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| Origin | Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Tyler Johnson is an American record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is an 8-time Grammy Award nominee, and 3-time Grammy Award winner.
Early life
Johnson was born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. After relocating to Los Angeles, he started out his career as an assistant to producer Jeff Bhasker.
Career
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.
Johnson co-produced the 2015 album Untamed by country artist Cam, co-writing eight tracks, including the singles "Mayday", "My Mistake", and "Burning House", which reached #2 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts and became Johnson's first platinum-selling record. He also produced 10 songs on Cam's 2020 album The Otherside, co-writing 6 of them.
On January 19, 2018, Johnson released his debut single as a solo artist, "Give Up On Me".
Johnson co-wrote and produced Harry Styles' 2017 debut self-titled solo album, the 2019 follow-up Fine Line, including "Watermelon Sugar", which went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, 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.
Johnson won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for producing Miley Cyrus's 2023 single "Flowers", which spent 8 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He was also nominated for Album of the Year for his work writing and producing six tracks on Cyrus's album Endless Summer Vacation.
In 2024, Johnson co-wrote and co-produced two songs ("Amen" and "Ameriican Requiem") on Beyoncé's Grammy-nominated album Cowboy Carter. He also wrote and produced on Halsey's album The Great Impersonator and Childish Gambino's Bando Stone & the New World.
As a writer, producer, and engineer, Johnson has also worked with artists including Keith Urban, John Legend, Diplo, Pink, OneRepublic, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Toni Braxton, 070 Shake, and Leon Bridges.
Discography
Singles
- "Give Up On Me" (2018)
- "You and I" (2018)
Songwriting and production
| 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 | "Walk Over Me (Jeff Bhasker Vs. Tyler Johnson Remix)" | Producer | |
| fun. | Some Nights | "Some Nights (Intro)" | 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 | |||
| Meghan Trainor | Takin' It Back | "While You're Young" | Writer | |
| "Final Breath" | Writer | |||
| Dean Lewis | The Hardest Love | "The Hardest Love" | Producer | |
| "Something to Help" | Writer, producer | |||
| 2023 | Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation | ”Flowers” | Writer, producer, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer |
| "Rose Coloured Lenses" | Writer, producer, synthesizer | |||
| "Thousand Miles (Featuring Brandi Carlile)" | Writer, producer, keyboards, synthesizer, drums | |||
| "River" | Writer, producer, synthesizer, bass, drum machine, vocals | |||
| "Wildcard" | Writer, producer, synthesizer | |||
| "Wonder Woman" | Writer, producer | |||
| Portugal. The Man | Chris Black Changed My Life | "Thunderdome " (feat. Black Thought and Natalia Lafourcade) | Writer, producer | |
| Kevin Abstract | Blanket | "Madonna" | Writer, producer, keyboards, vocals | |
| 2024 | Halsey | The Great Impersonator | "Hurt Feelings" | Writer, Producer |
| "I Never Loved You" | Writer, Producer | |||
| Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter | "Ameriican Requiem" | Writer, producer | |
| "Amen" | Writer, producer, organ | |||
| Childish Gambino | Bando Stone & the New World | "Got to Be" | Writer, producer | |
| "Cruisin'" (feat. Yeat) | Writer | |||
| "Running Around" (feat. Fousheé) | Writer, producer, guitar | |||
| Leon Bridges | Leon | "Simplify" | Writer | |
| "Ivy" | Writer, producer | |||
| Meghan Trainor | Timeless | "Criminals" | Writer | |
| BLK ODYSSY | 1-800-FANTASY | "Want You" | Producer | |
| 070 Shake | Petrichor | "Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues" | Writer, producer | |
| "Pieces of You" | Writer, producer | |||
| SZA | Lana | "Scorsese Baby Daddy" | Writer, producer |
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Award | Project | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 56th Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | Taylor Swift, Red | Nominated |
| 2015 | 57th Grammy Awards | Ed Sheeran, x | Nominated | |
| 2016 | CMA Awards | Song of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated |
| Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | ACM Awards | Song of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated |
| Single Record of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | NSAI Awards | Songs I Wish I'd Written | Cam, "Burning House" | Won |
| 2017 | ACM Awards | Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated |
| 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 |
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