Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson is an American songwriter, producer, and artist. His notable hits include "One of Them Girls," "Truck Bed," "All the Way," which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "All My Favorite Songs," which was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Rock Song" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. He has written for artists such as Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, Charlie Puth, Hardy, Justin Timberlake, Lee Brice, Dierks Bentley, John Legend, Ava Max, and Weezer. Early life and education Ben Johnson grew up in Meridian, Mississippi, where he lived until moving to Nashville with his sisters in 2012 to pursue a music career. He began piano lessons at age six with his grandmother, developing his own style by altering compositions, which sparked his interest in songwriting. Influenced by The Beatles and Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music," He is a multi-instrumentalist. His co-written song "One of Them Girls," performed by Lee Brice, won the Country Song of the Year award in 2021 across ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. The song was named song of the year by the Nashville chapter of the Association of Independent Music Publishers. It topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for three weeks, and reached No. 2 on Hot Country Songs.

At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022, Johnson received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Rock Song" for the Weezer #1 Rock Airplay song "All My Favorite Songs." That year, he was also honored at the CMA Triple Play Awards. "Give Heaven Some Hell," performed by Hardy and co-written by Johnson was honored at the 2023 Nashville Songwriter Awards. "Bulletproof," performed by Nate Smith and co-written by Johnson was nominated for Male Song of The Year at the 2024 People's Choice Country Awards.

In August 2024, it was announced that Johnson was collaborating with Hardy and David Alan Johnson to produce the docuseries Music Row, which would provide an in-depth look at Nashville's music industry and the creative community behind country music. As of August 2024, Johnson held a worldwide co-publishing deal with Tape Room Music/APG/Runner Music.

In 2025, Johnson appeared on the Netflix music docu-reality series Hitmakers. In an interview about the show, Johnson spoke about being the "country guy" on the show and discussed how he met Hardy, who he has collaborated with extensively.

Personal life In 2016, Johnson married Lauren Conklin, whom he met as a 13-year-old at middle-school orchestra camp at Belmont University.

Smithfield "Waves"

"Take Me to Heaven" "You Don't Want Me" "Throwin' Parties" "Last Night All Day" Sean Stemaly "One More Time"

Willie Morrison "Believe" Meek Mill, Justin Timberlake "Gone" Dierks Bentley "Good Ol' Boys"

"One of Them Girls" "Seen You In Your Hometown" Getting Over Him Lauren Alaina "Going Going Gone" Name On It EP Ryan Griffin "Truck"

"Give Heaven Some Hell" SCOOB! Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown, Ava Max "Dying Man" One Thing at a Time Morgan Wallen "Take My Name"

For You Parmalee "Heartbreak Girl"

Willie Morrison "Beers on Me" Jake Owen "Another Life" Another Life Surf Mesa, Joshua Golden, Fletcher "All My Favorite Songs" Shoulda Kylie Morgan "Break Up In A Bar" Love Talking Eli Young Band "Run" Sitting Pretty on Top of the World Lauren Alaina "Sing Along Drink Along"

"American Dream Truck" "Country Outta My Girl" Morgan Evans, Rivers Cuomo "Cheating On You"

"Outdoor Voices"

"Met Me Now" Son of A Dillon Carmichael "Breakin' In" Stronger Than I Am Lily Rose "Family"

"Static" "Last Night All Day" Love Talking Eli Young Band "Hurt No More" LETTING GO Chase Wright "If He Wanted to He Would"

Roman Alexander "Holy Water" Real To Me: The Way I Feel Callista Clark "Always Been You"

"Good Hands" Come Get Your Wife Elle King "Sorry"

"Big Wheels" Pinto Sykamore "On The Water"

James Barker Band, Dalton Dover "Sad in the Summer" Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2 – Swamp Savant Diplo, Lily Rose "Beer"

"Truck Bed" "Sorry Momma" I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell Chase Rice "Dying Man"

"In The Bible" Two Night Stands Kylie Morgan "Leave Me Alone" Keepin' The Lights On Tyler Hubbard "Solo Solo" – Jake Owen "Boyfriend"

"Is It Just Me"

"Last Man In Tennessee"

"Listen To The Radio" "Beauty and the Beach" Three Months Two Streets Down Russell Dickerson "This Side Of The Dirt"

Neon Union "No California" Ilsey Juber "Happy Ever After Me" Making It Up As I Go Kylie Morgan "Blacktop Don't" – Boomtown Saints "Somebody Else's Truck" Come Get Your Memory Chase Matthew "Bulletproof"

Nate Smith, Avril Lavigne "Here's To Hometowns" Words Shawn Austin "Man Down"

"Put It On The Map" Roads That Go Nowhere Travis Denning "zombieland"

"Lock Me Up"

Faouzia "Didn't I?" Dasha "Tear Us Apart"

Sam Barber "Steal My Thunder" Conner Smith, Tucker Wetmore "What A Life" Bones The EP Russell Dickerson "Liar"

"Smile So Much" Quit!! Hardy "Blame It On My Broken Heart" Breakup Over Breakfast Avery Anna "Fish On The Wall" Mind of a Country Boy Luke Bryan "Dance With You" About A Woman (& A Good Ol' Boy) Thomas Rhett "All The Way"

BigXthaPlug "Nobody Likes Your Girlfriend" Nate Smith, Hardy "Bar None" Learn the Hard Way Jordan Davis "Hey California" Honkytonk Hollywood Jon Pardi "The Bend"

Noah Rinker "Hard No" WHYNOT, Vwillz "Luckiest Man Alive" Country! Hardy "All My Exes"

Lauren Alaina, Chase Matthew "Heaven Sent" Lauren Alaina "Forget Tonight" HiROQUEST 3: Paragon Steve Aoki, Tyler Hubbard "Easy To Love" – Dustin Lynch "Georgia (Ain’t On Her Mind)" Spanish Moss Cole Swindell "At The Same Time" Different Night Same Rodeo Bailey Zimmerman