lawrence was first widely recognized in 2010 when he received five nominations at that year's grammy awards, including his first nomination for producer of the year, non-classical. between 2010 and 2012 he received ten grammy nominations, and in 2013 won his first grammy award with bruno mars for “best pop vocal album” for "unorthodox jukebox". in the same year, he also released his own solo album, "letters i never sent". he followed by participating in the second-largest viewed super bowl halftime show performing with the red hot chili peppers, receiving 115.3 million viewers. he returned again to the super bowl in 2016, performing parallel to lady gaga, beyoncé and coldplay for another halftime show performance. along with composing and producing hits for bruno mars, lawrence has produced or composed for adele, flo rida, lil wayne, wiz khalifa, ceelo green and others.