RØMANS

Sam Roman (born 15 September 1986), known by his stage name Romans (stylised as RØMANS), is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to prominence in 2014 after signing with Roc Nation, where he released four EPs between 2015 and 2017. Following this, he shifted his focus to writing and producing songs for other artists full-time. He has since written and produced songs for artists such as Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Calvin Harris, and Jonas Blue. In 2020, he was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for writing "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi.

Early life Romans was born in Pinner, Middlesex. He attended Orley Farm Prep School, Harrow where he was taught, amongst other instruments, the piano. He also taught himself to play guitar, cello, piano, drums, and saxophone, as well as teaching himself how to produce. His first gig was the Northwood Hills hotel at the age of 13, and he left school at 16 to pursue music full-time.

Career Romans' early career included the release of numerous singles as well as featured vocals.

On 10 July 2015 Romans released his first EP with Roc Nation titled Overthinking Pt. 1 which included his debut single "Uh Huh". Also in 2015, he released another single "The Agony And The Ecstasy" as well as his second EP Act 1. In 2016, Romans released his third EP Silence along with the singles "Prisoner (featuring Rejjie Snow)" and "Silence - AlunaGeorge edit". Automatic, his fourth and final EP was released in 2017 along with the singles "Happy Love" and "Love Is The Beast (featuring Avelino)".

Over the course of 2018 and 2019, Romans released a number of singles from an unreleased project titled People. His music style has been described as a mix of soul, pop and hip-hop.

In 2018, Romans co-wrote "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi. The song was a commercial success, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100. For his work on the song, Romans won Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 62nd Grammy Awards.

In 2022, Romans launched his own label, Chosen People, via AWAL/Sony.

Discography

Extended plays +List of extended plays, showing release date and track listingTitleDetailsNotesOverthinking Pt. 1 Released: 10 July 2015 Label: Roc Nation Formats: Digital downloadAct I Released: 11 December 2015 Label: Roc Nation Formats: Digital downloadSilence Released: 25 March 2016 Label: Roc Nation Formats: Digital downloadAutomatic Released: 31 March 2017 Label: Roc Nation Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album nameTitleYearAlbum"Uh Huh"2015Overthinking Pt. 1"The Agony And The Ecstasy"Non-album single"Prisoner" (featuring Avelino)"Glitter & Gold"2018Non-album singles"Crashing Waves""Perfect""People""Oxygen""Important""Animals""Be Fine"2019"Old Times Sake"

As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumUK"Home" (Naughty Boy featuring Romans)201445 Hotel Cabana"Saving My Life" (Gorgon City featuring Romans)201592 Non-album singles"Dancing Alone" (Axwell & Ingrosso featuring Romans)2018—"Hit The Lights" (Ghosted featuring Romans)2018—

Songwriting and production discography

Selected charting and certified singles +List of singles as songwriter, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released, artist, album, and song titleYearArtistAlbumSongPeak chart positionsCertificationsUSUS PopUK2016AlunaGeorgeI Remember"I'm in Control" (featuring Louisa Johnson)——5 BPI: 2× Platinum Demi LovatoNon-album single"Sober"47 —63 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver Jonas BlueBlue"Mama" (featuring William Singe)—32 4 RIAA: Gold ARIA: 6× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum "Rise" (featuring Jack & Jack)—37 1 1 RIAA: Diamond ARIA: 15× Platinum BPI: 9× Platinum 2020Demi LovatoDancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over"Anyone"34 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold John LegendBigger Love"Wild" (featuring Gary Clark Jr.)——— RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold 2021Nessa BarrettNon-album single"la di die" (featuring jxdn)—30 — RIAA: Gold Ed Sheeran="The Joker And The Queen" (solo or featuring Taylor Swift)21 30 2 BPI: Gold 2022Dermot KennedySonder"Better Days"——16 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum 2023LabrinthEnds & Begins"Never Felt So Alone"62 36 33 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver Calvin HarrisNon-album single"Desire" (with Sam Smith)——6 ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold

All songwriting credits +List of songs as songwriter showing year released, artist, album, song title, and co-writersYearArtistAlbumSongCo-written withRef(s).2014Mary J. BligeThe London Sessions"Doubt"Mary J. Blige "My Loving"Mary J. Blige, Rodney Jerkins "Long Hard Look"Ben Harrison, Harry Craze, Hugo Chegwin, James Murray, Mustafa OmarOlly MursNever Been Better"We Still Love"Olly Murs, Steve RobsonRea GarveyPride"Bow Before You"Rea GarveyMayaeniNon-album single"Black Jeans"Mayaeni StraussAlexa GoddardMarilyn"Marilyn"Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen2015Claudia LeitteNon-album single"Shiver Down My Spine"Claudia Cristina Inacio PedreiraDisclosureCaracal"Jaded"James Napier, Guy Lawrence, Howard LawrenceKwabsLove + War"Father Figure"Joan Armatrading, Kwabena AdjepongMelissa SteelNon-album single"You Love Me?" (featuring Ella Mai)Ella Mai, Dijon McFarlane, Jordan Holt, Derrus RachelLåpsleyLong Way Home"Love Is Blind"Holly Lapsley FletcherAlunaGeorgeI Remember"I'm In Control" (featuring Popcaan)Aluna Francis, George Reid, Mark Ralph, Andre SutherlandSeafretTell Me It's Real"Over"Harry Draper, Steve Robson, Jack SedmenNetsky3"Work It Out" (featuring Joe Jonas)Emeli Sandé, Matthew Holmes, Philip Leigh, Shahid KhanDNCEA Very ROC Christmas"Christmas Without You"2018YoungrThis Is Not An Album"Monsters"Dario Younger Brigham-BowesGavin JamesOnly Ticket Home"Hearts On Fire"Gavin JamesClean BanditWhat Is Love?"Tears" (featuring Louisa Johnson)Jack Patterson "Should've Known Better" (featuring Anne-Marie)Jack Patterson, Anne-Marie NicholsonLittle Big TownNon-album single"Summer Fever"Jesse Frasure, Pete Bellotte, Cary Barlowe, Karen Renee Fairchild Justine SkyeULTRAVIOLET"Don't Think About It"Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Rachel KeenDemi LovatoNon-album single"Sober"Mark Landon, Tushar Apte, Demi LovatoRuelReady"Not Thinkin' Bout You"Larry Darnell Griffin Jr., Mark Landon, Ruel van Djik, Tobias Jesso Jr.MatomaOne in a Million"One in a Million"Thomas Lagergren, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, Sverre Indris JonerJonas BlueBlue"Mama" (featuring William Singe)Ed Drewett, Guy James Robin"Rise" (featuring Jack & Jack)Ed Drewett, Guy James Robin "Polaroid" (featuring Liam Payne and Lennon Stella)John Paul Cooper, Ed Drewett, Guy James Robin "Younger" (featuring Danny Ocean)Danny Ocean, Nick Gale, Will VaughanLewis CapaldiDivinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes Tom WalkerWhat a Time to Be Alive"How Can You Sleep at Night?"Tom Walker, Steve Robson"Heartbeats"Tom Walker, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes,Maisie PetersNon-album single"Stay Young"Maisie Peters KhalidFree Spirit"Self"Khalid Robinson, Chauncey HollisJonas BlueNon-album single"Billboard" (featuring Tifa Chen)Madison Love, Guy James Robin Zhavia17"17"Chauncey Hollis, Carisa Zhavia Ward, Dustin CorbettAlaina Castilloantisocial butterfly"back to you"Alaina Castillo"no importa"Ale Alberti, Alaina Castillo"i don't think i love you anymore"Alaina Castillo"mentiras"Alaina Castillo"papacito"Alaina Castillo, Joel CastilloAJ MitchellSlow Dance"Talk So Much"Aaron Frederick Mitchell, Jr."Out My Mind"Steph Jones, Aaron Frederick Mitchell, Jr. "pass you by"Alaina Castillo"sad girl"Alaina Castillo"voicenote"Alaina CastilloNon-album single"tonight"Alaina CastilloNon-album single"¡párate!"Ale Alberti, Alaina CastilloNon-album single"wishlist"Alaina CastilloLennon StellaThree. Two. One."Much Too Much"Lennon Stella, Malay Ho, Simon WilcoxMatt StellBetter Than That"Sadie"Diederick Van Elsas, Parrish Warrington, Nate CyphertAlicia KeysAlicia"Gramercy Park"Alicia Keys, Jimmy Napes2021Nessa BarrettNon-album single"la di die" (featuring jxdn)Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Jaden Hossler, Leo Mellace, Megan Buelow, Travis Barker, Nessa BarrettMary J. BligeNon-album single"Hourglass (from the Amazon OriginalDocumentary: Mary J. Blige's My Life)"Andy Murray, Benjamin Wright, Mary J. Blige, Teddy Riley Maroon 5Jordi"Echo" (featuring blackbear)Adam Levine, Matthew Musto, Jake Torrey, Michael Pollack, Henry WalterAlaina Castilloparallel universe pt. 1"pocket locket"Alaina Castillo"down 4 u"Alaina Castillo"parallel universe"Alaina Castillo"stfu (i got u)"Alaina Castillo"indica"Alaina Castillo"make it rain"Alaina Castillo"tėn cømmåndmėnts"Alaina CastilloNon-album single"wish you were here"Alaina CastilloNon-album single"lips (Original Music from The L Word: Generation Q)"Alaina CastilloMimi WebbNon-album single"Reasons"Daniel Klein, Matthew Campfield, Steph Jones, Samuel WishkoskiNatti NatashaNattividad"Imposible Amor" (with Maluma)Édgar Barrera, Andrea Mangiamarchi, Juan Luis Londoño Aria, Natalia Alexandra Gutiérrez Batista, Rafael Pina NievesChris MalinchakNight Work"Somebody"Dave Kelly, Steve Robson, Chris MalinchakEd Sheeran="The Joker And The Queen" (with Luisa Johnson)Andrew Wells, Maya K, Guy James Robin Alaina Castillofantasies"sad girls always finish first"Alaina Castillo"tell the one u love"Alaina Castillo"party in my head (ur not invited)"Alaina Castillo"get better"Alaina Castillo"call me when ur lonely"Alaina Castillo"fantasies"Alaina CastilloDermot KennedySonder"Better Days"Dermot Kennedy, Scott Harris, Dan Nigro, Carey Willetts"Something to Someone"Dermot Kennedy, Scott Harris, Jonah Seth RawitzJP CooperShe"Holy Water"Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes, JP CooperSAINT PHNXHappy Place"Blue Feather"Alan Jukes, Stephen JukesNon-album single"Make Us Dream"Alan Jukes, Stephen JukesNon-album single"Friends"Alan Jukes, Stephen JukesFrancis KarelHandle with Care"Dancing on Your Own"Francis Karel, Maya K2023Shania TwainQueen of Me"Giddy Up!"David Stewart, Shania Twain, Jessica Agombar PinkTrustfall"Lost Cause"Wrabel, Sam de JongLabrinthEnds & Begins"Never Felt So Alone"Timothy McKenzie, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish O'Connell, Aether Zemar-McKenzie, Nula Zemar-McKenzie, Fred GibsonBenson BoonePulse"Little Runaway"Jack LaFrantz, Jason Evigan, Benson BooneCalvin HarrisNon-album single"Desire" (with Sam Smith)Adam Wiles, Matthew Burns, Sam SmithAlaina Castillomalos hábitos"éxtasis"Alaina Castillo, Andrés Davis Restrepo Echavarría, Matt Burns"luna de miel"Alaina Castillo, Maria Alejandra Osorio"hookah envenena"Alaina Castillo, Andrés Davis Restrepo Echavarría"sabateo"Alaina Castillo, Maria Alejandra Osorio"me conquistaste"Alaina Castillo, Maria Alejandra Osorio, Tim SubyNon-album single"running water"Alaina CastilloAdekunle GoldTequila Ever After"Do You Mind?"Adekunle Kosoko, Oladayo Olatunji, Udoma AmbaSexyy RedHood Hottest Princess"I Might" (featuring Summer Walker)Benjamin Dyer Diehl, Janae Wherry, Amanda Ibanez, Nija Charles, Phil Phever, Jacob Kasher HindlinRosa LinnLay Your Hands Upon My Heart"Hallelujah"Peter Rycroft, Roza Kostandyan"Mountains"Rick Nowels, Roza KostandyanThe Scarlet OperaComedy"The Place To Be"David Stewart, Jessica Agombar, Chance Taylor, Colin Kenrick, Daniel Zuker, Justin Siegal, Mathew Bazulka"Big City Thing"David Stewart, Jessica Agombar, Chance Taylor, Colin Kenrick, Daniel Zuker, Justin Siegal, Mathew BazulkaTALKLord of the Flies & Birds & Bees"Harder It Breaks"Connor Riddell, Nicholas Durocher, Ben Kohn, Pete Kelleher, Tom BarnesDillon FrancisThis Mixtape is Fire TOO"I'm My Only Friend"

Production credits (featuring jxdn)Leo Mellace, Travis BarkerMary J. BligeNon-album single"Hourglass (from the Amazon OriginalDocumentary: Mary J. Blige's My Life)"Alaina Castilloparallel universe pt. 1"pocket locket""down 4 u""parallel universe"12welve"stfu (i got u)""indica""make it rain""tėn cømmåndmėnts"Non-album single"wish you were here"Non-album single"lips (Original Music from The L Word: Generation Q)"BoylordNatti NatashaNattividad"Imposible Amor" (with Maluma)Édgar BarreraEd Sheeran="The Joker And The Queen"

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