Nick Monson

Nick Monson is a songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, CA. He rose to prominence for writing and producing tracks on Lady Gaga's album Artpop and Revival by Selena Gomez. Applause and Good For You, both of which he was involved in writing and producing, reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100. Monson has also written and produced for Nick Jonas, Little Mix, R. Kelly, Britney Spears and the Veronicas. Monson has been signed to Maxwell and Carter Publishing and Warner/Chappell Publishing since 2014.

Early life and education

Born in Oakwood, Illinois, Monson moved to Ohio for college to study music recording and audio production at Recording Workshop in Chillicothe. Shortly after finishing, Monson returned to Illinois as an engineer at R. Kelly's Chicago based studio, where he worked with Kelly, Faith Evans and on the Shaft soundtrack.

Career

Monson soon moved on to Jive Studio, and met DJ White Shadow, who brought him in to help with the production of Lady Gaga's Artpop. He has songwriting and production credits on seven of the 15 songs of the album. In 2014 Monson moved to Los Angeles and was signed to Warner/Chappell[1] where he worked with Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas, Mike Posner, songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels and many other artists and writers.[2] Monson was a producer on Gomez' platinum hit "Good For You", as well as "Nobody".[3]

Production Discography

Year Title Artist Album Role
2013 "Applause" (BMI Pop Award Winner) Lady Gaga Artpop Co-writer, Co-producer
"Venus"
"Manicure"
"Jewels N Drugs" (feat T.I., Twista, Too $hort)
"Swine"
"Artpop"
"Dope" Co-writer
"Sexxx Dreams" Co-producer
"Brooklyn Nights" unreleased Co-writer, Co-producer
"Applause" (DJ White Shadow Trap Remix) single Co-producer
"Don't Wake Me Up" (DJ White Shadow Trap Remix) Chris Brown single Co-producer
2014 "Numb" (feat Angel Haze) Nick Jonas Nick Jonas Co-writer, Producer
"Closer" (feat Mike Posner)
2015 "Psychotic" Chris Miles single Co-writer, Producer
"Prosecco" Timeflies Just For Fun Co-writer, Producer
"Good For You" (feat A$AP Rocky (BMI Pop Award Winner) Selena Gomez Revival Co-writer, Producer
"Nobody" Co-writer, Producer
"OMG" Little Mix Get Weird Co-writer, Producer
2016 "Sick With Love" The Veronicas Co-writer, Producer
"Over" Paul McDonald Co-writer, Producer
"Invitation" Britney Spears Glory Co-writer, Producer
"Just Like Me" Co-writer, Producer
"Get Closer" XYLO single Co-writer, Producer

References

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