David Hodges was born on December 5,1978 and is an American songwriter and record producer from Little Rock, Arkansas.
18 Facts About David Hodges
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David Hodges was a studio contributor to the rock band Evanescence from 2000 to 2002, and has co-written and co-produced for pop, pop rock and country artists, including Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Daughtry, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, David Archuleta, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Jessie James, 5 Seconds of Summer, Christina Perri, and Tim McGraw.
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In 2004, as a credited name on Fallen, David Hodges received two Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best New Artist.
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David Hodges co-wrote on the single "What About Now" from Daughtry's 2006 debut album.
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David Hodges co-wrote on Celine Dion's "This Time" and the Backstreet Boys' "Something That I Already Know".
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David Hodges co-wrote and co-produced on American Idol runner up David Archuleta's song "Crush", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
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David Hodges took home BMI pop awards for both "Crush" and "What About Now" in 2010.
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David Hodges next worked with Carrie Underwood, co-writing "What Can I Say" for her third album Play On, which went to No 1 on the Country Billboard Charts.
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In 2010, David Hodges released a project with John Campbell entitled Avox.
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David Hodges co-wrote with Underwood and Hillary Lindsey on "There's a Place for Us", the end title song of the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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David Hodges co-wrote the song "Stitch by Stitch" that The Voice winner Javier Colon performed on the first season as his first single, which topped the iTunes pop charts.
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David Hodges had credits on several songs from David Cook's second album This Loud Morning.
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David Hodges then co-wrote "The Woman I Love" with Mraz from his album Love is a Four Letter Word.
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David Hodges began writing with Tonic frontman Emerson Hart for Hart's solo record Beauty in Disrepair.
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David Hodges signed with Kobalt Music Group and started his own publishing joint-venture with them called Third and Verse.
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In 2013, David Hodges co-wrote for Carrie Underwood's single "See You Again" from her album Blown Away.
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David Hodges co-wrote Colbie Caillat's "When The Darkness Comes", featured in the soundtrack of the film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
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David Hodges has co-written songs from Keith Urban, Gavin DeGraw, Christina Aguilera, Tim McGraw, Phillip Phillips, Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Hey Violet, Tonight Alive, Steven Tyler, Molly Kate Kestner, Hunter Hayes, Josh Groban, Weezer.