Jamie Hartman is an English songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, CA, and the former lead singer of the indie-pop band Ben's Brother.

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Jamie Hartman (born 1971) is an English songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, CA, and the former lead singer of the indie-pop band Ben's Brother.\n

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Early life

Hartman was born and raised in London.\n

Career

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. 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. The single \"Let Me Out\" earned Hartman a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song.\n

In 2009, the band released their second album, Battling Giants, which reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. That album's first single, \"Apologise\", was co-written with Natalie Imbruglia, and released by Island Records. The album also includes appearances by Jason Mraz and Joss Stone.\n

Songwriting

Hartman co-wrote the 2016 single \"Human\" by Rag'n'Bone Man, which reached number 1 on 20 charts in 16 countries. He wrote \"All You Good Friends\", the debut single for The Voice UK 2016 winner Kevin Simm; co-wrote \"All I Need to Know\" by Emma Bunton; wrote and produced \"Stargazing\" by Kygo; co-wrote \"Giant\" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man; which was nominated for a Brit Award in 2020 for Best Song. 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.\n

Hartman co-wrote and co-produced the Backstreet Boys single \"Don't Go Breaking My Heart\" with Stuart Crichton and Stephen Wrabel. They won a BMI Award for writing the song, which was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. He wrote two songs, including the single \"Hold Me While You Wait\", on Lewis Capaldi's 2019 album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, which was the top album on the UK Albums Chart for the years 2019 and 2020. 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) He wrote and produced nine songs on Celeste's 2021 album Not Your Muse, which reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.\nHe was nominated for a Grammy in 2022 for Best Song Written For Visual Media with \"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)\" 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). 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. He also co-wrote hit song \"Dancing is Healing\" with Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry 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, and also won at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Song For a TV show/Limited Series. 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.\n

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.\n

Awards and nominations

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Discography

With Ben's Brother

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Songwriting and production credits

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References

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External links

Jamie Hartman on AllMusic

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Jamie Hartman

Broadcast History