Colin Leonard
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| Born | Colin Leonard |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | singmastering |
Colin Leonard is an American mastering engineer. In 2024, he won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album (Victoria Monét) and in 2025 for Album of the Year (Beyoncé), as well as receiving 14 nominations.[1] He has also received 13 Latin Grammy Award nominations.[2] As the founder and owner of SING Mastering, he's worked with numerous recording artists including Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Jay Z, Paul McCartney, and Elton John.
Career
[edit | edit source]Leonard took piano lessons as a child and began playing the drums at the age of 12. In his early 20s, he began performing in bands and producing instrumentals for hip hop artists. He studied classical guitar at the University of the Pacific, and attended Full Sail University, studying recording arts, from which he graduated in 1997.[3] Leonard then moved to Atlanta with an entourage of band members from his jazz/fusion band, for whom he began mixing audio.[4]
Leonard is the owner of the Atlanta-based studio SING Mastering, and is the creator of Aria Mastering, the automatic analog mastering service with a robotic arm.[5][6][7]
He won a Pensado Award for Master of Mastering in 2017, and placed number two on Jaxsta's "Top Mastering Engineers of 2022 - The world's 50 Most Successful Mastering Engineers of 2022", citing his work for Beyoncé, Cardi B, Wizkid, Charlie Puth, and Lil Uzi Vert.[8][9]
Leonard has mastered music for Justin Bieber, Lil Baby, Jack Harlow, Lil Wayne, Beck, Gucci Mane, and Future, among others. He has been nominated for 16 Grammy Awards, winning two, and has received 13 Latin Grammy Award nominations.[1][2][10]
Grammy Awards
[edit | edit source]Latin Grammy Awards
[edit | edit source]| Year | Nominated work | Artist | Category | Role | Award | Result |
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| 2022 | Aire (Versión Dia) | Jesse & Joy | Best Engineered Album | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2022 | Ojitos Lindos | Bad Bunny and Bomba Estéreo | Record of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2022 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny | Record of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2022 | Envolver | Anitta | Record of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2021 | El Último Tour Del Mundo | Bad Bunny | Album of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2020 | Oasis | Bad Bunny and J Balvin | Album of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2020 | Vete | Bad Bunny | Record of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2020 | Colores | J Balvin | Album of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
| 2020 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album of the Year | Mastering engineer | Latin Grammy Award | Nominated |
Selected discography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Album/song | Artist | Credit |
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| 2025 | Margiela | Ken Carson | Mastering engineer |
| 2023 | Formentera II | Metric | Mastering engineer |
| "Grown Woman" | Beyoncé | Mastering engineer | |
| 2022 | Renaissance | Beyoncé | Mastering engineer |
| Traumazine | Megan Thee Stallion | Mastering engineer | |
| Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny | Mastering engineer | |
| It's Only Me | Lil Baby | Mastering engineer | |
| Hotel Lobby (Unc & Phew) | Quavo and Takeoff | Mastering engineer | |
| 2021 | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber | Mastering engineer |
| Justice | Justin Bieber | Mastering engineer | |
| Find My Way | Paul McCartney and Beck | Mastering engineer | |
| Learn to Fly | Surfaces (featuring Elton John) | Mastering engineer | |
| "Up" | Cardi B | Mastering engineer | |
| The Voice of the Heroes | Lil Baby and Lil Durk | Mastering engineer | |
| Still Over It | Summer Walker | Mastering engineer | |
| Back of My Mind | H.E.R. | Mastering engineer | |
| 2020 | High Off Life | Future | Mastering engineer |
| Thats What They All Say | Jack Harlow | Mastering engineer | |
| Changes | Justin Bieber | Mastering engineer | |
| "Mood"[18] | 24kGoldn (featuring Iann Dior) | Mastering engineer | |
| Pluto × Baby Pluto | Future and Lil Uzi Vert | Mastering engineer | |
| My Turn | Lil Baby | Mastering engineer | |
| Good Intentions | Nav | Mastering engineer | |
| Funeral[19] | Lil Wayne | Mastering engineer | |
| Tickets to My Downfall | Machine Gun Kelly | Mastering engineer | |
| El Último Tour Del Mundo | Bad Bunny | Mastering engineer | |
| "Hawái" | Maluma | Mastering engineer | |
| "Savage Remix" | Megan Thee Stallion (featuring Beyoncé) | Mastering engineer | |
| "WAP" | Cardi B (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) | Mastering engineer | |
| "Whats Poppin" | Jack Harlow | Mastering engineer | |
| Detroit 2 | Big Sean | Mastering engineer | |
| Colores | J Balvin | Mastering engineer | |
| 2019 | The Lion King: The Gift | Beyoncé | Mastering engineer |
| Death Race for Love | Juice Wrld | Mastering engineer | |
| Hyperspace | Beck | Mastering engineer | |
| "Roses" | Saint Jhn | Mastering engineer | |
| 2018 | Homecoming: The Live Album | Beyoncé | Mastering engineer |
| Quavo Huncho | Quavo | Mastering engineer | |
| I Am > I Was[20] | 21 Savage | Mastering engineer | |
| Everything Is Love | The Carters | Mastering engineer | |
| Goodbye & Good Riddance | Juice WRLD | Mastering engineer | |
| Tha Carter V[21] | Lil Wayne | Mastering engineer | |
| 2017 | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin | Mastering engineer |
| American Teen | Khalid | Mastering engineer | |
| "Both" | Gucci Mane (featuring Drake) | Mastering engineer | |
| Culture | Migos | Mastering engineer | |
| 2016 | "Bad and Boujee" [22] | Migos | Mastering engineer |
| Lil Boat | Lil Yachty | Mastering engineer | |
| 2013 | This Is... Icona Pop | Icona Pop | Mastering engineer |
| Detroit | Big Sean | Mastering engineer | |
| 2012 | Late Nights: The Album | Jeremih | Mastering engineer |
| 2011 | Sorry 4 the Wait | Lil Wayne | Mastering engineer |
| Finally Famous[23] | Big Sean | Mastering engineer | |
| 2010 | Flockaveli | Waka Flocka Flame | Mastering engineer |
| 2009 | The State vs. Radric Davis | Gucci Mane | Mastering engineer |
| No Ceilings | Lil Wayne | Mastering engineer |
References
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External links
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