Martin Johnson (musician)

Martin Johnson
Johnson in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Martin Bennett Johnson
Born	(1985-09-09) September 9, 1985 (age 39) Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock pop punk emo
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	2005–present
Member of	Boys Like Girls • The Night Game
Spouse	Naomi Cooke
Website	martinjohnsonmusic.com

Martin Bennett Johnson (born September 9, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the bands Boys Like Girls and the Night Game.

He has written and produced for various artists, including Avril Lavigne, Daughtry, Jason Derulo, Christina Perri, Gavin Degraw, and Hot Chelle Rae. Johnson is credited with having several RIAA-certified multi-platinum songs ("The Other Side", "Here's to Never Growing Up", "Two Is Better Than One" (with Taylor Swift), "Love Drunk", "The Great Escape," "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home"). Songs he has written have sold over 10 million copies and he has had nine top 40 charting singles.^[1]

Martin Johnson was born in Andover, Massachusetts, on September 9, 1985, and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is of English descent.^[2] He is married to singer-songwriter Naomi Cooke of the American country music group Runaway June.^[3] They have 1 child together.

Johnson has lived in Hollywood Hills, California.^[4]

Johnson is the lead singer and plays guitar for the band Boys Like Girls. The band, which consists of Johnson, Paul DiGiovanni, John Keefe, and Morgan Dorr (as of 2011) was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 2005. Since releasing their debut album in 2006, the band has sold over a million albums and has accumulated over one hundred twenty million plays for their music on MySpace.^[5] Johnson produced the band's 2012 record, Crazy World. The group then went on hiatus with Johnson saying the band hasn't broken up and may continue writing and recording.^[6] The band has since resumed recording and are expecting to release their fourth studio album in the fall of 2023.

Johnson currently helms the new wave band The Night Game. The band released two singles in 2017, "The Outfield" and "Once In A Lifetime", and toured as an opening act with John Mayer. They also collaborated with Kygo on the song "Kids In Love". On February 1, 2018, The Night Game released a version of "Kids In Love" without Kygo and announced plans for a tour.

Johnson co-wrote, with Taylor Swift, the song "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" from the Hannah Montana Movie soundtrack.^[7] Most recently, Johnson produced and co-wrote Avril Lavigne's "Here's to Never Growing Up", Jason Derulo's "The Other Side",^[8] Karmin's "Acapella", Mike Posner's "The Way It Used To Be", Gavin Degraw's "Best I Ever Had", and Christina Perri's "Human". In 2016 he collaborated with a cappella group, Pentatonix.

Credits primarily adapted from AllMusic.^[9]

In addition to the above-listed, Johnson (co-)wrote every track on the following Boys Like Girls albums: Boys Like Girls (2006), Love Drunk (2009), and Crazy World (2012).