Ross Golan

After fronting several bands in the 2000s, pop songwriter Ross Golan found mainstream success in the following decade writing major hits for acts like Selena Gomez, Maroon 5, Flo Rida, Justin Bieber, and Keith Urban. He also wrote and starred in the award-winning musical The Wrong Man and hosted a podcast on songwriting. A native of Evanston, Illinois, Golan headed west to study music at the University of Southern California. He landed his first record deal in 2003 when EMI picked up his rap project, Reagan Baby, which he'd recorded with his band Molehead. After that band fi...