Andrew Wyatt

Birthplace

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Andrew Wyatt Blakemore (born May 15, 1971) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Manhattan, New York, he began his career playing in New York bands such as The A.M. and Black Beetle. He gained wider notability as the frontman of the Swedish electronic pop band Miike Snow, which released its acclaimed debut album in 2009. Since then, Wyatt has released two other albums with the band and his solo debut, Descender, on Downtown Records in 2013. Wyatt has worked with other artists, writing and/or producing songs with artists including Liam Gallagher, Lady Gaga, Lorde, Bruno Mars and others. Wyatt has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy Award twice as a songwriter. In 2019, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work with Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Anthony Rossomando on "Shallow" from A Star is Born; the same year, the group was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrew Wyatt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.