Rob Lewis (music director)

Robert Lyndel Lewis (born March 17, 1976) is an American music director, composer, arranger, producer, and public speaker. Lewis speaks on the role of artificial intelligence in the creative process, delivering a TEDx talk on the subject and has appeared at Google and Microsoft conferences as a speaker.

Lewis has served as music director and arranger for Christina Aguilera (for over 20 years). He collaborated with songwriter and producer Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (20 years)., as well as music director for New Kids on the Block (10 years), and Toni Braxton (13 years). Lewis' touring and music direction credits include work with Backstreet Boys, TLC, Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees, Fifth Harmony, The Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger, Leona Lewis, Jessica Simpson, Brian McKnight, Eric Benet, Deborah Cox, Fantasia, Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys, and Loren Allred.

Lewis' arrangements and productions have been featured on televised events: the Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, People's Choice Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards. The venues those shows were at, include the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, the O2 Arena, and Wembley Stadium.

Lewis appeared for three seasons as an on-air personality and music director for the morning show Big Morning Buzz Live with host Nick Lachey on VH1, and has been featured on the reality TV shows Wahlburgers, Donnie Loves Jenny, and Braxton Family Values, He was a vocal coach and judge for two seasons of MTV's Making the Band, and as music supervisor and recurring music producer on the syndicated daytime talk show Steve. He also worked as music supervisor and on-camera music director for Nickelodeon's music competition show America's Most Musical Family.

Lewis has contributed as an arranger and producer to projects by Babyface, Anderson Paak, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Christina Aguilera, and Diddy. Lewis served as music supervisor and principal arranger for Aguilera's Las Vegas residency show The Xperience, as her principal arranger for her shows at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic, and served as music director for her Liberation Tour. Lewis is also a musician at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and his work with comedians include his role as musical sidekick and composer on the WNYC podcast "Late Night Whenever" with actress and comedian Michelle Buteau (which Time dubbed as one of the "Best Podcasts of 2018"). and his feature as a musician and composer in the Netflix original special "Bumping Mics" with comedians Jeff Ross and Dave Attell. Additionally, Lewis is a co-writer of Anderson Paak's single "Tints", featuring Kendrick Lamar, from his album Oxnard, produced by Om'Mas Keith and Dr. Dre. In 2023, Lewis performed on the MTV Video Music Awards with Shakira, and performed several shows on the road with Alicia Keys, including two shows headlining the Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 Arena, and at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Lewis serves as guest faculty at Carnegie Hall’s social impact program "The B-Side", where he also delivered the keynote address, and was previously honored as an Artist-In-Residence at Berklee College of Music in Boston for five years, where he developed original programming and mentored young musicians across disciplines. In addition to his academic roles, Lewis has spoken at TEDx, Google, Microsoft, and other global platforms about the future of creative collaboration, AI, and artistic empowerment.