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| Birth name | Ross Jacob Golan |
| Born | (1980-04-08)April 8, 1980 (age 44) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | www |
Ross Jacob Golan (born April 8, 1980) is an American songwriter, record producer and playwright.[1]
Golan graduated fromDeerfield High School (Illinois) of Deerfield, Illinois in 1998. He studied music at the University of Southern California, and has since released songs with artists includingMaroon 5,Justin Bieber,Celine Dion,Nicki Minaj,Gwen Stefani,Lady Antebellum,Michael Bublé,Selena Gomez,Keith Urban,Ariana Grande,Flo Rida,Enrique Iglesias,One Direction,P!nk,The Dixie Chicks,Pitbull,Lauv,Idina Menzel,Nelly,Luis Fonsi,Demi Lovato,Jason Derulo,Meghan Trainor,Cee Lo Green,5 Seconds of Summer,Linkin Park,Prince Royce,Snoop Dogg,Charlie Puth,James Taylor,Avril Lavigne,Little Mix,Gavin DeGraw,Colbie Caillat,Andy Grammer,James Blunt,Big Sean,Travis Barker,Lukas Graham,Sabrina Carpenter,Skylar Grey,Rixton,The Vamps andIcona Pop, among others. He is the 2016BMI "Pop Songwriter of the Year" and is currently published byWarner/Chappell Music. His concept albumThe Wrong Man was released worldwide byInterscope Records on 26 July 2019.
Golan had multiplerecord deals, the first in 2003 with Insider Trading Corporation/EMI, which was a label he started while in school. The label teamed up with EMI's then-president Phil Quatararo, releasingReagan Baby. After that, Golan co-founded Glacier Hiking, which had a hybrid publishing/label deal withLionsgate[citation needed] - the band released a self-titled EP before breaking up in 2009.
Golan had multiplerecord deals, the first in 2003 with Insider Trading Corporation/EMI, which was a label he started while in school. The label teamed up with EMI's then-president Phil Quatararo, releasingReagan Baby. After that, Golan co-founded Glacier Hiking, which had a hybrid publishing/label deal withLionsgate[citation needed] - the band released a self-titled EP before breaking up in 2009.
Golan developed amusical calledThe Wrong Man,[2] based on the concept musicalbum, which is about a man who is wrongly accused of a crime committed in Reno, Nevada. A one-man version of the show, starring Golan, ran in Los Angeles in February 2014 and received threeOvation Award wins out of four nominations. The musical made its way to New York City, playingOff-Broadway to previews beginning 18 September 2019, with an October 7 opening and scheduled run through 24 November 2019 at the Robert W. WilsonMCC Theater Space. The full-cast stage production includedTony winners and nomineesTommy Kail, Alex Lacamoire and Joshua Henry.[3] The Wrong Man received 9Drama Desk Awards nominations including Best Musical and 3Lucille Lortel Awards nominations. The show was also honored with four Outer Critics Circle Awards including best original score for Golan.
The concept album was released worldwide by Interscope Records on 26 July 2019. That version made it to the big screen, with ananimated film adaptation written and performed by Golan. The movie premiered at theTribeca Film Festival in April 2019.[4]
Golan is also thepodcast host ofAnd the Writer Is... which is co-produced by Joe London. It has garnered three million downloads.
In 2016, Golan co-authored an initiative to include songwriters in theGrammy Awards "Album of the Year" category, and 2017 marked the first year a songwriter received a statue for the award. In 2018, he was a leading voice in theMusic Modernization Act. In 2019, he became the first songwriter to sit on the board of directors of theNational Music Publishers Association in the 100-plus year history of that organization. In 2021, he advocated to have the 33% rule eradicated from theGrammy Awards "Album of the Year" category and in 2022, all songwriters, producers and engineers who worked on a nominated album will for the first time be recognized as nominees.
