Brandon Harding

With studio credits that include some of today’s biggest hits, there’s a good chance that GRAMMY award-winning recording engineer Brandon Harding’s work has found its way to more than one of your music playlists over the past few years.

The 2013 Los Angeles Film School Recording Arts Program graduate’s studio credits include albums and hit singles for top artists like Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige,  Ne-Yo, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, The Dream, T.I. Usher, and others.

Brandon remained focused and worked his way up from a runner to an assistant engineer and now engineer for top recording studio, Triangle Studios West, a division of Triangle Studios Atlanta.

Justin Bieber’s Purpose is just one of the many hit albums that Brandon has worked on as an engineer, applying all of the skills that he learned while at The L.A. Film School and throughout his career. Purpose gave Bieber his first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 with “What Do You Mean?” the album’s lead single which debuted at number one during its first week of release. Other hits from the album included the Skrillex-produced “Sorry” and the Benny Blanco-produced “Love Yourself,” both of which also reached number one. Purpose was included in Rolling Stone’s “20 Best Pop Albums of 2015.”

Yet, it was with Beyoncé’s critically-acclaimed “concept” album Cowboy Carter that Brandon became an official GRAMMY winner for his contributions as an engineer. The album received eleven nominations across genres (pop, country, Americana, and melodic rap) and winner of the highly-coveted “Album of the Year.” Cowboy Carter was 2025’s most-nominated album, the most nominated album by a woman, and is the third most nominated album of all time, behind Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1982) and Quincy Jones’ The Dude (1981). Although not all were used on the album, over 100 tracks were recorded for the album.

Cowboy Carter is the second Beyoncé album that Brandon has worked on. He also lent his engineering skills to her 2022 GRAMMY-nominated album, Renaissance, which featured the top ten single “Cuff It” and Billboard Top 100 singles “Break My Soul,” “Virgo’s Groove,” and “America Has a Problem”.

The production team, including Brandon, received praise from Kyle Denis of Billboard, stating that Renaissance is an “absolutely stunning body of work”, and “perhaps Beyoncé’s most innovative and experimental album.”

Brandon’s musical legacy also includes his work on the original soundtrack for Marvel’s Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever, which featured tracks from Burna Boy, Future, Rihanna, and Snow Tha Product.