DJ Swivel

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DJ Swivel
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Background information
Birth nameJordan Young
Also known asDJ Swivel, Swivel
Born (1984-12-14) 14 December 1984 (age 38)
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop, EDM, hip hop, R&B
Occupation(s) Record producer, songwriter, audio engineer, DJ
Years active2006–present
Website djswivel.com

Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young (born 14 December 1984) is a Grammy-Award winning music producer, mixer, vocal engineer, and songwriter. [1] His work with The Chainsmokers yielded 3 RIAA Diamond Certifications ("Closer", "Something Just Like This", "Don't Let Me Down"), making them tied for 4th all-time in the artists with the most single certifications, diamond. [2] He came to prominence in 2011 working for Beyoncé as her vocal engineer on the album "4". [3] [4] He was awarded "Secret Genius: Dance" by Spotify in 2018. [5]

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Starting his career in New York City circa 2005 under Ken "Duro" Ifill, he has since worked with the likes of Rema, BTS, Beyoncé, Lil Nas X, The Chainsmokers, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Cordae, Gryffin, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Jay Sean, Britney Spears, Sean Combs, Wyclef Jean, Rita Ora, Mary J. Blige, Tiësto, and Whitney Houston. [6] [7]

Starting in 2020, Jordan created a line of award-winning [8] music software products under the name DJ Swivel. [9] He owns a music publishing company, Waves With Words, in partnership with Concord. [10]

Born in Toronto, Canada, DJ Swivel resides in Los Angeles.

Selected Discography (Mixing, Production, Engineer, Writer)

[11]

YearArtistTitle(s)AlbumRoleCertification(s)
2022 Rema "Calm Down" (with Selena Gomez)SingleMixing, MasteringUS: Platinum [12]
2022 Rema All songs Rave & Roses Mixing, Mastering
2021 Kane Brown (w/ H.E.R)Blessed and FreeSingleMixing
2021 Lil Nas X "Montero (Call Me By Your Name) - But Lil Nas X Makes All The Sounds With His Mouth"EP VersionMixing
2020 BTS "Moon", "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal" Map of the Soul: 7 Mixer, Production, Engineer, Writer.US: Platinum [13]
2020 Dua Lipa "Good In Bed" Future Nostalgia MixingUS: Platinum [14]
2019 Lil Nas X "Panini" 7 EP MixingUS: 6x Platinum [15]
2019 Lil Nas X "Rodeo" (with Cardi B) 7 EP MixingUS: 2x Platinum [16]
2019 Lil Nas X "Holiday"SingleMixingUS: 2x Platinum [17]
2019 BTS "Mikrokosmos" Map of the Soul: Persona Mixing, Engineer, Writer.US: Gold [18]
2018 BTS "Love Maze", "So What" Love Yourself: Tear Mixing, Engineer, Writer
2018 BTS "Euphoria", "I'm Fine", "Answer: Love Myself", "Magic Shop", "Best of Me" Love Yourself: Answer Mixing, Production, Engineer, WriterUS: Platinum [19]
2017 The Chainsmokers Tracks 1-11 Memories ... Do Not Open Mixing, Production, Engineer.US: Platinum [20]
2017 The Chainsmokers "Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 10x Platinum [21]
2017 The Chainsmokers "Paris"SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 4x Platinum [22]
2017 Coldplay "Miracles" (with Big Sean) Kaleidoscope EP Mixing, Mastering
2017 Dua Lipa "Homesick" (with Chris Martin) Dua Lipa Mixing, MasteringUS: Platinum [23]
2016 The Chainsmokers All songsCollage EPMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 2x Platinum [24]
2016 The Chainsmokers "Closer"SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 15x Platinum [25]
2016 The Chainsmokers "Don't Let Me Down" (with Daya)SingleMixingUS: 10x Platinum [26]
2015 The Chainsmokers "Roses"SingleMixingUS: 6x Platinum [27]
2015 The Chainsmokers All songs Bouquet EP MixingUS: Gold [28]

Personal life

His mother is Christine Bentley, former news anchor for the Toronto TV station CFTO.

Career

In 2013, he won a Grammy award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Love on Top" by Beyoncé.

In 2015, he co-founded music tech startup SKIO Music.

In 2016, he was inducted to the Full Sail University Hall of Fame class of 2015. [29]

Swivel won a Grammy Award in 2017 for Best Dance Recording for mixing "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers. [1]

In January 2020, Young released a music software plugin called The Sauce, which is an affects processor for vocals. [30] In 2020, he also released another plugin called Spread, which mainly converting mono tracks to stereo. [31]

Extended Discography (Mixing, Engineer, Assistant)

[11] [32]

YearArtistTitleAlbumRoleCertification
2015 Raury "Superfly", "Armor", "Cigarette Song", "Chariots of Fire" Indigo Child Mixing
2014 Fabolous "We Good" (with Rich Homie Quan), "You Made Me" (with Tish Hyman), "She Wildin" (with Chris Brown), "Ball Drop" (with French Montana", "Rap & Sex, "Cinnamon Apple" (with Kevin Hart) The Young OG Project Engineer
2014 Jay Sean Engineer, tracks 1-6. Mix, "Jameson"The Mistress IIEngineer, Mixing
2013 Beyoncé "Flawless" Beyoncé EngineerUS: 5x Platinum [33]
2013 Jay-Z "Oceans" (with Frank Ocean), "BBC", "Nickels and Dimes" Magna Carta...Holy Grail Engineer, EditingUS: 2x Platinum [34]
2013 Jay Sean "Universe" Neon Engineer, Mixing
2012 Rita Ora "Roc The Life" Ora Engineer
2012 Monica "Daddy's Girl", "Take a Chance" (with Wale) New Life Engineer
2011 The Dream "Long Gone" 1977 Engineer
2011 Beyoncé All songs. Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 EngineerUS: Platinum [35]
2011 Rihanna "Talk That Talk" (with Jay-Z) Talk That Talk EngineerUS: 3x Platinum [36]
2011 Mary J. Blige "Love a Woman" (with Beyoncé) My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act 1) EngineerUS: Gold [37]
2011 Wale "Sabotage" (with Lloyd), "Slight Work" (with Big Sean) Ambition EngineerUS: Platinum [38]
2011 Beyoncé Engineer, all songs. Mix: "I Care", "Schoolin' Life" 4 Mixing, Engineer, Drum Programming, KeyboardsUS: 4x Platinum [39]
2011 Fabolous "Slow Down" (with Trey Songz) The S.O.U.L Tape Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2010 Beyoncé All songs. I Am... World Tour Engineer,

Mixing

2010 Kanye West "All Of The Lights"SingleEngineerUS: 5x Platinum [40]
2010 Fabolous "You Be Killin' Em", "Lights Out" There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP Engineer
2010 Big Time Rush "Nothing Even Matters" BTR Engineer
2010 Rick Ross "Free Mason" (with Jay-Z & John Legend) Teflon Don EngineerUS: Gold [41]
2009 Mary J. Blige "Each Tear" (with Jay Sean) Stronger With Each Tear EngineerUS: Gold [42]
2009 Tiësto "Kaleidoscope" (with Jónsi), "I Will Be Here", "It's Not The Things You Say" (with Kele Okereke), "Who Wants To Be Alone" (with Nelly Furtado", "Knock You Out" (with Emily Haines) Kaleidoscope Engineer, Mixing
2009 Jay Sean "Do You Remember"SingleMixingUS: 2x Platinum [43]
2009 Jay Sean "Down" SingleMixingUS: 6x Platinum [44]
2009 Ghostface Killah "Not Your Average Girl" (with Shareefa), "Do Over" (with Raheem DeVaughan), "Baby" (with Raheem DeVaughn), "Paragraphs of Love" (with Vaughn Anthony & Estelle), "Guest House (with Fabolous), "Let's Stop Playin" (with John Legend), "I'll Be That" (with Adrienne Bailon) Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City Engineer
2009 Jay-Z "Empire State of Mind" (with Alicia Keys) The Blueprint 3 Mixing AssistantUS: 3x Platinum [45]
2009 Fabolous "The Way", "Mixing My Time" (with Jeremih), "Imma Do It" (with Kob), "Feel Like I'm Back", "Everything, Everyday, Everywhere" (with Keri Hilson), "Throw It In The Bag" (with The Dream), "Money Goes Honey Stay" (with Jay-Z), "Salute" (with Lil Wayne), "There He Go", "The Fabolous Life" (with Ryan Leslie), "Makin Love" (with Ne-Yo), "Last Time" (with Trey Songz), "Pachanga", "Lullaby", Stay", "Miss My Love" Loso's Way Engineer, MixingUS: Gold [46]
2009 Whitney Houston "Worth It" I Look To You EngineerUS: Platinum [47]
2009 Ryan Leslie All songs Ryan Leslie Assistant Engineer
2009 Ghostface Killah All songs GhostDeini The Great Assistant Engineer
2008 Jamie Foxx "You Should Talk" (with Ne-Yo & Fabolous) Intuition Mixing, EngineerUS: Platinum [48]
2008 T.I 'Swing Ya Rag" (with Swizz Beatz) Paper Trail Mixing AssistantUS: 2x Platinum [49]
2008 DJ Khaled All songs We Global Mixing Assistant
2008 Nelly All songs Brass Knuckles Mixing AssistantUS: Gold [50]
2008 Ne-Yo "She Got Her Own" (with Fabolous & Jamie Foxx) Year of the Gentleman EngineerUS: Platinum [51]
2008 Ashanti All songs The Declaration Mixing Assistant
2008 Jay Sean "Tonight", "Good Enough", "Murder", "I'm Gone" My Own Way Mixing
2008 Lil Mama All songsYVP (Voice of the Young People)Mixing Assistant
2008 Mariah Carey "O.O.C" E=MC² Mixing AssistantUS: Platinum [52]
2008 Mary J. Blige All songs Growing Pains Mixing AssistantUS: Platinum [53]
2007 Beanie Sigel All songs The Solution Mixing Assistant
2007 Jay-Z "I Know", "Blue Magic" American Gangster EngineerUS: Platinum [54]
2007 Britney Spears "Why Should I Be Sad" Blackout Engineer, Mixing AssistantUS: Platinum [55]
2007 Sugababes "Change" Change Engineer
2007 Yung Joc All songs Hustlenomics Mixing Assistant
2007 Fabolous "From Nothin' To Somethin' Intro", "Yep, I'm Back", "Change Up" (with Akon), "Make Me Better" (with Ne-Yo), "Baby Don't Go" (with T-Pain), "Return Of The Hustle" (with Swizz Beatz), "Gangsta Don't Play" (with Junior Reid), "Real Playa Like" (with Lloyd), "First Time" (with Rihanna), "Diamonds" (with Young Jeezy), "Brooklyn" (with Jay-Z & Uncle Murda), "I'm The Man" (with Red Cafe), "Jokes On You (with Pusha T), "What Should I Do" (with Lil' Mo), "This Is Family", "Supa" From Nothin' To Somethin' Engineer, MixingUS: Gold [56]
2007 Redman All songs Red Gone Wild Mixing Assistant
2006 Bow Wow "Shake It" (with Swizz Beatz) The Price of Fame Engineer, Mixing AssistantUS: Gold [57]
2006 DJ Clue All songsThe Professional Part. 3Engineer, Mixing Assistant
2006 Diddy "The Future", "Hold Up", "Wanna Move" (with Big Boi, Ciara, Scar), "Special Feeling", "After Love" (with Keri Hilson), "Through The Pain" (with Mario Winans) Press Play Mixing AssistantUS: Gold [58]
2006 Method Man All songs 4:21...The Day After Mixing Assistant
2006 Ice Cube All songs Laugh Now Cry Later Mixing AssistantUS: Gold [59]

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