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Daniel Leonard Nigro (born May 14, 1982) is an American musician, songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer.[2] He was the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band As Tall As Lions.[3] Nigro has produced, written and co-written songs for singers Kimbra, Kylie Minogue, Carly Rae Jepsen, Caroline Polachek, Lewis Capaldi, Finneas, Olivia Rodrigo, Conan Gray and many others. He won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for producing Rodrigo's Sour album.[4]

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Daniel Nigro[1]
Born	Daniel Leonard Nigro (1982-05-14) May 14, 1982 (age 40) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Musicians, singer, songwriter, record producer
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Emily (m. 2020)
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Indie rock, emo, alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
Formerly of	As Tall As Lions
Musical artist

Early Life

Nigro was raised in Long Island, New York. His father owned an Office Product Manufacturing Company. As a child, he took piano lessons and played in the band. He was an honorary member of Rob Parr, from Ohio.[5] In sixth grade, he learned how to play a guitar and became obsessed with pop music after hearing Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and soon after, he and his friends made their own music video through an attraction at Long's Island Adventureland.[6] At the age of 15, he wanted to become the front-man of his band, despite not having formal vocal training. To improve his singing voice, he started listening to Jeff Buckley for two years trying to sing like him.

Career

As Tall As Lions

Nigro and his high school friends Sean Fitzgerald and Cliff Sarcona formed an indie rock band As Tall As Lions around 1997. During the next few years, the band endured line up changes and experienced artistic roadblocks before taking their present, permanent form with addition of fourth member, Julio Tavarez.[7]

Somewhere in 2002, they released their first EP "Blood Aphorisms" and put it on the internet websites, the band received "calls" from record labels ready to sign them. In 2003, they signed a record deal with Island and Triple Crown Records.[8] All of them decided to drop out from college and pursued their music career as full time members of the band.[9]

In 2004, the band released their debut album "Lafcadio" and set out on a tour in support of their album. Two years later, they released their self-titled sophomore album "As Tall As Lions", then they were headlining a tour from June until September and made their first television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. [10] The band's third album "You Can't Take It with You" took over a year to record and was released in 2009. Their album peaked at number 88 in the Billboard 200 chart. By September 2010, the band split up amicably. Nigro went to work on solo projects, named Blocks.

Songwriting and solo career

Nigro has always expressed his love and passion in writing music. It was between the ages of 14-16 when he started writing his songs. While he was in the band, he talked about the moodiness, nervousness and pressures of writing every record with his bandmates. Sometimes, he would write a song once in two months or when he had sudden inspiration.[11] After the band's split up, he moved to Los Angeles, California and went through a period of soul searching while pursuing a solo career.[12] He became a freelance songwriter and started making commercials for a living. Nigro continued writing songs with his childhood friend Justin Raisen and began working relentlessly for song ideas and recorded demos without success on their first couple of years. Finally, his biggest break came when Sky Ferreira enlisted them for her album. Ferriera's album received critical acclaimed and opened doors for him to work with other singers.[13]

Discography

As Tall As Lions

Album	Release Date	Label	Billboard 200 peak
Lafcadio	May 8, 2004	Triple Crown Records	–
As Tall As Lions	August 8, 2006	Triple Crown Records	–
You Can't Take It with You	August 18, 2009	Triple Crown Records	88

Songwriter and record producer

Key

Indicates songs solely written or produced by Dan Nigro

Year	Artist	Song	Album	Written with	Produced with
2011	Kimbra	"Cameo Lover"	Vows[14]	Kimbra	–
2012	Sky Ferreira	"Lost in My Bedroom”	Ghost EP	Sky Ferreira, Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen	–
2013		"You're Not the One"	Night Time, My Time[15]		–
		"I Blame Myself"		Sky Ferreira, Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen, Jordan Benik	–
		"I Will"		Sky Ferreira, Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen	–
		"Love in Stereo"		Sky Ferreira, Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen	–
2014	Kylie Minogue	"If Only"	Kiss Me Once	Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen	–
		"Golden Boy"			–
	Billy Idol	"Can't Break Me Down"	Kings & Queens of the Underground	Billy Idol, Greg Kurstin	–
	Dillon Francis	"Hurricane" (featuring Lily Elise)	Money Sucks, Friends Rule	Dillon Hart Francis, Leah Hayes, Oliver Goldstein	Dillon Francis, Oligee
2015	Twin Shadow	"When the Lights Turn Out"	Eclipse	George Lewis, Wynne Bennett	–
	Little Boots	"Help Too"	Working Girl	Little Boots	Solee
	Carly Rae Jepsen	"When I Needed You"	E•MO•TION	Carly Rae Jepsen, Ariel Rechtshaid, Nate Campany, Tavish Crowe	Ariel Rechtshaid
	JR JR	"Gone"	JR JR	Joshua Epstein, Mike Higgins, Daniel Zott	–
2016	A-Trak	"Parallel Lines" (featuring Phantogram)	Non-album single	A-Trak, Joshua Carter, Sarah Barthel, Dave 1, Cory Enemy, Mereki	–
	Zella Day	"Man on the Moon"	Man on the Moon / Hunnie Pie	Zella Day Kerr	Sole production
		"Hunnie Pie"
	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	"Walking in My Sleep"	Zombies on Broadway	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Morgan Kibby	–
2017	Lo Moon	"This Is It"	Lo Moon	Matt Lowell	–
		"Thorns"			–
	Lewis Capaldi	"Mercy"	Bloom	Lewis Capaldi	Sole production
2018	Rae Morris	"Physical Form"	Someone Out There	Rae Morris	–
	Finneas O'Connell	"Heaven"	Non-album single	Finneas O'Connell	Finneas O'Connell
	Lo Moon	"Tried to Make You My Own"	Lo Moon	Matt Lowell, Christian Baker	–
		"My Money"		Matt Lowell	–
		"Real Love"			–
		"The Right Thing"		Matt Lowell, Samuel Stewart	–
	Empress Of	"When I'm with Him"	US	Jim-E Stac, Empress Of	Jim-E Stac, Empress Of
	Conan Gray	"Generation Why"	Sunset Season	–	Sole production
		"Crush Culture"		–	Conan Gray
		"Greek God"		–	Sole production
		"Lookalike"		–
	Lo Moon	"For Me, It's You"	Non-album single	Matt Lowell	Matt Lowell
2019	Riverdale Cast	"These Are the Moments I Remember"	Riverdale: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)	Christopher Gabriel	–
	Conan Gray	"The King"	Non-album single	Conan Gray	Solee
	Hey Violet	"Better by Myself"	To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Music from the Netflix Film)	Casey Moreta, Gabe Simon, Rena Lovelis, Nia Lovelis
	Freya Ridings	"Castles"	Freya Ridings	Freya Ridings	Mark Crew, Dan Priddy, Yves Rothman
	Caroline Polachek	"Door"	Pang	Caroline Polachek, James Stack, Daniel Eisner Harle	Caroline Polachek, James Stack, Daniel Eisner Harle(co.)
		"So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings"		Caroline Polachek, Teddy Geiger	Caroline Polachek
		"Look at Me Now"		Caroline Polachek, Daniel Eisner Harle	Caroline Polachek, Daniel Eisner Harle
		"I Give Up"		Caroline Polachek, James Stack	Caroline Polachek, Jim-E Stack, Dan Carey
	Conan Gray	"Checkmate"	Kid Krow	–	Sole production
		"Comfort Crowd"		Conan Gray
		"Maniac"
2020		"Wish You Were Sober"
		"The Cut That Always Bleeds"		–
		"Fight or Flight"		–
		"Affluenza"		Conan Gray
		"(Can We Be Friends?)"		–
		"Heather"		–	Jam City
		"The Story"		–	Sole production
	Lyn Lapid	"Producer Man"	Non-album single	Lyn Lapid
	Chappel Roan	"California"	Non-album single	Kayleigh Rose Amstutz
		"Love Me Anyway"	Non-album single
		"Pink Pony Club"	Non-album single
2021	half•alive	"TIME 2"	Non-album single	Josh Taylor, J. Tyler Johnson, Brett Kramer & Ariel Rechtshaid	–
	Cautious Clay	"Roots"	Deadpan Love	–	Johan Lenox, Jim-E Stack, Cautious Clay
	ROSIE	"100 Headaches"	Non-album single	Rosaileen Scher	–
	Olivia Rodrigo	"Brutal"	Sour	Olivia Rodrigo	Sole production
		"Traitor"
		"Drivers License"
		"1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back"		–	Olivia Rodrigo(co.)
		"Deja Vu"		Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, St. Vincent	Sole production
		"Good 4 U"		Olivia Rodrigo	Alexander 23(co.)
		"Enough for You"		–	Olivia Rodrigo(co.)
		"Happier"		–	Sole production
		"Jealousy, Jealousy"		Olivia Rodrigo, Casey Smith	Jam City(co.)
		"Favorite Crime"		Olivia Rodrigo	Sole production
		"Hope Ur Ok"
	Conan Gray	"People Watching"	Superache	Conan Gray, Julia Michaels
		"Astronomy"		Conan Gray
2022		"Movies"
		"Best Friend"
		"Yours"
		"Jigsaw"
		"Family Line"
		"Footnote"
		"Memories"
		"The Exit"		Conan Gray, Julia Michaels	Ryan Linvill
	Hatchie	"Quicksand"	Giving the World Away	Harriette Pilbeam, Joe Agius	Sole production
	Maisie Peters	"Good Enough"	Non-album single	Maisie Peters

Awards and nominations

Award	Year[lower-alpha 1]	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Category	Result	Ref.
Grammy Awards	2022	Sour	Best Pop Vocal Album - Producer and Engineer	Won	[16][17]
			Album of the Year	Nominated
		"Drivers License"	Record of the Year	Nominated
			Song of the Year	Nominated
ASCAP Pop Music Awards	2022	"Drivers License" (with Rodrigo)	Winning Songwriters and Publishers	Won	[18]
		"Good 4 U" (with Rodrigo, Williams and Farro)		Won
		"Deja Vu" (with Rodrigo, Clark)		Won

Notes

References

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