Amy Allen (songwriter)
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| Born | Amy Rose Allen 31 January 1992 |
| Origin | Windham, Maine, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
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| Formerly of | Amy & The Engine |
Amy Rose Allen (born January 31, 1992)[2] is an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. She is credited with songwriting for artists including Sabrina Carpenter, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Tate McRae, Halsey, Rosé, and Shawn Mendes, among others.[3]
Allen was nominated for the inaugural Songwriter of the Year award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases by King Princess, Alexander 23, Lizzo, Charli XCX, Carpenter and Styles.[4] At the same ceremony, she won Album of the Year for her contribution to the latter's Harry's House (2022). She received the award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on releases by Leon Bridges, Carpenter, Koe Wetzel, Jessie Murph, McRae, Olivia Rodrigo, and Justin Timberlake.
Early life and education
[edit]Amy Allen grew up in Windham, Maine, northwest of Portland, with her two sisters. While in elementary school she played bass in her sister's band Jerks of Grass. As a teenager she played folk and bluegrass music at bars and pubs. Amy Allen attended Boston College, and later graduated from Berklee College of Music,[5] where she was taught by singer and producer Kara DioGuardi.[6]
Career
[edit]In 2015, Allen was featured in Teen Vogue, after releasing two solo EPs.[7] She began her career by working on a number of solo projects and formed Amy & The Engine, a four-piece indie pop rock group, before moving to New York City for a year.[8] The band released their first single "Last Forever" on February 14, 2015. TandeMania, their debut EP, was released on September 22, 2016.[9]
Amy & The Engine announced their EP Get Me Outta Here! in 2017 and an East Coast tour in the summer of 2017 and a U.S. tour in 2018.[10] Allen described the sound of Get Me Outta Here! as being "a bit darker and heavier than the first".[11] Amy & The Engine released the EP's lead single "Chasing Jenny" in January 2017. Going to Los Angeles in November 2017, she began collaborating with Scott Harris and eventually signed to Artist Publishing Group.[5] Allen subsequently began writing and producing music with other singers, including Glades and JELLO.
In 2018, Allen co-wrote "Back to You" with Selena Gomez and "Without Me" with Halsey which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.[12] In 2019, Allen signed to Warner Records, and it was expected that her debut solo album would be released in 2020.[13] Also in 2019, she collaborated with Harry Styles on his single "Adore You", and collaborated with Halsey again on the single "Graveyard". Allen also collaborated with alternative rock band Pvris on their 2019 EP, Hallucinations.[14] She was named as one of Variety's "2019 Hitmakers" for the single "Without Me".[15]
In January 2020, Allen was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Music.[16] She has been announced as a panelist for the 2020 ASCAP Experience.[17] On January 22, 2020, it was announced that Allen would be performing at the annual St. Jude Songwriters Showcase to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, along with Gretchen Peters.[18] On March 9, 2020, the ASCAP Experience event was cancelled due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[19] Variety named Allen a "2020 Hitmaker" for co-writing Harry Styles' "Adore You".[20]
After signing a recording deal with Warner Records,[21][22] Allen released five singles over the next two years: "Queen of Silver Linings",[23] "Difficult",[24] "Heaven",[25] "What a Time to Be Alive",[26] and "One".[27] Her debut solo EP, AWW!, was released on November 5, 2021[28] with singles "A Woman's World" and "End of a Dark Age" having been released in the preceding two months.[29][30] In 2024, Allen released new singles "Girl with a Problem," "Darkside," "Even Forever," and "To Love Me" from her debut album, Amy Allen, released September 6, 2024. In advance of her album release, she opened for Bleachers on their 2024 European tour.
Allen’s successes with Tate McRae ("Greedy") and Sabrina Carpenter ("Feather," "Espresso," and "Please Please Please") topped the Top 40 Radio charts and "Please Please Please" went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[31] Allen co-wrote every track on Carpenter’s Short n' Sweet album which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200.[32]
In September 2024, The New York Times published a profile of Allen’s success including quotes from collaborators including Jack Antonoff and Julia Michaels.[33] In the same week, Allen claimed the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart, with thirteen songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100 (including all twelve tracks from Sabrina Carpenter's number one album Short n' Sweet). With the achievement, Allen became the sixth woman to reach number one on the Hot 100 Songwriters chart in the year 2024. As of September 2024, she has co-written 34 Hot 100 charting songs, seven of which were top 10 chart hits. Six of her songs have also hit number one on the Pop Airplay chart. She is only the third woman in the history of the Hot 100 Songwriters chart to capture number one without also being billed as the recording artist.[34]
During the 2024 awards season, Allen won the Variety Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year Award.[35] She has been nominated for the Top Hot 100 Songwriter category in the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.[36] In 2025, she received the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical. [37][1] She also received the Songwriter of the Year award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2025. [38]
During the 67th Annual Grammy Music Awards, Allen was nominated in four categories: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, Best Song Written for Visual Media ("Better Place" from Trolls Band Together), and for both the Album of the Year (Short n' Sweet), and Song of the Year ("Please Please Please") awards for her work with Sabrina Carpenter. Allen was awarded the Grammy for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical. She is one of only two songwriters in history to have been nominated twice in the Songwriter of the Year category at the Grammy Awards, and is the first woman to receive the award.[39]
Style and influences
[edit]Allen has cited bands like The Cranberries and The Cure as being influences for Amy & The Engine.[11] In a 2020 interview with Variety, she said that she prefers to write darker, more serious songs and she felt the single "Adore You" was her first "feel-good song".[40] Joseph Coscarelli with the New York Times wrote that Allen's influences are the "'90s" girls - Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, and Melissa Etheridge in addition to the Cocteau Twins and Edie Brickell.[33]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
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Extended plays
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Songwriting credits
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Peak Chart Positions | Certifications | ||
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| AUS | US | CAN | ||||
| 2025 | "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" | Olivia Dean | 10 | 44 | 33 | — |
| "First Original Thought" | Alessi Rose | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tears" | Sabrina Carpenter | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | |
| "Manchild" | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| "Just Keep Watching" | Tate McRae | 5 | 33 | 16 | ||
| "Handlebars" | Jennie and Dua Lipa | 63 | 80 | 47 | — | |
| 2024 | "Number One Girl" | Rosé | 61 | — | 63 | |
| "Apt." | Rosé and Bruno Mars | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| "Taste" | Sabrina Carpenter | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | |
| "Please Please Please" | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| "Espresso" | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | ||
| "Grieved You" | Skye Riley | — | — | — | — | |
| "Selfish" | Justin Timberlake | 82 | 19 | 22 | — | |
| "Drown" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "High Road" | Koe Wetzel | 46 | 22 | 30 | — | |
| "Sweet Dreams" | — | 35 | 86 | — | ||
| "Caught in Your Love" | Boys World | — | — | — | — | |
| "Chrome Cowgirl" | Leon Bridges | — | — | — | — | |
| "Canopy" | Charlotte Day Wilson | — | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | "Feather" | Sabrina Carpenter | 23 | 21 | 25 | — |
| "Better Place" | NSYNC | 24 | 25 | 43 | — | |
| "Greedy" | Tate McRae | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| "Run for the Hills" | 54 | 69 | 34 | — | ||
| "Pretty Isn't Pretty" | Olivia Rodrigo | 28 | 30 | 35 | — | |
| "Scared of My Guitar" | — | 90 | 83 | — | ||
| "Meltdown" | Niall Horan | — | — | — | — | |
| "Strong Enough" | Jonas Brothers | — | — | — | — | |
| "Texas" | Maren Morris and Jessie Murph | — | — | — | — | |
| "Cut Me Down"[47] | Blu DeTiger featuring Mallrat | — | — | — | — | |
| "Cupid" | Fifty Fifty featuring Sabrina Carpenter | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | |
| "Heartbroken" | Diplo | — | 64 | 52 | — | |
| "Forever" | Charlotte Day Wilson featuring Snoh Aalegra | — | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | "Vicious" | Sabrina Carpenter | — | — | — | — |
| "Opposite" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "10:35" | Tiesto featuring Tate McRae | 13 | 69 | 18 |
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| "For My Friends" | King Princess | — | — | — | — | |
| "My Mind & Me" | Selena Gomez | 98 | 83 | 63 | — | |
| 2021 | "Wind Tempos" | Porter Robinson | — | — | — | — |
| "Cover Me in Sunshine" | Pink | 6 | — | 60 | — | |
| "On the Ground" | Rosé | 31 | 70 | 35 | — | |
| "Lifestyle" | Jason Derulo featuring Adam Levine | — | 71 | 54 | — | |
| 2020 | "Be Kind"[49] | Marshmello and Halsey | 15 | 33 | 18 | — |
| "Forever"[50] | Fletcher | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | "Graveyard" | Halsey | 24[51] | 34[52] | 38[52] | |
| "Undrunk" | Fletcher | — | 61[56] | 83[57] | ||
| "Adore You" | Harry Styles | 7[60] | 6[61] | 10[61] | ||
| "Hallucinations" | Pvris | — | — | — | — | |
| "The First One" | Astrid S | — | — | — | — | |
| "Long Way To Go" | Four of Diamonds | — | — | — | — | |
| "Stick Around" | Rak-Su | — | — | — | — | |
| "Proud" | Aaron Carpenter | — | — | — | — | |
| "Criminal" | Grey (28) | — | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | "Without Me" | Halsey | 2[65] | 1[66] | 2[52] | |
| "Back to You" | Selena Gomez | 4[70] | 18[71] | 4[71] | ||
| "Jello" | PRETTYMUCH | — | — | — | — | |
| "Do Right" | Glades | 51 | — | — |
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Features
[edit]Awards and nominations
[edit]| Award | Year[a] | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Asian Pop Music Awards | 2025 | "Number One Girl" | Best Composer | Pending | [74] |
| Grammy Awards | 2022 | Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) | Album of the Year | Nominated | [75] |
| 2023 | Harry's House | Won | [76] | ||
| Special | Nominated | ||||
| Herself | Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Won | [77] | |||
| Short n' Sweet | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Please Please Please" | Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Better Place" | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Herself | Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical | Pending | [78] | |
| Man's Best Friend | Album of the Year | Pending | |||
| "Apt." | Song of the Year | Pending | |||
| "Manchild" | Pending | ||||
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2022 | "My Mind & Me" | Best Original Song in a Documentary | Nominated | [79] |
| 2023 | "Better Place" | Best Original Song in an Animated Film | Won | [80] | |
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2021 | Herself | Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | [81] |
| 2025 | Won | [38] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony
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