Introduction
Blake Slatkin (born October 16, 1997) is a Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, The Kid Laroi, Sam Smith, and SZA. Slatkin has charted seven Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 songs, with four reaching No. 1.
Career
Slatkin was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and began playing guitar at 10 years old. He performed in bands and sang at venues around Los Angeles before discovering a career in production. At 16 he began an internship with producer Benny Blanco before moving to New York City to attend New York University.
As a student at NYU, Slatkin worked with Gracie Abrams and Omar Apollo as a producer and songwriter and served as an executive producer on both of their debut projects. Upon dropping out of NYU, Slatkin relocated to Los Angeles to work in music full time.
Slatkin worked with longtime collaborators The Kid Laroi, Lil Nas X, Omar Fedi, and 24kGoldn during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. He had his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year with 24kGoldn's "Mood" feat. Iann Dior. The song topped the chart for eight weeks. That year he also produced "Without You" by The Kid Laroi, followed by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's "Stay," which also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, along with the Billboard Global 200 and spent seven weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the second longest running song of all-time on the chart as well as spend the most weeks at No. 1 in pop radio history.
Forbes included him in their annual 30 Under 30 List in 2022 and was a Pop Song of the Year honoree at the 2022 BMI Pop Awards for his work on "Mood", and was nominated at the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards for Producer of the Year.
At the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, Slatkin earned "Record of the Year" for his work on Lizzo's "About Damn Time". In addition, he won awards for Best Remixed Record and best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Unholy" with Sam Smith and Kim Petras.
In 2021, Slatkin was added to Variety’s annual Hitmakers of the Year list.
Production discography
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Songwriting | Producing |
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| "Ignorin" | 2018 | Omar Apollo | Stereo |  Y
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| "Erase" | Y
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Y
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| "Heart" | Y
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Y
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| "Six Speed" | Role Model | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Ashamed" | 2019 | Omar Apollo | Friends | Y
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Y
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| "There For Me (Interlude)" | Y
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Y
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| "So Good" | Y
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| "Trouble" | Y
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Y
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| "Facts" | Kevin Gates | I'm Him | Y
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Y
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| "Mean It" | Gracie Abrams | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Chip On My Shoulder" | Rod Wave | Ghetto Gospel | Y
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Y
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| "Bad Energy" | 2020 | Juice Wrld | Legends Never Die | Y
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Y
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| "Clear Bones" | Jean Dawson | Pixel Bath | Y
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Y
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| "Friend" | Gracie Abrams | Minor | Y
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Y
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| "Under / Over" | Y
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Y
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| "Tehe" | Y
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Y
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| "I Miss You, I'm Sorry" | Y
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| "Long Sleeves" | Y
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Y
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| "Minor" | Y
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Y
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| "Miss Me" | Lil Tecca | Virgo World | Y
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Y
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| "The Bakery" | Melanie Martinez | After School | Y
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Y
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| "I'm Amazing" | Omar Apollo | Apolonio | Y
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Y
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| "Without You" | The Kid Laroi | F*ck Love (Savage) | Y
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Y
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| "Brush Fire" | Gracie Abrams | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Unlearn" (with Gracie Abrams) |
2021 | Benny Blanco | Friends Keep Secrets 2 | Y
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Y
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| "You" (with Marshmello and Vance Joy) |
Y
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Y
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| "Care" (with Omar Apollo) |
Y
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Y
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| "Company" (featuring Future) |
24kGoldn | El Dorado | Y
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Y
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| "Outta Pocket" | Y
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Y
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| "Butterflies" | Y
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Y
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| "Breath Away" | Y
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Y
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| "Yellow Lights" | Y
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Y
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| "3, 2, 1" | Y
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Y
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| "Empty" (featuring Swae Lee) |
Y
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Y
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| "Cut It Off" | Y
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Y
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| "Mood" (featuring Iann Dior) |
Y
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Y
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| "Mess It Up" | Gracie Abrams | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Stay" (with Justin Bieber) |
The Kid Laroi | F*ck Love 3: Over You | Y
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Y
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| "Don't Leave" (featuring G Herbo and Lil Durk) |
Y
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| "Thats What I Want" | Lil Nas X | Montero | Y
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Y
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| "Sun Goes Down" | Y
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| "Feels Like" | Gracie Abrams | This Is What It Feels Like | Y
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Y
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| "Camden" | Y
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| "The Bottom" | Y
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Y
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| "Older" | Y
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| "Painkillers" | Y
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| "Alright" | Y
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Y
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| "Doom" | Juice Wrld | Fighting Demons | Y
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| "What Would You Do?" | 2022 | Tate McRae | I Used to Think I Could Fly | Y
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Y
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| "Hate Myself" | Y
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Y
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| "About Damn Time" | Lizzo | Special | Y
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Y
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| "Grrrls" | Y
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Y
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| "I Love You Bitch" | Y
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Y
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| "Bad Decisions" | Benny Blanco, BTS, and Snoop Dogg | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Too Well" | Reneé Rapp | Everything to Everyone | Y
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Y
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| "What Can I Do" | Y
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Y
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| "Special" | SZA | SOS | Y
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Y
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| "I Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)" | 2023 | The Kid Laroi | Non-album single | Y
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Y
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| "Lose You" | Sam Smith | Gloria | Y
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Y
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| "Unholy" (with Kim Petras) |
Y
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Y
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| "How to Cry" | Y
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Y
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| "Happy" | Kesha | Gag Order | Y
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| "Pretty Girl" | Ice Spice & Rema | Non-album single |