Amy Allen burst onto the professional songwriting scene in 2018, co-writing Selena Gomez’s ‘Back to You’ and the chart-topping single ‘Without Me’ for Halsey, which reached number one on Billboard’s Hot 100. This breakthrough followed her signing with Artist Publishing Group in 2017 after a period leading the indie pop rock group Amy & The Engine. With Amy & The Engine, she released the debut single ‘Last Forever’ in 2015, followed by EPs ‘TandeMania’ in 2016 and ‘Get Me Outta Here!’ in 2017, and toured extensively, opening for artists such as Vance Joy and Kacey Musgraves. Allen’s early songwriting success continued in 2019 with collaborations on Harry Styles’ ‘Adore You’ and Halsey’s ‘Graveyard,’ leading to Variety naming her a ‘2019 Hitmaker.’ Building on this momentum, Allen signed with Warner Records as a solo artist in 2019.
Her achievements were further acknowledged with a nomination for Top Hot 100 Songwriter at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards. Looking ahead, Allen cemented her status in 2025 by winning the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, and the iHeartRadio Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. She also garnered significant nominations for Album of the Year for Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet,’ Song of the Year for ‘Please Please Please,’ and Best Song Written for Visual Media for ‘Better Place.’