Andrew Coleman

Andrew "Drew" Coleman (b. September 1968, Torrance, CA <?>) is a distinguished American sound/recording/mixing engineer and producer based in Virginia. Since February 2024, he has been working at Studio Center, Virginia Beach, VA. Coleman studied "Media Communication" at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania and later attended Full Sail University in Florida, graduating in 1995. Drew is particularly renowned for his longstanding, prolific collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's production duo The Neptunes at Hovercraft Studios. Since 1995, Coleman engineered numerous albums and records produced by Pharrell's crew, from Prince/O(+> remixes on The Greatest Romance Ever Sold 1999 maxi-EP and N*E*R*D's debut 2001 album In Search Of... to Snoop Dogg's signature 2004 hit Drop It Like It's Hot and two singles nominated for "Record Of The Year" at Grammys, Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl (2005) and Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines (2013) with T.I. and Pharrell. Drew worked with countless other high-profile artists, including Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, Christina Aguilera, P!NK, Bruno Mars, The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Usher, Ludacris, Little Big Town, and Zac Brown.
Selected GRAMMY Awards
🏆 3× winner
2021: "Best Engineered Non-Classical Album" for Beck's Hyperspace
2015: "Best Urban Contemporary Album" for Pharrell's G I R L
2004: "Best Pop Vocal Album" for Justin Timberlake's Justified
💿 9× "Album Of The Year" nominee
– Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) and Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)
– Ed Sheeran's X (2014)
– Beyoncé's self-titled CD/DVD (2014)
– Pharrell's G I R L (2014)
– Frank Ocean's Channel Orange (2012)
– Mariah Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi (2005)
– Gwen Stefani's Love.Angel.Music.Baby. (2004)
– Justin Timberlake's Justified (2002)