Chuck Harmony

Charles T. Harmon (born December 18, 1979), known professionally as Chuck Harmony, is an American record producer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He is a three-time Grammy Award nominee, and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song for his contributions to Fantasia's 2010 single "Bittersweet".

Early life Harmon was born and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois. 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 at Alabama State University, where he took piano lessons with the goal of becoming a jazz pianist. After college, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia.

Career Songwriting and producing (2007-present) Harmon's first major songwriting credit was as a co-writer alongside Ne-Yo on Celine Dion's "I Got Nothin' Left" from her 2007 album Taking Chances.

Harmony was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for co-producing Ne-Yo's Year of the Gentleman; for Best R&B Song at the 2011 Grammy Awards for co-writing Fantasia’s "Bittersweet"; and for Best R&B Song at the 2012 Grammy Awards for co-writing Ledisi's "Pieces of Me". He won a 2011 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song for "Bittersweet". He produced "Work in Progress (Growing Pains)" on Mary J. Blige's album Growing Pains, which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album. He and Ne-Yo wrote and produced Rihanna's "Russian Roulette", the lead single from her 2009 album Rated R. He produced the single "One in a Million" from Ne-Yo's 2010 album Libra Scale, and produced and co-wrote Keri Hilson's 2010 single "Pretty Girl Rock". The follow-up, Masterpiece Theater – Act II, was released in 2016, following the EP's lead single "Don't Play". Louis York is the first act on their artist collective and record label Weirdo Workshop, which is distributed by Sony-owned RED Distribution.

Awards Year Award Category Work Result 2009 Grammy Award Album of the Year Year of the Gentleman by Ne-Yo 2011 Grammy Award Best R&B Song "Bittersweet" by Fantasia NAACP Image Award Outstanding Song 2012 Grammy Award Best R&B Song "Pieces of Me" by Ledisi

Discography Louis York Title Album details Masterpiece Theater – Act I Released: September 18, 2015 Formats: Digital download Label: Weirdo Workshop Masterpiece Theater – Act II Released: November 18, 2016 Formats: Digital download Label: Weirdo Workshop

As writer and producer