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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Michael DeStefano |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, pop, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
Christopher Michael DeStefano[1] is a Grammy Award-winning American singer/songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Nashville. As a songwriter, he has multiple #1 songs with artists Carrie Underwood (“Good Girl”, "Little Toy Guns"), Billy Currington (“Hey Girl”), Brett Eldredge ("Don't Ya"), Luke Bryan ("That's My Kind of Night", "Kick the Dust Up" ), Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood ("Somethin' Bad," later reworked as the opening theme for NBC Sunday Night Football), Rascal Flatts ("Rewind") and Jason Aldean ("Just Gettin' Started").
DeStefano was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from Lenape High School in 1993. He was in the school's music program while playing with a progressive rock band in the area.[2]
Underwood's "Good Girl", which DeStefano co-wrote, reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs in 2012.[3][4] He also co-wrote and produced Brett Eldredge's number 1 single "Don't Ya".[5] He co-wrote “Something in the Water” sung by Carrie Underwood which was the #1 song for seven weeks, the 3rd longest running female #1 Hot Country song in chart history. DeStefano co-wrote "Kiss Somebody" (July 2017) with Australian singer, Morgan Evans, and fellow American songwriter, Josh Osborne.[6] At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 the song and its writers won Country Work of the Year.[6][7]
- ^ "ACE Title Search". Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Pensiero, Nicole. "Mr. Write", South Jersey Magazine, February 2014. Accessed June 8, 2020. "Chris DeStefano’s career has had more twists and turns than, say, one of the chart-topping songs he’s co-written for the likes of Carrie Underwood or Luke Bryan. The Grammy Award-winning Mount Laurel native—who now divides his time between Nashville and Los Angeles—is riding high on a wave of acclaim for his songwriting and production talents in the world of country music.... 'I took private lessons, and Lenape High School (where he graduated from in 1993) had an amazing music program—I learned so much there,' DeStefano recalls."
- ^ "Chris DeStefano". ASCAP. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Chris DeStefano & Ashley Gorley Top the Charts with "Good Girl"". ASCAP. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ Morris, Edward (24 September 2013). "Brett Eldredge Savors First No. 1 With Co-Writers Ashley Gorley, Chris DeStefano". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Full List of Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Country Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.