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Ammar Malik (born June 22, 1987) is an American songwriter. He has co-written several modern pop songs, most notably Maroon 5's "Moves like Jagger" and Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts" which have both been certified multi-platinum by the RIAA.[1] He tied for 17th place in Songtrust's publication of the top 20 songwriters of 2011.[2] Ammar Malik's songs have sold over 100 million copies worldwide in total.

Ammar Malik
Born	(1987-06-22) June 22, 1987 (age 34)
Origin	Northern Virginia, United States
Genres	Pop, pop rock, alternative hip hop, reggae
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, musician

Life and career

Early life

Ammar Malik is a first-generation American born to Pakistani parents in Northern Virginia.[3][4] He first started learning guitar when he was 14.[5] As a high school and college student he wrote and performed music locally with several different bands. Malik attended George Mason University as an English major.[3]

Songwriting

Malik's close friend and co-manager David Silberstein had a childhood connection to producer Benny Blanco along with his brother and now co-manager Jeremy Levin. After Malik and Blanco were introduced, Blanco suggested he try his hand at writing songs for other artists.[3] Though Malik had intentions of being an artist himself, when nearing the end of college he decided to give it a shot. In an interview Malik said that two of his biggest influences are Radiohead and Rx Bandits.[1] He also co-wrote "Compass" by Lady Antebellum in 2013's single.

In 2013 Malik won the coveted BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year title, along with Benny Blanco, and Claude Kelly.[6] Each contributed four songs to the year's most performed list. Malik co-penned "Ass Back Home", "Moves Like Jagger, "Payphone" and "Stereo Hearts".[6] Benny Blanco, Adam Levine and Ammar Malik also clinched BMI Pop Song of the Year honors for their co-write of "Moves Like Jagger".[6]

Songwriting discography

Year	Artist(s)	Song	Album
2011	Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera	"Moves like Jagger"	Hands All Over
	Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine	"Stereo Hearts"	The Papercut Chronicles II
	Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch	"Ass Back Home"
	Taio Cruz	"Make It Last Forever"	TY.O
2012	Sean Paul	"Put It on You"	Tomahawk Technique
	Maroon 5	"Payphone"	Overexposed
		"Beautiful Goodbye"
	B.o.B ft. Taylor Swift	"Both of Us"	Strange Clouds
	Adam Lambert	"Naked Love"	Trespassing
	Rome	"Seasons"	Dedication EP
		"Oz of Love"
	Marina and the Diamonds	"How to be a Heartbreaker"	Electra Heart
	Cher Lloyd feat. Becky G	"Oath"	Sticks + Stones
	Kesha	"Thinking of You"	Warrior
		"Last Goodbye"
2013	Wallpaper.	"Drunken Hearts"	Ricky Reed is Real
	Keith Urban	"Shame"[7]	Fuse
	Travie McCoy	"Rough Water"	Rough Water
	Twin Forks	"Cross My Mind"	Twin Forks
	Jessie J	"Excuse My Rude"	Alive
		"Harder We Fall"
	Lady Antebellum	"Compass"	Golden
	Gavin Degraw	"Make A Move"	Make a Move
	Rixton	"Make Out"	TBA
	James Blunt	"Always Hate Me"	Moon Landing
	Mikky Ekko	"Place for Us"	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2014	Rixton	"Me and My Broken Heart"	Me and My Broken Heart EP
	Pitbull ft. G. R. L	"Wild Wild Love"	Globalization
	Maroon 5	"Maps"	V
		"Leaving California"
		"Shoot Love"
	Jason Mraz	"Quiet"	Yes!
	Nick Jonas	"Chains"	Nick Jonas
		"Teacher"
	Ariana Grande	"Why Try"	My Everything
	James Blunt	"When I Find Love Again"	Moon Landing (Apollo Edition)
		"Trail of Broken Hearts"
2015	Olly Murs	"Seasons"	Never Been Better
	Rixton	"Whole"	Let the Road
		"We All Want the Same Thing"
		"I Like Girls"
	Prince Royce	"Double Vision"	Double Vision
	Max Frost	"Withdrawal"	Withdrawal
	BØRNS	"The Fool"	Dopamine
	Matt McAndrew	"Counting On Love"	Counting On Love
	Cashmere Cat	"Adore (feat. Ariana Grande)"	Adore
	JoJo	"When Love Hurts"	III
	One Direction	"I Want to Write You a Song"	Made In The A.M.
	The Vamps	"Wake Up"	Wake Up
		"Be with You"
		"I Found a Girl"
		"Windmills"
		"Volcano"
2016	DJ Snake	"Sober (feat. JRY)"	Encore
	Birdy	"Lifted"	Beautiful Lies
	Olivia Holt	"Phoenix"	Olivia
	Reggie 'n' Bollie	"New Girl"	New Girl - Single
	Matoma	"Wonderful Life (Mi Oh My)"	The Angry Birds Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	5 Seconds of Summer	"Girls Talk Boys"	Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	Martina Stoessel	"Don't Cry for Me"	Tini
	Maroon 5	"Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar)"	Don't Wanna Know - Single
	Clean Bandit	"Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)"	What Is Love?
	OneRepublic	"Born"	Oh My My
	Robin Schultz, David Guetta & Cheat Codes	"Shed A Light"	Shed A Light - Single
2017	Ed Sheeran	"New Man"	÷
	Clean Bandit	"Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)"	What Is Love?
	Zara Larsson	"Sundown"	So Good
	Jessie Ware	"Selfish Love"	TBA
	Maroon 5	"Wait", "Who I Am" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis), "Closure"	Red Pill Blues
2018	Lost Frequencies	"Melody (feat. James Blunt)"	Melody - Single
	Galantis	"Spaceship (feat. Uffie)"	Spaceship - Single
2019	Weezer	"I'm Just Being Honest"	Weezer (Black Album)
	Thomas Rhett	"Look What God Gave Her"	Center Point Road
	Fitz and the Tantrums	"I Need Help!"	All the Feels
	Deorro	"Obvious"	Obvious - Single
	Jonas Brothers	"Trust"	Happiness Begins
	Why Don't We	"What Am I"	What Am I - Single
2020	Halsey	"More"	Manic
	Selena Gomez	"Feel Me"	Rare
	Lauv	"Tattoos Together"	How I'm Feeling
	HOKO	"Hellogoodbye"	Hellogoodbye - Single
	Biffy Clyro	"Instant History"	A Celebration of Endings

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