Sam Hollander

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Sam Hollander is an American songwriter. He has collaborated with Panic! at the Disco, One Direction, Fitz and the Tantrums, Weezer, The Living Tombstone, blink-182, Train, Ringo Starr, Carole King, Katy Perry, Boys Like Girls, Metro Station, Billy Idol, Def Leppard, Public Enemy, Daughtry, Gym Class Heroes, Tom Morello, among others.[1][2][3][4]

Also known asS*A*M
Born
Samuel S. Hollander

New York City
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
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Sam Hollander
Hollander in 2020
Hollander in 2020
Background information
Also known asS*A*M
Born
Samuel S. Hollander

New York City
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • record producer
  • musician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • programming
  • vocals
Years active1997–present
Websitesamhollandersongs.com
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Career

As of 2025, Hollander has landed 23 U.S. Top 40 hits. His music has topped charts across the U.S. and worldwide, earning 14 Number 1s, 67 Top Five hits, and 111 Top 10 entries globally.[5]

In 2008, he was named Rolling Stone Hot List Producer of the Year, alongside Dave "Sluggo" Katz.

In 2012, he was the music producer for the NBC TV show Smash, for which he produced the Emmy-nominated song "I Heard Your Voice In A Dream.[6]

In 2019, he held the #1 position on the Billboard Rock Songwriters chart for nine weeks, a year-end record.[7]

In 2019, Hollander sold his songwriting catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Fund.[8]

In 2025, he received an Emmy nomination at the 52nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Original Song, as the composer of “Music Music” (performed by Noah Kahan) for Sesame Street.

He served as a Governor of the New York Chapter of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (The GRAMMYs) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the charity Musicians On Call.

His memoir, "21 Hit Wonder: Flopping My Way To The Top Of The Charts", was released December 6, 2023 via Matt Holt/BenBella/Penguin Random House.

Personal life

Hollander was born in New York, NY and attended Fox Lane High School.[9] He is the son of interior decorator and collector Judith Hollander,[10] and José Limon Company dancer/Pratt Institute Professor Michael Hollander,[11] and the nephew of American poet John Hollander. In December 2013, Hollander wrote an obituary dedicated to his uncle in the New York Times entitled "My uncle, the poet and the pop star".[12] As a child, Hollander was babysat by artist Andy Warhol, whose live-in boyfriend, Jed Johnson, had started a decorating business with his mother.[13]

Selected discography

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