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history. Following signing to Artist Publishing Group, Martin's first song he wrote for another artist became the song "Daylight" by

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, which peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' charts. His writing on the album '' Fly Rasta'', released by

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, led it to becoming a number-one reggae album as well as a receiving a

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. Martin rose to the public eye in 2014 for not only writing but being a featured artist on David Guetta's number-one singles " Lovers on the Sun" and " Dangerous". His work extends to projects with

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, Pitbull,

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, Armin van Buuren and

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. Sam Martin also has a side project called "Con Bro Chill" who have released singles including "We Should Hang Out".

Career

Early beginnings

Martin was born in New York City and raised in

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. He attended

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and went to

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for two years.

2012–14: Breakthrough

Martin's breakthrough came with the writing and release of "

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" by

. In 2014 Martin was the contributing singer and co-writer on the song " Lovers on the Sun" and " Dangerous" by

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Martin also collaborated with

on the song "Lighthouse" from his album Fly Rasta. In 2015, Fly Rasta won the grammy for best Reggae Album.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

" Rather Be Alone" (with

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and Nick Martin) Released September 2019 "Sabotage" Released January 2019 "Sugar Is Sweet" Released February 2019 "Long Live The Billionaire" Released March 2018 ''Blue Tuesday (EP)'' * "It Was Always You" Released December 2018 * "All My Tears" Released December 2018 * "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Released December 2018 * "A Day In The Life" Released December 2018 * "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" Released December 2018 "Bring Me Home" Released June 2017 "It's Gonna Get Better" Released October 2017 "Song For My Unborn Son" Released January 2015

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Sam Living people 1983 births People from Lake Oswego, Oregon Singer-songwriters from Oregon Singers from New York City Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century American singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from New York (state)