Antonina Armato (born in May 1972) is a songwriter and music producer who is most known for co-writing the #1 single "I Still Believe" and co-writing another #1 single "She Ain't Worth It." She has written or produced over 20 Top Ten singles. She is currently working with Vanessa Hudgens,[1] 78violet, Selena Gomez, Jesse McCartney, Miley Cyrus,[2] David Archuleta, and Sick Puppies.
She is also the co-owner and founder of Rock Mafia Records. She is mainly known for her songwriting roles with Disney stars. She has written songs with the Jonas Brothers,[1] Hope 7, 78violet, Scott Cutler, and Richard Feldman, and wrote the Top 40 radio hit "Come Back To Me" for singer Vanessa Hudgens. She has co-written and produced Miley Cyrus's Top 10 singles "See You Again" and "7 Things" as well as her single "Fly on the Wall". She co-wrote the song, Potential Breakup Song, with 78violet, which Time and CNN named one of the Top Songs of 2007.
She has also co-written "Bet On It" from High School Musical 2, and "Right Here" from the album Meet Miley Cyrus. Armato produced and wrote Sick Puppies' newly released Top 5 Rock album Tri Polar. The first single "You're Going Down" reached Top Ten and climbing the charts.
Recently, Antonina is working with Adam Lambert and The Beach Girl5 - Now known as BG5. Antonina has also co-written "Naturally" from Kiss & Tell, Selena Gomez & the Scene's debut album. Rock Mafia wrote and produced Miley Cyrus first single, "Can't be Tamed" Which went top 10 on Billboard and #1 on iTunes. She also wrote and produced six additional tracks on Miley's new CD. RockMafia is enjoying their Smash hit "Love you like a love song" which is presently top 10 and still climbing the charts!!
She also produced Bonnie McKee's debut album Trouble along with Rob Cavallo.
Antonina is married to Tim James, who is her producing partner and co-founder of Rock Mafia. She and Tim live presently in Santa Monica, California.
Selena Gomez and Selena Gomez & the Scene