Jamie Hartman

Hartman formed and was the lead singer of the band Ben's Brother, so named because he has an older brother named Ben.[3] Their debut album Beta Male Fairytales, released on EMI Records in 2007, went gold in the UK and reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart.[3][4][5] The single "Let Me Out" earned Hartman a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song.[4][6]

In 2009, the band released their second album, Battling Giants,[3] which reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] That album's first single, "Apologise", was co-written with Natalie Imbruglia,[4] and released by Island Records.[3] The album also includes appearances by Jason Mraz and Joss Stone.[3]

Hartman co-wrote the 2016 single "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man,[8] which reached number 1 on 20 charts in 16 countries.[9] He wrote "All You Good Friends", the debut single for The Voice UK 2016 winner Kevin Simm;[10] co-wrote "All I Need to Know" by Emma Bunton;[11] wrote and produced "Stargazing" by Kygo;[9] co-wrote "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man;[12] which was nominated for a Brit Award in 2020 for Best Song.[13] Jamie was also a producer on Conrad Sewell's debut EP All I Know, co-writing the single "Start Again", which won the 2015 ARIA Award for Song of the Year.[14][15]

Hartman co-wrote and co-produced the Backstreet Boys single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Stuart Crichton and Stephen Wrabel.[8] They won a BMI Award for writing the song,[16] which was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.[17] He wrote two songs, including the single "Hold Me While You Wait", on Lewis Capaldi's 2019 album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent,[18] which was the top album on the UK Albums Chart for the years 2019 and 2020.[19][20]In 2020, Jamie co-wrote the end title of Disney's Mulan entitled Loyal Brave True which was nominated for a World Soundtrack Award and was also nominated at Chicago's Indie Critics Awards (CIC)[21] He wrote and produced nine songs on Celeste's 2021 album Not Your Muse,[22] which reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[23] He was nominated for a Grammy in 2022 for Best Song Written For Visual Media with "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)"[1] from Respect (soundtrack) co-written by Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King. "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home) was also nominated at the 2022 Grammys, Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards, Black Reel Awards, Satellite Awards, and Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).[24] In 2023, Hartman had a hit with Lewis Capaldi's "Heavenly Kind of State of Mind" from his Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent album, which became the fastest selling album of 2023.[25] He also co-wrote hit song "Dancing is Healing" with Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry[26] and co-wrote 2023 breakout hit with Sam Ryder featuring Brian May that broke in a montage scene in Ted Lasso season 3, episode 11 which was nominated for an Emmy in 2023 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.[27][28]

He has also written for Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Andy Grammer, James Bay, Kylie Minogue, Anastacia, The Wanted, JP Cooper, Miriam Bryant, Will Young and Louis Tomlinson.[4][9][29]