Tyler Johnson (musician)
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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.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
| Genres | Pop |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Johnson was born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.[2][3] After relocating to Los Angeles, he started out his career as an assistant to producer Jeff Bhasker.[4][5]
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]
Johnson co-produced the 2015 album Untamed by country artist Cam,[6] co-writing eight tracks, including the singles "Mayday",[7] "My Mistake", and "Burning House",[8] which reached #2 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts[9] and became Johnson's first platinum-selling record.[10] He also produced 10 songs on Cam's 2020 album The Otherside, co-writing 6 of them.[11][12]
On January 19, 2018, Johnson released his debut single as a solo artist, "Give Up On Me".[13]
Johnson co-wrote and produced Harry Styles' 2017 debut self-titled solo album,[4] the 2019 follow-up Fine Line,[14] including "Watermelon Sugar",[15] which went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100,[16] 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",[2] which spent 8 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[17] He was also nominated for Album of the Year for his work writing and producing six tracks on Cyrus's album Endless Summer Vacation.[2]
In 2024, Johnson co-wrote and co-produced two songs ("Amen" and "Ameriican Requiem") on Beyoncé's Grammy-nominated album Cowboy Carter.[18] He also wrote and produced on Halsey's album The Great Impersonator[19] and Childish Gambino's Bando Stone & the New World.[20]
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.[2][5][13][21][22][23]
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
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| 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 [W.T.A.]" (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 | |
– Source:[24]
| Year | Organization | Award | Project | Result |
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| 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[25] |
| Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated[25] | ||
| 2016 | ACM Awards | Song of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated[26] |
| Single Record of the Year | Cam, "Burning House" | Nominated[26] | ||
| 2016 | NSAI Awards | Songs I Wish I'd Written | Cam, "Burning House" | Won[27] |
| 2017 | ACM Awards | Album of the Year | Keith Urban, Ripcord | Nominated[28] |
| 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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