The Monsters & Strangerz are an American production and songwriting team from Miami, Florida. The team features The Monsters: Alexander "Eskeerdo" Izquierdo, Stefan Johnson, and Jordan K. Johnson and The Strangerz: Marcus "Marc Lo" Lomax and Clarence Coffee Jr.[1]
The Monsters & Strangerz | |
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| Origin | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Members | The Monsters: Alexander Izquierdo Stefan Johnson Jordan K. Johnson The Strangerz: Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax Clarence Coffee Jr |
In 2011, The Monsters & Strangerz moved their operation to Los Angeles and have produced and written for artists including Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Zedd, Rihanna, Nick Jonas, Liam Payne, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo, Fifth Harmony, Kanye West, Big Sean, Bebe Rexha, and many others.
History
editThe Monsters originated as a team in 2008, when Stefan Johnson began to engineer for Miami artist and songwriter Alexander "Eskeerdo" Izquierdo. At the time Johnson was an in-demand engineer working with major artists like Rick Ross, Pitbull, and Diddy. Shortly after meeting Eskeerdo and Johnson along with his brother and producer Jordan Johnson formed The Monsters.
The Strangerz met through a mutual friend in high school in early 2005. Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax is the son of a pastor and a multi-instrumentalist; he began his musical career in his father's church band. Clarence Coffee Jr. is the son of a gospel singer; he grew up perfecting his vocals and melodies after being inspired by his family's passion for music.
The Monsters & Strangerz were introduced to each other in late 2010.
The group frequently collaborates on songwriting and production with American singer-songwriter, rapper and producer Jon Bellion, who they started working with in 2018.[2]
Production discography
editThese tracks are produced credited under The Monsters & Strangerz.
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| "Big Nut Bust" | 2010 | Big Sean | Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big | Production only |
| "Never Been Hurt" | 2013 | Demi Lovato | Demi |
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| "Forget Forever" | Selena Gomez | Stars Dance |
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| "Butterflies" | Zendaya | Zendaya |
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| "Heaven Lost an Angel" |
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| "Only When You're Close" |
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| "Leave My Heart Out of This" | Fifth Harmony | Better Together |
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| "One Wish" |
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| "On My Way" | 2014 | Lea Michele | Louder |
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| "Sexercise" | Kylie Minogue | Kiss Me Once |
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| "Champagne" | Ferras | Ferras | Production only | |
| "It Was Always You" | Maroon 5 | V |
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| "Coming Back for You" |
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| "Already Gone" | Boyz II Men | Collide |
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| "Contigo Quiero Estar" | Thalía | Amore Mio |
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| "Fun" (featuring Chris Brown) |
2015 | Pitbull | Globalization |
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| "Do What You Like" | Taio Cruz | Non-album single |
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| "Pray" | Bebe Rexha | I Don't Wanna Grow Up |
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| "I Can't Stop Drinking About You" |
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| "Cheyenne" | Jason Derulo | Everything Is 4 |
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| "Levels" | Nick Jonas | Nick Jonas X2 |
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| "Lipstick" (featuring Tyga) |
Isac Elliott | Faith |
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| "Dirty Work" | Austin Mahone | Dirty Work – The Album |
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| "Body on Me" (featuring Chris Brown) |
Rita Ora | Non-album single |
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| "El mismo sol" (featuring Jennifer Lopez) |
Alvaro Soler | Eterno Agosto | Production only | |
| "Hey Everybody!" | 5 Seconds of Summer | Sounds Good Feels Good |
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| "Castaway" |
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| "Heart Drop" | Inna | Inna |
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| "Fine by Me" | Chris Brown | Royalty | Production only | |
| "If It Ain't Love" | 2016 | Jason Derulo | Non-album single |
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| "Thank You" (featuring R. City) |
Meghan Trainor | Thank You |
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| "Great Escape" | Tini | Tini |
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| "Love Make the World Go Round" | Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda | Non-album single |
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| "I Lied" | Fifth Harmony | 7/27 |
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| "Voicemail" |
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| "Someday" (featuring Meghan Trainor) |
Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | Production only | |
| "I Would Like" | Zara Larsson | So Good |
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| "Educate Ya" (featuring Jason Derulo) |
2017 | Pitbull | Climate Change |
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| "I'm a Lady" | Meghan Trainor | Non-single album | Production only | |
| "Pretend You're Missing Me" | Betty Who | The Valley |
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| "Remember I Told You" (featuring Anne-Marie and Mike Posner) |
Nick Jonas | Non-album single |
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| "Never Let Me Let You Go" | Shawn Hook | My Side of Your Story |
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| "Lonely Night" | Fifth Harmony | Fifth Harmony |
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| "Lay Your Head On Me" | Juanes | Ferdinand |
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| "The Middle" | 2018 | Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey | Non-album single |
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| "HeartLess" | Madison Beer | As She Pleases |
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| "Better Man" | 5 Seconds of Summer | Youngblood |
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| "Sad" | Bebe Rexha | Expectations |
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| "So Real (Warriors)" (featuring Jess Glynne) |
Too Many Zooz vs. KDA | Non-album single |
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| "8 Letters" | Why Don't We | 8 Letters |
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| "Back Together" | Loote | Non-album single |
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| "Ruin My Life" | Zara Larsson | Poster Girl |
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| "We're Not Friends" | Jacob Sartorius | Better with You |
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| "Mona Lisa" | Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I |
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| "Do With It" | 2019 | Betty Who | Betty |
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| "Ugly" | Anitta | UglyDolls |
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| "Nostalgic" | A R I Z O N A | Asylum |
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| "Hate Me" | Ellie Goulding and Juice Wrld | Non-album single |
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| "Hurt for Long" | In Real Life | She Do |
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| "Queen of the Night" | Hey Violet | Non-album single |
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| "In Your Arms" (with X Ambassadors) |
Illenium | Ascend |
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| "Not 20 Anymore" | Bebe Rexha | Non-album single |
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| "Doing to Me" | Astrid S | Doing to Me |
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| "Graveyard" | Halsey | Manic |
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| "What Do I Do?" | Georgia Ku | REAL |
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| "Slow Dance" (featuring Ava Max) |
AJ Mitchell | SKYVIEW |
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| "Do It to Myself" | Nova Miller | The Phases | Production only | |
| "Shameless" | Camila Cabello | Romance |
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| "Liar" |
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| "Bad Kind of Butterflies" |
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| "Remember" | Liam Payne | LP1 |
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| "Hips Don't Lie" |
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| "Down" |
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| "Vulnerable" | 2020 | Selena Gomez | Rare |
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| "For Your Love" | Gunnar | old shit |
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| "Lonely Eyes" | Lauv | How I'm Feeling |
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| "Billy" |
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| "Tell My Mama" |
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| "Invisible Things" |
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| "Break My Heart" | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia |
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| "Worse" | New Hope Club | Non-album single |
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| "Daisies" | Katy Perry | Smile |
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| "Exhale" (featuring Sia) |
Kenzie | Non-album single | Lomax | |
| "Play W/ Me" | Bailey Bryan | Fresh Start |
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| "Funny" | Zedd and Jasmine Thompson | Non-album single |
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| "Difficult" | Amy Allen | Non-album singles |
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| "Heaven" |
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| "Prisoner" (featuring Dua Lipa) |
Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts |
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| "Things Are Different" | 2021 | Picture This | Life In Colour |
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| "Overdrive" | Conan Gray | Superache |
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| "Selfish" (featuring Jonas Brothers) |
Nick Jonas | Spaceman |
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| "As I Am" (featuring Khalid) |
Justin Bieber | Justice |
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| "Ghost" |
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| "Love You Different" (featuring Beam) |
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| "Anyone" |
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| "Name" (featuring Tori Kelly) |
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| "All Your Exes" | Julia Michaels | Not in Chronological Order |
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| "Love Is Weird" |
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| "Pessimist" |
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| "Little Did I Know" | Production only | |||
| "Lie Like This" |
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| "Wrapped Around" |
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| "Undertone" |
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| "That's the Kind of Woman" |
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| "Electric" | Katy Perry | Pokémon 25: The Album |
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| "Remember This" | Jonas Brothers | Non-album single |
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| "Lost" | Maroon 5 | Jordi |
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| "Nobody's Love" |
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| "Memories" |
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| "Mercy" | Jonas Brothers | Space Jam: A New Legacy |
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| "I Wanna Love You But I Don't" | Ben Platt | Reverie |
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| "Imagine" |
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| "Chasing Stars" (featuring James Bay) |
Alesso and Marshmello | Non-album single |
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| "Out of Focus" | Urban Cone | West Coast |
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| "Marry Me" | 2022 | Jennifer Lopez and Maluma | Marry Me |
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| "Wild Dreams" (featuring Khalid) |
Burna Boy | Love, Damini |
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| "Birthday Girl" | Lizzo | Special |
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| "In the Kitchen" | Reneé Rapp | Everything to Everyone |
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| "All She Wanna Do" | John Legend | Legend |
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| "Somebody" | Sam Ryder | There's Nothing but Space, Man! |
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| "Mind Games" | 88rising and Milli | TBA |
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| "My Mind & Me" | Selena Gomez | Non-album single |
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| "That's What I Get" | 2023 | charlieonnafriday | TBA |
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| "Gone" | Noa Kirel | Non-album single |
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| "Miracle" | Jonas Brothers | The Album |
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| "Montana Sky" |
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| "Wings" |
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| "Sail Away" |
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| "Americana" |
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| "Celebrate" |
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| "Vacation Eyes" | Additional production only | |||
| "Summer Baby" |
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| "Little Bird" |
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| "Minute" | Kim Petras | Feed the Beast |
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| "Tiziana" | Glaive | I Care So Much That I Don't Care at All |
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| "Love Like This" | Zayn | TBA |
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| "Jeans" (featuring Miguel) |
Jessie Reyez | Non-single album |
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| "Not Done Yet" | Quavo | Rocket Power |
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| "Raindance" (featuring Native Soul) |
Jon Batiste | World Music Radio |
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| "I do" | Reneé Rapp | Snow Angel (Reneé Rapp album) |
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| "Strangers" | 2024 | Lewis Capaldi | Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent |
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| "Lead Me On" | Fletcher | In Search of the Antidote |
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| "Love On" | Selena Gomez | Non-album single |
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| "Shine On" | Tori Kelly | Tori. |
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| "Lemonade" | Lucky Daye | Algorithm |
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| "Get By" | Jelly Roll | Beautifully Broken |
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| "Unpretty" |
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| "Everyone Bleeds" |
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| "Little Light" |
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| "Ridin" | Jessie Reyes featuring Lil' Wayne | Non-Album Single |
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| "Kiss The Sky" | Maren Morris | The Wild Robot |
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| "Two Years" | Rosé | Rosie |
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Top 10 Singles
edit| Year | Album | Artist | Details | Member |
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| 2016 | Work From Home | Fifth Harmony | Top 40 Radio #1, Rhythmic Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #4 | Alexander Izquierdo |
| 2017 | Slow Hands | Niall Horan | Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #11 | Alexander Izquierdo |
| 2018 | The Middle | Zedd featuring Maren Morris & Grey | Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #1, Hot Dance/Electric Songs #1, Billboard Hot 100 #5, Grammy nominated Song of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax |
| 2019 | Graveyard | Halsey | Top 40 Radio #7, US Dance Club Songs #1 | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson |
| 2019 | Memories | Maroon 5 | Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #2 | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson |
| 2020 | Break My Heart | Dua Lipa | Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #2, Adult Contemporary Radio #6, Billboard Hot 100 #13 | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson |
| 2020 | Be Like That | Kane Brown featuring Khalid & Swae Lee | Top 40 Radio #8 | Alexander Izquierdo |
| 2020 | Levitating | Dua Lipa | Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #2 | Clarence Coffee |
| 2021 | Anyone | Justin Bieber | Billboard Hot 100 #6 | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson |
| 2022 | Ghost | Justin Bieber | Top 40 Radio #1, Billboard Hot 100 #5, Adult Top 40 Radio #1, Adult Contemporary Radio #5 | Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson |
References
edit- ^ "How Do You Make Hits For Pop A-Listers? Jon Bellion and The Monsters & Strangerz Explain Their Formula". Billboard.
- ^ Spruch, Kirsten (February 11, 2020). "How Do You Make Hits For Pop A-Listers? Jon Bellion and The Monsters & Strangerz Explain Their Formula". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2023.