Tyler Johnson is an American record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is an 8-time

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nominee, and 3-time Grammy Award winner.

Early life

Johnson was born and raised in

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. After relocating to Los Angeles, he started out his career as an assistant to producer

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Career

Johnson was nominated for a

for his work as an engineer on

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's 2012 album ''

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'', and was nominated for a second Grammy for his work as a producer and engineer on

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's 2014 album '' x''. Johnson co-produced the 2015 album '' Untamed'' by country artist

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, co-writing eight tracks, including the singles "

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", " My Mistake", and " Burning House", which reached #2 on the ''Billboard''

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and

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charts and became Johnson's first platinum-selling record. He also produced 10 songs on Cam's 2020 album '' The Otherside'', co-writing 6 of them. On January 19, 2018, Johnson released his debut single as a solo artist, "Give Up On Me". Johnson co-wrote and produced

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' 2017 debut self-titled solo album, the 2019 follow-up '' Fine Line'', including "

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", which went to number one on the ''Billboard''

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, Styles' third studio album,

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, which won a

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at the

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, and its lead single, "

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", 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

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for producing

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's 2023 single "

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", which spent 8 weeks at number 1 on the

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. He was also nominated for Album of the Year for his work writing and producing six tracks on Cyrus's album ''

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''. In 2024, Johnson co-wrote and co-produced two songs ("Amen" and "Ameriican Requiem") on

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''. He also wrote and produced on Halsey's album ''

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'' and

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's '' Bando Stone & the New World''. As a writer, producer, and engineer, Johnson has also worked with artists including

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, and

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Discography

Singles

* "Give Up On Me" (2018) * "You and I" (2018)

Songwriting and production

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Awards and nominations

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References

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