From Inglewood, Ca, 4x Grammy Award winner James FAUNTLEROY is perhaps best known for co-writing seven of the songs off of Bruno Mars 2017 multi Grammy-winning album 24K Magic, including Song of the Year, That’s What I Like - having become the first songwriter to ever bring home a Grammy for Album of the Year. Other notable songs/albums FAUNTLEROY has worked on include co-writing Filthy & Young Man off of Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods 2018 Album, Justin Timberlake's 2018 single Soulmate, Summer from The Carters Everything Is Love Album, half of Chris Brown’s Exclusive album, four Songs off Rihanna’s Anti album, as well as penning 23/24 songs on Justin Timberlake’s hugely successful 20/20 Experience (winning a Grammy in 2014 for co-writing Pusher Love Girl), half of Rihanna's Rated R album, On The Run from Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail Album and more.
He has also co-written and/or produced songs performed by Kendrick Lamar, John Legend, Sza, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, Ty $, Joe Jonas, Jordin Sparks (No Air), Britney Spears, Brandy, Kelly Clarkson, Frank Ocean, John Legend, Nas, Travis Scott, Chris Cornell, Vince Staples, David Archuleta and many others.
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