Jamie Hartman | |
Birth Date: | 1971 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Genre: | Pop, indie pop, R&B |
Occupation: | Songwriter, producer, singer |
Years Active: | 2006–present |
Jamie Hartman (born 1971) is an English songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, CA, and the former lead singer of the indie-pop band Ben's Brother.
Hartman was born and raised in London.[1]
Hartman formed and was the lead singer of the band Ben's Brother, so named because he has an older brother named Ben.[1] 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.[1] [2] [3] The single "Let Me Out" earned Hartman a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song.[2] [4]
In 2009, the band released their second album, Battling Giants,[1] which reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart.[5] That album's first single, "Apologise", was co-written with Natalie Imbruglia,[2] and released by Island Records.[1] The album also includes appearances by Jason Mraz and Joss Stone.[1]
Hartman co-wrote the 2016 single "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man,[6] which reached number 1 on 20 charts in 16 countries.[7] He wrote "All You Good Friends", the debut single for The Voice UK 2016 winner Kevin Simm;[8] co-wrote "All I Need to Know" by Emma Bunton;[9] wrote and produced "Stargazing" by Kygo;[7] co-wrote "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man;[10] which was nominated for a Brit Award in 2020 for Best Song.[11] 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.[12] [13]
Hartman co-wrote and co-produced the Backstreet Boys single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Stuart Crichton and Stephen Wrabel.[6] They won a BMI Award for writing the song,[14] which was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.[15] He wrote two songs, including the single "Hold Me While You Wait", on Lewis Capaldi's 2019 album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent,[16] which was the top album on the UK Albums Chart for the years 2019 and 2020.[17] [18] 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)[19] He wrote and produced nine songs on Celeste's 2021 album Not Your Muse,[20] which reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.[21] He was nominated for a Grammy in 2022 for Best Song Written For Visual Media with "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)"[22] 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).[19] 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.[23] He also co-wrote hit song "Dancing is Healing" with Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry[24] 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,[19] [25] and also won at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Song For a TV show/Limited Series.[26] [27] Jamie also co-wrote Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry - Dancing Is Healing which was nominated for Song of the year at the 2024 Brit Awards.[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.[2] [7] [29]
Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominee(s)/work(s) | Result | ||
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2005 | BMI Pop Award | Songs | "I'm Ready" by Cherie | [30] | ||
2007 | Brit Awards | British Single of the Year | "All Time Love" by Will Young | [31] | ||
2008 | Ivor Novello Awards | Best Song | "Let Me Out" by Ben's Brother | |||
2015 | ARIA Awards | Song of the Year | "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell | |||
2017 | P3 Gold Awards | Song of the Year | "Black Car" by Miriam Bryant | |||
Swedish Grammys | Song of the Year | [32] | ||||
Music Business Worldwide The A&R Awards | Songwriter of the Year | Himself | [33] | |||
2018 | Brit Awards | British Single of the Year | "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man | [34] | ||
BMI Pop Award | Songs | [35] | ||||
Ivor Novello Awards | Most Performed Work | [36] | ||||
2019 | BMI Pop Award | Songs | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Backstreet Boys | |||
Music Business Worldwide The A&R Awards | Songwriter of the Year | Himself | [37] | |||
2020 | Ivor Novello Awards | Most Performed Work | "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man | [38] | ||
"Hold Me While You Wait" by Lewis Capaldi | [39] | |||||
2021 | Music Week Awards | Sync of the Year | "A Little Love" by Celeste | [40] | ||
Music Business Worldwide The A&R Awards | Songwriter of the Year | Himself | [41] | |||
Song of the Year | "A Little Love" by Celeste | |||||
Ivor Novello Awards | Best Song Musically & Lyrically | "Stop This Flame" by Celeste | [42] | |||
Songwriter of the Year | Himself | [43] | ||||
2022 | Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" ((from Respect) | [44] | ||
2022 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song - Motion Picture | "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" ((from Respect) | |||
2023 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | "Fought & Lost" ((from Ted Lasso) | [45] |
Title | Release details | Peak chart positions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [46] | FRA [47] | ITA | |||
Beta Male Fairytales |
| 14 | 46 | 61 | |
Battling Giants |
| 56 | — | — | |
Glow (EP) |
| — | — | — |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | |
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"I'm Ready" | 2004 | Cherie | Cherie | Co-writer | |
"All Time Love" | 2005 | Will Young | Keep On | ||
"Mon Ange" | Nolwenn Leroy | Histoires Naturelles | |||
"Golden" | 2010 | The Wanted | The Wanted | Co-writer, producer | |
"Love is War" | Joe McElderry | Wide Awake | Co-writer | ||
"Feel" | 2011 | Dotan | Dream Parade | ||
"Time" | 2012 | Lena | Stardust | ||
"Army of Me" | Christina Aguilera | Lotus | Co-writer, producer | ||
"Move Together" | 2013 | James Bay | Chaos and the Calm | Co-writer | |
"Lifeline" | 2014 | Anastacia | Resurrection | Co-writer, producer | |
"Pendulum" | |||||
"Stay" | |||||
"Apology" | |||||
"Other Side of Crazy" | |||||
"Forever" | Andy Grammer | Magazines or Novels | Co-writer | ||
"When the Beat Drops Out" | Marlon Roudette | Electric Soul | |||
"Your Only Love" | |||||
"Flicker" | |||||
"Dark Stars" | 2015 | Marina Kaye | Fearless | Co-writer, producer | |
"Your Body" | Kylie Minogue | Kylie + Garibay | Co-writer | ||
"Start Again" | Conrad Sewell | All I Know | Co-writer, producer | ||
"Who You Lovin'" | |||||
"Remind Me" | |||||
"Satellite" | Ison & Fille | Resume | Co-writer | ||
"I'm Giving In" | 2016 | Matt Andersen | Honest Man | ||
"Tunnel Vision" | Mads Langer | Reckless Twin | |||
"3AM" | |||||
"Shadow" | Birdy | Beautiful Lies | |||
"Healed" | Rag'n'Bone Man | Human | |||
"Human" | |||||
"Black Car" | Miriam Bryant | Bye Bye Blue | |||
"Lion" | Kacy Hill | Like a Woman | |||
"Can't Steal the Music" | 2017 | Aura Dione | Can't Steal the Music | ||
"Remember Me" | Jennifer Hudson | Co-writer, producer | |||
"Passport Home" | JP Cooper | Raised Under Grey Skies | |||
"Svart Bil" | Miriam Bryant | Bye Bye Blue | Co-writer | ||
"I Believe in Us" | LEON | Surround Me | Co-writer, producer | ||
"Stargazing" | Kygo | Stargazing | |||
"Power to the Peaceful" | Paloma Faith | The Architect | |||
"Burden Down" | Jennifer Hudson | ||||
"Smoke" | 2018 | Sam Fischer | Not a Hobby | ||
"I Don't Want to Know" | Sigrid | Raw | |||
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | Backstreet Boys | DNA | |||
"Giant" | 2019 | Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man | |||
"Kill My Mind" | Louis Tomlinson | Walls | |||
"Hold Me While You Wait" | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Co-writer | ||
"Don't Get Me Wrong" | Co-writer, producer | ||||
"Strange" | Celeste | Not Your Muse | Co-writer, producer | ||
"Walls" | 2020 | Louis Tomlinson | Walls | Co-writer | |
"Fearless" | |||||
"I Can See The Change" | Celeste | Co-writer | |||
"Stop This Flame" | Not Your Muse | Co-writer, producer | |||
"A Little Love" | Co-writer, producer | ||||
"Love is Back" | Co-writer | ||||
"Tonight Tonight" | 2021 | Co-writer | |||
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" | |||||
"Beloved" | |||||
"A Kiss" | |||||
"Some Goodbyes Come with Hellos" | Co-writer, Producer | ||||
"Heavenly Kinda State of Mind" | 2023 | Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to be Heavenly Sent | Co-writer |