Louis Bell
Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes record/vocal production for Mike Stud 5 Seconds of Summer, Post Malone, Camila Cabello, DJ Snake, Steve Angello, Selena Gomez, Lorde and Taylor Swift.[2] A producer and writer specializing in various genres, Bell has 18 US top 10 hits to his credit, including seven number ones, all since 2018.[3][4] Billboard called Bell's impact on the top of the charts "historic" and labeled him "pop's most prolific, accomplished and untethered freelancer of 2019".[5]
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Bell at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Louis Russell Bell |
Born | Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. | May 27, 1982
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Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | Electric Feel,Universal Music Publishing Group(UMPG)[1] |
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Life and career
Early life
Louis Bell was born on May 27, 1982, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 11 and used this skill to make beats with a keyboard and the audio software Fruity Loops, which led to him developing himself as a rapper and recording himself on the computer and eventually opening his own studio in Boston where he worked with dozens of artists.[6]
Career
In 2013, Bell moved to Los Angeles after signing with his manager Austin Rosen, CEO/Founder of Electric Feel Management.[7] After some time working together in the studio, Bell and artist Post Malone quickly realized they had a great chemistry, and the same vision musically.[6] The duo continued to work together on Post Malone's debut album Stoney and multiple singles including ""Congratulations" that gained popularity in late 2015.[8]
Bell's career took off in January 2016 when Justin Bieber visited him, Malone, and fellow producer Frank Dukes in the studio while finishing the Stoney album and the resulting product was the hit song "Deja Vu".[9]
In August 2016, Bell's first hit song, "Let Me Love You" by Justin Bieber, DJ Snake, and co-written with a longtime collaborator Andrew Watt, made its chart-topping debut.[10] Bell co-wrote and vocal produced the Frank Dukes & Metro Boomin co-production "Congratulations", Stoney's lead single, which debuted at Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart followed by "Rockstar", the lead single of Malone's second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys, which held the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for eight straight weeks.[11]
Bell has also collaborated with numerous artists including PartyNextDoor, Tyga, Juvenile, Sugar Ray, Mike Stud, OMI, Joe Budden, Andrew Watt, and many more. Bell earned a spot on Variety's 2017 Hitmakers list for his work on Malone's "Congratulations", Kygo's collaboration with Selena Gomez's "It Ain't Me", and Camila Cabello's and Young Thug's "Havana".[12]
On July 6, 2019, Bell became only the second person to top Billboard's newly launched Hot 100 Producer chart. This was thanks to four Hot 100 charting titles, on which Bell is credited as a producer.[13] He also reached number 3 on the Hot 100 Songwriters chart, thanks to his five songwriting credits on the Hot 100.[13]
Bell signed an exclusive publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group in January 2021.[14]
Production and songwriting credits
Year | Artist | Label | Song(s) | Album | Production Credit |
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2020 | Miley Cyrus | RCA | "WTF Do I Know"
"Plastic Hearts" "Angels like You" "Gimme What I Want" "Hate me" |
Plastic Hearts | Producer, writer |
5 Seconds of Summer | Interscope Records | "Easier" (released in 2019) "Teeth" (released in 2019) "High" "Old Me" |
Calm | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Ozzy Osbourne | Epic | "It's a Raid" | Ordinary Man | Producer, writer | |
A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Atlantic | "Me and my Guitar" | Artist 2.0 | ||
Halsey | Capitol Records | "Without Me"
"Still Learning" |
Manic | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Justin Bieber | Def Jam Recordings | "Forever" (featuring Post Malone & Clever) | Changes | Writer, vocal producer, recording engineer | |
2019 | Camila Cabello | Epic Records, Syco | "Cry for Me" "Easy" "Feel It Twice" "Should've Said It" "My Oh My" |
Romance | Producer, writer |
French Montana | Epic Records | "Writing On The Wall" (featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, & Rvssian) | Montana | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixer
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Charlie Puth | Artist Partner and Atlantic Records | "Mother" | N/A | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Lana Del Rey | Interscope Records | "Fuck It, I Love You" | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Producer | |
Taylor Swift | Republic Records | "I Forgot That You Existed"
"Afterglow" |
Lover | Co-producer, co-writer, recording engineer, programmer | |
Charlotte Lawrence | Atlantic Records, Gold Tooth Records | "Why Do You Love Me" | N/A | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | Republic Records | Tracks 1–6, 7–12; including "Goodbyes" (feat. Young Thug) and "Wow." | Hollywood's Bleeding | Producer, writer, vocal Producer | |
Rich The Kid | Interscope Records | "Ring Ring" (feat. Vory) | The World Is Yours 2 | Producer, writer | |
Julia Michaels | Republic Records | "17" "Body" |
Inner Monologue Part 2 | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Delacey | Hitco | "My Man" (Louis Bell Remix) | N/A | Producer, vocal editing | |
Vory | Capitol Records | "You Got It" | N/A | Producer, writer | |
Juice Wrld | Grade A Productions, Interscope Records | "Fast" | Death Race for Love | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jonas Brothers | Republic Records | "Sucker" | Happiness Begins | Writer | |
"Used To Be" | Producer, writer | ||||
Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen (feat. Fall Out Boy) | AUTNMY, Columbia Records | "I've Been Waiting" | N/A | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Julia Michaels | Republic Records | "Into You" | Inner Monologue Part 1 | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
DJ Khaled ft Post Malone & Travis Scott | Epic Records | "Celebrate" | Father of Asahd | ||
2018 | 21 Savage | Slaughter Gang, Epic | "all my friends" | i am > i was | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixer |
Rita Ora | Atlantic Records UK | "Only Want You", "Hell of a Life" | Phoenix | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jaden Smith | MSFTSMusic, Roc Nation | "FALLEN Part 2" | The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story | Producer, writer | |
Lil Wayne (feat. Post Malone or Sosamann) | Young Money Entertainment | "What About Me" | Tha Carter V | Writer | |
Vince Staples (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) | Def Jam Recordings | "Feels Like Summer" | FM! | Producer, writer | |
Little Mix | Syco | "Think About Us", "American Boy" | LM5 | Producer | |
Future & Juice Wrld | Epic, Freebandz, Grade A, Interscope Records | "Jet Lag", "Hard Work Pays Off" | Wrld on Drugs | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone & Swae Lee | Republic Records | "Sunflower" | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jess Glynne | Atlantic Records UK | "No One" | Always in Between | Producer | |
Camila Cabello (feat. Swae Lee) | Epic, Syco | "Real Friends (Remix)" | N/A | Producer, writer, vocal producer, mixing | |
Bazzi (feat. Camila Cabello) | Atlantic Records | "Beautiful" | N/A | Vocal editing | |
Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid | Friends Keep Secrets / Interscope Records | "Eastside" | Friends Keep Secrets | Vocal editing | |
Bebe Rexha (feat. Tory Lanez) | Warner Bros. Records | "Steady" | Expectations | Producer, writer | |
Why Don't We | Atlantic Records | "Hooked" | 8 Letters | Vocal producer | |
Tiësto & Dzeko (feat. Preme & Post Malone) | Musical Freedom Ltd. | "Jackie Chan" | The London Sessions | Writer, vocal producer | |
Kris Wu | Interscope Records | "Like That" | Antares | Writer | |
Dice SoHo (feat. Vory) | M.W.A | "She Will" | You Could Have | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Jess Glynne | Atlantic Records | "I'll Be There" | Always in Between | Producer | |
Preme (feat. Post Malone) | RCA Records | "Jackie Chan" | Light of Day | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | Republic Records | "Paranoid", "Spoil My Night", "Rich & Sad", "Zack and Codeine", "Takin' Shots", "Over Now", "Psycho", "Better Now", "Ball for Me", "Otherside", "Stay", "Blame It on Me", "Same Bitches", "Jonestown (Interlude)","92 Explorer", "Sugar Wraith" | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Executive producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Khalid, Ty Dolla Sign & 6lack | LVRN / Interscope Records | "OTW" | N/A | Vocal producer | |
5 Seconds of Summer | Capitol Records | "Youngblood" | Youngblood | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Cardi B | Atlantic Records | "Thru Your Phone" | Invasion of Privacy | Vocal producer | |
Shawn Mendes | Island Records | "Lost in Japan" | Shawn Mendes | Producer | |
Halsey (feat. Big Sean & Stefflon Don) | Astrelwerks | "Alone" | Hopeless Fountain Kingdom | Producer | |
Camila Cabello | Epic, Syco | "Never Be the Same" | Camila | Vocal editing | |
"All These Years", "Inside Out" | Vocal producer | ||||
"She Loves Control", "Into It", "Real Friends" | Writer, vocal producer | ||||
2017 | Chris Brown | RCA Records | "Hands Up", "On Purpose" | Heartbreak on a Full Moon | Writer |
Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug) | Epic, Syco | "Havana" | Camila | Writer, vocal producer | |
Camila Cabello & Grey | Atlantic Records | "Crown" | Bright: The Album | Vocal producer | |
Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) | Republic Records | "Rockstar" | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Post Malone | APG, Atlantic, UMG | "Candy Paint" | The Fate of the Furious: The Album | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Kris Wu (feat. Travis Scott) | KRIS WU STUDIO | "Deserve" | Antares | Producer, writer | |
Lorde (feat. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA) | UMG | "Homemade Dynamite (Remix)" | N/A | Writer, vocal producer | |
Kygo & Selena Gomez | Sony, Ultra | "It Ain't Me" | Stargazing | Vocal producer | |
Odesza (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair) | Counter, Ninja Tune, Foreign Family Collective | "Line of Sight" | A Moment Apart | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
DJ Snake | Interscope | "Oh Me Oh My", "4 Life", "Let Me Love You" | Encore | Producer, writer, vocal producer | |
Selena Gomez & Marshmello | Interscope | "Wolves" | N/A | Writer, vocal producer | |
2016 | Post Malone | Republic | "Big Lie", "Deja Vu", "No Option", "Patient", "Congratulations", "Up There", "Yours Truly, Austin Post", "Feeling Whitney" | Stoney | Producer, writer, vocal producer |
"Money Made Me Do It", "Git Wit U", "Hollywood Dreams" / "Come Down" | August 26 |
Accolades
- Album of the Year — Beerbongs & Bentleys (nominated)
- Record of the Year — "Rockstar" (nominated)
- Record of the Year — "Sunflower" (nominated)
- Album of the Year — Hollywood's Bleeding (pending)
- Record of the Year — "Circles" (pending)
- Song of the Year — "Circles" (pending)
References
- @EFMGMT (November 21, 2017). ".@Variety #HITMAKERS edition on stands everywhere. congrats boys 🍾🍾" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Cea, Max (March 4, 2020). "Post Malone's Right-Hand Man Is the Hottest Producer in the World". GQ. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- J. Horowitz, Steven (June 13, 2019). "How Louis Bell Went From Boston Basements to The Top of the Hot 100 With Post Malone". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- Trust, Gary (November 25, 2019). "Post Malone's 'Circles' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Billie Eilish's 'Everything I Wanted' Blasts to Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "Writer/Producer Louis Bell Is Having a Historic Run in the Hot 100's Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- "This is How Post Malone's "rockstar" Was Made". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- "From 'Rockstar' to 'Havana,' Meet the Indie Management Label Repping Producers Behind Today's Biggest Hits". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- "Stoney – Post Malone – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- "Louis Bell on Co-Producing Post Malone's No. 1 Hit 'rockstar': 'We Weren't Thinking of the Hot 100 at All'". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- "DJ Snake & Justin Bieber's 'Let Me Love You' Blocked From U.K. No. 1 by Another Bieber Song". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- "Post Malone & 21 Savage Earn First Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Rockstar'". Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- https://variety.com/gallery/varietys-2017-hitmakers/#!6/louis-bell
- Zellner, Xander (July 2, 2019). "Louis Bell Hits No. 1 On Hot 100 Producers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- Angermiller, Michele Amabile (January 13, 2021). "Post Malone Collaborator Louis Bell Sells Catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- "Louis Bell at Grammys". Grammy Award. November 2, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2020.