Blake Slatkin (born October 16, 1997) is a Grammy Award winning American record producer and songwriter. He has produced songs for high-profile music industry artists including Justin Bieber, Lizzo, the Kid Laroi, Sam Smith, SZA, and Ed Sheeran. Slatkin has produced seven Billboard Hot 100-top ten singles, four of which peaked at number one.
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, Omer 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 annual Hitmakers of the Year list.
Awards and nominations + List of awards and nominations Award ceremony Year Nominee/Work Category Result Grammy Awards 2022 Montero Album of the Year 2023 Special "About Damn Time" Record of the Year Song of the Year Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2025 "Zoo" Best Original Song in an Animated Film "Drive" Best Original Song in a Feature Film iHeartRadio Music Awards 2022 Himself Producer of the Year
Production discography Year Title Artist Album Songwriting Producing2018"Ignorin"Omar ApolloStereo "Erase" "Heart" "Six Speed" Role Model 2019"Ashamed"Omar ApolloFriends "There For Me (Interlude)" "So Good" "Trouble" "Facts" Kevin Gates I'm Him "Mean It" Gracie Abrams "Chip On My Shoulder" Rod Wave Ghetto Gospel 2020"Bad Energy" Juice Wrld Legends Never Die "Clear Bones" Jean Dawson Pixel Bath "Friend"Gracie AbramsMinor "Under / Over" "Tehe" "I Miss You, I'm Sorry" "Long Sleeves" "Minor" "Miss Me" Lil Tecca Virgo World "The Bakery" Melanie Martinez After School "I'm Amazing" Omar Apollo Apolonio "Without You" The Kid Laroi F*ck Love (Savage) "Brush Fire" Gracie Abrams 2021"Unlearn"Benny BlancoFriends Keep Secrets 2 "You" "Care" "Company"24kGoldnEl Dorado "Outta Pocket" "Butterflies" "Breath Away" "Yellow Lights" "3, 2, 1" "Empty" "Cut It Off" "Mood" "Mess It Up" Gracie Abrams "Stay"The Kid LaroiF*ck Love 3: Over You "Don't Leave" "Thats What I Want"Lil Nas XMontero "Sun Goes Down" "Feels Like"Gracie AbramsThis Is What It Feels Like "Camden" "The Bottom" "Older" "Painkillers" "Alright" "Doom" Juice Wrld Fighting Demons 2022"What Would You Do?"Tate McRaeI Used to Think I Could Fly "Hate Myself" "About Damn Time"LizzoSpecial "Grrrls" "I Love You Bitch" "Bad Decisions" Benny Blanco, BTS, and Snoop Dogg "Too Well"Reneé RappEverything to Everyone "What Can I Do" "Special" SZA SOS 2023"I Can't Go Back to the Way It Was (Intro)" The Kid Laroi "Lose You"Sam SmithGloria "Unholy" "How to Cry" "Happy" Kesha Gag Order "Pretty Girl"Ice Spice & RemaNon-album single "Too Much"The Kid Laroi, Central Cee, JungkookThe First Time "What Just Happened"The Kid LaroiThe First Time "Bleed" "Where Do You Sleep?" "You" "Call Me Instead" 2024"J Christ"Lil Nas XTBD "Where Do We Go Now?" "Heaven"The Kid LaroiThe First Time (Deluxe Version) "Calling After Me"WallowsModel "Spite"Omar ApolloGod Said No "360"Charli xcxBrat "365" "360" (featuring Robyn and Yung Lean)Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat "Dispose of Me"Omar ApolloGod Said No "Be Careful With Me" "Done With You" "Empty" "How" "Touch"KATSEYESIS (Soft is Strong) "Til The Morning"Royel OtisPRATTS & PAIN "Drinks or Coffee"RoséRosie "BMF"SZALANA 2025"Miss possessive"Tate McRaeSo Close To What "Don't Wanna Cry"Selena Gomez & benny blancoI Said I Love You First... "Don't Take It Personally" "Old Phone" Ed SheeranPlay "moody" Royel Otis Hickey "WHY" Jon Bellion & Luke CombsFATHER FIGURE "Drive" Ed Sheeran F1 The Album "Car" Royel Otis Hickey "A Little More" Ed Sheeran Play "shut up"Royel OtisHickey "i hate this tune" "who's your boyfriend" "i hate this tune" "jazz burger" "FinallyApologizing" Adéla The Provocateur "Slowly"Ed SheeranPlay "For Always" "The Vow" "Opening" "In Other Words" "Zoo"ShakiraZootopia 2"Die on This Hill"Sienna SpiroVisitor2026"Breathe"Malcolm ToddDo That Again"KGB" Adéla Prima "I Saw Your Face"Malcolm ToddDo That Again"Red Bottoms" Adéla Prima "Pure" Sienna Spiro Visitor "Animal" Katseye Wild "Ain't In LA"AdélaPrima "Nicole Kidman" "I'm The Man" "Boys" "Hitachi" "Fantasize" "Starving Artist" "Marijuana" "Therapy"
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