![]() ![]() Tranter released their debut studio album Scratched in 2002 and followed it up with their second studio album Tear Me Together in 2004. Musical career 2002–2004: Career beginnings While at Berklee, they founded Musicians with a Mission, a scholarship fund for LGBT youth education. Along with songwriting, they also took classes in business management. Following this, they studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While studying musical theater at the Academy, they started the AIDS Benefit, an annual show run by students to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. Tranter says that they experienced bullying during their youth, which caused them to be transferred from the Lake Zurich public high school to the Chicago Academy for the Arts after a semester. Justin Drew Tranter was born and grew up in Hawthorn Woods. Tranter's songs have garnered over 50 million single sales and 40 billion streams on Spotify and YouTube as of May 2021. Since February 2017, they have been a board member of GLAAD, an organization that promotes LGBT acceptance in the entertainment and news industries. ![]() From 2004 to 2014, Tranter was the lead singer of Semi Precious Weapons, a rock band based in New York. Frequently co-writing with Julia Michaels, Tranter has written songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Sara Bareilles, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, DNCE, Citizen Queen, Kesha, Imagine Dragons, Fifth Harmony, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, RAYE, Bea Miller, Demi Lovato, Dua Lipa, Måneskin, and Fall Out Boy. ![]() Justin Drew Tranter (born June 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, singer, and activist. ![]()
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