Sterling Fox
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Brandon Lowry |
| Origin | Stoystown, Pennsylvania |
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Record producer songwriter musician Recording artist |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Silver Scream Records |
| Associated acts | Lana Del Rey, Elle King, Avicii, Adam Lambert |
Sterling Fox (born Brandon Lowry in Stoystown, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He has written and produced multiple #1 songs and his works have gone on to sell over 11 million units since 2011.
Career
After an early stint as a cruise ship pianist, Sterling's musical career came to fruition in 2007 after moving to New York City. He quickly came into demand as a session player, songwriter, and music producer. In 2008, he co-founded a music production duo Robopop. Soon after, Sterling went on to cowrite and coproduce "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes, featuring Adam Levine. The record was certified 3x platinum in the United States, 3x platinum in Australia and 2x platinum in Canada and reached #1 on the Billboard US Pop Songs Chart.
After the success of "Stereo Hearts", Sterling coproduced the song "Video Games", the first breakout release from artist Lana Del Rey. "Video Games" was a huge success and its album Born to Die has gone on to sell over 5,000,000 units worldwide. Fox also played the piano part on the recording and was credited as a mixing engineer. After "Video Games", Fox split off from his production team to focus on his own projects. He has since worked on a number of collaborations, including cowriting and adding vocals to the song "Shame on Me" from Avicii's album True.
In 2013, Sterling cowrote the dance crossover hit "Take Me Home" by Cash Cash, which was certified gold in the US and reach #5 in the UK. In 2014, Sterling produced and cowrote the #1 iTunes hit single "Wasted Love" for The Voice Season 7 finalist Matt McAndrew. It sold 100,000 copies the first night of its release and reached #1 on the iTunes singles chart.
In 2015, he cowrote the Adam Lambert single Ghost Town, which would go on to become a radio hit and be certified Gold in the US. He would also contribute writing to Where the Devil Don't Go for Elle King's album Love Stuff, which became one of the top selling Rock albums of the year. In 2016, it was featured in the Season 4 theatrical trailer for Orange is the New Black.
In 2016, he cowrote "Man on the Moon" and "If I'm Dancing" on the Britney Spears album Glory and additionally added guitar and background vocals on "Man on the Moon".
Over his career, he has written songs with the likes of Madonna, Max Martin, Adam Lambert, and others and his works have been performed live by the likes of Queen, One Direction, and Maroon 5.
Discography
| Year | Artist(s) | Song | Album | Singer | Songwriter | Producer | Mixing Engineer | Charts and Certifications |
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| 2011 | Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine | Stereo Hearts | The Papercut Chronicles II |  |
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4x Platinum, #1 at US Top 40 Radio, #1 US Pop Songs | ||
| Alex Winston | Fingers and Toes | Sister Wife EP | |
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| Dazzled Kid | The Day of My Escape | Fire Needs Air | |
#14 Netherlands | ||||
| Marlon Roudette | City Like This | Matter Fixed | |
#6 Album Germany | ||||
| Justin Nozuka feat. India Arie | Heartless | |
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| 2012 | Lana Del Rey | Video Games | Born to Die | |
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5x Platinum Album, #1 in the UK | ||
| Niia | BTSTU | |
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#1 on Hype Machine | ||||
| Outasight | I'll Drink to That | Nights Like These | |
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| 2013 | Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha | Take Me Home | |
#2 US Dance, #5 UK Singles, Certified Gold | ||||
| Avicii feat. Sterling Fox and Audra Mae | Shame on Me | True | |
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#1 Australia and Sweden, #2 UK, #5 US, Gold Record | |||
| Sterling Fox | Ghost | |
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| 2014 | Kylie Minogue | Chasing Ghosts | Sleepwalker (EP) | |
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| Tiesto feat. Cruikshank | Footprints | A Town Called Paradise | |
#2 US Dance, #7 US Digital Albums | ||||
| Lindsey Stirling | Roundtable Rival | Shatter Me | |
#1 Billboard Classical, #1 Billboard Dance, #1 US Independent Albums, #1 iTunes albums, Certified Gold | ||||
| Lindsey Stirling | Ascendance | Shatter Me | |
#1 Billboard Classical, #1 Billboard Dance, #1 US Independent Albums, #1 iTunes albums, Certified Gold | ||||
| Tritonal and Paris Blohm feat. Sterling Fox | Colors | |
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#1 Beatport | ||||
| Sterling Fox | Holy | |
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| Boyz II Men | What Happens in Vegas | Collide | |
#6 US R&B/Hip-Hop, #2 on Childhood Dreams Chart | ||||
| Matt McAndrew | Wasted Love | |
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#1 iTunes single, #14 Billboard Hot 100 | ||||
| 2015 | Elle King | Where the Devil Don't Go | Love Stuff | |
#27 Billboard Albums | |||
| Sterling Fox | Freak Caroline | |
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remix #1 on Hype Machine | ||
| Adam Lambert | Ghost Town | The Original High | |
#3 Billboard 200, #2 Australia singles | ||||
| Adam Lambert | Evil in the Night | The Original High | |
#3 Billboard 200 | ||||
| Adam Lambert | Another Lonely Night | The Original High | |
#3 Billboard 200 | ||||
| Cazzette | Dancing With Your Ghost | Desserts | |
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| Doe Paoro | Growth/Decay | After | |
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| Avicii ft. Sterling Fox | Talk to Myself | Stories | |
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#1 Billboard Dance/Electronic Album | |||
| Panama Wedding | Halfway to Heaven | Into Focus | |
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| Sterling Fox and Samantha Ronson | Angry Sons | |
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| 2016 | Britney Spears | Man on the Moon | Glory | |
#3 Billboard Album | |||
| Britney Spears | If I'm Dancing | Glory | |
#3 Billboard Album | ||||
| Clams Casino feat. A$AP Rocky and Lil B | Be Somebody | 32 Levels | |
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| Almand feat. PG-13 | Don't Manipulate | |
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References
- "Robopop: Producing Lana Del Rey's 'Videogames'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
- "Lana Del Rey's Hit "Video Games" – Arranged and Mixed in Ableton Live". Ableton. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- "Sterling Fox Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 2011. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - "EDM Superstar Avicii Made a Kazoo-Heavy Kinda-Country Record With 'True,' It's Awesome". spin.com. Retrieved September 2013. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - "Silver Scream Records". http://www.silverscreamrecords.com. Retrieved November 2014. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); External link in|publisher=(help) - "Stoystown native's song hits No. 1 after debut on 'The Voice'". dailyamerican.com. Retrieved December 2014. Check date values in:
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