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

He is a 3-time Grammy Award

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 recipient, as mixing engineer for Mariah Carey

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's "The Emancipation of Mimi

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" (Best Contemporary R&B Album, 2005), Ludacris

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' "Release Therapy

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" (Best Rap Album, 2006) and Rihanna

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's "Only Girl (In the World)

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" (Best Dance Recording, 2010).

Among the artists on Tan's list of credits: Jill Scott

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, Jennifer Hudson

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, Wiz Khalifa

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, Janelle Monáe

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, Usher

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, Leona Lewis

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, Ne-Yo

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, Enrique Iglesias

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, Gwen Stefani

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, Anthony Hamilton

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, Jay-Z

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, Lionel Richie

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, Kreesha Turner

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Sales of albums and singles sold in the US with Tan listed in the credits as a mixer, engineer, remixer or producer total over 250 million.

He has mixed and/or recorded 25 singles that have reached Number One on Billboard's Hot 100 chart:

• Mariah Carey: "Always Be My Baby" (1996)
• Usher: "Nice and Slow" (1998)
• Monica: "The First Night" (1998)
• Usher: "U Got It Bad" (2001)
• Usher: "Burn" (2004)
• Usher: "Confessions Part II" (2004)
• Usher & Alicia Keys: "My Boo" (2004)
• Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell: "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)
• Gwen Stefani: "Hollaback Girl" (2005)
• Mariah Carey: "We Belong Together" (2005)
• Mariah Carey: "Don't Forget About Us" (2005)
• Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp: "Grillz" (2006)
• Rihanna: "SOS" (2006)
• Fergie: "London Bridge" (2006)
• Ludacris feat. Pharrell: "Money Maker" (2006)
• Sean Kingston: "Beautiful Girls" (2007)
• Leona Lewis: "Bleeding Love" (2008)
• Rihanna: "Take A Bow" (2008)
• Rihanna: "Disturbia" (2008)
• Rihanna feat. Drake: "What's My Name" (2010)
• Rihanna: "Only Girl (In The World)" (2010)
• Katy Perry: "Firework" (2010)
• Wiz Khalifa: "Black and Yellow" (2011)
• Rihanna feat. Britney Spears: "S&M" (2011)
• Rihanna & Calvin Harris: "We Found Love" (2011)

He has mixed and/or recorded 27 singles that have reached Number One on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:

• Xscape: "Just Kickin It" (1993)
• Xscape: "Understanding" (1994)
• Xscape: "Who Can I Run To" (1995)
• Mariah Carey: "Always Be My Baby (1996)
• Usher: "You Make Me Wanna" (1997)
• Usher: "Nice and Slow" (1998)
• Monica: "The First Night" (1998)
• Jagged Edge: "Let's Get Married" (2000)
• Bow Wow feat. Xscape: "Bounce With Me" (2000)
• Jagged Edge: "Promise" (2001)
• Jagged Edge & Nelly: "Where the Party At" (2001)
• Usher: "U Got It Bad" (2001)
• Pharrell feat. Jay-Z: "Frontin'" (2003)
• Usher: "Burn" (2004)
• Usher: "Confessions Part II" (2004)
• Usher & Alicia Keys: "My Boo" (2004)
• Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell: "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)
• Mariah Carey: "We Belong Together" (2005)
• Bow Wow feat. Ciara: "Like You" (2005)
• Mariah Carey: "Don't Forget About Us" (2005)
• Chingy feat. Tyrese: "Pullin' Me Back" (2006)
• Janet & Nelly: "Call On Me" (2006)
• Ludacris feat Pharrell: "Money Maker" (2006)
• Ciara: "Promise" (2007)
• Rihanna: "Take A Bow" (2008)
• Jennifer Hudson: "Spotlight" (2008)
• Ne-Yo: "Miss Independent" (2008)

He has mixed and/or recorded 12 singles that have reached Number One on the UK Singles Chart:

• Usher: "You Make Me Wanna" (1998)
• Usher: "Burn" (2004)
• Sean Kingston: "Beautiful Girls" (2007)
• Leona Lewis: "Bleeding Love" (2007)
• Rihanna: "Take A Bow" (2008)
• Pixie Lott: "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)" (2009)
• Ne-Yo: "Beautiful Monster" (2010)
• Alexandra Burke & Laza Morgan: "Start Without You" (2010)
• Rihanna: "Only Girl (In the World)" (2010)
• Rihanna & Drake: "What's My Name" (2011)
• Dappy: "No Regrets" (2011)
• Rihanna & Calvin Harris: "We Found Love" (2011)

Tan was inducted into the Full Sail University Hall of Fame on April 20, 2009.

Sources

• http://www.philtan.com/
• http://www.albumcredits.com/Profile/130348
• http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb07/articles/insidetrack_0207.htm
• http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb345129.htm
• http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/3/prweb509475.htm
• http://www.fullsail.edu/hall-of-fame/2009/inductees
• 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