The 13-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, songwriter and producer Babyface is coming back to Manila to perform at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on 14 July.
Being one of the most celebrated forces in music history, Babyface is the only producer to win “Producer of the Year” four times, holding a record with three of those awards consecutively from 1995 to 1997.
Over the past five decades, he released three consecutive multi-platinum albums: Tender Lover (1989), featuring the number one song “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.”
In 2014, he collaborated with Toni Braxton and released the GRAMMY Award-winning album Love, Marriage & Divorce.
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 and Barbra Streisand.
Most recently, Babyface won his 13th Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for “Snooze” by SZA.
On 15 July 2023, his 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.
On 21 October 2022, Babyface released Girls Night Out which features his collaborations with some of today’s brightest female R&B stars, including Ella Mai, who is heard on the first single, “Keeps On Fallin’.” He also teams up with Ari Lennox, Kehlani, Queen Naija, Coco Jones, Tiana Major9, Tink, Baby Tate; Muni Long; Amaarae; Sevyn Streeter & Tkay Maidza; Doechii, Angie Martinez and Lala Anthony.
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-one pop hits.
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, five Soul Train Awards, and five NAACP Image Awards. He also produced and co-wrote the Oscar-winning song “When You Believe” by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Babyface’s Greatest Hits Concert in Manila is presented by Ovation Productions with BlastTV as media partner. Tickets are available at smtickets.com.