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

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and the Night Game. He has written and produced for various artists, including

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, Daughtry,

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, and

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. Johnson is credited with having several RIAA-certified multi-platinum songs (" The Other Side", " Here's to Never Growing Up", "

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" (with Taylor Swift), "

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", " 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.

Personal life

Martin Johnson was born in

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on September 9, 1985 and raised in

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. He is of

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descent. He is married to singer-songwriter Naomi Cooke of the American country music group

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Career

Boys Like Girls

Johnson is the lead singer and plays guitar for the band

. 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. 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

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

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. They also collaborated with

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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

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, the song " You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" from the Hannah Montana Movie soundtrack. Most recently, Johnson produced and co-wrote

's " Here's to Never Growing Up",

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's " The Other Side",

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's "

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's "The Way It Used To Be",

's "Best I Ever Had", and

's "

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". In 2016 he collaborated with a cappella group,

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Selected discography

Credits primarily adapted from

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. In addition to the above-listed, Johnson (co-)wrote every track on the following

albums: ''

'' (2006), ''

'' (2009), and '' Crazy World'' (2012).

References

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