{{short description|Australian musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = PJ Harding | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | birth_date = | birth_place = | origin = Sydney, Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/pj-harding-noah-cyrus-july-to-fall-asleep.htm|title=Pj Harding Noah Cyrus July To Fall Asleep}}</ref> | genre = {{flatlist| * Folk * indie }} | occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|Musician|producer}} | instrument = | years_active = 2015–present <ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/songhubs-apra-amcos-2021/|title=songhubs-apra-amcos|website=themusicnetwork.com|date=23 April 2023|last=De Luca-Tao|first=Amber|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref> | label = Universal Music Publishing Group<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umusicpub.com/au/Artists/P/PJ-Harding.aspx|title=Arists PJ Harding}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beyondthestagemagazine.com/get-to-know-pj-harding/?utm_content=cmp-true|title=Get To Know Pj Harding|website=beyondthestagemagazine.com|date=16 June 2023|last=Whelan|first=Addie|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref> PJ relocated to Los Angeles in 2019.
Peter is best known for co-writing 'July' with Noah Cyrus, earning over one billion streams and an ARIA 5× platinum certification.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spotlightreport.net/featured/interview-aussie-singer-songwriter-pj-harding#:~:text=PJ%20Harding%20is%20one%20of,an%20ARIA%205x%20platinum%20certification.|title=Interview Aussie Singer Songwriter Pj Harding|website=Spotlightreport.net|date=30 June 2023|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/pj-harding-honoured-with-billions-award-noah-cyrus-july|title=pj harding honoured with billions award noah cyrus july|publisher=Apra Amcos|date=3 March 2023|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref>
==Career==
PJ has written alongside artists including: Lennon Stella, Lil Nas X, Bebe Rexha, Chromeo, Ruel, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jaxsta.com/profile/4d201a68-519a-41ad-a72c-6895f9f2c52a/catalogue?view=tile|title=Catalogue|publisher=jaxsta.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/reviews/pj-harding-noah-cyrus-review/|title=pj harding noah cyrus review|website=thefortyfive.com|date=22 April 2021|last= French-Morris|first= Kate|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PJ Harding & Noah Cyrus Release Collaborative Debut EP 'People Don't Change'|url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/pj-harding-noah-cyrus-release-collaborative-debut-ep-people-dont-change/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=RCA Records|language=en}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of EPs, with selected details ! Title ! Details |- ! scope="row" | ''People Don't Change'' (with Noah Cyrus) | * Released: April 2021 * Label: LLC / RCA |- ! scope="row" | ''To Fall Asleep'' | * Released: June 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pj-harding-a-dangerous-thing-music-video-1234767468/|title=pj harding a dangerous thing music video|website=rollingstone.com|date=8 June 2023|last= Madarang |first= Charisma|access-date= 15 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://preludepress.com/news/2023/05/05/pj-harding-it-wasnt-enough-2/|title=Pj harding It wasn't enough|publisher=preludepress.com}}</ref> * Label: LLC / RCA |- |}
==Awards and nominations== ===APRA Awards=== The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2026 | "While I Got Time" <br> (Jessica Mauboy and PJ Harding) | rowspan="1"| Song of the Year | {{shortlisted}} | rowspan="1"| <ref name="APRA 25 SotY Shortlist">{{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/song-of-the-year-top-25-announce-2026|title= APRA Song of the Year top 25 announced for centenary year|website=APRA Awards (Australia)|date=3 February 2026|access-date=6 February 2026}}</ref> {{end}}
===Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition=== The Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by Albert Music and APRA AMCOS. It commenced in 2009.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/competitions/vanda-young-global-songwriting-competition#_89667|title=About the Vanda Young Global Song Writing Competition|website= APRA AMCOS|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="1"| 2025 | "Cascadia" | rowspan="1"| Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition | {{CFinalist}} | rowspan="1"| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.noise11.com/news/vanda-and-young-global-song-comp-2025-top-50-20251209 |title= Vanda & Young Global Song Comp Breaks Records As 2025 Top 50 Are Revealed |website= Noise11|date=9 December 2025|access-date= 10 December 2025}}</ref> {{end}}
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==External links== * [https://www.pjharding.com/]
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