Anderson .Paak

CTL-E-5364 · Person · musician · 1986–present

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Brandon Paak Anderson, known as Anderson .Paak, is a singer, rapper, drummer and producer from Oxnard, California, whose music fuses soul, funk, R&B and hip-hop. He worked church drums and odd jobs — including a period of homelessness with his young family — before his 2014 album Venice and a scene-stealing run of features on Dr. Dre's Compton (2015) raised his profile. His 2016 album Malibu earned a GRAMMY nomination, and he followed it with Oxnard (2018) and Ventura (2019), the latter winning Best R&B Album; his single "Bubblin" won Best Rap Performance. A virtuoso live drummer who sings while playing, he also records as half of NxWorries with Knxwledge. In 2021 he joined Bruno Mars as Silk Sonic, and their debut single "Leave the Door Open" became his first Hot 100 number one.

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• Also known as: Brandon Paak Anderson, Breezy Lovejoy

Notes

Statistics: Born February 8, 1986 (Wikipedia); first GRAMMY win, Best Rap Performance for "Bubblin," 2019; Ventura won Best R&B Album and "Come Home" Best R&B Performance, 2020 (Wikipedia); "Leave the Door Open" with Silk Sonic reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 and won four GRAMMY Awards in 2022 (Wikipedia; label copy); Recording Academy artist page counts 9 GRAMMY wins from 15 nominations as of October 15, 2026, per the Recording Academy, including Best Progressive R&B Album for Why Lawd? (with Knxwledge) at the 2025 ceremony. · Curator's Judgment: DRAFT — DRAFT — .Paak is the drummer-singer as bandleader, a one-man rhythm section with a preacher's timing. CTL files him as the live-wire half of Silk Sonic and a carrier of the Oxnard-to-Aftermath lineage. · Photo slot: CLEARED — Wikimedia Commons File:Anderson .Paak (45667986755).jpg, Bruce from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, verified via Commons API 2026-10-15; direct URL https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Anderson_.Paak_%2845667986755%29.jpg/1920px-Anderson_.Paak_%2845667986755%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail; master in packet photos/ as anderson-paak.jpg. · Remediation 2026-10-15: Recording Academy artist page retrieved and added as primary source; record upgraded to Verified.

Relationships

• Bruno Mars — collaborated with
  Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars record together as Silk Sonic; their single "Leave the Door Open" won four GRAMMY Awards in 2022, including Record and Song of the Year.
• Silk Sonic — related to
  Anderson .Paak is one half of Silk Sonic, the duo he formed with Bruno Mars; their joint album An Evening with Silk Sonic was released in 2021.

Sources

• Wikipedia, "Anderson .Paak" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_.Paak
• Atlantic/Aftermath label copy for An Evening with Silk Sonic, reproduced by Beverly Phono Mart — https://www.beverlyphonomart.com/product-page/bruno-mars-anderson-paak-an-evening-with-silk-sonic
• GRAMMY.com (Recording Academy), "Anderson .Paak Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio" — https://www.grammy.com/artists/anderson-paak/19926 (primary source)

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