Christopher Michael DeStefano is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in

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. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists

Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005. Her single " Inside Your Heaven" made her the only country artist to debut atop the ''Bil ...

( “Good Girl”, "

Little Toy Guns "Little Toy Guns" is a song recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood for her compilation album '' Greatest Hits: Decade #1''. It was released on February 16, 2015 through Arista Nashville as the album's second single. It was writt ...

"),

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( “Hey Girl”),

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Don't Ya "Don't Ya" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Eldredge. It was released on October 8, 2012, as the second single from his debut studio album ''Bring You Back'' (2013). Eldredge co-wrote the song with Chris DeS ...

"),

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(" That's My Kind of Night", " Kick the Dust Up" ),

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& Carrie Underwood ("

Somethin' Bad "Somethin' Bad" is a song recorded as a duet by American country music artists Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood. The song was written by Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Priscilla Renea. It was released as the second single from Lambert's f ...

," later reworked as the opening theme for ''

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''),

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( "Rewind") and

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(" Just Gettin' Started"). DeStefano was raised in

Mount Laurel, New Jersey Mount Laurel is a township in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia and part of the South Jersey region. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 41,864, reflecting an increase of ...

and graduated from

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in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area. Underwood's " Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012. He also co-wrote and produced

's number 1 single "

". He co-wrote “ Something in the Water” sung by Carrie Underwood which was the #1 song for seven weeks, the 3rd longest running female #1 Hot Country song in chart history. DeStefano co-wrote " Kiss Somebody" (July 2017) with Australian singer, Morgan Evans, and fellow American songwriter,

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. At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the song and its writers won Country Work of the Year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Destefano, Chris American country record producers American country songwriters American male songwriters APRA Award winners Lenape High School alumni Living people People from Mount Laurel, New Jersey People from Nashville, Tennessee Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)