MARTIN KIERSZENBAUM is a GRAMMY-nominated songwriter/producer/musician who has worked with Sting, Madonna, Lady Gaga, t.A.T.u., Shaggy, Halsey, Far East Movement, Robyn, Mylène Farmer and more. 

Kierszenbaum  grew up in South America, Europe and various parts of the US absorbing diverse sounds and rhythms along the way. He studied piano and received a Music degree from the University of Michigan. 

Kierszenbaum’s first formal release as a songwriter/ producer was the critically-acclaimed hip hop album "The Funky Record" by Maroon which The Village Voice named one of the top albums of the year. 

After graduating with a Masters degree from the University of Southern California as well as serving as music executive at PolyGram, Warner Bros. Records, A&M Records and Interscope Records, Kierszenbaum launched his own Cherrytree Music Company in 2005 which he designed as a haven for progressive artists and genre-defying musicians.  Over the last 15 years with Cherrytree, Kierszenbaum has sold in excess of 40 million records and charted 5 songs at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

At the same time, Kierszenbaum has continued to write and produce music including the no. 1 song “All the Things She Said" by Russian duo t.A.T.u., several songs on Lady Gaga’s debut album "The Fame,“ Madonna’s “Holy Water,” and one of France’s top- selling albums of the year, Mylène Farmer’s "Interstellaires.” Kierszenbaum has also released his own songs under the pseudonym, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom, notching two Billboard Dance Club Chart Top 40 hits. 

Most recently, Kierszenbaum wrote, produced and played on Sting’s and Shaggy’s GRAMMY award-winning Reggae album “44/876.” He was also just awarded a BMI Award for his songwriting contribution to Halsey’s “Nightmare,” one of the most-played songs of the year. Kierszenbaum has also just finished producing and co-writing blues phenom Samantha Fish’s new album coming out this August 2021.