Josh Cumbee is a Los Angeles-based recording artist, songwriter, engineer & record producer. In addition to multiple international Gold & Platinum record award recognitions for his work, Josh’s accolades include Grammy & Latin Grammy nominations (Best Reggae Album for Sean Paul, and Album of the Year for Natalia Jimenez), Multiple #1 songs in various countries, and a World Dance Music Radio Award nomination as an artist alongside the legendary Armin Van Buuren and recognition from key industry societies such as BUMA NL.
As a songwriter & producer, Cumbee was discovered and mentored by industry legend Toby Gad (“All Of Me” John Legend, “If I Were A Boy” Beyonce,) following a stint of lucrative composition work in music for TV (ABC’s The Bachelor, Extreme Home Makeover & others.) A joint venture with publishing giant BMG catapulted him into the pop arena, and in a short period of time his credits list expanded to include names such as Madonna, Adam Lambert, Kygo, Chris Brown, Mat Kearney, Lindsey Stirling, Take That, Janet Jackson, and many more.
Josh’s success in Asia as a writer/producer has been astronomical, with multiple #1 hits in Korea and China under his belt, Josh has collaborated with k-pop superstars like BoA, NCT, Hyoyeon, Yuri & Taeyeon (#1) from Girls’ Generation, along with c-pop icons Chris Lee, Roy Wang and Cai Xu Kun.The aforementioned stack up to tens of millions of album sales & stream-sale equivalents worldwide.
As an artist, Josh’s debut song ‘Sunny Days’, a collaboration with electronic mega star Armin van Buuren, went to #1 on radio in NL, charted in dozens of countries and has amassed 150Mil+Streams worldwide. Armin invited Josh to tour with him, culminating in a performance for 70k+ people at Untold Music Festival. Josh has performed on TV for over 1m+ audience for Holland’s RTL Late Night, as well as millions of Americans, singing the national anthem live for the LA Dodgers! Cumbee’s solo project is signed to Japanese label & media giant AVEX and will be rolled out in 2020.