| Melanie Fontana | |
| Birth Place: | Newington, Connecticut, US |
| Birth Name: | Melanie Joy Fontana |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1986 |
| Years Active: | 2011–present |
Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986)[1] is an American singer, composer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group.
Fontana was born in Newington, Connecticut.[2] She moved to New York City when she was 18, after spending seven years commuting to Manhattan, where she would audition for singing roles and work as a demo singer, recording songs for writers to pitch to record companies.[1]
Fontana co-wrote the 2011 Justin Bieber song "Home This Christmas" with Nasri Atweh. It was featured on Bieber's Christmas album Under the Mistletoe.[3] Also in 2011, Fontana co-wrote the original theme song to Shelter Me, a PBS show, hosted by Katherine Heigl that celebrated the human-animal bond. The series focuses on shelter animal success stories. The theme song, "Love is Everything (Shelter Me)," was written by Austin Bis, Fontana and Daniel Walker, and performed by Fontana.[4] In 2014, she co-wrote the song "Hit Me Up" with Lars Hustoft and Jon Asher for Eurovision Song Contest competitor Charlie Tepstad of Norway.[5]
On April 5, 2013, the song "Nothing Really Matters" by tyDi, which Fontana was featured on and was co-written by STIX of Fly Panda, debuted on Billboard.[6] [7] It reached number 39 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2013.[8] Also in 2013, Fontana worked as a songwriting consultant on Norway's Idol television show, co-writing Astrid S's single "Shattered", which went Gold in Scandinavia.[9] In 2015, Fontana, alongside tyDi, topped the Mediabase dance charts at Number 1 with their EDM track "Redefined", co-written by Priya J. Geddis.[7] The song was Sirius XM's top song of 2015 on its BPM station. She also collaborated with tyDi and Col3man on the 2017 single "That's How You Know".[10]
In 2016, Britney Spears released the Japanese edition of her album Glory, including a song written by Fontana with Jon Asher and produced by DJ Mustard, titled "Mood Ring".[11] Fontana had three Top 10 singles stemming from the Korean Mnet TV show Produce 101: "Crush", "Yum Yum" and "Fingertips". On April 1, 2016, Aaron Carter released "Fools Gold" which was co-written by Fontana, Carter, Asher, Taylor Hegelson and Michel "Lindgren" Schulz. Fontana co-wrote all five tracks on Carter's 2017 comeback EP LøVë.[11] [12] On October 7, 2016, Daya released Sit Still, Look Pretty, which included two songs penned by Fontana, "Words" and "All Right".[13] She co-wrote The Chainsmokers single "Setting Fires", released in November 2016,[14] and the BTS single "Euphoria", released in April 2018,[15] which reached number 2 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[16] She and her husband Michel "Lindgren" Schulz helped write the 2019 BTS single "Boy with Luv" featuring Halsey, which was the fastest YouTube video to reach 100 million views (doing it in under two days).[17] [18] Fontana is managed by Justin Garza.[19]
| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Justin Bieber ft. The Band Perry | Under the Mistletoe | "Home This Christmas" |
| 2013 | Astrid S | "Shattered" | |
| Sverre Eide | "Chain Reaction" | ||
| Eirik Søfteland | "Lust or Love" | ||
| Girls' Generation | Girls & Peace | "Stay Girls" | |
| Becky | Gyu | "Gyu" | |
| 2014 | Steffen Jakobsen | Six String Love Affair | "Set in Stone" |
| Alex Marshall | "Si Je Pars" | ||
| Charlie | "Hit Me Up" | ||
| f(x) | Red Light | "Boom, Bang, Boom" | |
| Koda Kumi | Walk of My Life | "Dance In The Rain" | |
| Andreas Varady | Andreas Varady | "Don't Stop the Music" | |
| Constant Flow ft. Immortal Technique | "Moment Of Peace"[20] | ||
| Thomas Newson & Otto Orlandi | "Bells At Midnight"[21] | ||
| 2015 | Shawn Hook | Analog Love | "Relapse" |
| Edurne | Adrenalina | "One Shot" | |
| Lace Up | "Dripping Gold" | ||
| 2016 | I.O.I | Chrysalis | "Crush" |
| Produce 101 | "Fingertips"[22] | ||
| "Yum Yum" | |||
| AOA | Runway | "Cherry Pop" | |
| Fiestar | "Apple Pie" | ||
| Tiffany Hwang | I Just Wanna Dance | "Yellow Light"[23] | |
| Los 5 | Meet Los Five | "Do For Love"[24] | |
| Britney Spears | Glory | "Mood Ring" | |
| The Chainsmokers | Collage | "Setting Fires" | |
| Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | "Words" | |
| "All Right" | |||
| Hyolyn feat. Jay Park | It's Me | "One Step" | |
| Hatty Keane | "In Your Arms" | ||
| Sammi Sanchez | "Girls Talk" | ||
| "Deeper" | |||
| 2017 | Aaron Carter | LøVë | "Fool's Gold"[25] |
| "Let Me Let You" | |||
| "Sooner of Later" | |||
| "Same Way" | |||
| "Dearly Departed" | |||
| "Don't Say Goodbye" | |||
| Minzy | Minzy Work 01: Uno | "Ni Na No"[26] | |
| "Superwoman" | |||
| RaNia | Refresh 7th | "Breathe Heavy" | |
| Kayef | "Paradies" | ||
| "Wir Sind Okay" | |||
| Fabian Mazur ft. Dia Frampton | "Young Once" | ||
| Melody Day | Kiss On the Lips | "Kiss On the Lips" | |
| R3hab ft. Krewella | "Ain't That Why" | ||
| ILLENIUM ft. Dia Frampton | Awake | "Needed You" | |
| 2018 | Kayef | "Irgendwann Jetzt" | |
| BTS | "Euphoria" | ||
| AOA | Bingle Bangle | "Parfait" | |
| Topic ft. Juan Magan & Lena | "Sólo Contigo" | ||
| Felix Sandman | EMOTIONS | "TONE IT DOWN" | |
| Drake Bell | "Fuego Lento" | ||
| Loren Gray | "Kick You Out" | ||
| DeathbyRomy | Monsters | "No More" | |
| 2019 | DeathbyRomy | Love u - to Death | "Diamond Tears" |
| "Problems" | |||
| "Love U to Death" | |||
| "Sleep at Night" | |||
| TXT | "어느날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)" | ||
| "Cat & Dog" | |||
| "Angel Or Devil" | |||
| "9와 4분의 3 승강장에서 너를 기다려 (Run Away)" | |||
| "Can't We Just Leave the Monster Alive?" | |||
| BETWEEN FRIENDS | "affection" | ||
| "u can still come over" | |||
| Everglow | Arrival of EVERGLOW | "Bon Bon Chocolat" | |
| Hush | "Hush" | ||
| BTS | "Boy with Luv" | ||
| "Mikrokosmos" | |||
| Twice | Feel Special | "Trick It" | |
| Hyolyn | "니가 더 잘 알잖아(youknowbetter)" | ||
| Jay Ulloa | "Perdóname" | ||
| Brian Justin Crum | "I & U" | ||
| Gavin Haley | Long Game | "Show Me" | |
| Jakob Delgado | "Lie" | ||
| Wengie | "Empire" (featuring Minnie of (G)I-dle) | ||
| 2020 | Little Glee Monster | Bright New World | "SPIN" |
| "move on" | |||
| BTS | "On" (featuring Sia) | ||
| Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | "Good In Bed" | |
| Secret Number | Who Dis? | "Who Dis?" | |
| Hyolyn | Say My Name | "Say My Name" | |
| CLC | Helicopter | "Helicopter" | |
| "Helicopter - English Version" | |||
| Everglow | -77.82X-78.29 | "No Good Reason" | |
| Blackpink | The Album | "Bet You Wanna" (featuring Cardi B) | |
| Twice | Eyes Wide Open | "I Can't Stop Me" | |
| Enhypen | "Given-Taken" | ||
| Twice | "Cry for Me" | ||
| 2021 | Dove Cameron | "LazyBaby" | |
| Enhypen | "Drunk-Dazed" | ||
| Everglow | Last Melody | "Don't Ask Don't Tell" | |
| TXT | "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" (featuring Seori) | ||
| Loona | [&] | "Dance On My Own" | |
| Sunmi | 1/6 | "You Can't Sit with Us" | |
| Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 | "Scientist" | |
| "Icon" | |||
| 2022 | Tomorrow X Together | "Good Boy Gone Bad" | |
| Seventeen | Face the Sun | "Don Quixote" | |
| BTS | Proof | "Run BTS" | |
| fromis 9 | From Our Memento Box | "Blind Letter" | |
| J-Hope | Jack in the Box | "Equal Sign" | |
| Seventeen | Sector 17 | "_World" | |
| Hyolyn | Ice | AH YEAH | |
| Twice | Between 1&2 | "Brave" | |
| 2023 | Ready to Be | "Set Me Free" | |
| Everglow | All My Girls | “Make Me Feel” | |
| Jihyo | Zone | "Killin' Me Good" | |
| "Talkin' About It" (featuring 24kGoldn) | |||
| Blackpink | "The Girls" | ||
| Heat | "I Want That" | ||
| 2024 | Twice | With YOU-th | "One Spark" |
| "Bloom" |
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Melanie Fontana | Shelter Me Season 1 theme | "Love Is Everything (Shelter Me)"[27] | Writer, vocals |
| Rod Stewart | Merry Christmas, Baby | Choir/backing vocals | ||
| 2013 | Rhema Soul ft. Gawvi | "Party, Sleep, Repeat" | Writer, vocals | |
| tyDi ft. Melanie Fontana | "Nothing Really Matters"[28] | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2014 | tyDi ft. Melanie Fontana | Redefined | "Redefined"[29] | Writer, vocals |
| Krysta Youngs ft. Laganja Estranja | "Gold Grill BBQ"[30] | Writer, backing vocals | ||
| John Dahlbäck | "Fireflies" | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2015 | Daya | Daya | Backing vocals | |
| 2016 | Simple Plan | Taking One for the Team | Backing vocals | |
| Burak Yeter | "Go" | Writer, vocals | ||
| "Go 2.0" | Writer, vocals | |||
| Feider, Dzasko & Melanie Fontana | Protocol Presents Miami 2016 | "Crashed" | Writer, vocals | |
| 2017 | Otto Orlandi & ManyFew ft. Melanie Fontana | "Don't Miss You" | Writer, vocals | |
| tyDi with Col3man ft. Melanie Fontana | "That's How You Know" | Writer, vocals | ||
| John Dahlbäck | Color In My Heart | "Catch Me If You Can" | Writer, vocals | |
| Otto Orlandi ft. Melanie Fontana | "Seven Days" | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2019 | Jason Ross ft. Melanie Fontana | 1000 Faces | "Shelter" | Writer, vocals |
| 2020 | ARMNHMR ft. Melanie Fontana | The Free World | "Forever Young" | Writer, vocals |
| 2021 | Serhat Durmus ft. Melanie Fontana | Arres | "Arres" | Writer, vocals |