As the old saying goes, from small things come big things. In the case of mixing engineer Phil Tan, the big thing is a thirty-plus-year career that has yielded 25 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Three Grammy Awards, more than 300 million albums and singles sold in the United States alone, and over 127 billion streams worldwide (as of November 2024).
Throughout his career, per MUSO AI, Phil mixed 25 #1 singles including Coldplay’s “Adventure of a Lifetime” at 2.9 billion streams, Katy Perry’s “Firework” at 2.8 billion streams, Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” at 1 billion streams, Rihanna’s “Only Girl (in the World),” (Grammy for Best Dance Recording) with over 2.4 billion streams, “Diamonds” with nearly 5 billion streams, “We Found Love” with Calvin Harris at 3.4 billion streams and “SOS” with 600 million streams, Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” at 1.2 billion streams, Snoop Dogg “Drop It Like It’s Hot” with over 1 billion streams, Usher’s “My Boo” at 1.1 billion streams “Confessions Part II” at 520 million streams, Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow,” at 1.1 billion streams, Kelis’ “Milkshake,” at 426 million streams, Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign at 4.6 billion streams, Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” at 1.5 billion streams and Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” at 230 million streams. He also worked on albums and singles by Ludacris “Money Maker,” Outkast, TLC, Kris Kross, Toni Braxton, Xscape, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Alessia Cara, Ludacris, among many others.
Previously, Phil mixed NewJeans “OMG” with 750-plus million streams and “Hype Boy” at 608 million streams. England’s Mae Stephens (whose 2023 single “If We Ever Broke Up” was a Top 15 U.K. hit) at 329 million streams. Calum Scott’s “You Are The Reason” is at 2.5 billion streams.
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SHOUTOUT ATLANTA – June 2023
VOYAGE ATL – January 2023
MODERN MIXING – February 2015
SOUND ON SOUND – February 2007
