Phil Tan

Phil Tan is an Atlanta, GA-based music/audio engineer.

He is a 2-time GRAMMY Award recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" (Best Contemporary R&B Album, 2005) and Ludacris' "Release Therapy" (Best Rap Album, 2006).

Some of the producers Phil frequently works with include Jermaine Dupri, StarGate, J.R. Rotem, Polow da Don and The Neptunes.

Among the artists on Phil's list of credits: Usher, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Leona Lewis, Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, Janet Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Jordin Sparks, Gwen Stefani, Anthony Hamilton, Ciara, Outkast, Jay-Z, Lionel Richie, Nelly, Sean Kingston, Alicia Keys, Jesse McCartney, Joe, TLC, Kelis, Monica, Toni Braxton, Aretha Franklin, Bow Wow, Jagged Edge, and Da Brat.

Sales of albums and singles sold in the US with Phil listed in the credits as a mixer, engineer, remixer or producer total over 220 million.

Phil has mixed and/or recorded 19 singles that have reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 chart:1. Mariah Carey : "Always Be My Baby" (1996)2. Usher: "Nice and Slow" (1998)3. Monica: "The First Night" (1998)4. Usher: "U Got It Bad" (2001)5. Usher: "Burn" (2004)6. Usher: "Confessions Part II" (2004)7. Usher & Alicia Keys: "My Boo" (2004)8. Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell: "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)9. Gwen Stefani: "Hollaback Girl" (2005)10. Mariah Carey: "We Belong Together" (2005)11. Mariah Carey: "Don't Forget About Us" (2005)12. Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp: "Grillz" (2006)13. Rihanna: "SOS" (2006)14. Fergie: "London Bridge" (2006)15. Ludacris feat. Pharrell: "Money Maker" (2006)16. Sean Kingston: "Beautiful Girls" (2007)17. Leona Lewis: "Bleeding Love" (2008)18. Rihanna: "Take A Bow" (2008)19. Rihanna: "Disturbia" (2008)

Phil has mixed and/or recorded 25 singles that have reached number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:1. Xscape: "Just Kickin It" (1993)2. Xscape: "Understanding" (1994)3. Xscape: "Who Can I Run To" (1995)4. Mariah Carey: "Always Be My Baby (1996)5. Usher: "You Make Me Wanna" (1997)6. Usher: "Nice and Slow" (1998)7. Monica: "The First Night" (1998)8. Jagged Edge: "Let's Get Married" (2000)9. Bow Wow feat. Xscape: "Bounce With Me" (2000)10. Jagged Edge: "Promise" (2001)11. Jagged Edge & Nelly: "Where the Party At" (2001)12. Usher: "U Got It Bad" (2001)13. Pharrell feat. Jay-Z: "Frontin'" (2003)14. Usher: "Burn" (2004)15. Usher: "Confessions Part II" (2004)16. Usher & Alicia Keys: "My Boo" (2004)17. Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell: "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)18. Mariah Carey: "We Belong Together" (2005)19. Bow Wow feat. Ciara: "Like You" (2005)20. Mariah Carey: "Don't Forget About Us" (2005)21. Chingy feat. Tyrese: "Pullin' Me Back" (2006)22. Janet & Nelly: "Call On Me" (2006)23. Ludacris feat Pharrell: "Money Maker" (2006)24. Ciara: "Promise" (2007)25. Rihanna: "Take A Bow" (2008)

Sources

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:azfrxq9gldke~T40G

http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=philip%20tan&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1

http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=phil%20tan&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb07/articles/insidetrack_0207.htm

http://billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/3/prweb509475.htm

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb345129.htm

http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_hits_(United_States)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_number_one_R%26B_songs_in_the_United_States

http://www.rspe.com/clients/icon-d%11control/phil-tan-/

http://www.protoolsusers.org/the-news/member-news/catching-up-with-super-mixer-phil-tan.../

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=319&itemid=30590&langid=100