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 Label Song Co-written with
2016 Citizen Four Untitled album Island "Cold" Makeba Riddick, Stephen Wrabel[5]
Against the Current In Our Bones Fueled By Ramen "Blood Like Gasoline" Against the Current[1]
2015 Katharine McPhee Hysteria eOne "Break"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Castelli, Aaron Joseph
Pentatonix Pentatonix RCA "Rose Gold"[1] Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Stephen Wrabel
Wrabel Non-album single -- "I Want You" Wrabel
2014 Switchfoot Fading West Atlantic/Word "When We Come Alive"[1] Switchfoot
"Let It Out"[1] Switchfoot
Down with Webster Party For Your Life DWW "Circles"[1] Down With Webster
Wrabel Sideways EP -- "Into the Wild"[1] Wrabel
Lights Little Machines Warner Bros. "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 RCA "Not Your Boyfriend" 2AM Club, Stephen Wrabel
The Royal Concept Smile EP Republic "Higher Than Love"[1] The Royal Concept
2012 Phillip Phillips The World from the Side of the Moon Interscope/19 "Home"[1][6] Greg Holden
"Can't Go Wrong"[1] Phillip Phillips, Greg Holden
Cody Simpson Paradise Atlantic "Hello"[1] Ryan Marrone, Garrick Smith, Jaden Michaels
2011 Zac Brown Band Footloose (2011 Soundtrack) Atlantic "Where The River Goes"[1] Zac Brown, Anne Preven, Wyatt Durrette
Stan Walker Let The Music Play Sony "Loud"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher
"Shine"[1] Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher

Selected production discography

Year Artist Album Label Details
2016 Goo Goo Dolls Boxes Warner Producer, engineer, songwriter[1]
Citizen Four Cold Island Producer
2015 Wrabel "I Want You" -- Producer
2014 Lights Little Machines Warner Bros. Producer, mixer[1]
Pentatonix Pentatonix (album) RCA Producer[1]
Switchfoot Fading West Atlantic/Word Producer[1]
Down with Webster Party For Your Life DWW Producer[1]
2013 Lee DeWyze Frames Caroline Records Producer[1]
Tony Lucca With The Whole World Watching 222 Records Producer[1]
2AM Club "Not Your Boyfriend" RCA Producer, mixer
2012 Cody Simpson Paradise Atlantic Producer[1]
Lee DeWyze "The Fight" (non-album single) Caroline Records Producer[1]
Phillip Phillips The World from the Side of the Moon Interscope/19 Producer[1]
2011 Stan Walker Let The Music Play Sony Producer[1]
2008 Katy Perry One of the Boys Capitol Records Engineer[1]
2007 OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud Interscope Engineer
Mika Life in Cartoon Motion Island/Casablanca Engineer
The Veronicas Hook Me Up Sire 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 31 32 "Drew Pearson – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ "'American Idol': The Story Behind Phillip Phillips' Coronation Song (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. May 22, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Phillip Phillips Becomes Sole Male "American Idol" Alum to Notch Triple-Platinum Song". i101 FM. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Phillip Phillips: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. January 7, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Citizen Four - Cold lyrics". MusixMatch.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. ↑ "BMI Songwriter Drew Pearson Presented With Multi-Platinum Plaque". BMI.com. September 12, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Grammys: 54th Grammy Awards nominees". latimes.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Pop Album of the Year 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ "POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2015". junoawards.ca. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
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