He is the president and co-founder of Bethel Music,[2] as well as a member of its Artist Collective and is one-half of the husband-and-wife worship duo, Brian & Jenn Johnson.
[5] As a solo musician, Johnson has released one album, Love Came Down - Live Acoustic Worship in the Studio (2010).
As a songwriter, Johnson has co-written CCLI Top 100 Chart ranking songs such as "Love Came Down," "No Longer Slaves", "Forever", and "One Thing Remains".
Johnson made an appearance on Dave Fitzgerald's debut album, Hope of Heaven: Live at Bethel Church,[11] which was released on October 26,[12] featuring on the song "Shine".
[16] 2012 saw Bethel Music release two albums that Brian Johnson featured in and co-produced: The Loft Sessions and For the Sake of the World.
The Loft Sessions, released on January 24, was produced by Johnson alongside Daniel James Mackenzie and Rick McDonald and was the first album by Bethel Music to register on the Billboard 200 chart, peaking at No.
[19] The song "Love Came Down", co-written by Brian Johnson alongside Jeremy Riddle, Ian McIntosh and Jeremy Edwardson, was featured on the twelfth season of American Idol as part of the "Songs I Wish I'd Written" night,[20] with the performance of Kari Jobe's rendition as on Where I Find You done by the contestant Angie Miller, a top 3 finalist.
In 2013, Bethel Music released its first studio album, Tides, on September 3, with Johnson being featured in three songs: "Forever", "Strong in Us" and "For the Cross", which he sang alongside his wife, Jenn.
[25] However, the two Dove Awards were won by Matt Redman for the song "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)".
[26][27] The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awarded "One Thing Remains" the No.
[29] Brian Johnson was featured on two songs in the album, "We Will Not Be Shaken" and "Seas of Crimson", and also featured on the concert film, We Will Not Be Shaken, as a worship leader, with the film having been recorded at a mountaintop overlooking Shasta Lake in California.
[34] In August 2015, the Gospel Music Association nominated Brian Johnson alongside Kari Jobe, Gabriel Wilson, Jenn Johnson, Christa Black Gifford and Joel Taylor for a GMA Dove Award in the "Worship Song of the Year" category for penning the song "Forever" (credited as "Forever (We Sing Hallelujah)"), with the result to be announced at the 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards in October.
[40] Brian Johnson also featured on Leeland's fifth studio album, Invisible, released in July 2016 having co-written and provided vocals for the song, "Son Was Lifted Up".
[41] In August 2016, the Gospel Music Association announced the nominees of the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards with Brian Johnson alongside Jonathan David Helser and Joel Case being nominated for writing the song, "No Longer Slaves" in the "Worship Song of the Year" category.
[48] Brian Johnson, together with Joel Taylor and Jenn Johnson, received a certificate of recognition from the Redding City Council as the founders and representatives of the record label, Bethel Music, for its success at the 47th Annual GMA Dove Awards held in Nashville, Tennessee in 2016, having won five awards from nine nominations.