Steph Jones

Steph Jones
Background information
Birth name	Stephenie Nicole Jones
Born	(1987-09-06) September 6, 1987
Genres	Pop alternative pop rock songwriter country K-pop folk music Americana
Occupation	Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar
Years active	2012–present

Steph Jones (born September 6, 1987) is an American songwriter and vocal producer based in Nashville, TN. She has written songs performed by artists including Sabrina Carpenter, Selena Gomez, BLɅϽKPIИK, Kelsea Ballerini, JADE, Florence + The Machine, Celine Dion, Keith Urban, Teddy Swims, Madi Diaz, and more.

Career

Steph Jones recently co-wrote Sabrina Carpenter's 5× platinum song "Espresso", the lead single from her sixth studio album, Short n' Sweet, alongside co-writers Amy Allen and Julian Bunetta.  "Espresso" is nominated for both Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2025 Grammy's and is Spotify's 3rd fastest song to hit 1 Billion streams. It was Billboard's #1 Global Song of the Summer for 2024, as well as reaching #1 on Pop Airplay and #3 on the Hot 100 Charts. Steph Jones has co-written with Sabrina Carpenter over many albums, including songs "Nonsense", "Bet U Wanna", "Bad for Business" and "Things I Wish You Said" from Carpenter's fifth studio album, Emails I Can't Send, as well as "Sue Me", "Buy Me Presents", "Let Me Move You" (from the Netflix film Work It), and more.  

Jones also co-wrote Jade Thirwall's debut single "Angel Of My Dreams" which charted Top 10 on UK Singles Chart. Other notable works include Selena Gomez's "People You Know", BLACKPINK's "Love to Hate Me", Amber Mark's "Competition,"  Latto ft LU KALA "Lottery", Teddy Swims "Growing Up is Getting Old", and "Call Me Cruella" by Florence + The Machine (for Disney's GRAMMY-nominated Original Motion Picture soundtrack ‘Cruella’).

Jones has also had success as a songwriter in the country music space, with Kelsea Ballerini's #1 Country Radio song "Hole In The Bottle", Tenille Townes "When's It Gonna Happen" and "Girl Who Didn't Care," Little Big Town's "Over Drinking" (from their GRAMMY-nominated album ‘Nightfall’), Keith Urban's "Polaroid," as well as Shania Twain and BRELAND's "Boots Don't" (from Twisters: The Album).

Songwriting discography

Year	Artist	Album	Song
2024	Amber Mark	Loosies	"Wait So Yeah"
	Myles Smith	A Minute...	"3am"
	Myles Smith, James Bay	A Minute...	"Waste"
	Lyn Lapid	Buttons	"Buttons"
	Freya Skye	Winter Dream	"Winter Dream"
	Koe Wetzel	9 Lives	"Good Times (Bonus Track)"
	Jenna Raine, Avery Anna	Roses	"Roses (feat. Avery Anna)"
	Jelly Roll	Beautifully Broken	"Born Again"
		Beautifully Broken	"Hear Me Out"
	Charlie Hickey	Death Grip	"Death Grip"
	Dylan Schneider	PUZZLED	"Here Comes The Sun"
	Logan Crosby	2019	"Seasons"
	Pia Mia	Anti Romantica	"Owe Me"
	Ashe	Willson	"Running Out Of Time"
	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	"Don’t Smile"
		Short n' Sweet	"Espresso"
	Niko Moon, Michael Franti & Spearhead	THESE ARE THE DAYS	"IT'S ALL GOOD"
	JADE	Angel Of My Dreams	"Angel Of My Dreams"
	Shania Twain, BRELAND	Boots Don't (From Twisters: The Album)	"Boots Don't (From Twisters: The Album)"
	Dillon Francis, chloe moriondo	Lonely (Planet Earth)	"Lonely (Planet Earth)"
	Avery Anna	Breakup Over Breakfast	"vanilla"
	Meghan Trainor	Timeless	"Hate It Here"
	Thomas Day	Pretender	"Pretender"
	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1.5)	"Growing Up is Getting Old"
	Julia Wolf	In My Room	"In My Room"
	Myles Smith	Betting on Us	"Betting on Us"
	Nicky Youre	Part Time Lover	"Part Time Lover"
	Sofia Carson	I Hope You Know	"I Hope You Know"
2023	Sabrina Carpenter	fruitcake	"buy me presents"
	Jake Scott	Lavender	"One On The Way"
	Lauren Spencer Smith	Mirror (Deluxe)	"Sad Forever"
	Madi Diaz	Weird Faith	"Same Risk"
	Kate Micucci	My Hat	"Bucket of Beans"
	Suriel Hess	Hair	"Hair"
	Madeline The Person	CHAPTER 4: The End	"Watercolor Flowers"
	SNOW WIFE	QUEEN DEGENERATE	"HIT IT (feat. Big Boss Vette)"
	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)	"Flame"
	ella jane	Dead Weight	"Dead Weight"
	Ryan Griffin	Phases	"God Made Fridays"
	Lyn Lapid	to love in the 21st century	"ok with it"
		to love in the 21st century	"tlit21c"
	Bishop Briggs	Baggage	"Baggage"
	Michelle Zarlenga	Shimmering Seas (From Disney Cruise Line/25th Anniversary Theme)	"Shimmering Seas - From Disney Cruise Line/25th Anniversary Theme"
	Mike Sabath	Being Human	"Hers"
	Mike Sabath, The Moongirls	Being Human	"Pillows"
	ella jane, Charlie Hickey	Marginalia (Deluxe)	"Sore Loser"
	Sabrina Carpenter, Coi Leray	Nonsense (Remix)	"Nonsense (with Coi Leray)"
	Sabrina Carpenter	emails i can’t send fwd:	"things i wish you said"
	Meet Me At The Altar	Past // Present // Future	"It's Over For Me"
	ill peach	THIS IS NOT AN EXIT	"HEAVYWEIGHT"
	Meet Me At The Altar	Past // Present // Future	"Kööl"
	lennnie	songs to send to someone you love	"I Love You x a Million"
	Latto,LU KALA	Lottery (feat. LU KALA)	"Lottery (feat. LU KALA)"
	CXLOE	Shiny New Thing	"Cheating on Myself"
2022	Sabrina Carpenter	A Nonsense Christmas	"A Nonsense Christmas"
	John K	Be Alright // U Sometimes	"U Sometimes"
	Mickey Guyton	I Still Pray	"I Still Pray"
	Teddy Swims	Sleep is Exhausting	"The Plan"
	Ella Jane	Marginalia	"Warhol"
		Marginalia	"Party Trick"
	Ashe	Rae	"Angry Woman"
			"Emotional"
			"Fun While It Lasted"
			"omw"
	Ashe ft. Diane Keaton		"Love Is Letting Go"
	chloe moriondo	SUCKERPUNCH	"Cry"
			"Plastic Purse"
	Surf Mesa, Nat Dunn	State Of My Heart	"State Of My Heart"
	ill peach	BRIGHT LIGHTS	"BRIGHT LIGHTS"
	Meet Me At The Altar	Past // Present // Future	"Say It (To My Face)"
	Valencia Grace	There I Said It	"There I Said It"
	GUNNAR	old shit	"She's In My Head"
	Dara Reneé, Disney	High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Original Soundtrack/Season 3)	"Here I Come"
	John K	something worth working on	"something worth working on"
		Guitars and Drugs	"Guitars and Drugs"
	Brooke Eden	Choosing You	"Knock"
	Josh Gracin	History Repeats	"History Repeats"
	Sabrina Carpenter	emails i can't send	"Bad for Business"
			"bet u wanna"
			"Nonsense"
	renforshort	dear amelia	"better off"
	Allison Ponthier	Shaking Hands With Elvis	"Shaking Hands With Elvis"
	Ella Mai	Heart On My Sleeve	"Feels Like"
	JOHN K, Sigala	A LOT ( Remix)	"A LOT (Sigala Remix)"
	Ingrid Andress	Good Person	"Good Person"
	Francis Karel	Like All My Friends	"Like All My Friends"
	Sofia Carson	Sofia Carson	"Stay"
	Ella Henderson	Everything I Didn’t Say	"Sorry That I Miss You"
	MILKBLOOD	NO MIND	"NO MIND"
	Jason Mraz	Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride	"I Feel Like Dancing"
	Florence + The Machine	Harder Than Hell	"Call me Cruella - From Cruella/Soundtrack Version"
	Amber Mark	Three Dimensions Deep	"Bliss"
			"Bubbles"
	John K	A LOT	"A LOT"
	Tenille Townes	Masquerades	"When's It Gonna Happen"
2021	Monsta X	The Dreaming	"Tied to Your Body"
	Jorge Blanco	Bad Karma	"Bad Karma"
	Ross Copperman & Cam	Everything Changes	"Everything Changes"
	Wrabel ft. Madi Diaz	these words are all for you	"It's Us"
	Madi Diaz	History Of A Feeling	"Man In Me"
	Johnny Orlando	Daydream	"Daydream"
	Charlie Hickey & MUNA	Seeing Things (Muna's Version)	"Seeing Things (Muna's Version)"
	ZHU ft. John The Blind	Monster	"Monster"
	ILLENIUM, Matt Maeson	Fallen Embers	"Heavenly Side"
	Amber Mark	Competition (Snakehips Remix)	"Competition (Snakehips Remix)"
	Emily Weisband	Butterfly (ft Karen Fairchild)	"Butterfly (ft Karen Fairchild)"
	Tenille Townes	Girl Who Didn't Care	"Girl Who Didn't Care"
	Amber Mark	Competition	"Competition - Single Edit"
	chloe moriondo	Blood Bunny	"Bodybag"
			"I Eat Boys"
			"What If It Doesn't End Well"
	Sweet Little Band	Babies Go Charlie Puth	"Is It Just Me?"
	Emily Weisband	I Call It Being Human	"Indie Movie Zoomout Moment"
	John K, ROSIE	ilym (feat. ROSIE)	"ilym (feat. ROSIE)"
	Babygirl	Nevermind	"Nevermind"
	Sheppard	Kaleidoscope Eyes	"Catalina"
	SG Lewis	times	"Chemicals"
	Lindsey Ray	Metamorphosis	"There’s Nothing Like This"
	Mimi Webb	Reasons	"Reasons"
2020	Jackie Schimmel	BITCH	"BITCH"
	Emily Weisband	Not Afraid to Say Goodbye	"You're Cool"
	Kelsea Ballerini	Hole In The Bottle feat. Shania Twain	"Hole In The Bottle feat. Shania Twain"
	John K	love + everything else	"if we never met"
	John K, Kelsea Ballerini		"if we never met (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)"
	Carlie Hanson	DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy	"Is That a Thing?"
	Sarah Reeves	Life Love & Madness	"Don't Feel Like Fighting"
	BLACKPINK	THE ALBUM	"Love To Hate Me"
	Keith Urban	THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1	"Polaroid"
	Now United	Nobody Fools Me Twice	"Nobody Fools Me Twice"
	Lindsay Ell	heart theory	"wrong girl"
	Sabrina Carpenter	Let Me Move You (From the Netflix film Work It)	"Let Me Move You - From the Netflix film Work It"
	Maisie Peters	Sad Girl Summer	"Sad Girl Summer"
	MAYCE	Cry For Help	"L.O.V.E."
	GAMPER & DADONI, Dewain Whitmore	Perfect (For Somebody Else)	"Perfect (For Somebody Else)"
	Kelsea Ballerini	kelsea	"hole in the bottle"
			"the way i used to"
	Sj,Katelyn Tarver	Heaven	"Heaven"
	John K, Sigala	if we never met (remix)	"if we never met - remix"
	Little Big Town	Nightfall	"Over Drinking"
	Selena Gomez	Rare	"People You Know"
2019	Katemale	Out Of Touch	"Out Of Touch"
	Céline Dion	Courage (Deluxe Edition)	"Look at Us Now"
	bülow, Jimi Somewhere	The Contender	"Puppy Love"
	JOSEPH	Good Luck, Kid	"In My Head"
	Annika Rose	In the End	"In the End"
	AJ Mitchell	Slow Dance	"Out My Mind"
	Sabrina Carpenter	Singular Act II	"In My Bed"
			"Take Off All Your Cool"
	Alle Farben, Jordan Powers	Sticker on My Suitcase	"Different for Us"
	Carlie Hanson	Junk	"WYA"
			"Back in My Arms"
	P!nk	Hurts 2B Human	"Happy"
	MacKenzie Porter	Cry Baby	"Cry Baby"
	Gia Woods	New Girlfriend	"New Girlfriend"
	Jack & Jack	A Good Friend Is Nice	"Used To You Now"
	Quinn Lewis	Hanging On	"Hanging On"
2018	Sabrina Carpenter	Singular Act I	"Almost Love"
			"Sue Me"
	Carlie Hanson	Toxins	"Toxins"
	Against The Current	Past Lives	"Almost Forgot"
	Nashville Cast, Jenny Leigh	Nashville, Season 6: Episode 16 (Music from the Original TV Series)	"All That Matters"
	Panic! At The Disco	Pray for the Wicked	"Roaring 20s"
	morgxn	vital	"roots"
	Missy Higgins	Solastalgia	"Cemetery"
	PRETTYMUCH	PRETTYMUCH an EP	"Hello"
	Rich Edwards, Victoria Voss	Ego	"Ego"
	Bea Miller	aurora	"bored"
			"burning bridges"
			"buy me diamonds"
			"S.L.U.T."
	Bea Miller, mike.		"to the grave"
	FRENSHIP	LOVE Somebody	"LOVE Somebody"
2017	Kim Viera	Pitch Perfect 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	"Tribe"
	Danielle Bradbery	I Don't Believe We've Met	"Can't Stay Mad"
	Jacob Sartorius	Cozy	"Cozy"
	Jane XØ, LöKii	Let Me Down Easy	"Let Me Down Easy"
	Grey, Asia	Chameleon	"Chameleon"
	Emily Hackett	Nostalgia	"Nostalgia"
	Niki & Gabi	R U	"R U"
	Dylan Scott	Dylan Scott (Deluxe Edition)	"Rules"
	Nickelback	Feed The Machine	"Song on Fire"
	Aliyah Moulden	The Complete Season 12 Collection (The Voice Performance)	"Never Be Lonely - The Voice Performance"
	Mike Williams, Brezy	Don't Hurt (feat. Brezy)	"Don't Hurt (feat. Brezy)"
	Sweater Beats, R.LUM.R	Altar (feat. R.LUM.R)	"Altar (feat. R.LUM.R)"
	James Blunt	The Afterlove	"Bartender"
	Julian Jordan, Sj	Say Love	"Say Love"
	Adam Brand	Get On Your Feet	"Rent Money"
2016	Sabrina Carpenter	EVOLution	"Don't Want It Back"
			"Shadows"
	Paulina Jayne	Paulina Jayne	"Tidal Wave"
	Tritonal, Steph Jones	Painting With Dreams	"Blackout"
			"Escape"
	Felix Cartal, Steph Jones	Keep Up	"Keep Up"
	Olivia Holt, Jordan Fisher	Olivia	"Thin Air"
	Chris Lane, MacKenzie Porter	Girl Problems	"Circles"
	Forever in Your Mind	FIYM	"Whistle"
	Jason Owen	Proud	"Good Night"
	Julie Bergan	I Kinda Like It	"I Kinda Like It"
	Chuck Wicks	Turning Point	"Tell Me"
	Star Darlings	Up	"Up"
2015	Julie Bergan	All Hours	"All Hours"
	Kevin Rudolf	That Other Ship	"That Other Ship"
	Ryan Lafferty	The Half of It	"Stalemate"
	Matthew Mayfield, Chelsea Lankes	Wild Eyes	"Why We Try (feat. Chelsea Lankes)"
	Who Is Fancy	Goodbye	"Goodbye"
	Juliet Simms	All or Nothing	"All or Nothing"
2014	Cole Plante, Myon & Shane 54, Ruby O'Dell	If I Fall	"If I Fall"
2012	Evermore	Follow The Sun	"Hero"