Sam Martin (singer)
| Sam Martin | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samuel Denison Martin |
| Born |
February 7, 1983 New York City, New York |
| Origin | Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Associated acts | |
Samuel Denison "Sam" Martin (born February 7, 1983) is an American Grammy Award-winning musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. His song, "Want to Want Me", (released by Jason Derulo), holds the record for the most-adds in the American contemporary hit radio history. Martin's first song he wrote for another artist became the song, "Daylight" by Maroon 5, which peaked at number-one on the Billboard charts. His writing on Fly Rasta, released by Ziggy Marley, led it to becoming a number-one reggae album as well as a receiving a Grammy Award. He rose to the public eye in 2014 for not only writing, but as a featured artist on David Guetta's with number-one singles: "Lovers on the Sun" and "Dangerous". His work also extends to projects with One Direction, Nick Jonas, Zedd, Flo Rida, Prince Royce, Snoop Dogg and T.I..
Career
Sam Martin also has a side project called "Con Bro Chill" who have released singles including "We Should Hang Out"
Early beginnings
Martin was born in New York City and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He attended Lakeridge High School[1] and went to Berklee School of Music for two years.
2012–14: Breakthrough
Martin's songwriting credits include co-writing "Daylight" and "It Was Always You" by Maroon 5, and for being the contributing singer and co-writer on the song "Lovers on the Sun" by David Guetta and Guetta's "Dangerous".[2] He also has writing credits on Guy Sebastian's single "Like a Drum"[3] and Ziggy Marley's song "Lighthouse."[4]
#1 moments in music industry
- Number 1 Album on iTunes -- Maroon 5's V
- Number 1 Pop, HAC and AC US Radio Spins -- Maroon 5's "Daylight"
- Number 1 Album on iTunes -- Maroon 5's Overexposed
- Number 1 Australia Pop Radio --Guy Sebastian's "Like a Drum"
- Number 1 Hype Machine -- Guy Sebastian's "Like a Drum"
- Number 1 Hype Machine—Sultan & Ned Shepard - All These Roads Remix
- Number 1 Reggae Album on iTunes -- Ziggy Marley's Fly Rasta
- Number 1 Top 40 Radio -- Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me"
- Number 1 Most Added Song in Top 40 Radio History -- Jason DeRulo's "Want to Want Me"
- Number 1 UK Official Chart -- Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me"
- Number 1 UK Official Chart -- David Guetta's "Lovers On The Sun"
- Number 1 Worldwide Airplay --David Guetta's "Dangerous"
- Number 1 European Airplay --David Guetta's "Dangerous"
- Number 1 Album on iTunes -- One Direction's FOUR
Discography
Singles
"Song For My Unborn Son" Released: January 2015
As featured artist
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
AUS [6] |
AUT [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NLD [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
UK [15] | |||||||
| "Lovers on the Sun" (David Guetta featuring Sam Martin) |
2014 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Listen | ||||
| "Dangerous" (David Guetta featuring Sam Martin) |
56 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| "Dirty Mind" (Flo Rida featuring Sam Martin) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Other appearances
| Single | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "All These Roads" (Sultan + Ned Shepard featuring Sam Martin and Zella Day) |
2013 | N/A |
| "Unbreakable" (Dirty South featuring Sam Martin) |
2014 | With You |
Songwriting credits
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2012 | T.I. | Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head | "Like That" | Clifford Harris, Jr., Cordale Quinn, Lamar Edwards |
| Sultan + Ned Shepard | "All These Roads" (featuring Sam Martin and Zella Day) | Ossama Al Sarraf, Ned Shepard, Zella Day Kerr, Xandy Barry, Nick Lazzeri, Justin Harris, Nicholas Karl, Tal Meltzer, Philip Patterson, Christian Walker | ||
| Ziggy Marley | Fly Rasta | "Lighthouse" | David Marley | |
| Maroon 5 | Overexposed | "Daylight" | Adam Levine, Max Martin, Mason Levy | |
| 2014 | David Guetta | Listen | "Lovers on the Sun" (featuring Sam Martin) | David Guetta, Michael Einziger, Giorgio Tuinfort, Tim Bergling, Jason Evigan, Frederic Riesterer |
| "Dangerous" (featuring Sam Martin) | Guetta, Tuinfort, Evigan, Lindy Robbins | |||
| "What I Did for Love" (featuring Emeli Sandé) | Guetta, Tuinfort, Alicia Keys, Breyan Isaac, Evigan, Sean Douglas | |||
| "Goodbye Friend" (featuring The Script) | Guetta, Riesterer, Tuinfort, Evigan, Douglas | |||
| Maroon 5 | V | "It Was Always You" | Levine, Evigan, Marcus Lomax, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson | |
| "Coming Back for You" | Levine, Evigan, Lomax, J. Johnson, S. Johnson | |||
| Nick Jonas | Nick Jonas | "Wilderness" | Ian Kirkpatrick, Sean Douglas | |
| Prince Royce featuring Snoop Dogg | Single' | "Stuck On a Feeling" | Calvin Broadus, Jason Evigan, Ross Golan, Daniel Omelio | |
| One Direction | Four (Deluxe Edition) | "Change Your Ticket" | Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Julian Bunetta, John Ryan | |
| Pentatonix | Vol. III | "On My Way Home" | ||
| Guy Sebastian | Madness | "Like a Drum" | ||
| 2015 | Jason Derulo | Everything Is 4 | "Want to Want Me" | Lindy Robbins, Jason Desrouleaux, Mitch Allen, Ian Kirkpatrick |
| "Cheyenne" | Desrouleaux, Kirkpatrick, Robbins, Jason Evigan, Robin Weisse, Lomax, Johnson Johnson | |||
| Zedd | True Colors | "Papercut" | ||
| "Straight into the Fire" | ||||
| Nick Jonas | Levels | "Levels" | ||
References
- ↑ Duin, Steve. "Lakeridge graduate Sam Martin writes for Maroon 5 and knows you're only as good as your last song", The Oregonian, Portland, December 10, 2012. Retrieved on June 26, 2014.
- ↑ "David Guetta delivers on promise for 'different' with new single 'Dangerous' - Dancing Astronaut". Dancing Astronaut.
- ↑ "Songwriters - Artist Publishing Group". artistpublishinggroup.com.
- ↑ "Ziggy Marley - Official Website". ziggymarley.com.
- ↑ "Sam Martin – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sam Martin". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sam Martin". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sam Martin". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sam Martin". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sam Martin". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Sam Martin". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sam Martin". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Sam Martin". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Sam Martin". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
- For "Lovers on the Sun": "Chart Archive > 30th August 2014". Official Charts Company. 2014-08-30.
- 1 2 "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ↑ "British single certifications – David Guetta – Lovers on the Sun". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 12, 2014. Enter Lovers on the Sun in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Search
- ↑ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". musikindustrie.de. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- 1 2 "FIMI - Pagina non trovata.". FIMI.it. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (David Guetta feat. Sam Martin; 'Lovers on the Sun')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". musikindustrie.de. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Gold & Platin". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community".
- ↑ "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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