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Babyface — the 13-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, songwriter, and producer — is coming back to Manila, performing the Greatest Hits Concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on July 14.
Being one of the most celebrated forces in music history, he is the only producer to win "Producer of the Year" four times, holding a record with three of those awarded consecutively from 1995 to 1997.
Over the past five decades, he released three consecutive multi-platinum albums: "Tender Lover" (1989), featuring the number one hit, "Tender Lover"; "For the Cool in You" (1993), which included "Never Keeping Secrets" and "When Can I See You"; and "The Day" (1996) featuring "Every Time I Close My Eyes."
Iconic singer, songwriter and producer Babyface. PHOTO FROM OVATION PRODUCTIONS
In 2014, he collaborated with Toni Braxton and released the Grammy Award-winning album "Love, Marriage & Divorce."
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Babyface has written and produced hits for artists like Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Mary J Blige, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, George Michael, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, Phil Collins, Janet Jackson, NSYNC, Chaka Khan, Faith Evans, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Michael Bolton, Kenny G, Lil Wayne, Luther Vandross, Barbra Streisand, and countless others.
Most recently Babyface won his 13th Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for "Snooze" by SZA. Additionally, Babyface received nominations in two other categories: Best R&B Album ("Girls Night Out"), Best Traditional R&B Performance ("Simple" by Babyface & Coco Jones off his Girls Night Out album.)
On July 15, 2023, Babyface's latest single "As a matter of fact" reached number one on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart. The song is his first number one solo single in 26 years.
Babyface has contributed to over 800 million records sold and over a billion records streamed. He has produced and written 125 Top 10 Hits, 45 number one R&B hits, and 16 number 1 pop hits.
In addition to winning a total of 13 Grammys, he has been nominated 83 times. Throughout his career, Babyface has won the BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year trophy seven times, the BMI Icon Award and received a total of 52 BMI Awards, as well as four American Music Awards, 5 Soul Train Awards, and five NAACP Image awards. He also produced and co-wrote the Oscar winning song "When You Believe," sung by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
The iconic singer, songwriter, and producer was inducted into the Apollo Walk of Fame and received the inaugural Legacy Award from the Apollo Theater. He is part of several Halls of Fame, in 2017 he was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame while in 2013, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Babyface's Greatest Hits Concert in Manila is presented by Ovation Productions with BlastTV as the media partner. Tickets are now on sale through smtickets.com.
