Introduction
Drew Pearson is a Grammy-nominated American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with some of the biggest names in pop, alternative rock, and country music including Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Zac Brown Band, Phillip Phillips, The Veronicas, and others. His collaboration with American Idol (season 11) winner Phillip Phillips and songwriter Greg Holden produced the single "Home", which has been certified 4X Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and made Phillips the first male contestant in American Idol's history to sell at least 6 million copies of a single. "Home" is the highest selling debut of an "American Idol" coronation song, and held the #1 position on 6 different Billboard charts as well as iTunes.
Selected songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Citizen Four | Untitled album | Island | "Cold" | Makeba Riddick, Stephen Wrabel |
| Against the Current | In Our Bones | Fueled By Ramen | "Blood Like Gasoline" | Against the Current | |
| 2015 | Katharine McPhee | Hysteria | eOne | "Break" | Stephen Wrabel, Jon Castelli, Aaron Joseph |
| Pentatonix | Pentatonix | RCA | "Rose Gold" | Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Stephen Wrabel | |
| Wrabel | Non-album single | -- | "I Want You" | Wrabel | |
| 2014 | Switchfoot | Fading West | Atlantic/Word | "When We Come Alive" | Switchfoot |
| "Let It Out" | Switchfoot | ||||
| Down with Webster | Party For Your Life | DWW | "Circles" | Down With Webster | |
| Wrabel | Sideways EP | -- | "Into the Wild" | Wrabel | |
| Lights | Little Machines | Warner Bros. | "Muscle Memory" | Lights | |
| "Speeding" | Lights | ||||
| "Running with the Boys" | Lights | ||||
| "From All Sides" | Lights | ||||
| "Child" | Lights | ||||
| 2013 | 2AM Club | Non-album single | RCA | "Not Your Boyfriend" | 2AM Club, Stephen Wrabel |
| The Royal Concept | Smile EP | Republic | "Higher Than Love" | The Royal Concept | |
| 2012 | Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | Interscope/19 | "Home" | Greg Holden |
| "Can't Go Wrong" | Phillip Phillips, Greg Holden | ||||
| Cody Simpson | Paradise | Atlantic | "Hello" | Ryan Marrone, Garrick Smith, Jaden Michaels | |
| 2011 | Zac Brown Band | Footloose (2011 Soundtrack) | Atlantic | "Where The River Goes" | Zac Brown, Anne Preven, Wyatt Durrette |
| Stan Walker | Let The Music Play | Sony | "Loud" | Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher | |
| "Shine" | Stephen Wrabel, Jon Asher |
Selected production discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Goo Goo Dolls | Boxes | Warner | Producer, engineer, songwriter |
| Citizen Four | Cold | Island | Producer | |
| 2015 | Wrabel | "I Want You" | -- | Producer |
| 2014 | Lights | Little Machines | Warner Bros. | Producer, mixer |
| Pentatonix | Pentatonix (album) | RCA | Producer | |
| Switchfoot | Fading West | Atlantic/Word | Producer | |
| Down with Webster | Party For Your Life | DWW | Producer | |
| 2013 | Lee DeWyze | Frames | Caroline Records | Producer |
| Tony Lucca | With The Whole World Watching | 222 Records | Producer | |
| 2AM Club | "Not Your Boyfriend" | RCA | Producer, mixer | |
| 2012 | Cody Simpson | Paradise | Atlantic | Producer |
| Lee DeWyze | "The Fight" (non-album single) | Caroline Records | Producer | |
| Phillip Phillips | The World from the Side of the Moon | Interscope/19 | Producer | |
| 2011 | Stan Walker | Let The Music Play | Sony | Producer |
| 2008 | Katy Perry | One of the Boys | Capitol Records | Engineer |
| 2007 | OneRepublic | Dreaming Out Loud | Interscope | Engineer |
| Mika | Life in Cartoon Motion | Island/Casablanca | Engineer | |
| The Veronicas | Hook Me Up | Sire | Engineer |
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media – "Where The River Goes" by Zac Brown Band (Nominated)
Juno Awards
- Pop Album of the Year – Little Machines by Lights (Won)
- Pop Album of the Year – Party For Your Life by Down With Webster (Nominated)
- "Grammys: 54th Grammy Awards nominees". latimes.com. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- "Pop Album of the Year 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- "POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2015". junoawards.ca. Retrieved March 29, 2016.