Whitney Phillips
American songwriter
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Whitney Phillips is an American singer and songwriter, sometimes credited as Whitney Lauren Phillips. She has co-written songs for various artists, including Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.
Early life
A native of Seattle, Phillips attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.[1]
Career
Songwriter
Phillips's first songwriting credit was as the lyricist for the Stafford Brothers' 2012 song "Hello".[1][2] In 2014, she co-wrote the Stafford Brothers song "This Girl",[3] and "Delirious (Boneless)" from the Steve Aoki album Neon Future I.[4] In 2015, Phillips co-wrote the songs "Black and White" and "Your Body" for the Kylie Minogue and Fernando Garibay EP Kylie and Garibay,[5][6] "Broke" on the Joe Budden album All Love Lost,[7] and "These Are the Days" on the Omi album Me 4 U.[8]
In 2016, Phillips co-wrote "Happiness" on the Needtobreathe album Hard Love,[9] the Cher Lloyd single "Activated",[10] the Steve Aoki single "Can't Go Home",[11] and "Shots Fired" on the Sawyer Fredericks album A Good Storm.[12] In 2017, she co-wrote the Fifth Harmony single "Deliver",[13][14] the Mr. Probz single "Til You Are Loved",[15] and DJ Cassidy's track "Honor".[16] Phillips also co-wrote and performed on the 2017 singles "Out of Love" by Indiia,[17] and "Mutual" by Tom & Collins.[18]
In 2018, Phillips co-wrote two tracks, "Sick of Sittin'" and "Like I Do", on the Christina Aguilera album Liberation.[19][20] She also co-wrote two tracks, "Love Me & Let Me Go" and "Voices in My Head", on the Ashley Tisdale album Symptoms.[21][22] Phillips also composed "Bad Boy" on the Red Velvet album Perfect Velvet,[23][24] "Come Clean" on the Conrad Sewell album Ghosts & Heartaches,[25] and co-wrote the singles "Origami" by Era Istrefi,[26] and "Done" by Nikki Vianna.[27] In 2019, Phillips co-wrote "The Hard Way" on the Celine Dion deluxe album Courage,[1][28] and the Zara Larsson single "Don't Worry Bout Me"[13] She also co-wrote the tracks "Tomboy" and "Strong Ones" on the Destiny Rogers EP Tomboy,[29][30] and "Loner" on the Terror Jr album Unfortunately, Terror Jr.[31]
In 2020, Philips received her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Stuck with U", performed by Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande.[1][32] She also co-wrote the Aksel Kankaanranta song "Looking Back",[33] which was selected to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020,[34] though the contest was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[35] Phillips co-wrote "Kickin' Pushin'" on the Destiny Rogers album Great Escape.[36] In 2021, she co-wrote "Love You Different" on the Justin Bieber album Justice,[37] and co-wrote "I Am" on the Bebe Rexha album Bebe in 2023.[38] In 2024, Phillips co-wrote "Damn Good Country Song" on the Corey Kent album Black Bandana,[39] and the Teddy Swims single "Funeral".[40]
In 2025, Phillips appeared on the Netflix music docu-reality series Hitmakers.[13][41]
Vocalist
As a performer, Phillips was a featured vocalist on "Strike" from the Morgan Page's 2015 album DC to Light,[42] Bobby Green's 2016 single "Lights",[43] the 2016 Far East Movement track "Dubs Up",[44] "Blackout" from Mike Stud's 2016 album These Days,[45] and the 2017 Glenn Morrison single "Cold Day".[46] She also co-wrote and performed on the 2017 tracks "Out of Love" by Indiia,[17] and "Mutual" by Tom & Collins.[18]
Songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Written with | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Hello" | 2012 | Stafford Brothers | Single | Christina Milian, Dwayne Carter, Alex James, Harry Mikael Sommerdahl | [2] |
| "This Girl" | 2014 | Single | T.I., Alex James, Onefeme Ogbene, Eva Simons, Harry Sommerdahl, Chris Stafford, Matthew Stafford | [3] | |
| "Delirious (Boneless)" | Steve Aoki | Neon Future I | Erin Beck, Brian Todd Collins, Lake, Jenson Vaughan, Aid Vllasaliu | [4] | |
| "Black and White" | 2015 | Kylie Minogue Fernando Garibay |
Kylie and Garibay | Kylie Minogue, Orville Burrell, Fernando Garibay | [5] |
| "Your Body" | Minogue, Garibay, Giorgio Moroder, Gary Go, Gino Campagna, Jamie Hartman, Max McElligott | [6] | |||
| "Broke" | Joe Budden | All Love Lost | Joe Budden | [7] | |
| "These Are the Days" | Omi | Me 4 U | Louis Bell, Carl Austin Rosen, Omar Samuel Pasley | [8] | |
| "Happiness" | 2016 | Needtobreathe | Hard Love | Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, Ido Zmishlany | [9] |
| "Activated" | Cher Lloyd | Single | Cher Lloyd, Louis Bell, Soaky Siren | [10] | |
| "Can't Go Home" | Steve Aoki | Single | Alex James, Clarence Coffee Jr., Felix Jaehn, Harry Sommerdahl, Steve Aoki | [11] | |
| "Shots Fired" | Sawyer Fredericks | A Good Storm | Sawyer Fredericks, Jayson Dezuzio | [12] | |
| "Deliver" | 2017 | Fifth Harmony | Single | Jeremy Reeves, Johnathan Yip, Ray McCullough, Ray Romulus, Taylor Parks | [13][14] |
| "Out of Love" | Indiia | Single | Johannes Henriksson, Ousman Sowe, Ozzy Jaquesson Sowe, Richard Andersson | [17] | |
| "Til You Are Loved" | Mr. Probz | Single | Brandon Smith, D.P. Stehr, Dennis Stehr, Isaac John De Boni, Khaled Rohaim, Lewis Hughes, Michael John Mule, Nicholas Audino | [15] | |
| "Honor" | DJ Cassidy | Single | Cassidy Podell, Grace Sewell, Greg Cohen, Miles Parks McCollum | [16] | |
| "Mutual" | Tom & Collins | Single | Jorge Brent Corral, Juan Pablo Escudero, Romain Strugala | [18] | |
| "Sick of Sittin'" | 2018 | Christina Aguilera | Liberation | Christina Aguilera, Brandon P. Anderson, Melvin Henderson, Janne Schaffer | [19] |
| "Like I Do" | Christina Aguilera, Brandon P. Anderson, Sang Hyeon Lee, Jonathan Park, Tayla Parx, D'Anthony Carlos | [20] | |||
| "Love Me & Let Me Go" | Ashley Tisdale | Symptoms | Ashley Tisdale, John Feldmann, Scot Stewart, Dylan Mclean | [21] | |
| "Voices in My Head" | [22] | ||||
| "Bad Boy" | Red Velvet | Perfect Velvet | The Stereotypes, Maxx Song (Command Freaks), Yoo Young-jin | [23][24] | |
| "Come Clean" | Conrad Sewell | Ghosts & Heartaches | Conrad Sewell, Busbee | [25] | |
| "Origami" | Era Istrefi | Single | Era Istrefi, Jarrad Rogers, Jerker Hansson | [26] | |
| "Done" | Nikki Vianna | Single | Bryan Fryzel, Nat Dunn, Nicole Spirito | [27] | |
| "The Hard Way" | 2019 | Celine Dion | Courage | Jessica Karpov, Greg Wells | [1][28] |
| "Don't Worry Bout Me" | Zara Larsson | Single | Zara Larsson, Tove Lo, Rami Yacoub, Linnea Södahl, Jakob Jerlström, Ludvig Söderberg | [13] | |
| "Tomboy" | Destiny Rogers | Tomboy (EP) | Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Ray Charles McCullough II, Destiny Rogers | [29] | |
| "Strong Ones" | [30] | ||||
| "Loner" | Terror Jr | Unfortunately, Terror Jr | Lisa Vitale, David Singer-Vine, Jonathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Charles McCullough II | [31] | |
| "Stuck with U" | 2020 | Justin Bieber Ariana Grande |
Single | Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Freddy Wexler, Gian Stone, Scott Braun, Skyler Stonestreet | [1][32] |
| "Looking Back" | Aksel Kankaanranta | Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry | Joonas Angeria, Connor McDonough, Riley McDonough, Toby McDonough | [33] | |
| "Kickin' Pushin'" | Destiny Rogers | Great Escape | Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Carmen Reece, Ray Charles McCullough II, Bianca "Blush" Atterberry, Destiny Rogers | [36] | |
| "Love You Different" | 2021 | Justin Bieber | Justice | Justin Bieber, Tyshane Thompson, Marcus Lomax, Alexander Izquierdo, Oliver Peterhof, Jordan Douglas | [37] |
| "I Am" | 2023 | Bebe Rexha | Bebe | Bebe Rexha, Joe Janiak, Maya K, Tim Pagnotta, Brian Phillips | [38] |
| "Damn Good Country Song" | 2024 | Corey Kent | Black Bandana | Ben Burgess, Michael Lotten | [39] |
| "Funeral" | Teddy Swims | Single | Jaten Dimsdale, Jon Green, Julian Bunetta, Mikky Ekko | [40] |
Performer credits
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Strike" | 2015 | Morgan Page | DC to Light | [42] |
| "Lights" | 2016 | Bobby Green | Single | [43] |
| "Dubs Up" | Far East Movement | Single | [44] | |
| "Blackout" | Mike Stud | These Days | [45] | |
| "Cold Day" | 2017 | Glenn Morrison | Single | [46] |
| "Out of Love" | Indiia | Single | [17] | |
| "Mutual" | Tom & Collins | Single | [18] |
Accolades
"Hello" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 ARIA Music Awards.[47] "Like I Do" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, held in 2019.[48]