Antonina Armato
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Antonina Armato (born in May 1974) is a songwriter and music producer who is most known for co-writing the #1 single "I Still Believe" and co-writing another #1 single "She Ain't Worth It." She has written or produced over 20 Top Ten singles. She is currently working with Vanessa Hudgens,[1] 78violet, Selena Gomez, Jesse McCartney, Miley Cyrus,[2] David Archuleta, and Sick Puppies. Antonina is married to Tim James, who is her producing partner and co-founder of Rock Mafia. She and Tim live presently in Santa Monica, California.
She is also the co-owner and founder of Rock Mafia Records. She is mainly known for her songwriting roles with Disney stars. She has written songs with the Jonas Brothers,[1] Hope 7, 78violet, Scott Cutler, and Richard Feldman, and wrote the Top 40 radio hit "Come Back To Me" for singer Vanessa Hudgens. She has co-written and produced Miley Cyrus's Top 10 singles "See You Again" and "7 Things" as well as her single "Fly on the Wall". She co-wrote the song, Potential Breakup Song, with 78violet, which Time and CNN named one of the Top Songs of 2007.
She has also co-written "Bet On It" from High School Musical 2, and "Right Here" from the album Meet Miley Cyrus. Armato produced and wrote Sick Puppies' newly released Top 5 Rock album Tri Polar. The first single "You're Going Down" reached Top Ten and climbing the charts.
Recently, Antonina is working with Adam Lambert and The Beach Girl5 - Now known as BG5. Rock Mafia wrote and produced Miley Cyrus first single, "Can't be Tamed" Which went top 10 on Billboard and #1 on iTunes. She also wrote and produced six additional tracks on Miley's new CD. She also produced Bonnie McKee's debut album Trouble along with Rob Cavallo.
Antonina has also co-written the platinum song "Naturally" from Kiss & Tell, Selena Gomez & the Scene's debut album. RockMafia is enjoying its platinum smash hit "Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & The Scene, which is presently Top 20 and still climbing charts.
[edit] Songs credited
- "You Can"
- "Your Eyes Don't Lie"
- "Bigger"
- "Down To Earth"
- "7 Things"
- "Bigger Than Us" (Cyrus as Hannah Montana)
- "Bottom of the Ocean"
- "East Northumberland High"
- "Fly on the Wall"
- "Forgiveness And Love"
- "Good and Broken"
- "Goodbye"
- "It's All Right Here" (Cyrus as Hannah Montana)
- "Let's Dance"
- "Liberty Walk"
- "Right Here"
- "See You Again"
- "Two More Lonely People"
- "Wake Up America"
- "Who Owns My Heart"
- "Can't Be Tamed"
- "BAM"
- "Friends Ft Rock Mafia"[3]
Selena Gomez and Selena Gomez & the Scene
- "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" from Another Cinderella Story
- "Tell Me Something I Don't Know (New Version)" from Kiss & Tell
- "Naturally" from Kiss & Tell
- "I Won't Apologize" from Kiss & Tell
- "Off the Chain" from A Year Without Rain
- "Summer's Not Hot" from A Year Without Rain
- "Rock God" from A Year Without Rain
- "Love You Like a Love Song" from When the Sun Goes Down
- "My Dilemma" from When the Sun Goes Down
- "Outlaw" from When the Sun Goes Down
- "Another Dumb Blonde"[4]
- "Hook It Up"
- "Don't Leave"
- "Vulnerable"
- "Long Time Coming"
- "Riptide"
- "You're Going Down"
- "Odd One"
- "So What I Lied"
- "Master of the Universe"
- "In It For Life"
- "White Balloons"
- "My World"
- "Pitiful"
- "Cancer"
- "What Are You Looking For"
- "All The Same"
- "Too Many Words"
- "Asshole Father"
- "Issues"
- "Anywhere But Here"
- "The Bottom"
- "What Were We Thinking of?"
[edit] Soundtracks
- "Circle Game"
- "Dig a Little Deeper"
- "Bet On It"
- "Me, Myself & Time"
[edit] References
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- ^ "Miley Cyrus Set to Release New Album". NewsRoomAmerica.com. 26 April 2010. http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/11111.html. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Aura Dione "Before The Dinosaurs" track list". http://www.discogs.com/Aura-Dione-Before-The-Dinosaurs/release/3234126. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Singer Hoku Ho's Star on the Rise". Reading Eagle: p. B7. 22 January 2000. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lHwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v6MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5573,3438152&dq=antonina+armato&hl=en. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Disney's Camp Rock Soundtrack Debuts at #3 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart". SmartBrief. 25 June 2008. http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryBW-detail.jsp?id=474D8E7A-EB8C-491E-91FE-D65F6FFE45CE. Retrieved 25 January 2011.