Charles Moniz
Charles Moniz is a Canadian recording engineer who worked on Bruno Mars's studio albums Unorthodox Jukebox and 24K Magic. Alternatively, he recorded "All I Ask" for Adele's 2015 studio album 25. For his recordings with Mars and Adele, Moniz has won multiple Grammy Awards. Out of his six Grammys, Moniz is a three-time winner of the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and two-time winner of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. He has also received the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Outside of engineering, Moniz played for the Canadian hardcore band Grade and was the bass guitarist for Avril Lavigne from 2002 to 2007.
Early life[edit]
Moniz grew up in Burlington, Ontario and began to play the drums when he was nine years old.[1]
Career[edit]
Moniz began his music career with the Canadian hardcore band Grade and remained with them until 2001.[1] From 2002 to 2007, Moniz was the bass guitarist for Avril Lavigne. In 2010, he continued playing bass guitar for Bruno Mars before becoming Mars's audio engineer.[2] As an engineer, Moniz first worked on Mars's 2012 studio album Unorthodox Jukebox and contributed to "Locked Out of Heaven".[3] In 2015, he recorded the Adele song "All I Ask" for her album 25 and recorded Ronson and Mars' song "Uptown Funk".[4] His latest work with Mars was on his 2016 studio album 24K Magic.[3] In 2021, he worked with Mars and Anderson .Paak on their debut studio album, as Silk Sonic, An Evening with Silk Sonic.[5]
Awards[edit]
During the 58th Annual Grammy Awards held in 2016, Moniz won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Uptown Funk".[6] The following year, Moniz received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2017 for 25 at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.[7] In 2018, Moniz received the Record and Album of the Year awards for 24K Magic. Moniz additionally received the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for the Bruno Mars album during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.[8][9] In 2022, Moniz won Record of the Year for "Leave the Door Open" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.[10]