Tyler Johnson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations |
|
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 2012–present |
Tyler Johnson is an American record producer and songwriter based in Nashville and Los Angeles. He won three Grammy Awards out of seven nominations. [1]
Johnson started out as an assistant to producer Jeff Bhasker. [2] [3] On January 19, 2018, he released his debut single as a solo artist, "Give Up On Me". [4] He produced the 2015 album Untamed by country artist Cam, [5] co-writing eight tracks including the singles "Burning House", [6] "Mayday", [7] and "My Mistake". He also produced 10 songs on Cam's 2020 album The Otherside , co-writing 6 of them. [8] [9]
Johnson was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work as an engineer on Taylor Swift's 2012 album Red , and was nominated for a second Grammy for his work as a producer and engineer on Ed Sheeran's 2014 album x . [1] He co-wrote and produced Harry Styles' 2017 debut self-titled solo album, [2] the 2019 follow-up Fine Line , [10] including "Watermelon Sugar", [11] which went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, [12] Styles' third studio album, Harry's House, which won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, and its lead single, "As It Was", which spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the best-selling global single of 2022.
As a writer, producer, and engineer, Johnson has also worked with artists including Keith Urban, Miley Cyrus, John Legend, Diplo, Pink, OneRepublic, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, and Toni Braxton. [3] [13] [4] [14]
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | P!nk | The Truth About Love | "Just Give Me a Reason" feat. Nate Ruess | Engineer |
| Taylor Swift | Red | "Holy Ground" | Engineer | |
| "The Lucky One" | Engineer | |||
| All American Rejects | Flatline EP | Producer | ||
| fun. | Some Nights | Sampling | ||
| 2013 | Miley Cyrus | Bangerz | "Maybe You're Right" | Writer |
| "My Darlin'" feat. Future | Producer | |||
| OneRepublic | Native | "Can't Stop" | Producer, writer | |
| 2015 | Ed Sheeran | x | "Photograph" | Additional production, engineer |
| Cam | Untamed | "Burning House" | Producer, writer | |
| "My Mistake" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Half Broke Heart" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Untamed" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Cold In California" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Want It All" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Hungover On Heartache" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Mayday" | Producer, writer | |||
| Mikky Ekko | Time | "Burning Doves" | Producer | |
| Elle King | Love Stuff | "Ain't Gonna Drown" | Additional production | |
| "Kocaine Karolina" | Engineer | |||
| SonReal | For The Town EP | "Home" | Producer, writer | |
| 2016 | Keith Urban | Ripcord | "Gone Tomorrow (Here Today)" | Producer, writer |
| John Legend | Darkness and Light | "Love You Anyway" | Writer | |
| 2017 | Harry Styles | Harry Styles | "Sign of the Times" | Producer, writer |
| "Meet Me in the Hallway" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Carolina" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Two Ghosts" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Only Angel" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Kiwi" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Ever Since New York" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Woman" | Producer, writer | |||
| "From the Dining Table" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Sweet Creature" | Co-producer | |||
| Sam Smith | The Thrill of It All | "One Last Song" | Producer, writer | |
| "Palace" | Producer, writer | |||
| Cam | The Otherside | "Diane" | Writer, producer | |
| 2018 | Harry Styles | "Medicine" | Writer | |
| 2019 | Maren Morris | Girl | "Shade" | Writer |
| The Head and the Heart | Living Mirage | Producer | ||
| Diplo | "So Long" featuring Cam | Writer | ||
| Harry Styles | Fine Line | "Golden" | Producer, writer | |
| "Watermelon Sugar" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Adore You" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Lights Up" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Cherry" | Producer, writer | |||
| "To Be So Lonely" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Fine Line" | Producer, writer | |||
| "Falling" | Producer | |||
| "She" | Producer | |||
| "Canyon Moon" | Producer | |||
| Meghan Trainor | The Love Train | "I'm Down" | Writer | |
| "After You" | Writer, producer | |||
| 2020 | Brett Eldredge | Sunday Drive | "Where the Heart Is" | Writer |
| Meghan Trainor | Treat Myself | "Evil Twin" | Writer, producer | |
| "Another Opinion" | Writer, producer | |||
| Toni Braxton | Spell My Name | "Saturday Night" | Writer | |
| Cam | The Otherside | "Redwood Tree" | Writer, producer | |
| "The Otherside" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Forgetting You" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Changes" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Till There's Nothing Left" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Like a Movie" | Producer | |||
| "What Goodbye Means" | Producer | |||
| "Happier For You" | Producer | |||
| "Girl Like Me" | Producer | |||
| LANY | Mama's Boy | "Cowboy in LA" | Producer | |
| "Heart Won't Let Me" | Producer | |||
| "If This Is the Last Time" | Producer | |||
| "Good Guys" | Producer | |||
| "Nobody Else" | Producer | |||
| Lennon Stella | Three. Two. One. | "Goodnight" | Producer | |
| Amy Allen | "What a Time to Be Alive" feat. Pink Sweat$ | Writer, producer | ||
| 2022 | Harry Styles | Harry's House | ”As It Was” | Writer, producer |
| "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Grapejuice" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Daylight" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Matilda" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Daydreaming" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Keep Driving" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Satellite" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Boyfriends" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Love of My Life" | Writer, producer | |||
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation | ”Flowers” | Writer, producer |
| "Rose Coloured Lenses" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Thousand Miles (Featuring Brandi Carlile)" | Writer, producer | |||
| "River" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Wildcard" | Writer, producer | |||
| "Wonder Woman" | Writer, producer | |||
– Source: [15]
| Year | Organization | Award | Project | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 56th Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Taylor Swift, Red | Nominated [1] |
| 2015 | 57th Grammy Awards | Ed Sheeran, x | Nominated [1] | |
| 2016 | CMA Awards | Song of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated [16] |
| Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated [16] | ||
| 2016 | ACM Awards | Song of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated [17] |
| Single Record of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated [17] | ||
| 2016 | NSAI Awards | Songs I Wish I'd Written | Cam, "Burning House" | Won [18] |
| 2017 | ACM Awards | Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated [19] |
| 2023 | 65th Grammy Awards | Record of the Year | Harry Styles, "As It Was" | Nominated |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Harry Styles, Harry's House | Won | ||
| Album of the Year | Won | |||
| 2024 | 66th Grammy Awards | Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation | Nominated | |
| Record of the Year | Miley Cyrus, "Flowers" | Won |
Kim Carnes is an American singer and songwriter born and raised in Los Angeles. A veteran writer of many of her own hits, as well as those for numerous other artists, she began her career as a songwriter and performer in the early 1970s, playing in local clubs. She also worked for several years as a session background singer with the famed Waters Sisters, Maxine Waters Willard and Julia Waters Tillman, who were later featured in the acclaimed 2013 documentary, 20 Feet from Stardom). In 1971, after she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, Carnes released her debut album Rest on Me. Released in 1975, Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single "You're a Part of Me," which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', produced by the legendary Jerry Wexler, which featured "Love Comes from Unexpected Places." The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.
Jamey Johnson is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Josh Kear is a multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Christopher Alvin Stapleton is an American country singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born in Kentucky, Stapleton moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1996 to earn an engineering degree from Vanderbilt University, but dropped out to pursue a career in music. Shortly after, he signed a contract with Sea Gayle Music to write and publish his music.
Kevin Paul Kadish is an American songwriter and record producer. He co-wrote, produced, and mixed the 2014 Diamond certified single "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2018, the song was named the 67th Biggest Hot100 Hit of All-Time, by Billboard, seated between The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold" (66) and John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over" (68). The song received two nominations at the 57th Grammy Awards: Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
Luke Robert Laird is an American country music songwriter and producer. He has written over 20 number one Billboard singles, including Carrie Underwood's "So Small", "Temporary Home", and "Undo It"; Blake Shelton's "Gonna"; Sara Evans' "A Little Bit Stronger"; Rodney Atkins's "Take a Back Road"; Eric Church's "Drink in My Hand", "Give Me Back My Hometown", and "Talladega"; Little Big Town's "Pontoon"; Luke Bryan's "I See You" and "Fast"; Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"; Kenny Chesney's "American Kids"; Lady Antebellum's "Downtown"; and Jon Pardi's "Head Over Boots." He has also written and produced songs for Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Toby Keith, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Darius Rucker, and many others.
Harry Edward Styles is an English singer. Known for his influence in popular culture, showmanship, artistry, and philanthropy, he is a subject of widespread public interest with a vast fanbase. Styles is considered to be among the most successful solo artists who have emerged from a band.
Avriel Benjamin Kaplan is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for being the former vocal bass of the a cappella group Pentatonix from 2011 to 2017. As a part of the group, he released five studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over six million albums.
Jesse Vernon Frasure, also known as DJ Telemitry, is an American music publisher, record producer, songwriter, and DJ. He has written 22 number one songs and has cuts with various artists including Chris Stapleton, Marshmello, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, Thomas Rhett, Leon Bridges, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Meghan Trainor, Florida Georgia Line and more.
Camaron Marvel Ochs, known professionally as Cam, is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career as a songwriter and has composed material for several artists including Beyoncé, Sam Smith and Miley Cyrus. In 2010, she released her debut studio album Heartforward on an independent record label. Signing with Sony Music Entertainment, she released her debut major label EP in March 2015, Welcome to Cam Country, followed by the studio album Untamed later that same year. Her third album was The Otherside, released on Triple Tigers in 2020. Her second single "Burning House" is her most commercially successful, peaking at the number two position on Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. Spurred by airplay on The Bobby Bones Show, the song received widespread acclaim, including a Best Country Solo Performance nomination at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and a Triple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
"Burning House" is a song recorded by American country music singer Cam. It was released on June 16, 2015, as the second single from her second album Untamed. Co-written by Cam along with Tyler Johnson and Jeff Bhasker, the song was inspired by a dream that she had about attempting to rescue her boyfriend from a house that was on fire.
Untamed is the debut major-label studio album and second overall album by American country music artist Cam. It was released on December 11, 2015, by Arista and RCA Records. The project was mainly produced by Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson, and Cam.
"Mayday" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Cam for her second studio album Untamed (2015). The song was written with Tyler Johnson, who also produced the track with Jeff Bhasker and Zachary Werner. "Mayday" is a country pop song about a sinking relationship, built around a hook evoking a mayday call. It was released to country radio via Play MPE as the album's third single on January 26, 2016 before officially impacting radio on February 15, 2016.
The discography of American country music artist Cam contains three studio albums, one extended play, nine singles, five music videos, four promotional singles and three additional album appearances. Under her birth name, "Camaron Ochs", she released her debut studio album, Heartforward, in 2010. Shortening her professional name to "Cam", she released an independent single in 2013 titled "Down This Road". The song helped her sign her first recording contract with Arista Records in 2015. Along with the single, "My Mistake", Cam issued the extended play Welcome to Cam Country in early 2015. Among other peak positions, the extended play reached number 31 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
"Lights Up" is a song by English singer-songwriter Harry Styles from his second studio album Fine Line (2019). It was written by Styles alongside its producers Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. Erskine Records and Columbia Records released the song for digital download and streaming on 11 October 2019 as the album's lead single. Musically, "Lights Up" is a pop and R&B song, featuring multilayered guitars, piano, programmed beats, and a gospel choir. Conceived by Styles after a period of self-reflection, the lyrics are about self-discovery and him embracing his own identity.
"Watermelon Sugar" is a song by English singer-songwriter Harry Styles from his second studio album Fine Line (2019), included as the album's second track. Styles wrote the song with Mitch Rowland and the song's producers, Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. They were inspired by the American novel In Watermelon Sugar (1968) by Richard Brautigan. "Watermelon Sugar" is a horn and guitar-driven funk-pop, rock song.
Fine Line is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Harry Styles, released on 13 December 2019 by Erskine and Columbia Records. The album's themes revolve around breakups, happiness, sex and sadness. The record has been described as pop rock, with elements of progressive-pop, psychedelic pop, folk, soul, funk and indie pop. It was primarily written with and produced by frequent collaborator Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon.
The Otherside is the second major-label studio album and third overall album by American country artist Cam. It was released by RCA/Triple Tigers on October 30, 2020, five years after her previous album Untamed.
Mitchell Kristopher Rowland is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as a touring guitarist and for co-writing songs on all three of Harry Styles's solo albums. "Watermelon Sugar", a song he co-wrote with Styles, Tyler Johnson, and Thomas Hull, was nominated for and won Best Pop Solo Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021. Rowland, along with Styles, Johnson, and Hull, also won the Brit Award for Song of the Year for "Watermelon Sugar" at the 2021 Brit Awards.
