Serban Ghenea

Serban Ghenea is a five-time Grammy Award^[1] and three-time Latin Grammy Award-winning^[2] mixer. He has mixed songs for such artists as Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Santana, Ozomatli, Shakira, Jill Scott, Floetry, Musiq Soulchild, R. Kelly, Taio Cruz, Rod Stewart, Dave Matthews Band, Björk, The All American Rejects, One Republic, and Thirty Seconds to Mars.

As of September 2013, Serban Ghenea had mixed over 106 No. 1 singles and albums, - including hits for Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Britney Spears, Black Eyed Peas, The Fray, Train, Lifehouse, Weezer, The Hives, Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, Pink, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. He is represented exclusively by Andy Kipnes and Mark Beaven of Advanced Alternative Media.

Selected discography

Serban Ghenea mixed the following tracks:

• Pitbull
  • Meltdown (EP)
    • "Timber" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[3]
• Katy Perry
  • Prism - Album including Singles - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[4]
    • "Dark Horse" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[5]
    • "Roar" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[6]
    • "Unconditionally
• Miley Cyrus
  • Bangerz - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[7]
    • "Wrecking Ball" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[8]
• Demi Lovato
  • Demi
    • "Neon Lights - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[9]
• Maroon 5
  • Overexposed - Album including Singles
    • "Love Somebody" - No. 1 US Bilboard Adult Pop Songs ^[10]
    • "Payphone" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[11]
    • "One More Night" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[12]
    • "Daylight" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[13]
• Thirty Seconds to Mars
  • Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams
    • "Up in the Air"
    • "City of Angels"
    • "Do or Die'
• Keith Urban
  • Fuse - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[14]
    • "Little Bit of Everything" - No. 1 US Billboard Country Airplay ^[15]
    • "We Were Us" - No 1 US Billboard Hot Country Songs ^[16]
    • "Cop Car"
    • "Shame"
    • "We Were Us"
    • "She's My 11"
    • "Somewhere in My Car"
• One Republic
  • Native
    • "If I Lose Myself"
    • "I Lived"
    • "Something I Need"
• James Blunt
  • Moon Landing
    • "Bonfire Heart"
• Daughtry
  • Baptized - Album including Singles
• Gavin DeGraw
  • Make a Move - Album including Singles
• Selena Gomez
  • Stars Dance - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[17]
• Taylor Swift
  • Red - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[18]
    • "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[19]
    • "I Knew You Were Trouble" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[20]
    • "22"
    • "Starlight"
    • "The Lucky One"
    • "Holy Ground"
• The Wanted
  • • "I Found You" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[21]
    • "We Own the Night (The Wanted song)"
    • "Walks like Rihanna"
• Girls Aloud
  • • "Something New - No. 2 UK Singles Chart
• Neon Hitch
  • "Gold" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[22]
• Kelly Clarkson
  • "Stronger" - Album Including Singles
    • "Catch My Breath" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[23]
    • "Dark Side" No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[24]
    • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100 ^[25]
    • "Mr. Know It All"- No. 1 US Bilboard Adult Pop Songs ^[26]
• Justin Bieber
  • "Beauty and a Beat" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[27]
• Kesha
  • Warrior - Album including Singles
    • "Die Young" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[28]
• Christina Aguilera
  • "Your Body" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[29]
• One Direction
  • Take Me Home - Album including Singles No. 1 US Billboard 200^[30]
    • "Live While We're Young"
• Pink
  • The Truth About Love - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[31]
    • "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[32]
• Cher Lloyd
  • "Want U Back"
• One Direction
  • "What Makes You Beautiful"
  • "One Thing"
• "Rihanna"
  • "Where Have You Been"
  • "You Da One" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[33]
• Usher
  • "Scream" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[34]
• Katy Perry
  • Teenage Dream - Album, including singles - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[35]
    • "Wide Awake" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[36]
    • "Part of Me"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[37]
    • "The One That Got Away" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[38]
    • "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[39]
    • "E.T." Featuring Kanye West- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[40]
    • "Peacock"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[41]
    • "California Gurls"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[42]
    • "Teenage Dream"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[43]
• Gym Class Heroes
  • "Stereo Hearts" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[44]
  • "The Fighter"
  • "Ass Back Home"
• Neon Hitch
  • "F U Betta" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[45]
• Jessie J
  • "Domino - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[46]
• Kelly Clarkson
  • "Stronger" - Album Including Singles
    • "Catch My Breath" No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[23]
    • "Dark Side" No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[24]
    • "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[25]
    • "Mr. Know It All"- No. 1 US Bilboard Adult Pop Songs^[26]
• Flo Rida
  • "Good Feeling" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[47]
• Gavin DeGraw
  • Sweeter - Album Including Singles
    • "Not Over You" - No. 1 US Bilboard Adult Pop Songs^[48]
• Maroon 5
  • "Moves like Jagger" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[49]
  • "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" - Single
• Hot Chelle Rae
  • "Tonight Tonight" - No. 1 US Bilboard Adult Pop Songs^[50]
• Beyoncé
  • 4 -Album- Tracks and Singles - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[51]
    • "Run the World (Girls)" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[52]
    • "I Miss You"
    • "Party (featuring André 3000)"
    • "Start Over"
    • "Love on Top" No. 1 US Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Songs ^[53]
    • "Countdown" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[54]
    • "End of Time"
    • "I Was Here"
    • "Dance for You" -Target Exclusive Deluxe Edition
    • "Lay Up Under Me" - Target Exclusive Deluxe Edition
• Selena Gomez & The Scene
  • "Who Says" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[55]
• Tyga
  • "Far Away" - Single 2011
• Björk
  • "Crystalline" (Single Mix)
  • "Cosmogony" (Single Mix)
• Britney Spears
  • Femme Fatale - Album, including singles - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[56]
    • "I Wanna Go" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[57]
    • "Till the World Ends" - No. 3 US Billboard Hot 100^[58]
    • "Hold It Against Me"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[59]
  • Britney - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[60] A number of tracks, including:
    • "I'm a Slave 4 U"
    • "Boys"
  • In the Zone - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[61] A number of tracks, including:
    • "Me Against the Music"
    • "Outrageous"
  • "3" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[62]
  • "Womanizer" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[63]
  • "Circus" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Digital Songs ^[64] No. 3 US Billboboard Hot 100^[65]
  • "Me Against the Music" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[66]

• Pink
  • "Raise Your Glass"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[67]
  • "Fuckin' Perfect"- No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[68]
• Kesha
  • Cannibal - Full Album, including singles
    • "We R Who We R"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[69]
• Usher
  • "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"
• Taio Cruz
  • "Dynamite"- No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[70]
• Train
  • "If It's Love"- No. 1 US Billboard Adult Pop Songs^[71]
• La Roux - Album, including singles
  • "In for the Kill"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[72]
  • "Bulletproof"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[73]
• Kesha
  • Animal - Full Album, including singles - No. 1 US Billboard 200^[74]
    • "Tik Tok"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[75]
    • "Blah Blah Blah"
    • "Your Love Is My Drug"- No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[76]
• Pink
  • "So What" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100 ^[77]
  • "Sober" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Adult Pop Songs ^[78]
  • "Who Knew" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Adult Pop Songs ^[79]
  • "'Cuz I Can"
  • "Please Don't Leave Me"
  • "U + Ur Hand"- No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[80]
• Jason Derulo
  • "In My Head" No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[81]
  • "Ridin' Solo"
• Iyaz
  • "Replay"- No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[82]
• Jay Sean
  • "Down" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[83]
• Miley Cyrus
  • "Party in the U.S.A." - No. 1 US Billboard Pop 100^[84]
  • "The Time Of Our Lives"
• Weezer
  • "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" - No. 2 US Billboard Alternative Songs^[85]
  • "I'm Your Daddy"
  • "Put Me Back Together"
• Flo Rida
  • "Right Round" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[86]
• Lifehouse
  • "Halfway Gone"
  • "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
  • "Falling In"
  • "By Your Side"
• Livvi Franc
  • "Now I'm That Bitch" Single - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[87]
• The Fray
  • "You Found Me" Single - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks^[88]
  • "Absolute"
  • "Never Say Never" Single
• Kelly Clarkson
  • All I Ever Wanted - Full Album, including singles: - No. 1 US Billboard 200 Album Chart ^[89]
    • "My Life Would Suck Without You" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100 ^[90]
    • "Already Gone" - No. 1 Billboard Adult Pop Songs ^[91]
  • Breakaway - Album, including singles:
    • "Since U Been Gone" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop 100 ^[92]
    • "Behind These Hazel Eyes" - No. 2 US Billboard Pop 100 ^[93]
    • "Because Of You" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[94]
    • "Walk Away" - No. 5 US Billboard Pop 100 ^[95]
• Katy Perry
  • "I Kissed a Girl" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100 ^[96]
  • "Hot n Cold" - No. 1 US Billboboard Pop Songs ^[97]
  • "Waking Up in Vegas" - No. 1 US Billboboard Pop Songs ^[98]
• A Fine Frenzy
  • Bomb In A Birdcage - full album
• Kevin Rudolf
  • In the City Album, including singles:
    • "Let It Rock" featuring Lil Wayne - No. 5 US Billboard Hot 100 ^[99]
• Cobra Starship
  • "Good Girls Go Bad"
  • "Hot mess"
• Avril Lavigne
  • "Girlfriend" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[100]
  • "What The Hell"
  • "Here's To Never Growing Up
• Ingrid Michaelson
  • "Parachute"
• The Black Eyed Peas
  • "My Humps" - No. 3 US Billboboard Hot 100
  • "Bebot"
  • "They Don't Want Music" featuring James Brown
  • "Union" featuring Sting
  • "Disco Club"
• Fergie
  • "Fergalicious" featuring will.i.am
• Carrie Underwood
  • "Inside Your Heaven" - No. 1 US Billboboard Hot 100^[101]
  • "Some Hearts"
  • "I Just Can't Live A Lie"
  • "Lessons Learned"
  • "Starts With Goodbye"
• Gym Class Heroes
  • "Cupid's Chokehold" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop Songs^[102]
• Jewel
  • 0304 (Full Album) Including Singles
    • "Intuition" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[103]
    • "Stand" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[104]
• Justin Timberlake
  • "Pose" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • "Damn Girl" (featuring will.i.am)
  • "Boutique In Heaven"
  • "Señorita"
  • "Like I Love You" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play ^[105]
  • "Rock Your Body" - No. 1 US Billboard Pop 100 ^[106]
  • "I'm Lovin' It"
• Ashley Tisdale
  • "So Much for You"
  • "We'll Be Together"
  • "Guilty Pleasure"
• Mark Ronson
  • Here Comes The Fuzz (Full Album)
  • Version (Album) - No. 2 UK Album Top 75 ^[107]
• N.E.R.D.
  • In Search Of... (Full Album)
  • Fly Or Die (Full Album)
• Sugababes
  • "About You Now" - No. 1 UK Singles Top 75 ^[108]
  • "Surprise (Goodbye)"
  • "Open the Door"
• Leona Lewis
  • "Better in Time"
• Musiq Soulchild
  • "Love" - No. 2 US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ^[109]
  • "Teachme" - No. 1 US Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay (13 weeks) ^[110]
• Jill Scott
  • Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1 (Full Album)
  • Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (Full Album) - No. 1 US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ^[111]
  • The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (Full Album)
• Dave Matthews Band
  • Stand Up - No. 1 Billboard Albums Top 100,^[112] No. 1 World Albums Top 40,^[113] Album including singles:
  • "Dreamgirl"
  • "American Baby"
  • "Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)"
• Robbie Williams
  • Rudebox No. 1 UK Albums Top 75 ^[114]
• The Hives
  • "Tick Tick Boom"
  • "Well All Right!"
  • "Won't Be Long"
  • "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S."
• The Virgins
  • "Rich Girls"
• We Are Scientists
  • Brain Thrust Mastery
• Carolina Liar
  • "I'm Not Over" - No. 3 US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks ^[115]
• R. Kelly
  • Double Up (Full Album)
  • "Playa's Only"
  • "Happy Summertime"
  • "Put My T-Shirt On"
  • "Slow Wind"
  • "Remote Control"
  • "Hit It Til The Mornin'"
  • "Thoia Thoing"
  • "Touched A Dream"
  • "Snake"
  • "Been Around The World"
  • "Who's That?
• Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  • Colorblind (Full Album)
• Usher
  • My Way
  • "Here I Stand"
  • "Simple Things"
  • "Bad Girl"
  • "Simple Things"
  • "That's What It's Made For"
  • "Truth Hurts"
• Kenna
  • Make Sure They See My Face (Full Album)
  • New Sacred Cow (Full Album)
• Lenka
  • Lenka
• Fefe Dobson
  • "Ghost"
  • "Stuttering"
• Blackstreet
  • "No Diggity"- No. 1 US Billboard Hot 100^[116]

Grammy Awards & Nominations

Latin Grammy Awards

References

External links

• Serban Ghenea at discogs.com
• AllMusic.com
• Albumcredits.com
• Metric Halo Article
• Serban Ghenea on AAM.com
• Mix Online Article
• EQ magazine Article