Curtis Peoples is a pop artist and singer/songwriter with a defined understanding of how to create dynamic yet radio friendly music that fans of both rock and pop can enjoy equally.
Curtis’ self titled first album was produced by Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Kate Voegele, Marc Broussard) and featured songs co-written by Curtis and writers such as Ryan Tedder, Tyler Hilton, and Vic Fuentes. The album was released through Galtline label in partnership with The Control Group and Warner Music Group.
Curtis released his second album “The Fight”, which was produced by Steven Solomon (James Arthur “Say You Won’t Let Go”) and busbee (Pink, Marren Morris, Florida Georgia Line, Jon Bellion) and featured songs co-written by busbee , Nathan Chapman, Marshall Altman , Vic Fuentes and Steven Solomon. To promote the album he was featured and performed on NBC’s “Last Call With Carson Daly”. Curtis received 4 LA Music Critic Nominations for his album “The Fight”, of which the song “Afraid” from the album won 2 of. “Afraid” was also featured on MTV’s “Finding Carter”.
Curtis also has found success as a songwriter for other artists. He co-wrote the Gold Certified single “King For A Day” for Fearless Records act Pierce The Veil. The album debuted at number 10 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 2012. He worked on Third Eye Blind’s new album “Dopamine”that was released summer of 2015 and debuted #13 on Billboard. He also co-wrote the Pierce The Veil singles “Circles” (top 40 at Alternative Rock Radio) and “The Divine Zero” from their new album Misadventures which debuted #4 on the Billboard Charts May of 2016. “The Divine Zero” and “Circles” were nominated in back to back years for Best Song at the Alternative Press Awards and the album Misadventures won Album of The Year. Curtis contributed to Third Eye Blind’s EP “We Are Drugs” released October 2016. He also co-wrote the singles “Atlantic” and “Forever Yours” from Fearless Records’ band Grayscale released April 2017.
Curtis recently co-wrote and co-produced the Grayscale sophomore album “Nella Vita” that debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Charts (September ’19). He also worked on the new album “Screamer” by Third Eye Blind (October ’19). He continues to work with new and established artists in a variety of genres, including TRACES, Megan Davies, I The Mighty, Movements, Jake Wesley Rogers, Picturesque, among others.
Curtis is a member of the band Kids In America. The band’s hit single “Summer of Love” was featured on Esquire, Billboard, Sirius XM, and radio. Curtis also has written songs for and co-produced alt rock side projects Pep Squad and Rvrside.
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