Steph Jones
American songwriter
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Stephenie Nicole Jones (born September 6, 1987) is an American songwriter and vocal producer based in Nashville, TN.[1] She has written songs performed by artists including Sabrina Carpenter, Selena Gomez, Blackpink, Demi Lovato, Kelsea Ballerini, Jade Thirlwall, Florence and the Machine, Celine Dion, Keith Urban, Teddy Swims, Madi Diaz, and more.[2][3][4]
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Born
September 6, 1987
Stephenie Nicole Jones
September 6, 1987
Occupation
- Songwriter
Instruments
- Vocals
- piano
- guitar
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| Born | Stephenie Nicole Jones September 6, 1987 |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Career
Steph Jones recently co-wrote Sabrina Carpenter's 5× platinum song "Espresso", the lead single from her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet, alongside co-writers Amy Allen and Julian Bunetta.[5] "Espresso" is nominated for both Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2025 Grammy's[6] and is Spotify's 3rd fastest song to hit 1 Billion streams.[7] It was Billboard's #1 Global Song of the Summer for 2024,[8] as well as reaching #1 on Pop Airplay and #3 on the Hot 100 Charts.[9] Steph Jones has co-written with Sabrina Carpenter over many albums, including songs "Nonsense",[10] "Bet U Wanna",[11] "Bad for Business"[12] and "Things I Wish You Said"[13] from Carpenter's fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send, as well as "Sue Me",[14] "Buy Me Presents",[15] "Let Me Move You" (from the Netflix film Work It),[16] and more.
Jones also co-wrote Jade Thirwall's debut single "Angel Of My Dreams"[17] which charted Top 10 on UK Singles Chart.[18] Other notable works include Selena Gomez's "People You Know",[19] BLACKPINK's "Love to Hate Me",[20] Amber Mark's "Competition,"[21] Latto ft LU KALA "Lottery",[22] Teddy Swims "Growing Up is Getting Old",[23] and "Call Me Cruella" by Florence + The Machine (for Disney's GRAMMY-nominated Original Motion Picture soundtrack ‘Cruella’).[24]
Jones has also had success as a songwriter in the country music space, with Kelsea Ballerini's #1 Country Radio[25] song "Hole In The Bottle",[26] Tenille Townes "When's It Gonna Happen"[27] and "Girl Who Didn't Care,"[28] Little Big Town's "Over Drinking" (from their GRAMMY-nominated album ‘Nightfall’),[29] Keith Urban's "Polaroid,"[30] as well as Shania Twain and BRELAND's "Boots Don't" (from Twisters: The Album).[31]
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Demi Lovato | It's Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be) | "Pretty Catatonic"[32] |
| 2025 | Demi Lovato | It's Not That Deep | "Kiss"[33] |
| "Ghost"[33] | |||
| 2024 | Amber Mark | Loosies | "Wait So Yeah"[34] |
| Myles Smith | A Minute... | "3am"[35] | |
| Myles Smith, James Bay | A Minute... | "Waste"[36] | |
| Lyn Lapid | Buttons | "Buttons"[37] | |
| Freya Skye | Winter Dream | "Winter Dream"[38] | |
| Koe Wetzel | 9 Lives | "Good Times (Bonus Track)"[39] | |
| Jenna Raine, Avery Anna | Roses | "Roses (feat. Avery Anna)"[40] | |
| Jelly Roll | Beautifully Broken | "Born Again"[41] | |
| Beautifully Broken | "Hear Me Out"[42] | ||
| Charlie Hickey | Death Grip | "Death Grip"[43] | |
| Dylan Schneider | PUZZLED | "Here Comes The Sun"[44] | |
| Logan Crosby | 2019 | "Seasons"[45] | |
| Pia Mia | Anti Romantica | "Owe Me"[46] | |
| Ashe | Willson | "Running Out Of Time"[47] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Short n' Sweet | "Don’t Smile"[48] | |
| Short n' Sweet | "Espresso"[49] | ||
| Niko Moon, Michael Franti & Spearhead | THESE ARE THE DAYS | "IT'S ALL GOOD"[50] | |
| JADE | That's Showbiz Baby | "Angel Of My Dreams"[51] | |
| Shania Twain, BRELAND | Boots Don't (From Twisters: The Album) | "Boots Don't (From Twisters: The Album)"[52] | |
| Dillon Francis, chloe moriondo | Lonely (Planet Earth) | "Lonely (Planet Earth)"[53] | |
| Avery Anna | Breakup Over Breakfast | "vanilla"[54] | |
| Meghan Trainor | Timeless | "Hate It Here"[55] | |
| Thomas Day | Pretender | "Pretender"[56] | |
| Teddy Swims | I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1.5) | "Growing Up is Getting Old"[57] | |
| Julia Wolf | In My Room | "In My Room"[58] | |
| Myles Smith | Betting on Us | "Betting on Us"[59] | |
| Nicky Youre | Part Time Lover | "Part Time Lover"[60] | |
| Sofia Carson | I Hope You Know | "I Hope You Know"[61] | |
| 2023 | Sabrina Carpenter | fruitcake | "buy me presents"[62] |
| Jake Scott | Lavender | "One On The Way"[63] | |
| Lauren Spencer Smith | Mirror (Deluxe) | "Sad Forever"[64] | |
| Madi Diaz | Weird Faith | "Same Risk"[65] | |
| Kate Micucci | My Hat | "Bucket of Beans"[66] | |
| Suriel Hess | Hair | "Hair"[67] | |
| Madeline The Person | CHAPTER 4: The End | "Watercolor Flowers"[68] | |
| SNOW WIFE | QUEEN DEGENERATE | "HIT IT (feat. Big Boss Vette)"[69] | |
| Teddy Swims | I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1) | "Flame"[70] | |
| ella jane | Dead Weight | "Dead Weight"[71] | |
| Ryan Griffin | Phases | "God Made Fridays"[72] | |
| Lyn Lapid | to love in the 21st century | "ok with it"[73] | |
| to love in the 21st century | "tlit21c"[74] | ||
| Bishop Briggs | Baggage | "Baggage"[75] | |
| Michelle Zarlenga | Shimmering Seas (From Disney Cruise Line/25th Anniversary Theme) | "Shimmering Seas - From Disney Cruise Line/25th Anniversary Theme"[76] | |
| Mike Sabath | Being Human | "Hers"[77] | |
| Mike Sabath, The Moongirls | Being Human | "Pillows"[78] | |
| ella jane, Charlie Hickey | Marginalia (Deluxe) | "Sore Loser"[79] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter, Coi Leray | Nonsense (Remix) | "Nonsense (with Coi Leray)"[80] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | emails i can’t send fwd: | "things i wish you said"[81] | |
| Meet Me At The Altar | Past // Present // Future | "It's Over For Me"[82] | |
| ill peach | THIS IS NOT AN EXIT | "HEAVYWEIGHT"[83] | |
| Meet Me At The Altar | Past // Present // Future | "Kööl"[84] | |
| lennnie | songs to send to someone you love | "I Love You x a Million"[85] | |
| Latto,LU KALA | Lottery (feat. LU KALA) | "Lottery (feat. LU KALA)"[86] | |
| CXLOE | Shiny New Thing | "Cheating on Myself"[87] | |
| 2022 | Sabrina Carpenter | A Nonsense Christmas | "A Nonsense Christmas"[88] |
| John K | Be Alright // U Sometimes | "U Sometimes"[89] | |
| Mickey Guyton | I Still Pray | "I Still Pray"[90] | |
| Teddy Swims | Sleep is Exhausting | "The Plan"[91] | |
| Ella Jane | Marginalia | "Warhol"[92] | |
| Marginalia | "Party Trick"[93] | ||
| Ashe | Rae | "Angry Woman"[94] | |
| "Emotional"[95] | |||
| "Fun While It Lasted"[96] | |||
| "omw"[97] | |||
| Ashe ft. Diane Keaton | "Love Is Letting Go"[98] | ||
| chloe moriondo | SUCKERPUNCH | "Cry"[99] | |
| "Plastic Purse"[100] | |||
| Surf Mesa, Nat Dunn | State Of My Heart | "State Of My Heart"[101] | |
| ill peach | BRIGHT LIGHTS | "BRIGHT LIGHTS"[102] | |
| Meet Me At The Altar | Past // Present // Future | "Say It (To My Face)"[103] | |
| Valencia Grace | There I Said It | "There I Said It"[104] | |
| GUNNAR | old shit | "She's In My Head"[105] | |
| Dara Reneé, Disney | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Original Soundtrack/Season 3) | "Here I Come"[106] | |
| John K | something worth working on | "something worth working on"[107] | |
| Guitars and Drugs | "Guitars and Drugs"[108] | ||
| Brooke Eden | Choosing You | "Knock"[109] | |
| Josh Gracin | History Repeats | "History Repeats"[110] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | emails i can't send | "Bad for Business"[111] | |
| "bet u wanna"[112] | |||
| "Nonsense"[113] | |||
| renforshort | dear amelia | "better off"[114] | |
| August Ponthier | Shaking Hands With Elvis | "Shaking Hands With Elvis"[115] | |
| Ella Mai | Heart On My Sleeve | "Feels Like"[116] | |
| JOHN K, Sigala | A LOT ( Remix) | "A LOT (Sigala Remix)"[117] | |
| Ingrid Andress | Good Person | "Good Person"[118] | |
| Francis Karel | Like All My Friends | "Like All My Friends"[119] | |
| Sofia Carson | Sofia Carson | "Stay"[120] | |
| Ella Henderson | Everything I Didn’t Say | "Sorry That I Miss You"[121] | |
| MILKBLOOD | NO MIND | "NO MIND"[122] | |
| Jason Mraz | Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride | "I Feel Like Dancing"[123] | |
| Florence + The Machine | Harder Than Hell | "Call me Cruella - From Cruella/Soundtrack Version"[124] | |
| Amber Mark | Three Dimensions Deep | "Bliss"[125] | |
| "Bubbles"[126] | |||
| John K | A LOT | "A LOT"[127] | |
| Tenille Townes | Masquerades | "When's It Gonna Happen"[128] | |
| 2021 | Monsta X | The Dreaming | "Tied to Your Body"[129] |
| Jorge Blanco | Bad Karma | "Bad Karma"[130] | |
| Ross Copperman & Cam | Everything Changes | "Everything Changes"[131] | |
| Wrabel ft. Madi Diaz | these words are all for you | "It's Us"[132] | |
| Madi Diaz | History Of A Feeling | "Man In Me"[133] | |
| Johnny Orlando | Daydream | "Daydream"[134] | |
| Charlie Hickey & MUNA | Seeing Things (Muna's Version) | "Seeing Things (Muna's Version)"[135] | |
| ZHU ft. John The Blind | Monster | "Monster"[136] | |
| ILLENIUM, Matt Maeson | Fallen Embers | "Heavenly Side"[137] | |
| Amber Mark | Competition (Snakehips Remix) | "Competition (Snakehips Remix)"[138] | |
| Emily Weisband | Butterfly (ft Karen Fairchild) | "Butterfly (ft Karen Fairchild)"[139] | |
| Tenille Townes | Girl Who Didn't Care | "Girl Who Didn't Care"[140] | |
| Amber Mark | Competition | "Competition - Single Edit"[141] | |
| chloe moriondo | Blood Bunny | "Bodybag"[142] | |
| "I Eat Boys"[143] | |||
| "What If It Doesn't End Well"[144] | |||
| Sweet Little Band | Babies Go Charlie Puth | "Is It Just Me?"[145] | |
| Emily Weisband | I Call It Being Human | "Indie Movie Zoomout Moment"[146] | |
| John K, ROSIE | ilym (feat. ROSIE) | "ilym (feat. ROSIE)"[147] | |
| Babygirl | Nevermind | "Nevermind"[148] | |
| Sheppard | Kaleidoscope Eyes | "Catalina"[149] | |
| SG Lewis | times | "Chemicals"[150] | |
| Lindsey Ray | Metamorphosis | "There’s Nothing Like This"[151] | |
| Mimi Webb | Reasons | "Reasons"[152] | |
| 2020 | Jackie Schimmel | BITCH | "BITCH"[153] |
| Emily Weisband | Not Afraid to Say Goodbye | "You're Cool"[154] | |
| Kelsea Ballerini | Hole In The Bottle feat. Shania Twain | "Hole In The Bottle feat. Shania Twain"[155] | |
| John K | love + everything else | "if we never met"[156] | |
| John K, Kelsea Ballerini | "if we never met (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)"[157] | ||
| Carlie Hanson | DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy | "Is That a Thing?"[158] | |
| Sarah Reeves | Life Love & Madness | "Don't Feel Like Fighting"[159] | |
| BLACKPINK | THE ALBUM | "Love To Hate Me"[160] | |
| Keith Urban | THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 | "Polaroid"[161] | |
| Now United | Nobody Fools Me Twice | "Nobody Fools Me Twice"[162] | |
| Lindsay Ell | heart theory | "wrong girl"[163] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Let Me Move You (From the Netflix film Work It) | "Let Me Move You - From the Netflix film Work It"[164] | |
| Maisie Peters | Sad Girl Summer | "Sad Girl Summer"[165] | |
| MAYCE | Cry For Help | "L.O.V.E."[166] | |
| GAMPER & DADONI, Dewain Whitmore | Perfect (For Somebody Else) | "Perfect (For Somebody Else)"[167] | |
| Kelsea Ballerini | kelsea | "hole in the bottle"[168] | |
| "the way i used to"[169] | |||
| Sj,Katelyn Tarver | Heaven | "Heaven"[170] | |
| John K, Sigala | if we never met (remix) | "if we never met - remix"[171] | |
| Little Big Town | Nightfall | "Over Drinking"[172] | |
| Selena Gomez | Rare | "People You Know"[173] | |
| 2019 | Katemale | Out Of Touch | "Out Of Touch"[174] |
| Céline Dion | Courage (Deluxe Edition) | "Look at Us Now"[175] | |
| bülow, Jimi Somewhere | The Contender | "Puppy Love"[176] | |
| JOSEPH | Good Luck, Kid | "In My Head"[177] | |
| Annika Rose | In the End | "In the End"[178] | |
| AJ Mitchell | Slow Dance | "Out My Mind"[179] | |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Singular Act II | "In My Bed"[180] | |
| "Take Off All Your Cool"[181] | |||
| Alle Farben, Jordan Powers | Sticker on My Suitcase | "Different for Us"[182] | |
| Carlie Hanson | Junk | "WYA"[183] | |
| "Back in My Arms"[184] | |||
| P!nk | Hurts 2B Human | "Happy"[185] | |
| MacKenzie Porter | Cry Baby | "Cry Baby"[186] | |
| Gia Woods | New Girlfriend | "New Girlfriend"[187] | |
| Jack & Jack | A Good Friend Is Nice | "Used To You Now"[188] | |
| Quinn Lewis | Hanging On | "Hanging On"[189] | |
| 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular Act I | "Almost Love"[190] |
| "Sue Me"[191] | |||
| Carlie Hanson | Toxins | "Toxins"[192] | |
| Against The Current | Past Lives | "Almost Forgot"[193] | |
| Nashville Cast, Jenny Leigh | Nashville, Season 6: Episode 16 (Music from the Original TV Series) | "All That Matters"[194] | |
| Panic! At The Disco | Pray for the Wicked | "Roaring 20s"[195] | |
| morgxn | vital | "roots"[196] | |
| Missy Higgins | Solastalgia | "Cemetery"[197] | |
| PRETTYMUCH | PRETTYMUCH an EP | "Hello"[198] | |
| Rich Edwards, Victoria Voss | Ego | "Ego"[199] | |
| Bea Miller | aurora | "bored"[200] | |
| "burning bridges"[201] | |||
| "buy me diamonds"[202] | |||
| "S.L.U.T."[203] | |||
| Bea Miller, mike. | "to the grave"[204] | ||
| FRENSHIP | LOVE Somebody | "LOVE Somebody"[205] | |
| 2017 | Kim Viera | Pitch Perfect 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | "Tribe"[206] |
| Danielle Bradbery | I Don't Believe We've Met | "Can't Stay Mad"[207] | |
| Jacob Sartorius | Cozy | "Cozy"[208] | |
| Jane XØ, LöKii | Let Me Down Easy | "Let Me Down Easy"[209] | |
| Grey, Asia | Chameleon | "Chameleon"[210] | |
| Emily Hackett | Nostalgia | "Nostalgia"[211] | |
| Niki & Gabi | R U | "R U"[212] | |
| Dylan Scott | Dylan Scott (Deluxe Edition) | "Rules"[213] | |
| Nickelback | Feed The Machine | "Song on Fire"[214] | |
| Aliyah Moulden | The Complete Season 12 Collection (The Voice Performance) | "Never Be Lonely - The Voice Performance"[215] | |
| Mike Williams, Brezy | Don't Hurt (feat. Brezy) | "Don't Hurt (feat. Brezy)"[216] | |
| Sweater Beats, R.LUM.R | Altar (feat. R.LUM.R) | "Altar (feat. R.LUM.R)"[217] | |
| James Blunt | The Afterlove | "Bartender"[218] | |
| Julian Jordan, Sj | Say Love | "Say Love"[219] | |
| Adam Brand | Get On Your Feet | "Rent Money"[220] | |
| 2016 | Sabrina Carpenter | EVOLution | "Don't Want It Back"[221] |
| "Shadows"[222] | |||
| Paulina Jayne | Paulina Jayne | "Tidal Wave"[223] | |
| Tritonal, Steph Jones | Painting With Dreams | "Blackout"[224] | |
| "Escape"[225] | |||
| Felix Cartal, Steph Jones | Keep Up | "Keep Up"[226] | |
| Olivia Holt, Jordan Fisher | Olivia | "Thin Air"[227] | |
| Chris Lane, MacKenzie Porter | Girl Problems | "Circles"[228] | |
| Forever in Your Mind | FIYM | "Whistle"[229] | |
| Jason Owen | Proud | "Good Night"[230] | |
| Julie Bergan | I Kinda Like It | "I Kinda Like It"[231] | |
| Chuck Wicks | Turning Point | "Tell Me"[232] | |
| Star Darlings | Up | "Up"[233] | |
| 2015 | Julie Bergan | All Hours | "All Hours"[234] |
| Kevin Rudolf | That Other Ship | "That Other Ship"[235] | |
| Ryan Lafferty | The Half of It | "Stalemate"[236] | |
| Matthew Mayfield, Chelsea Lankes | Wild Eyes | "Why We Try (feat. Chelsea Lankes)"[237] | |
| Who Is Fancy | Goodbye | "Goodbye"[238] | |
| Juliet Simms | All or Nothing | "All or Nothing"[239] | |
| 2014 | Cole Plante, Myon & Shane 54, Ruby O'Dell | If I Fall | "If I Fall"[240] |
| 2012 | Evermore | Follow The Sun | "Hero"[241] |