Kevin Michael Griffin[1] (born October 1, 1968) [3] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

[4] His songs have been performed and recorded by artists such as Taylor Swift,[5][6][7] Train,[6] Sugarland,[8][9][10][6][11] James Blunt,[6] Dierks Bentley, The Record Company, Wilder Woods, Moon Taxi,[12] Saint Motel, Andy Grammer, Christina Perri,[11] Trombone Shorty,[13] Howie Day,[5][14][12] Barenaked Ladies,[6][11] Tom Morello, Boys Like Girls, Blondie,[6][12] Chase Rice,[15][16] The Struts,[12][7] Andrew McMahon, Matt Nathanson, Meat Loaf, Missy Higgins, and many others.

[4] He then took a job with Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles during the early 1990s,[4] before Better Than Ezra achieved commercial success.

Griffin and his family largely resided in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

[34] He purchased a home in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles in July 2006[34] and in 2011, he sold his house and moved to Franklin, Tennessee, with his family.

[35] Griffin has produced, written, and co-written platinum albums and songs that have sold more than thirty million copies.

[14][12] Griffin's first number-one with Better Than Ezra was the 1995 song "Good",[36] and it stayed on top of the Alternative Chart for seven weeks.