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Martin Bennett Johnson (born September 9, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the frontman of the bands Boys Like Girls and the Night Game.

Martin Johnson
Johnson in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Martin Bennett Johnson
Born	(1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 36) Andover, Massachusetts
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock pop punk emo
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	2005–present
Spouse(s)	Naomi Johnson
Website	martinjohnsonmusic.com

He has written and produced for various artists, including Avril Lavigne, Daughtry, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, Gavin Degraw, and Hot Chelle Rae. Johnson is credited with having several RIAA-certified multi-platinum songs ("The Other Side", "Here's to Never Growing Up", "Two Is Better Than One" (with Taylor Swift), "Love Drunk", "The Great Escape," "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home"). Songs he has written have sold over 10 million copies and he has had nine top 40 charting singles.[1]

Personal life

Martin Johnson was born in Andover, Massachusetts on September 9, 1985 and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is of English descent.[2] He is married to singer-songwriter Naomi Cooke of the American country music group Runaway June.[3]

Career

Boys Like Girls

Johnson is the lead singer and plays guitar for the band Boys Like Girls. The band, which consists of Johnson, Paul DiGiovanni, John Keefe, and Morgan Dorr (as of 2011) was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 2005. Since releasing their debut album in 2006, the band has sold over a million albums and has accumulated over one hundred twenty million plays for their music on MySpace.[4] Johnson produced the band's latest record, Crazy World. The group is currently on hiatus and Johnson has stated the band hasn't broken up and may continue writing and recording [5]

The Night Game

Johnson currently helms the new wave band The Night Game. The band released two singles in 2017, "The Outfield" and "Once In A Lifetime", and toured as an opening act with John Mayer. They also collaborated with Kygo on the song "Kids In Love". On February 1, 2018, The Night Game released a version of "Kids In Love" without Kygo and announced plans for a tour.

Songwriting

Johnson co-wrote, with Taylor Swift, the song "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" from the Hannah Montana Movie soundtrack.[6] Most recently, Johnson produced and co-wrote Avril Lavigne's "Here's to Never Growing Up", Jason Derulo's "The Other Side",[7] Karmin's "Acapella", Mike Posner's "The Way It Used To Be", Gavin Degraw's "Best I Ever Had", and Christina Perri's "Human". In 2016 he collaborated with a cappella group, Pentatonix.

Selected discography

Credits primarily adapted from AllMusic.[8]

Year	Artist	Title	Album	Label	Role	Notes
2006	Boys Like Girls	"Hero/Heroine"	Boys Like Girls	Columbia	Writer	Debut single, No. 21 at Top 40, sole writer
		"The Great Escape"				Single, No. 8 at Top 40, RIAA-certified Platinum
		"Thunder"				Single, No. 22 at Top 40, sole writer
2009		"Love Drunk"	Love Drunk			Lead single, No. 7 at Top 40, RIAA-certified Platinum
		"Two Is Better Than One" (feat. Taylor Swift)				Single, No. 4 at Top 40, RIAA-certified Platinum, sole writer
		"Heart Heart Heartbreak"				No. 32 at Top 40
	Hannah Montana	"You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home"	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Walt Disney		RIAA-certified Platinum
2011	Ariana Grande	"Put Your Hearts Up"	Non-album single	Universal Republic		Debut single
	Hot Chelle Rae	"Why Don't You Love Me" (feat. Demi Lovato)	Whatever	RCA
	The Cab	"Bad"	Symphony Soldier	Z Entertainment, Universal Republic	Producer, Writer	Lead Single
2012	Megan and Liz	"Bad for Me"	Bad for Me	Collective Sounds		Debut single, Top 30 Mediabase (CHR)
	Papa Roach	"9th Life"	The Connection	Eleven Seven	Writer	Deluxe edition bonus track
	Allstar Weekend	"Life As We Know It"	The American Dream	Diggit		Single
	Boys Like Girls	"Be Your Everything"	Crazy World	Columbia	Producer, Writer	Lead single
	Victoria Justice	"Make It in America"	Victorious 2.0	Nickelodeon / Sony / Columbia		Single
	The Used	"Getting Over You"	Vulnerable	Hopeless	Writer
2013	Christina Perri	"Human"	Head or Heart	Atlantic	Producer, Writer	Lead single, RIAA-certified Platinum
	Daughtry	"Baptized"	Baptized	RCA
		"Waiting for Superman"				Lead single, RIAA-certified Platinum
		"Battleships"				Single
		"Wild Heart"
		"Long Live Rock & Roll"				Promotional single
		"18 Years"
	Gavin DeGraw	"Best I Ever Had"	Make a Move			Lead single
		"Everything Will Change"
	Avril Lavigne	"Rock n Roll"	Avril Lavigne	Epic, Sony	Producer	Single
		"Here's to Never Growing Up"			Producer, Writer	Lead single, RIAA-certified Platinum
		"17"
		"Hello Kitty"				Single
		"Sippin' on Sunshine"
	Emblem 3	"Just for One Day"	Nothing to Lose	Columbia/SYCO
		"I Love LA"
	Mike Posner	"The Way It Used to Be"	Non-album single	RCA		Single
	Karmin	"Acapella"	Pulses	Epic/Sony		Lead single, RIAA-certified Gold
		"Neon Love"
	Jason Derulo	"The Other Side"	Tattoos and Talk Dirty	Warner Bros.		Lead single, RIAA-certified Platinum
	Escape The Fate	"Forget About Me"	Ungrateful	Eleven Seven	Writer
		"One for the Money"
	Heaven's Basement	"Lights Out in London"	Filthy Empire	Red Bull
		"Welcome Home"
2014	Mat Kearney	"One Black Sheep"	Just Kids	Columbia, Republic
		"Billion"				Single
	Olly Murs	"Beautiful to Me"	Never Been Better	Syco, Epic	Producer, Writer	Single
	Betty Who	"Glory Days"	Take Me When You Go	RCA
		"A Night to Remember"
		"Dreaming About You"
	Gavin DeGraw	"You Got Me"	Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw		Producer	Lead single
	Jacob Latimore	"Heartbreak Heard Around the World" (feat. T-Pain)	Non-album single		Producer, Writer	Single
	Timeflies	"All We Got is Time"	After Hours	Island
	Alex and Sierra	"Scarecrow"	It's About Us	Columbia		Debut single
2015	Pentatonix	"Sing"	Pentatonix	RCA
		"New Year's Day"
	Elle King	"America's Sweetheart"	Love Stuff			Single
	Flo Rida	"Once in a Lifetime"	My House	Atlantic	Writer
2016	Hunter Hayes	"Yesterday's Song"	Non-album single	Atlantic, Warner Music Nashville		Lead single
	Delta Goodrem	"Heavy"	Wings of the Wild	Sony Music Australia, HouseOfOZ	Producer, Writer	Single
2017	Kygo	"Kids in Love"	Kids in Love	Sony Music, Ultra Records	Writer	Single
2021	Lady A	"Like a Lady"	What a Song Can Do	Big Machine Records		Single
	Elle King & Miranda Lambert	"Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)"	Non-album single	RCA	Producer, Writer	Single

In addition to the above-listed, Johnson (co-)wrote every track on the following Boys Like Girls albums: Boys Like Girls (2006), Love Drunk (2009), and Crazy World (2012).

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Martin Bennett Johnson (Andover, 9 de septiembre de 1985). es un cantante, compositor y productor musical estadounidense. Además era el principal cantante de la banda de rock Boys Like Girls y actualmente cantante de The Night Game. Ha escrito y producido para varios artistas, incluyendo Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, Daughtry, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, Gavin DeGraw, Hot Chelle Rae, y muchos más. Varias de las canciones de Johnson ―"The other side", "Here's to never growing up", "Two is better than one" (de la que fue el único autor), "Love drunk", "The great escape," "You'll always find your way back home"― han llegado a tener certificados de platino por la RIAA.

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