer

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Drew Pearson – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  2. ↑ "'American Idol': The Story Behind Phillip Phillips' Coronation Song (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. May 22, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Phillip Phillips Becomes Sole Male "American Idol" Alum to Notch Triple-Platinum Song". i101 FM. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Phillip Phillips: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. January 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  5. ↑ "BMI Songwriter Drew Pearson Presented With Multi-Platinum Plaque". BMI.com. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. ↑ "Grammys: 54th Grammy Awards nominees". latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Pop Album of the Year 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. ↑ "POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2015". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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