Jamie Hartman

Ben's Brother

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]

Songwriting

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]

With Ben's Brother

Songwriting and production credits