Melanie Fontana

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Melanie Fontana
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Melanie Fontana in 2017
Background information
Birth nameMelanie Joy Fontana
Born (1986-10-03) October 3, 1986 (age 37)
Newington, Connecticut, US
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2011–present

Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986) [1] is an American singer, composer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group.

Contents

Early life

Fontana was born in Newington, Connecticut. [2] She moved to New York City when she was 18, after spending seven years commuting to Manhattan, where she would audition for singing roles and work as a demo singer, recording songs for writers to pitch to record companies. [1]

Career

Fontana co-wrote the 2011 Justin Bieber song "Home This Christmas" with Nasri Atweh. It was featured on Bieber's Christmas album Under the Mistletoe . [3] Also in 2011, Fontana co-wrote the original theme song to Shelter Me, a PBS show, hosted by Katherine Heigl that celebrated the human-animal bond. The series focuses on shelter animal success stories. The theme song, "Love is Everything (Shelter Me)," was written by Austin Bis, Fontana and Daniel Walker, and performed by Fontana. [4] In 2014, she co-wrote the song "Hit Me Up" with Lars Hustoft and Jon Asher for Eurovision Song Contest competitor Charlie Tepstad of Norway. [5]

On April 5, 2013, the song "Nothing Really Matters" by tyDi, which Fontana was featured on and was co-written by STIX of Fly Panda, debuted on Billboard . [6] [7] It reached number 39 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2013. [8] Also in 2013, Fontana worked as a songwriting consultant on Norway's Idol television show, co-writing Astrid S's single "Shattered", which went Gold in Scandinavia. [9] In 2015, Fontana, alongside tyDi, topped the Mediabase dance charts at Number 1 with their EDM track "Redefined", co-written by Priya J. Geddis. [7] The song was Sirius XM's top song of 2015 on its BPM station. She also collaborated with tyDi and Col3man on the 2017 single "That's How You Know". [10]

In 2016, Britney Spears released the Japanese edition of her album Glory , including a song written by Fontana with Jon Asher and produced by DJ Mustard, titled "Mood Ring". [11] Fontana had three Top 10 singles stemming from the Korean Mnet TV show Produce 101 : "Crush", "Yum Yum" and "Fingertips". On April 1, 2016, Aaron Carter released "Fools Gold" which was co-written by Fontana, Carter, Asher, Taylor Hegelson and Michel "Lindgren" Schulz. Fontana co-wrote all five tracks on Carter's 2017 comeback EP LøVë . [11] [12] On October 7, 2016, Daya released Sit Still, Look Pretty , which included two songs penned by Fontana, "Words" and "All Right". [13] She co-wrote The Chainsmokers single "Setting Fires", released in November 2016, [14] and the BTS single "Euphoria", released in April 2018, [15] which reached number 2 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. [16] She and her husband Michel "Lindgren" Schulz helped write the 2019 BTS single "Boy with Luv" featuring Halsey, which was the fastest YouTube video to reach 100 million views (doing it in under two days). [17] [18] Fontana is managed by Justin Garza. [19]

Production credits

YearArtistAlbumSong
2011 Justin Bieber ft. The Band Perry Under the Mistletoe "Home This Christmas"
2013 Astrid S "Shattered"
Sverre Eide"Chain Reaction"
Eirik Søfteland"Lust or Love"
Girls' Generation Girls & Peace "Stay Girls"
Becky Gyu"Gyu"
2014Steffen JakobsenSix String Love Affair"Set in Stone"
Alex Marshall"Si Je Pars"
Charlie"Hit Me Up"
f(x) Red Light "Boom, Bang, Boom"
Koda Kumi Walk of My Life "Dance In The Rain"
Andreas Varady Andreas Varady "Don't Stop the Music"
Constant Flow ft. Immortal Technique "Moment Of Peace" [20]
Thomas Newson & Otto Orlandi "Bells At Midnight" [21]
2015 Shawn Hook Analog Love"Relapse"
Edurne Adrenalina"One Shot"
Lace Up"Dripping Gold"
2016 I.O.I Chrysalis "Crush"
Produce 101 "Fingertips" [22]
"Yum Yum"
AOA Runway "Cherry Pop"
Fiestar "Apple Pie"[ citation needed ]
Tiffany Hwang I Just Wanna Dance "Yellow Light" [23]
Los 5 Meet Los Five"Do For Love" [24]
Britney Spears Glory "Mood Ring"
The Chainsmokers Collage "Setting Fires"
Daya Sit Still, Look Pretty "Words"
"All Right"
Hyolyn feat. Jay Park It's Me"One Step"
Hatty Keane "In Your Arms"
Sammi Sanchez "Girls Talk"
"Deeper"
2017 Aaron Carter LøVë "Fool's Gold" [25]
"Let Me Let You"
"Sooner of Later"
"Same Way"
"Dearly Departed"
"Don't Say Goodbye"
Minzy Minzy Work 01: Uno"Ni Na No" [26]
"Superwoman" [26]
RaNia Refresh 7th"Breathe Heavy"
Kayef"Paradies"
"Wir Sind Okay"
Fabian Mazur ft. Dia Frampton "Young Once"
Melody Day Kiss On the Lips"Kiss On the Lips"
R3hab ft. Krewella "Ain't That Why"
ILLENIUM ft. Dia Frampton Awake "Needed You"
2018Kayef"Irgendwann Jetzt"
BTS Love Yourself: Answer "Euphoria"
AOA Bingle Bangle "Parfait"
Topic ft. Juan Magan & Lena "Sólo Contigo"
Felix Sandman EMOTIONS"TONE IT DOWN"
Drake Bell "Fuego Lento"
Loren Gray "Kick You Out"
DeathbyRomy Monsters"No More"
2019DeathbyRomyLove u - to Death"Diamond Tears"
"Problems"
"Love U to Death"
"Sleep at Night"
TXT The Dream Chapter: Star "어느날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)"
"Cat & Dog"
The Dream Chapter: Magic "Angel Or Devil"
"9와 4분의 3 승강장에서 너를 기다려 (Run Away)"
"Can't We Just Leave the Monster Alive?"
BETWEEN FRIENDS"affection"
"u can still come over"
Everglow Arrival of EVERGLOW "Bon Bon Chocolat"
Hush"Hush"
BTS Map of the Soul: Persona "Boy with Luv"
"Mikrokosmos"
Twice Feel Special "Trick It"
Hyolyn "니가 더 잘 알잖아(youknowbetter)"
Jay Ulloa"Perdóname"
Brian Justin Crum "I & U"
Gavin HaleyLong Game"Show Me"
Jakob Delgado"Lie"
Wengie "Empire" (featuring Minnie of (G)I-dle)
2020 Little Glee Monster Bright New World"SPIN"
"move on"
BTS Map of the Soul: 7 "On" (featuring Sia)
Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia "Good In Bed"
Secret Number Who Dis?"Who Dis?"
Hyolyn Say My Name "Say My Name"
CLC Helicopter "Helicopter"
"Helicopter - English Version"
Everglow -77.82X-78.29 "No Good Reason"
Blackpink The Album "Bet You Wanna" (featuring Cardi B)
Twice Eyes Wide Open "I Can't Stop Me"
Enhypen Border: Day One "Given-Taken"
Twice "Cry for Me"
2021 Dove Cameron "LazyBaby"
Enhypen Border: Carnival "Drunk-Dazed"
Everglow Last Melody "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
TXT The Chaos Chapter: Freeze "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" (featuring Seori)
Loona [&] "Dance On My Own"
Sunmi 1/6 "You Can't Sit with Us"
Twice Formula of Love: O+T=<3 "Scientist"
"Icon"
2022 Tomorrow X Together Minisode 2: Thursday's Child "Good Boy Gone Bad"
Seventeen Face the Sun "Don Quixote"
BTS Proof "Run BTS"
fromis 9 From Our Memento Box "Blind Letter"
J-Hope Jack in the Box "Equal Sign"
Seventeen Sector 17 "_World"
Hyolyn IceAH YEAH
Twice Between 1&2 "Brave"
2023 Ready to Be "Set Me Free"
Jihyo Zone "Killin' Me Good"
"Talkin' About It" (featuring 24kGoldn)
Blackpink "The Girls"
(G)I-dle Heat"I Want That"
2024 Twice With YOU-th "One Spark"
"Bloom"

Discography

YearArtistAlbumSongCredit
2012Melanie FontanaShelter Me Season 1 theme"Love Is Everything (Shelter Me)" [27] Writer, vocals
Rod Stewart Merry Christmas, Baby Choir/backing vocals
2013 Rhema Soul ft. Gawvi "Party, Sleep, Repeat"Writer, vocals
tyDi ft. Melanie Fontana"Nothing Really Matters" [28] Writer, vocals
2014tyDi ft. Melanie FontanaRedefined"Redefined" [29] Writer, vocals
Krysta Youngs ft. Laganja Estranja "Gold Grill BBQ" [30] Writer, backing vocals
John Dahlbäck "Fireflies"Writer, vocals
2015DayaDayaBacking vocals
2016 Simple Plan Taking One for the Team Backing vocals
Burak Yeter "Go"Writer, vocals
"Go 2.0"Writer, vocals
Feider, Dzasko & Melanie FontanaProtocol Presents Miami 2016"Crashed"Writer, vocals
2017 Otto Orlandi & ManyFew ft. Melanie Fontana"Don't Miss You" [31] Writer, vocals
tyDi with Col3man ft. Melanie Fontana"That's How You Know"Writer, vocals
John DahlbäckColor In My Heart"Catch Me If You Can"Writer, vocals
Otto Orlandi ft. Melanie Fontana"Seven Days" [32] Writer, vocals
2019 Jason Ross ft. Melanie Fontana1000 Faces"Shelter" [33] Writer, vocals
2020 ARMNHMR ft. Melanie FontanaThe Free World"Forever Young" [34] Writer, vocals
2021Serhat Durmus ft. Melanie FontanaArres"Arres" [35] Writer, vocals

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