Justin Tranter: Crafting Hits that Move the Masses

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Billboard charts in the past decade is familiar with at least some of the massive hit songs they’ve written for stars like Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Halsey, and many others.Now, after nearly 10 years of working behind the scenes and crafting countless smashes, Tranter is finally earning some well-deserved and long-overdue recognition.Tranter is one of five people currently nominated for the “Songwriter of the Year” Grammy.

The category was only introduced a year ago, so very few talents have been up for the honor. Tranter stands out as one of the only people in the LGBTQ community to be up for the award — and amazingly, they’re not even the only one in the running this year.While Tranter may be one of the top songwriters in the pop genre, they’re really a rockstar at heart.

They spent years trying to make it big as the lead singer of the rock band Semi Precious Weapons, which was one of the hottest underground alternative acts more than a decade ago.

They released several albums, earned praise from critics, and toured with Lady Gaga. But their breakout moment never came.Instead of letting the world beat them up and force them to stop creating, Tranter decided to lend their talents to other musicians as a songwriter, and success rapidly followed.Becoming a successful songwriter is notoriously difficult, especially in the often fickle world of pop music, but Tranter managed to rise to the top while not only refusing to compromise who they really are but by being as loud and proud as possible.Tranter’s incredible success and recent nomination are made that much more meaningful because they did it on their own terms.