Justin Tranter is one of the most in-demand producers and songwriters in music today, an ACLU Bill of Rights Award-winning activist and founder of Facet Records and Facet Publishing. With over 75 million single sales, 100 billion streams on Spotify and YouTube alone, 3 diamond-certified songs and dozens of honors as well as multiple GRAMMY and Golden Globes nominations (including a “Songwriter Of The Year” nomination at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards as well as a “Song Of The Year” nomination at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards for his work on Chappell Roan’s "Good Luck, Babe!"),16 total BMI Pop Awards and two consecutive “Songwriter of the Year'' titles at the BMI Pop Awards and a 2023 SONA Warrior Award, Tranter’s work has topped the charts while shaping and defining sounds of the past decade and beyond. Most recently, Tranter won “International Song Of The Year” at the 2025 Brit Awards for his work on Chappell Roan’s "Good Luck, Babe!" and received a “Songwriter Of The Year” nomination at this years’ iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Tranter’s unparalleled creative fingerprint can be felt across music, film, TV and theater, as he’s lent his talents to some of the most iconic songs and albums in recent memory; Justin Bieber’s diamond-certified smash “Sorry,” Imagine Dragons and JID’s #1 single “Enemy,” Selena Gomez’s “Good For You” (featuring A$AP Rocky), Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” and “My Kink Is Karma,” Saweetie’s “NaNi,” Reneé Rapp’s "Pretty Girls" and "Gemini Moon,” Måneskin's "Honey! (Are U Coming?),” DNCE’s “Cake by the Ocean,” Maroon 5’s “Cold, Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next (2019), Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (2020), Lady Gaga’s Chromatica (2020), The Chicks’ Gaslighter (2020), Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation (2023), Gomez’s Rare (2020) and Bieber’s Purpose (2015). In addition, he has written regularly with some of the biggest names in music such as Cardi B, Jonas Brothers, Sam Smith, Kid Cudi, Janelle Monáe, Cynthia Erivo, Leon Bridges, King Princess, Kim Petras and more.
Tranter co-created the heralded musical WILD: A Musical Becoming starring Idina Menzel, which was directed by Diane Paulus and written by V (formerly Eve Ensler). In addition to co-writing several original songs for Netflix’s runaway summer hit Purple Hearts (2022), he also served as executive music producer for Billy Porter’s brand new directorial debut Anything’s Possible (2022) and served as the executive producer for the soundtrack to Happiest Season (2020), Hulu’s record-breaking holiday film. Tranter also executive produced and wrote more than 30 original songs for the Grease prequel series Rise of The Pink Ladies where he also had a starring role as the Angel of Fashion.
His journey is also guided by the community he’s built and grown with Facet House, an inclusive home for publishing and artistry run by Tranter, who has devoted himself to numerous equal pay initiatives for songwriters as well as supporting singers/songwriters he believes in. Artists like Jake Wesley Rogers and Shea Diamond call Facet home, as do writers such as Skyler Stonestreet (“Boyfriend” by Dove Cameron), Blush (“What It Is” by Doechii) Russ Chell (“Rodeo” by Lil Nas X and Cardi B) and Jason Gill (“Never Really Over” by Katy Perry).
Most recently, Tranter partnered with Google and YouTube to unveil a suite of new music tools dubbed, “Music AI Sandbox.” This state of the art technology is designed to open a new playground for creativity, allowing users to generate new instrumental sections from scratch while transforming sound in new ways. In addition, Tranter has been named a U.S. Global Music Ambassador as part of the U.S. Department of State and YouTube’s Global Music Partnership. Additional ambassadors include Chuck D, Grace Bowers, Kane Brown, Herbie Hancock, Jelly Roll and more.
As a former board member of GLAAD and the ACLU of Southern California, Tranter is an outspoken supporter of human rights with a storied track record of fighting for change, inclusivity and diversity. Tranter’s activism work has been prolific and in 2019 he earned the prestigious ACLU Bill of Rights Award for his continued dedication to making meaningful change. Most recently, Tranter accepted the Equality Visibility Award at Los Angeles’ Equality Awards, celebrating his activism and continued work within the LGBTQIA+ community.
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