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| Born | Charles T. Harmon (1979-12-18)December 18, 1979 (age 45) |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
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Charles T. Harmon (born December 18, 1979),[1] known professionally asChuck Harmony, is an American record producer and songwriter fromNashville, Tennessee. He is a three-timeGrammy Award nominee, and won anNAACP Image Award forOutstanding Song for his contributions toFantasia's 2010 single "Bittersweet".
Harmon was born and raised inEast St. Louis, Illinois.[1] He grew up performing in church.[2] At age 4, he learned to play the drums, which quickly led to Harmon playing the trombone, tuba, piano, in addition to singing in the church choir. He studied music atAlabama State University, where he took piano lessons with the goal of becoming a jazz pianist. After college, he relocated toAtlanta, Georgia.[3]
Harmon's first major songwriting credit was as a co-writer alongsideNe-Yo onCeline Dion's "I Got Nothin' Left" from her 2007 albumTaking Chances.[2][3] He has since earned production, composition, songwriting and instrumentation credits on songs by artists including Ne-Yo,Toni Braxton,Mary J. Blige,Jennifer Hudson,Janet Jackson,John Legend,Rihanna,Kelly Rowland,Anthony Hamilton,Johnny Gill,Keyshia Cole,Keri Hilson,K'naan,Bono andCorinne Bailey Rae.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Harmony was nominated for a 2009Grammy Award forAlbum of the Year for co-producing Ne-Yo'sYear of the Gentleman;[2][3][8] forBest R&B Song at the 2011 Grammy Awards for co-writingFantasia’s "Bittersweet";[2][9] and forBest R&B Song at the 2012 Grammy Awards for co-writingLedisi's "Pieces of Me".[10] He won a 2011NAACP Image Award forOutstanding Song for "Bittersweet".[11] He produced "Work in Progress (Growing Pains)" on Mary J. Blige's albumGrowing Pains, which won the 2009 Grammy Award forBest Contemporary R&B Album.[12] He and Ne-Yo wrote and produced Rihanna's "Russian Roulette", the lead single from her 2009 albumRated R.[13][14] He produced the single "One in a Million" from Ne-Yo's 2010 albumLibra Scale,[15] and produced and co-wrote Keri Hilson's 2010 single "Pretty Girl Rock".[12]
Harmony andClaude Kelly met while working on R&B singerChrisette Michele's 2009 albumEpiphany. They went on to write and produce together for artists includingBruno Mars,Miley Cyrus,Britney Spears,Jessie J,Faith Evans, Ledisi and Fantasia.[1]
In 2015, Harmony and Kelly formed the progressive bandLouis York. Their debut EP,Masterpiece Theater – Act I, was released in 2015. Harmony plays keyboards, guitars, drums and the vocoder on the album.[1][16] The follow-up,Masterpiece Theater – Act II, was released in 2016, following the EP's lead single "Don't Play".[17] Louis York is the first act on their artist collective and record labelWeirdo Workshop, which is distributed bySony-ownedRED Distribution.[1][16][18]
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| 2009 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Year of the Gentleman byNe-Yo | Nominated |
| 2011 | Grammy Award | Best R&B Song | "Bittersweet" byFantasia | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Song | Won | ||
| 2012 | Grammy Award | Best R&B Song | "Pieces of Me" byLedisi | Nominated |
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| Masterpiece Theater – Act I |
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