Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986)[1] is an American singer, composer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group.
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 Melanie Fontana in 2017 | |
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| Birth name | Melanie Joy Fontana |
| Born | October 3, 1986 Newington, Connecticut, US |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
Early life
editFontana was born in Newington, Connecticut.[2] She moved to New York City when she was 18, after spending seven years commuting to Manhattan, where she would audition for singing roles and work as a demo singer, recording songs for writers to pitch to record companies.[1]
Career
editFontana co-wrote the 2011 Justin Bieber song "Home This Christmas" with Nasri Atweh. It was featured on Bieber's Christmas album Under the Mistletoe.[3] Also in 2011, Fontana co-wrote the original theme song to Shelter Me, a PBS show, hosted by Katherine Heigl that celebrated the human-animal bond. The series focuses on shelter animal success stories. The theme song, "Love is Everything (Shelter Me)," was written by Austin Bis, Fontana and Daniel Walker, and performed by Fontana.[4] In 2014, she co-wrote the song "Hit Me Up" with Lars Hustoft and Jon Asher for Eurovision Song Contest competitor Charlie Tepstad of Norway.[5]
On April 5, 2013, the song "Nothing Really Matters" by tyDi, which Fontana was featured on and was co-written by STIX of Fly Panda, debuted on Billboard.[6][7] It reached number 39 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 2013.[8] Also in 2013, Fontana worked as a songwriting consultant on Norway's Idol television show, co-writing Astrid S's single "Shattered", which went Gold in Scandinavia.[9] In 2015, Fontana, alongside tyDi, topped the Mediabase dance charts at Number 1 with their EDM track "Redefined", co-written by Priya J. Geddis.[7] The song was Sirius XM's top song of 2015 on its BPM station. She also collaborated with tyDi and Col3man on the 2017 single "That's How You Know".[10]
In 2016, Britney Spears released the Japanese edition of her album Glory, including a song written by Fontana with Jon Asher and produced by DJ Mustard, titled "Mood Ring".[11] Fontana had three Top 10 singles stemming from the Korean Mnet TV show Produce 101: "Crush", "Yum Yum" and "Fingertips". On April 1, 2016, Aaron Carter released "Fools Gold" which was co-written by Fontana, Carter, Asher, Taylor Hegelson and Michel "Lindgren" Schulz. Fontana co-wrote all five tracks on Carter's 2017 comeback EP LøVë.[11][12] On October 7, 2016, Daya released Sit Still, Look Pretty, which included two songs penned by Fontana, "Words" and "All Right".[13] She co-wrote The Chainsmokers single "Setting Fires", released in November 2016,[14] and the BTS single "Euphoria", released in April 2018,[15] which reached number 2 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[16] She and her husband Michel "Lindgren" Schulz helped write the 2019 BTS single "Boy with Luv" featuring Halsey, which was the fastest YouTube video to reach 100 million views (doing it in under two days).[17][18] Fontana is managed by Justin Garza.[19]
Production credits
edit| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Justin Bieber ft. The Band Perry | Under the Mistletoe | "Home This Christmas" |
| 2013 | Astrid S | "Shattered" | |
| Sverre Eide | "Chain Reaction" | ||
| Eirik Søfteland | "Lust or Love" | ||
| Girls' Generation | Girls & Peace | "Stay Girls" | |
| Becky | Gyu | "Gyu" | |
| 2014 | Steffen Jakobsen | Six String Love Affair | "Set in Stone" |
| Alex Marshall | "Si Je Pars" | ||
| Charlie | "Hit Me Up" | ||
| f(x) | Red Light | "Boom, Bang, Boom" | |
| Koda Kumi | Walk of My Life | "Dance In The Rain" | |
| Andreas Varady | Andreas Varady | "Don't Stop the Music" | |
| Constant Flow ft. Immortal Technique | "Moment Of Peace"[20] | ||
| Thomas Newson & Otto Orlandi | "Bells At Midnight"[21] | ||
| 2015 | Shawn Hook | Analog Love | "Relapse" |
| Edurne | Adrenalina | "One Shot" | |
| Lace Up | "Dripping Gold" | ||
| 2016 | I.O.I | Chrysalis | "Crush" |
| Produce 101 | "Fingertips"[22] | ||
| "Yum Yum" | |||
| AOA | Runway | "Cherry Pop" | |
| Fiestar | "Apple Pie"[citation needed] | ||
| Tiffany Hwang | I Just Wanna Dance | "Yellow Light"[23] | |
| Los 5 | Meet Los Five | "Do For Love"[24] | |
| Britney Spears | Glory | "Mood Ring" | |
| The Chainsmokers | Collage | "Setting Fires" | |
| Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | "Words" | |
| "All Right" | |||
| Hyolyn feat. Jay Park | It's Me | "One Step" | |
| Hatty Keane | "In Your Arms" | ||
| Sammi Sanchez | "Girls Talk" | ||
| "Deeper" | |||
| 2017 | Aaron Carter | LøVë | "Fool's Gold"[25] |
| "Let Me Let You" | |||
| "Sooner of Later" | |||
| "Same Way" | |||
| "Dearly Departed" | |||
| "Don't Say Goodbye" | |||
| Minzy | Minzy Work 01: Uno | "Ni Na No"[26] | |
| "Superwoman"[26] | |||
| RaNia | Refresh 7th | "Breathe Heavy" | |
| Kayef | "Paradies" | ||
| "Wir Sind Okay" | |||
| Fabian Mazur ft. Dia Frampton | "Young Once" | ||
| Melody Day | Kiss On the Lips | "Kiss On the Lips" | |
| R3hab ft. Krewella | "Ain't That Why" | ||
| ILLENIUM ft. Dia Frampton | Awake | "Needed You" | |
| 2018 | Kayef | "Irgendwann Jetzt" | |
| BTS | Love Yourself: Answer | "Euphoria" | |
| AOA | Bingle Bangle | "Parfait" | |
| Topic ft. Juan Magan & Lena | "Sólo Contigo" | ||
| Felix Sandman | EMOTIONS | "TONE IT DOWN" | |
| Drake Bell | "Fuego Lento" | ||
| Loren Gray | "Kick You Out" | ||
| DeathbyRomy | Monsters | "No More" | |
| 2019 | DeathbyRomy | Love u - to Death | "Diamond Tears" |
| "Problems" | |||
| "Love U to Death" | |||
| "Sleep at Night" | |||
| TXT | The Dream Chapter: Star | "어느날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다 (CROWN)" | |
| "Cat & Dog" | |||
| The Dream Chapter: Magic | "Angel Or Devil" | ||
| "9와 4분의 3 승강장에서 너를 기다려 (Run Away)" | |||
| "Can't We Just Leave the Monster Alive?" | |||
| BETWEEN FRIENDS | "affection" | ||
| "u can still come over" | |||
| Everglow | Arrival of EVERGLOW | "Bon Bon Chocolat" | |
| Hush | "Hush" | ||
| BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona | "Boy with Luv" | |
| "Mikrokosmos" | |||
| Twice | Feel Special | "Trick It" | |
| Hyolyn | "니가 더 잘 알잖아(youknowbetter)" | ||
| Jay Ulloa | "Perdóname" | ||
| Brian Justin Crum | "I & U" | ||
| Gavin Haley | Long Game | "Show Me" | |
| Jakob Delgado | "Lie" | ||
| Wengie | "Empire" (featuring Minnie of (G)I-dle) | ||
| 2020 | Little Glee Monster | Bright New World | "SPIN" |
| "move on" | |||
| BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 | "On" (featuring Sia) | |
| Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia | "Good In Bed" | |
| Secret Number | Who Dis? | "Who Dis?" | |
| Hyolyn | Say My Name | "Say My Name" | |
| CLC | Helicopter | "Helicopter" | |
| "Helicopter - English Version" | |||
| Everglow | -77.82X-78.29 | "No Good Reason" | |
| Blackpink | The Album | "Bet You Wanna" (featuring Cardi B) | |
| Twice | Eyes Wide Open | "I Can't Stop Me" | |
| Enhypen | Border: Day One | "Given-Taken" | |
| Twice | "Cry for Me" | ||
| 2021 | Dove Cameron | "LazyBaby" | |
| Enhypen | Border: Carnival | "Drunk-Dazed" | |
| Everglow | Last Melody | "Don't Ask Don't Tell" | |
| TXT | The Chaos Chapter: Freeze | "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" (featuring Seori) | |
| Loona | [&] | "Dance On My Own" | |
| Sunmi | 1/6 | "You Can't Sit with Us" | |
| Twice | Formula of Love: O+T=<3 | "Scientist" | |
| "Icon" | |||
| 2022 | Tomorrow X Together | Minisode 2: Thursday's Child | "Good Boy Gone Bad" |
| Seventeen | Face the Sun | "Don Quixote" | |
| BTS | Proof | "Run BTS" | |
| fromis 9 | From Our Memento Box | "Blind Letter" | |
| J-Hope | Jack in the Box | "Equal Sign" | |
| Seventeen | Sector 17 | "_World" | |
| Hyolyn | Ice | AH YEAH | |
| Twice | Between 1&2 | "Brave" | |
| 2023 | Ready to Be | "Set Me Free" | |
| Everglow | All My Girls | “Make Me Feel” | |
| Jihyo | Zone | "Killin' Me Good" | |
| "Talkin' About It" (featuring 24kGoldn) | |||
| Blackpink | "The Girls" | ||
| (G)I-dle | Heat | "I Want That" | |
| 2024 | Twice | With YOU-th | "One Spark" |
| "Bloom" |
Discography
editAs featured artist
edit| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Melanie Fontana | Shelter Me Season 1 theme | "Love Is Everything (Shelter Me)"[27] | Writer, vocals |
| Rod Stewart | Merry Christmas, Baby | Choir/backing vocals | ||
| 2013 | Rhema Soul ft. Gawvi | "Party, Sleep, Repeat" | Writer, vocals | |
| tyDi ft. Melanie Fontana | "Nothing Really Matters"[28] | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2014 | tyDi ft. Melanie Fontana | Redefined | "Redefined"[29] | Writer, vocals |
| Krysta Youngs ft. Laganja Estranja | "Gold Grill BBQ"[30] | Writer, backing vocals | ||
| John Dahlbäck | "Fireflies" | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2015 | Daya | Daya | Backing vocals | |
| 2016 | Simple Plan | Taking One for the Team | Backing vocals | |
| Burak Yeter | "Go" | Writer, vocals | ||
| "Go 2.0" | Writer, vocals | |||
| Feider, Dzasko & Melanie Fontana | Protocol Presents Miami 2016 | "Crashed" | Writer, vocals | |
| 2017 | Otto Orlandi & ManyFew ft. Melanie Fontana | "Don't Miss You"[31] | Writer, vocals | |
| tyDi with Col3man ft. Melanie Fontana | "That's How You Know" | Writer, vocals | ||
| John Dahlbäck | Color In My Heart | "Catch Me If You Can" | Writer, vocals | |
| Otto Orlandi ft. Melanie Fontana | "Seven Days"[32] | Writer, vocals | ||
| 2019 | Jason Ross ft. Melanie Fontana | 1000 Faces | "Shelter"[33] | Writer, vocals |
| 2020 | ARMNHMR ft. Melanie Fontana | The Free World | "Forever Young"[34] | Writer, vocals |
| 2021 | Serhat Durmus ft. Melanie Fontana | Arres | "Arres"[35] | Writer, vocals |
Television and voice over
edit- Vocals for all songs on Nickelodeon's Shimmer and Shine animated TV series (2015–2020)
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce Cohen, "Just 18, and Singing for Her Starbucks," New York Times, December 26, 2004.
- ^ Maurice Timothy Reidy, "Local Girl's One Request: To Be A Pop Star," Hartford Courant, July 14, 2002.
- ^ Michelle McGahan, "Tydi Premieres 'Redefined' Lyric Video Feat. Melanie Fontana," PopCrush, November 21, 2014.
- ^ Jennifer Robinson, "Shelter Me," KPBS, August 20, 2012.
- ^ "Meet the Norwegian artists – Part 2," Eurovision.tv, January 31, 2014.
- ^ "tyDi, 'Nothing Really Matters': Exclusive Song Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b Cailey Lindberg, "tyDi keeps us dancing on 'Redefined (feat. Melanie Fontana)'," Earmilk, October 2, 2014.
- ^ "Nothing Really Matters," Billboard, September 28, 2013.
- ^ "Astrid S: An Underrated Female Artist Who Deserves More Recognition," Affinity Magazine. Accessed February 1, 2018.
- ^ Kat Bein, "tyDi, Col3man, and Melanie Fontana Dug Deep into Their Truest Selves on 'That's How You Know'," Billboard, March 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Bradley Stern, "Britney Spears' 'Mood Ring': Songwriter Melanie Fontana on the Making of the 'Glory' Track," Popcrush, September 9, 2016.
- ^ Jordan Crucchiola, "Aaron Carter Discusses the Hunger That Comes From Losing Everything," Vulture.com, March 8, 2017.
- ^ Dale Anthoni, "Daya's 'Sit Still, Look Pretty': An Inspiring Debut From a Pop Star With Promise," PopCrush, October 7, 2016.
- ^ Bradley Stern, "2NE1's Minzy Announces Debut Solo Album 'Uno'," PopCrush, April 11, 2017.
- ^ Tamar Herman, "BTS Tease Next Album In 'Love Yourself' Series With 'Euphoria' Theme Video," Billboard, April 5, 2018.
- ^ Benjamin, Jeff. "BTS Breaks Their Own Record for Most Simultaneous Hits on World Digital Song Sales Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Dahir, Ikran (July 2019). "Meet One Of The Songwriters Behind The Record-Breaking BTS Song "Boy With Luv"". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ Hicap, Jonah (18 April 2019). "Melanie Fontana praises BTS for 'breaking boundaries between masculinity and femininity'". Metro UK. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview with Melanie Fontana and Michel 'Lindgren' Schulz: The Unique Songwriters Behind the Universal Sound of BTS". allkpop.com. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Ascension by CF on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Bells At Midnight (feat. Melanie Fontana) - Single by Thomas Newson & Otto Orlandi on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Kpop Video: [PRODUCE 101 - 35 Girls 5 Concepts] Pinkrush - FingerTips". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "[Official] Tiffany Sales & Charts Thread - Charts and Sales". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Exclusive! Los 5 Tells Us What They'd Do For Love In This Acoustic Performance!". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ Polanco, Luis. "Aaron Carter Premieres 'Fool's Gold' Music Video: Exclusive". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Minzy drops track list for upcoming solo album 'UNO'". allkpop. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Love Is Everything (Shelter Me) - Single by Melanie Fontana on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Nothing Really Matters (feat. Melanie Fontana) - Single by tyDi on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Redefined (feat. Melanie Fontana) - EP by tyDi on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Gold Grill BBQ (feat. Laganja Estranja & Melanie Fontana) - Single by Krysta Youngs on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ Don't Miss You (feat. Melanie Fontana) - Single by Otto Orlandi & ManyFew, 2017-02-27, retrieved 2018-07-06
- ^ Seven Days (feat. Melanie Fontana) - Single by Otto Orlandi, 2017-07-24, retrieved 2018-07-06
- ^ Shelter (feat. Melanie Fontana) by Jason Ross & Melanie Fontana, 2019-05-17, retrieved 2019-05-21
- ^ Forever Young (feat. Melanie Fontana) by ARMNHMR, 2020-02-27, retrieved 2020-02-27
- ^ Arres (feat. Melanie Fontana) by Serhat Durmus, 2021-06-25, retrieved 2020-07-22