Sterling Fox

Sterling Fox
Background information
Also known as	Brandon Lowry, Baby FuzZ
Born	(1983-11-02) November 2, 1983
Origin	Stoystown, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter musician Recording artist
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Silver Scream Records, Blanket Fort

Brandon Lowry (born November 2, 1983), better known by his stage name Sterling Fox is a songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He has written and produced multiple #1 songs and his works have gone on to sell over 16 million units since 2011.

Life and Times

Brandon Lowry grew up in the rural village of Stoystown, Pennsylvania. In his early years, Brandon studied piano and experimented with bootleg tape recording. His father worked in a factory and coal plant to support the family. After high school, Lowry studied music technology, recording, and classical piano at Duquesne University. He graduated college, and after an early stint as a cruise ship pianist, Sterling's musical career came to fruition in 2007 after moving to New York City. He quickly came into demand as a session player, songwriter, and music producer. In 2008, he co-founded a music production team Robopop with Daniel Omelio. Soon after, Robopop went on to cowrite and coproduce "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes, featuring Adam Levine. The record was certified 3x platinum in the United States, 3x platinum in Australia and 2x platinum in Canada and reached #1 on the Billboard US Pop Songs Chart.

After the success of "Stereo Hearts", Robopop coproduced the song "Video Games", the first breakout release from artist Lana Del Rey. "Video Games" was a huge success and its album Born to Die has gone on to sell over 5,000,000 units worldwide. Lowry also played the piano part on the recording and was credited as a mixing engineer. After "Video Games" and a legal dispute with Del Rey's management team and label, Lowry split off from Robopop and reemerged under the pseudonym Sterling Fox.

In 2013, Sterling cowrote the dance crossover hit "Take Me Home" by Cash Cash, which was certified gold in the US and reach #5 in the UK. In 2014, Sterling produced and cowrote the #1 iTunes hit single "Wasted Love" for The Voice Season 7 finalist Matt McAndrew. It sold 100,000 copies the first night of its release and reached #1 on the iTunes singles chart.

As Sterling Fox, he has worked on a number of electronic collaborations, including cowriting and singing the song "Shame on Me" from Avicii's album True and also writing and singing the song "Talk to Myself" from Avicii's 2nd album Stories.

In 2015, he cowrote the Adam Lambert single Ghost Town with Max Martin, which would go on to become certified Gold in the US. He also added the whistle part to the hook. According to Fox, lyrical inspiration and subtext for the song was a veiled reference to his own inability to come to terms with being a ghost writer for other people's songs.

Fox would also contribute writing to Where the Devil Don't Go for Elle King's album Love Stuff, which became one of the top selling Rock albums of the year. In 2016, it was featured in the Season 4 theatrical trailer for Orange is the New Black.

In 2016, he cowrote "Man on the Moon" and "If I'm Dancing" on the Britney Spears album Glory and additionally added guitar and background vocals on "Man on the Moon".

Over his career, he has written songs with the likes of Madonna, Max Martin, Julia Michaels, and others, and his works have been performed live by the likes of Queen, One Direction, and Maroon 5.

In 2017 Fox performed at SXSW and was subsequently threatened with arrest by festival coordinators and banned from the festival for using a large collage of corporate logos as his stage backdrop and street performing throughout the city using it.

Immediately after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President, Sterling Fox moved to Montreal, Canada, in protest of misogynistic, racist, and anti-environmental action, rhetoric, and policies of the US federal governmnet. Fox is currently still writing songs for others, running a small indie label Blanket Fort, and also releasing his own songs under the moniker Baby FuzZ.

Discography

Year	Artist(s)	Song	Album	Singer	Songwriter	Producer	Mixing Engineer	Charts and Certifications
2011	Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine	Stereo Hearts	The Papercut Chronicles II		Y	Y		4x Platinum, #1 at US Top 40 Radio, #1 US Pop Songs
	Alex Winston	Fingers and Toes	Sister Wife EP		Y
	Dazzled Kid	The Day of My Escape	Fire Needs Air		Y			#14 Netherlands
	Marlon Roudette	City Like This	Matter Fixed			Y		#6 Album Germany
	Justin Nozuka feat. India Arie	Heartless				Y	Y
2012	Lana Del Rey	Video Games	Born to Die			Y	Y	5x Platinum Album, #1 in the UK
	Niia	BTSTU				Y	Y	#1 on Hype Machine
	Outasight	I'll Drink to That	Nights Like These		Y	Y
2013	Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha	Take Me Home			Y			#2 US Dance, #5 UK Singles, Certified Gold
	Avicii feat. Sterling Fox and Audra Mae	Shame on Me	True	Y	Y			#1 Australia and Sweden, #2 UK, #5 US, Gold Record
	Sterling Fox	Ghost		Y	Y	Y
2014	Kylie Minogue	Chasing Ghosts	Sleepwalker (EP)		Y
	Tiesto feat. Cruikshank	Footprints	A Town Called Paradise		Y			#2 US Dance, #7 US Digital Albums
	Lindsey Stirling	Roundtable Rival	Shatter Me		Y			#1 Billboard Classical, #1 Billboard Dance, #1 US Independent Albums, #1 iTunes albums, Certified Gold
	Lindsey Stirling	Ascendance	Shatter Me		Y			#1 Billboard Classical, #1 Billboard Dance, #1 US Independent Albums, #1 iTunes albums, Certified Gold
	Tritonal and Paris Blohm feat. Sterling Fox	Colors		Y	Y			#1 Beatport
	Sterling Fox	Holy		Y	Y	Y
	Boyz II Men	What Happens in Vegas	Collide		Y			#6 US R&B/Hip-Hop, #2 on Childhood Dreams Chart
	Matt McAndrew	Wasted Love			Y	Y		#1 iTunes single, #14 Billboard Hot 100
2015	Elle King	Where the Devil Don't Go	Love Stuff		Y			#27 Billboard Albums
	Sterling Fox	Freak Caroline		Y	Y	Y	Y	remix #1 on Hype Machine
	Adam Lambert	Ghost Town	The Original High		Y			#3 Billboard 200, #2 Australia singles
	Adam Lambert	Evil in the Night	The Original High		Y			#3 Billboard 200
	Adam Lambert	Another Lonely Night	The Original High		Y			#3 Billboard 200
	Cazzette	Dancing With Your Ghost	Desserts	Y	Y
	Doe Paoro	Growth/Decay	After		Y
	Avicii ft. Sterling Fox	Talk to Myself	Stories	Y	Y			#1 Billboard Dance/Electronic Album
	Panama Wedding	Halfway to Heaven	Into Focus		Y
	Sterling Fox and Samantha Ronson	Angry Sons		Y	Y	Y
2016	Britney Spears	Man on the Moon	Glory		Y			#3 Billboard Album
Britney Spears	If I'm Dancing	Glory		Y			#3 Billboard Album
Clams Casino feat. A$AP Rocky and Lil B	Be Somebody	32 Levels	Y
Almand feat. PG-13	Don't Manipulate			Y	Y	Y
2017	Starling	No Rest For the Wicked	The Body		Y
	Youn Sun Nah	Traveller	She Moves On		Y			#21 France
	Loreen	Dreams	Ride		Y			#31 Sweden
	Baby FuzZ	Cig		Y	Y	Y

References

• "Robopop: Producing Lana Del Rey's 'Videogames'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
• "Lana Del Rey's Hit "Video Games" – Arranged and Mixed in Ableton Live". Ableton. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
• "Sterling Fox Discography". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• "EDM Superstar Avicii Made a Kazoo-Heavy Kinda-Country Record With 'True,' It's Awesome". spin.com. Retrieved September 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• "Silver Scream Records". http://www.silverscreamrecords.com. Retrieved November 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
• "Stoystown native's song hits No. 1 after debut on 'The Voice'". dailyamerican.com. Retrieved December 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)