Lester Mendez

Lester Mendez is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning record producer, songwriter and composer. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits with Shakira, Jewel, Nelly Furtado, Jessica Simpson, Enrique Iglesias, and others.

Career Starting out professionally as a session musician and programmer, he worked on a variety of music and genres, including Hip hop, Miami bass, Freestyle music, House music / Deep house, World music, Pop music and Latin pop. Mendez's keyboard, programming, arranging, and remixing credits include artists such as: Jimmy Page, David Coverdale, David Byrne, Spice Girls, Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones, PM Dawn, Bee Gees, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Babyface, Martika, Chris de Burgh, Johnny Mathis, Will Smith, Collective Soul, Angélique Kidjo, Byron Stingily, Exposé, Paris by Air, Gloria Estefan, Chynna Phillips, Regina Belle, Gerald Alston, Phyllis Hyman, Jaydee, Haddaway, Deep Forest, Lonnie Gordon, Cerrone, Jimmy "Bo" Horne, Murk (band), Funky Green Dogs, Qkumba Zoo, Wubble-U, Nuclear Valdez, Afro-Rican, Lulu, the seminal freestyle band Will To Power (band), and many others.

His early production / songwriting career saw him working with Chris Blackwell's Island Records artists Grace Jones, Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Dominican-born rapper , and others.

As his career continued to grow as a producer & songwriter, he went on to work with a number of artists, including: Carlos Santana, Jason Mraz, Josh Groban, Dido, Sia, Nelly Furtado, Shakira, Seal, Donna Summer, Anastacia, Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Sean Paul, Jem, Kerli, Oh land, Ladyhawke, Mike Posner, Sam Sparro, Mr Little Jeans, Adam Lambert, PlayRadioPlay!, Tarkan, Mark Feehily, Skylar Stecker, Rittz, She Is We, Leigh Nash and others. Most recently, he founded a project called Gemini Rising, in which he writes and produces all the music. Fellow collaborators on the project are Fiora (musician) and Tensnake. He also produced and co-wrote all 10 songs on the debut album by Claude Fontaine, a project he co-developed and co-conceived with Claude. The album was released on Innovative Leisure Records in the spring of 2019. In 2024, Claude Fontaine released her follow up to her debut, entitled "La Mer" on Innovative Leisure Records. It was entirely produced, arranged and co-written by him. Also in 2024, he co-wrote on Niko Rubio's "Mar y Tierra" EP, and produced and arranged the entire EP. In 2025, he continues his work with Niko Rubio, producing and co-writing the singles "Ring, Ring" and "Quisiera Saber".

Awards Award Year Category Work Result Grammy Awards 2006 Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 Latin Grammy Awards 2006 Album of the Year Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 Best Female Pop Vocal Album Record of the Year "La Tortura" 2011 Album of the Year Sale el Sol

Discography (select) ArtistSongAlbumProducerCo-Writer Niko Rubio Mine Sunday Girl EP × Niko Rubio Savior Complex Sunday Girl EP × Niko Rubio Pink Starburst Sunday Girl EP × Niko Rubio Baby Ring Ring EP × × Niko Rubio No Lo Volvere Hacer Ring Ring EP × Niko Rubio Quisiera Saber Ring Ring EP × × Niko Rubio Ring Ring Ring Ring EP × ×Claude FontaineVaqueiro La Mer××Love The Way You Love ××Green Ivy Tapestry××Laissez-Moi L'aimer××Concho Do Mar××Lovers Vow××Camacari××Small Hours××Reliquia××Marmalade Haze××Kissing The Sun××Chuva De Verao×× Niko Rubio Feliz Por Conocerte Mar y Tierra EP × Niko Rubio 30 Mil Pies Mar y Tierra EP × × Niko Rubio Sirena (feat. Cuco) Mar y Tierra EP × × Niko Rubio Besito Mar y Tierra EP × × Loyal Lobos Una Bitch Single Co-Producer Loyal Lobos Pienso En Ti Single Co-Producer Loyal Lobos Si Tu No Esta Aqui Single Co-Producer Haley Reinhart Off The Ground Off The Ground - Single

× Tensnake Nightshift (feat. Fiora) L.A. Co-Producer × Coco Morier After HoursAfter Hours - Single × ×Gemini RisingBest Case Life Best Case Life××Speed Of Sound ××Sunrise Boulevard××Just Because××After The Rain××Orbit××Morph××Stars Come To An End××Close Enough To Breathe××The Future ××Tangy××Nightsky ××Let It Go By××Claude FontaineCry For Another Claude Fontaine××Hot Tears ××Little Sister××Love Street××Play By Play××Pretending He Was You××I'll Play The Fool××Strings Of Your Guitar××Footprints In The Sand××Our Last Goodbye×× Josh Groban Musica Del Corazon Bridges × × Delhia De France Waterfalls Moirai EP Co-Producer × Tensnake Hello? Hello - Single Co-Producer ×Gemini Rising Best Case Life Gemini Rising-EP××Sunrise Boulevard ××Stellaris ××Better Days ××SvalaPaperEurovision Song Contest 2017××Skylar SteckerEverlasting This is me××KerliFeral HeartsDeepest Roots××Walking on Air Love is Dead××Hurt Me ××She is WeBlue War××Marcus FeehilyFind My Way Fire××Coco MorierNo Pressure Dreamer××Dreamer ××World on Fire××No Stranger(To Love)××Walking In Our Sleep××All Cats Are Grey××Blood Moon××DidoStonedLife For Rent×Just Say YesGirl Who Got Away×SantanaSaideira feat. Samuel RosaCorazón×La Flaca feat. Juanes×Mal Bicho feat. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs×Iron Lion Zion feat. Ziggy Marley & ChocQuibTown×Una Noche en Nápoles feat. Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad×Margarita feat. Romeo Santos×Feel It Coming Back feat. Diego Torres×Amor Correspondido feat. Diego Torres×Cry Baby Cry feat. Joss Stone & Sean PaulAll That I Am××Brown Skin Girl feat. Bo Bice×I Am Somebody feat. Will.I.AM×Amore (Sexo) feat. Macy GrayShaman××Satellite feat. Marc Anthony××Why Don't You & I feat. Chad Kroeger×You Are My Kind feat. Seal×ShakiraAntes De Las Seis Sale El Sol××Lo Que Más×Illegal feat. Carlos Santana Oral Fixation, Vol.2××Don't Bother×How Do You Do×Dreams For Plans×Your Embrace×Costume For A Clown×Timor×La Tortura feat Alejandro SanzFijación Oral, Vol.1×La Pared××No feat Gustavo Cerati××Obtener Un Si××Escondite Inglés×Las de la Intuición×Dia De Enero×Lo Imprescindible××Underneath Your ClothesLaundry Service××Objection (Tango)××Rules××Ready For The Good Times××The One×Fool×Te Dejo Madrid×Octavo DíaDónde Están los Ladrones?××Ciega, Sordomuda×Tú×Moscas En La Casa×Que Vuelvas×Sean PaulCry Baby Cry feat. Joss Stone & Sean PaulThe Trinity××Nelly FurtadoMásMi Plan××Como Lluvia feat. Juan Luis Guerra××Silencio feat. Josh Groban ××Vacación××Te Busqué feat. JuanesLoose××Undercover××What I Wanted××For Sure××Nelly FurtadoStarsThe Best of Nelly Furtado××Enrique Iglesias Sad EyesEnrique×Enrique Iglesias "Quizás" (Enrique Iglesias song)Quizás××Para Qué la Vida××Mentiroso×Josh GrobanUn Alma Mas feat Arturo SandovalAll That Echoes××E Ti Prometerro feat Laura Pausini××False Alarms×Voce Existe Em MiIlluminations×Sam Sparro Return To ParadiseReturn To Paradise××Adam LambertBroken EnglishTrespassing××Shady feat Nile Rodgers & Sam Sparro××Donna Summer Be Myself AgainCrayons××PlayRadioPlay!Loco MotionTexas×Madi×Pirate & Princess×See U Soon×Tooth Decay×Attendance×Texas×Jason Mraz Mr.CuriosityMr. A–Z×Madi DiazGhost RiderPhantom××JewelForever and a Day (Always)Lullaby× Jewel Drive To You Goodbye Alice In Wonderland

× Stand 0304 × × Run 2 U × × Intuition × × Leave The Lights On × × 2 Find You × × Fragile Heart × Doin' Fine × × 2 Become 1 × Haunted × × Sweet Temptation × Yes U Can × U & Me=Love × × America × × Becoming × ×RittzSwitch Lanes feat Mike PosnerThe Life and Times of Jonny Valiant××Oh landHelicopterOh land××LadyhawkeHumanAnxiety×Mr Little JeansBack To YouPocketknife××Far From Home×× Katie Noonan Sweet One feat. Sia Emperor's Box

×LamyaBlack Mona Lisa - Single Mix Learning from Falling×AnastaciaYou'll Be FineHeavy Rotation××Naughty××Same Song×All Fall Down×The Way I See It×Wyclef Jean Three Nights In Rio feat. Carlos SantanaThe Preacher's Son×MýaDo You Only Want To DanceDirty Dancing : Havana Nights ××JemIt's AmazingDown To Earth××I Want You To××I Always Knew××On Top OF The World××Once in Every LifetimeEragon ××Jeffree Star Get PhysicalBeauty Killer××Gorgeous ××Kiss it BetterSingle ××Jessica Simpson A Public AffairA Public Affair××The Lover In Me×Let Him Fly×Paulina Rubio Algo De TiGran City Pop×A Contra Luz×Escaleras De Arena×Angelique KidjoFifaFifa×Akwaba×Baaba MaalYele ( Hamady Bogle)Single ×