PJ Harding

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PJ Harding
Origin Sydney, Australia [1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • Musician
  • producer
Years active2015–present [2]
Labels Universal Music Publishing Group [3] RCA Records
Website https://www.pjharding.com/

Peter Harding, known professionally as PJ Harding is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer originally from Sydney, Australia. [4] PJ relocated to Los Angeles in 2019.

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Peter is best known for co-writing 'July' with Noah Cyrus, earning over one billion streams and an ARIA 5x platinum certification. [5] PJ was awarded the APRA AMCOS’ Billions Award. The song has reached multiple platinum status with seven times platinum in Canada, five times platinum in Australia, quadruple platinum in the US; and platinum in the UK, Austria, and Denmark. It was a top 10 song in New Zealand and the Netherlands. [6]

Career

PJ has written alongside artists including: Lennon Stella, Lil Nas X, Bebe Rexha, Chromeo, Ruel, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian [7] [8]

In April 2021, Harding and Cyrus released the People Don’t Change EP, featuring the single ‘Dear August’. The EP was by Records, LLC and RCA Records. [9]

Discography

Extended plays (EP)

[10] [11]

Singles

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