Taurian Adonis Shropshire[1] is an American songwriter and record producer.
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| Also known as | Adonis |
| Born | Taurian Adonis Shropshire |
| Origin | Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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Beginning his career in 2001, Shropshire has written or produced hit singles for various artists, including Mariah Carey's "I Stay In Love", Usher's "My Boo", P. Diddy's "I Need a Girl (Part One)", "I Need a Girl (Part Two)", Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye", Ciara's "And I", Marques Houston's "Circle", Day26's "Since You've Been Gone", Enrique Iglesias's "Push", Ginuwine's "Last Chance", Beyoncé's "Summertime", and Lee Taemin's "Play Me". He received his first formal credit on Jennifer Lopez's 2001 single "Walking On Sunshine". He has won three Grammy Awards from 17 nominations.[2]
History
editAdonis Shropshire was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he attended the Chattanooga Phoenix III High School for the Performing Arts.[3][failed verification] While in middle school, he met Usher Raymond IV (the two would later form a group before Raymond's move to Atlanta). While frequenting a local studio he learned the art of creating songs, music production, using audio equipment, recording, as well as structuring and writing lyric melody. Currently Adonis is the CEO, and Founder of Beatstreet, Inc.[4][failed verification]
While having a friendship with R&B trio Blaque, he would travel to various recording sessions with them. Natina Reed and her former Blaque group member Shamari Fears, noticed a particular talent he had for producing vocals and allowed him to contribute in the studio. These sessions were his first "real" recording sessions, which consisted of helping vocal produce three songs for the group's debut album.
In 1997, he moved back to Atlanta to pursue his dream of breaking into the music industry. While in a local singing group he was introduced to Rowdy Records executive Kirk Woods, who would later become his manager.[5] When the group disbanded in 2000, he started writing songs for other recording artists. This prompted his manager to set up a meeting with producer Sean Combs. While in New York, Shropshire worked on Jennifer Lopez's 2001 album J.Lo. This was Shropshire' first songwriting credit. Soon after Combs signed Shropshire to his publishing venture with EMI as part of his in-house production team the Hitmen." He then began working on songs for Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, 112, Cheri Dennis, Beyoncé, Usher, B2K, and Ciara.
His affiliation with Bad Boy led to him working with Noontime (which had a co-management deal with Bad Boy). This work resulted in him meeting Bryan-Michael Cox. Adonis's relationship with Cox soon had him producing and writing for Chris Brown, Nicole Scherzinger, Mariah Carey and Gwen Stefani. Although prior to working with Cox, Adonis had written and produced an extensive body of work (including Hot 100 #1 hits such as Usher's "My Boo") in addition to Combs's "I Need a Girl (Part One)" and "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" and two Grammy Awards (for work on albums by Carey and Usher), Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye" marked his first Hot R&B Chart #1 hit with Cox.
In 2014 Adonis began working with Kristinia DeBarge on her third studio album.[6] On January 5, 2015, he and DeBarge started releasing new music exclusively through YouTube. She entitled the project "New Music Mondays".[7]
Selected production and writing credits
editGrammy Awards and nominations
editThe Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Adonis has received 3 awards from 17 nominations.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2003 | Faithfully | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2005 | Confessions | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won |
| 2005 | My Boo | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
| 2005 | Confessions | Album Of The Year | Nominated |
| 2005 | Hurt No More | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2005 | My Boo | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won |
| 2006 | The Emancipation of Mimi | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Won |
| 2006 | The Emancipation of Mimi | Album Of The Year | Nominated |
| 2007 | Chris Brown | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2008 | Just like You | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2009 | Back of My Lac' | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2010 | The Introduction of Marcus Cooper | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2011 | Still Standing | Best R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2011 | My World 2.0 | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2013 | Fortune | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |
| 2014 | TGT | Best R&B Album | Nominated |
| 2014 | Side Effects of You | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |
References
edit- ↑ How To Make A Hit. Allhiphop.com, Accessed January 21, 2008.
- ↑ "Adonis Shropshire | Artist". Grammy.com.
- ↑ "Chattanooga Phoenix III High School - Find Alumni, Yearbooks and Reunion Plans". Classmates.com.
- ↑ AllMusic Discography, AllMusic, Accessed January 21, 2008
- ↑ GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER ADONIS SHROPSHIRE JOINS FORCES WITH ASCAP AND AMERICA SCORES ATLANTA Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 21, 2008
- ↑ "Twitter / kristinia: In the studio with my boy". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- ↑ Vazquez, Michelle (September 24, 2009). "Kristinia DeBarge". YouTube. Retrieved July 11, 2015.