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Chris DeStefano
Christopher Michael DeStefano[1] is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood (“Good Girl”, "Little Toy Guns"), Billy Currington (“Hey Girl”), Brett Eldredge ("Don't Ya"), Luke Bryan ("That's My Kind of Night", "Kick the Dust Up" ), Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood ("Somethin' Bad," later reworked as the opening theme for NBC Sunday Night Football), Rascal Flatts ("Rewind") and Jason Aldean ("Just Gettin' Started").
Chris DeStefano | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Michael DeStefano |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, pop, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
DeStefano was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from Lenape High School in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area.[2]
Underwood's "Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012.[3][4] He also co-wrote and produced Brett Eldredge's number 1 single "Don't Ya".[5] He co-wrote “Something in the Water” sung by Carrie Underwood which was the #1 song for seven weeks, the 3rd longest running female #1 Hot Country song in chart history. DeStefano co-wrote "Kiss Somebody" (July 2017) with Australian singer, Morgan Evans, and fellow American songwriter, Josh Osborne.[6] At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the song and its writers won Country Work of the Year.[6][7]
Discography
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Archuleta | The Other Side of Down | "Something 'Bout Love" | David Archuleta, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz |
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | "Let Me Down" | Kelly Clarkson |
| David Cook | This Loud Morning | "This Is Not The Last Time" | David Cook, David Hodges | |
| Eli Young Band | Life at Best | "Every Other Memory" | Catt Gravitt, Josh Kear | |
| Scotty McCreery | Clear as Day | "Better Than That" | Jess Cates, Craig Wiseman | |
| 2012 | Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | "Turn the Pages" | Kris Allen, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins |
| "Shut That Door" | Kris Allen, Jess Cates | |||
| Connie Britton | The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 1 | "Buried Under" | Natalie Hemby | |
| Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer | "Why Ya Wanna" | Catt Gravitt, Ashley Gorley | |
| Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! | "Now That You're Here" | Haley Reinhart, Sam Watters | |
| Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | "Good Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley | |
| 2013 | Lauren Alaina | — | "Barefoot and Buckwild" | Lauren Alaina, Jon Nite |
| Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Just Getting Started" | Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Ashley Gorley | |||
| "Lost in Love" (feat. Jake Miller) | Carlos Pena Jr., Jake Miller, Shari Short | |||
| "Na Na Na" | Carlos Pena Jr., Ashley Gorley | |||
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "That's My Kind of Night" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | |
| Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | “Hey Girl” | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley | |
| Gavin DeGraw | Make a Move | "Heartbreak" | Gavin DeGraw | |
| Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | Brett Eldredge, Ashley Gorley | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | "Take It Out on Me" | Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally | |
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Ghost Town" | ||
| "Life of the Party" | Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson | |||
| Chris Young | A.M. | "Aw Naw" | Chris Young, Ashley Gorley | |
| "A.M." | ||||
| "Goodbye" | ||||
| "We're Gonna Find It Tonight" | Chris Young, Rhett Akins | |||
| 2014 | Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt | "Just Gettin' Started" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | Ashley Gorley, Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Smile" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Every Night" | Tyler Hubbard, Tyler Kelley, Ashley Gorley | |||
| Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Kiss Me" | Mike Daly, Ashley Gorley, Lindy Robbins | |
| "Lie a Little Better" | Mike Daly, Melissa Peirce | |||
| "That's What I Call Crazy" | Ashley Gorley, Kacey Musgraves | |||
| Miranda Lambert | Platinum | "Somethin' Bad" (duet with Carrie Underwood) | Brett James, Priscilla Renea | |
| Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Rewind" | Ashley Gorley, Eric Paslay | |
| Cole Swindell | Cole Swindell | "Swayin'" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley | |
| Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Ready Set Roll" | Chase Rice, Rhett Akins | |
| "Do It Like This" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | |||
| "Beach Town" | Chase Rice, Jon Nite | |||
| "Beer With The Boys" | Chase Rice, Ashley Gorley | |||
| "We Goin' Out" | Chase Rice, Shane Minor | |||
| "50 Shades Of Crazy" | Chase Rice, Jon Nite | |||
| "Best Beers Of Our Lives" | Chase Rice, Shane Minor | |||
| Carrie Underwood | Greatest Hits: Decade #1 | "Something in the Water" | Carrie Underwood, Brett James | |
| "Little Toy Guns" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey | |||
| 2015 | Bon Jovi | Burning Bridges | "Life Is Beautiful" | Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon |
| Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights | "Kick the Dust Up" | Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | |
| Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Second Wind" | Shane McAnally, Maren Morris | |
| Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Tangled" | Adam Hoffman, Matt Lipkins, Josh Osborne, Scott Schwartz | |
| Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Renegade Runaway" | Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey | |
| "Smoke Break" | ||||
| "Clock Don't Stop" | Hillary Lindsey, Blair Daly | |||
| 2016 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | "From the Ground Up" | Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney |
| Rachel Platten | Wildfire | "Superman" | Rachel Platten, Lindy Robbins | |
| Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale | "Roller Coaster" | Jon Bon Jovi, Ashley Gorley | |
| 2018 | Carrie Underwood | NBC Sunday Night Football | "Game On" | Carrie Underwood, Brett James |
Production discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-produced with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Archuleta | The Other Side of Down | "Something 'Bout Love" | |
| 2011 | Kelly Clarkson | Stronger | "Let Me Down" | |
| "Don't Be a Girl About It" | ||||
| 2012 | Kris Allen | Thank You Camellia | "Turn the Pages" | |
| Haley Reinhart | Listen Up! | "Now That You're Here" | ||
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Damon Sharpe |
| "Just Getting Started" | ||||
| "Lost in Love" | ||||
| "NaNaNa" | ||||
| Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | ||
| 2014 | Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Ready Set Roll" | |
| "Do It Like This" | ||||
| "Beach Town" | ||||
| "Beer With The Boys" | ||||
| "We Goin’ Out" | ||||
| "50 Shades of Crazy" | ||||
| "Best Beers of Our Lives" | ||||
| "Mmm Girl" | ||||
| "Carolina Can" | ||||
| "Gonna Wanna Tonight" | ||||
| "U Turn" | ||||
| "What’s Your Name" | ||||
| "Country In Ya" | ||||
| "Ride" | ||||
| Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | ||
| 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | "Second Wind" | |
| Kip Moore | Wild Ones | "Wild Ones" | ||
| "Complicated" | ||||
| Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "Learned It from the Radio" | ||
| "Playing with Fire" (featuring Jordin Sparks)" | ||||
| 2018 | Carrie Underwood | NBC Sunday Night Football | "Game On" | With Mark Bright |
References
- ^ . Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Pensiero, Nicole. "Mr. Write", South Jersey Magazine, February 2014. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Chris DeStefano’s career has had more twists and turns than, say, one of the chart-topping songs he’s co-written for the likes of Carrie Underwood or Luke Bryan. The Grammy Award-winning Mount Laurel native—who now divides his time between Nashville and Los Angeles—is riding high on a wave of acclaim for his songwriting and production talents in the world of country music.... 'I took private lessons, and Lenape High School (where he graduated from in 1993) had an amazing music program—I learned so much there,' DeStefano recalls."
- ^ "Chris DeStefano". ASCAP. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Chris DeStefano & Ashley Gorley Top the Charts with "Good Girl"". ASCAP. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ Morris, Edward (24 September 2013). "Brett Eldredge Savors First No. 1 With Co-Writers Ashley Gorley, Chris DeStefano". Country Music Television. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ a b . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Country Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.