Samuel Denison Martin (born February 7, 1983) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. His song "Want to Want Me" (released by Jason Derulo) holds the record for the most adds in American contemporary hit radio history.
Following signing to Artist Publishing Group, Martin's first song he wrote for another artist became the song "Daylight" by Maroon 5, which peaked at number one on the Billboard charts. His writing on the album Fly Rasta, released by Ziggy Marley, led it to becoming a number-one reggae album as well as a receiving a Grammy Award.
Martin rose to the public eye in 2014 for not only writing but being a featured artist on David Guetta's number-one singles "Lovers on the Sun" and "Dangerous". His work extends to projects with One Direction, Nick Jonas, Zedd, Flo Rida, Prince Royce, The Chainsmokers, Pitbull, Jon Bellion, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Julia Michaels, Armin van Buuren and G-Eazy. Sam Martin also has a side project called Con Bro Chill who have released singles including "We Should Hang Out".
Career Early beginnings Martin was born in New York City and raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He attended Lakeridge High SchoolDuin, Steve. "Lakeridge graduate Sam Martin writes for Maroon 5 and knows you're only as good as your last song", The Oregonian, Portland, December 10, 2012. Retrieved on June 26, 2014. and went to Berklee College of Music for two years.
2012–14: Breakthrough Martin's breakthrough came with the writing and release of "Daylight" by Maroon 5. In 2014 Martin was the contributing singer and co-writer on the song "Lovers on the Sun" and "Dangerous" by David Guetta Martin also collaborated with Ziggy Marley on the song "Lighthouse" from his album Fly Rasta. In 2015, Fly Rasta won the grammy for best Reggae Album.
Discography Singles As lead artist "Rather Be Alone" (with Robin Schulz and Nick Martin) Released September 2019
"Sabotage" Released January 2019
"Sugar Is Sweet" Released February 2019
"Long Live The Billionaire" Released March 2018
Blue Tuesday (EP)
"It Was Always You" Released December 2018 "All My Tears" Released December 2018 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Released December 2018 "A Day In The Life" Released December 2018 "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" Released December 2018
"Bring Me Home" Released June 2017
"It's Gonna Get Better" Released October 2017
"Song For My Unborn Son" Released January 2015
As featured artist Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US AUS AUT FRA GER IRE NLD NOR SWE SWI UKPeak positions for the featured singles in the UK: For "Lovers on the Sun": "All These Roads"(Sultan + Ned Shepard featuring Sam Martin and Zella Day) 2013 "Lovers on the Sun"(David Guetta featuring Sam Martin) 2014 121 2 1 5 1 3 9 4 4 2 1 ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum FIMI: 2× Platinum GLF: 3× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum Listen "Unbreakable"(Dirty South featuring Sam Martin) With You "Dangerous"(David Guetta featuring Sam Martin) 56 7 1 1 1 7 2 1 5 1 5 ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold FIMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold Listen "Dirty Mind"(Flo Rida featuring Sam Martin) 2015 — — — — — — — — — — — "Carry Me Home"(Sam Feldt featuring Sam Martin) 2017 Sunset "Naked"(Robin Schulz featuring Sam Martin) Uncovered "Leviathan"(G-Eazy featuring Sam Martin) The Beautiful & Damned "Nothing Scares Me Anymore"(Steve Angello featuring Sam Martin) 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — HUMAN "Wild Wild Son"(Armin van Buuren featuring Sam Martin) — — — — — — 41 — — — — NVPI : Gold Note : type Armin van Buuren in the search bar. Balance "I Want a Miracle"(Fred Rister featuring Sam Martin and Chris Willis) — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "Love You Forever"(Nicky Romero and Stadiumx featuring Sam Martin) 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — "Be Mine"(Stadiumx featuring Sam Martin) 2020 — — — — — — — — — —— "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Songwriting credits
Year Artist Song Album 2010 Florrie "Call of the Wild" Introduction EP 2011 "Experimenting with Rugs" Experiments EP 2012 "Every Inch" Late EP "I Wanna Get You Back" Maroon 5 "Daylight" Overexposed 2013 Sultan & Shepard "All These Roads" Guy Sebastian "Like a Drum" Madness Union J "Last Goodbye" Union J 2014 David Guetta "Lovers on the Sun" Listen Maroon 5 "It Was Always You" V Dirty South "Unbreakable" With You Maroon 5 "Coming Back for You" V David Guetta "Dangerous" Listen Nick Jonas "Wilderness" Nick Jonas One Direction "Change Your Ticket" Four Prince Royce "Stuck on a Feeling" Double Vision David Guetta "What I Did for Love" Listen "Goodbye Friend" 2015 Rozzi "Psycho" Space EP Florrie "Too Young to Remember" Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me" Everything is 4 Zedd "Straight into the Fire" True Colors "Papercut" Jason Derulo "Cheyenne" Everything is 4 Robert DeLong "Don't Wait Up" In the Cards Hey Violet "Can't Take Back the Bullet" I Can Feel It EP Nick Jonas "Levels" Nick Jonas x2 "Area Code" Flo Rida "Dirty Mind" Olly Murs "Stevie Knows" Never Been Better: Special Edition 2016 Dreamers "Come Down Slow" This Album Does Not Exist Digitalism "Destination Breakdown" Mirage Jon Bellion "Morning in America" The Human Condition Papa Ya "Outta Here" Jason Derulo "Kiss the Sky" Platinum Hits Dreamers "Lucky Dog" This Album Does Not Exist Papa Ya "Sunny" 2017 Lecrae "River of Jordan" The Shack OST Pitbull "Options" Climate Change The Chainsmokers "It Won't Kill Ya" Memories... Do Not Open Vice "Obsession" Sam Feldt "Yes" Sunrise LNDWHL "Xans in Her Lean" Galantis "Call Me Home" The Aviary Half the Animal "Bad Bad Love" Robin Schulz "Naked" Uncovered Rachel Platten "Fooling You" Waves Marcus & Martinus "Please Don't Go" Moments Sam Feldt "Carry Me Home" Sunrise to Sunset Inna "My Dreams" Nirvana G-Eazy "Leviathan" The Beautiful & Damned 2018 Frédéric Riesterer "I Want a Miracle" Steve Angello "Nothing Scares Me Anymore" Human Kryder "Billionaire" Armin van Buuren "Wild Wild Son" Balance 2019 Papa Ya "Yesterday" Sam Feldt "Lose My Colors" Magnets EP Half the Animal "Summertime High" Summertime High EP Austin Mahone "Dancing with Nobody" Nicky Romero "Love You Forever" Paige Cavell "Figure it Out" Figure It Out EP Illenium "In Your Arms" Ascend Ava Max "Torn" Robin Schulz "Rather Be Alone" IIII NOTD "Wanted" SuperM "I Can't Stand the Rain" SuperM EP Armin van Buuren "Miles Away" Balance Captain Cuts "Heat" 2020 Changmin "Chocolate" Chocolate EP2024Illit"Tick-Tack"I'll Like You 2025 Ava Max "Take My Call" Don't Click Play 2026 "Kill It Queen"
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