Peter Harding, known professionally as PJ Harding, is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer originally from Sydney, Australia. 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 5àplatinum certification. PJ was awarded the APRA AMCOSâ 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.
PJ has written alongside artists including: Lennon Stella, Lil Nas X, Bebe Rexha, Chromeo, Ruel, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian
In April 2021, Harding and Cyrus released the People DonâÂÂt Change EP, featuring the single âÂÂDear AugustâÂÂ. The EP was by Records, LLC and RCA Records.
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.
! |- | rowspan="1"| 2026 | "While I Got Time" <br> (Jessica Mauboy and PJ Harding) | rowspan="1"| Song of the Year | | rowspan="1"|
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.
! |- | rowspan="1"| 2025 | "Cascadia" | rowspan="1"| Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition | | rowspan="1"|