DJ Swivels biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Jordan Young (born 14 December 1984), known professionally as DJ Swivel, is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian music producer, mixer, audio engineer, and DJ. He is a prominent audio engineer best known for working with Beyoncé as her personal recording engineer. He has also worked with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Fabolous, and Jay Sean among others. He is endorsed by Harman Pro Audio and actively endorses their Lexicon branded products. His mother is Christine Bentley, former noon & 6:00 p.m. news anchor for the Toronto television station CFTO. This fact was mentioned by CFTO anchor desk reporter Andria Case during an installment of the CFTO news at noon. In 2013, he won a Grammy award for his work on Beyonce’s song “Love On Top”, which won for best traditional R&B performance.

In 2015, he co-founded music tech startup SKIO Music

In 2016, he was inducted to the Full Sail University Hall of Fame class of 2015.

Swivel won a Grammy in 2017 for Best Dance Recording for mixing “Don’t Let Me Down” by The Chainsmokers.

Selected Discography

Mixer

• Fabolous – From Nothin’ To Somethin’ (2007)
  • 01. “From Nothin To Somethin Intro”
• Fabolous – Loso’s Way (2009)
• Jay Sean – All or Nothing (2009)
  • 04. “Do You Remember” feat. Sean Paul & Lil Jon
  • 08. “War”
  • 14. “Down (Candlelight Remix)”
• Tiësto – Kaleidoscope (2009)
  • 01. “Kaleidoscope” feat. Jónsi
  • 04. “I Will Be Here” feat. Sneaky Sound System
  • 08. “It’s Not The Things You Say” feat. Kele Okereke
  • 12. “Who Wants To Be Alone” feat. Nelly Furtado
  • 08. “Knock You Out” feat. Emily Haines
• School Gyrls – School Gyrls (2010)
  • 01. “Somethin Like A Party”
• Beyoncé – I Am… World Tour (2010)
• Fabolous – The S.O.U.L. Tape (2011)
  • 12. “Slow Down”
• Beyoncé – 4 (2011)
  • 02. “I Care”
  • 02-02. “Schoolin Life” (Deluxe Edition)
• Sato Goldschlag – Mr. Mister (2012)
• D Pryde – Flagship (2012)
• Jenna Andrews – “Kiss And Run EP” (2012)
  • 02. “Kiss And Run”
  • 05. “Mourning Sickness”
  • 06. “I Didn’t Mean It”
• Jay Sean – Neon (2013)
  • 15. “Universe”
• The Chainsmokers – Bouquet (2015)
  • Good Intentions
• The Chainsmokers – Collage (2016)
  • Don’t Let Me Down
  • Closer (2016)
  • All We Know (2016)
  • Setting Fires (2016)
• The Chainsmokers – Memories…Do Not Open (2017)

Engineer

• Ice Cube – Laugh Now Cry Later (2006)
• Method Man – 4:21…The Day After (2006)
• Diddy – Press Play (2006)
• DJ Clue – The Professional Part. 3 (2006)
• Bow Wow – The Price Of Fame (2006)
• Consequence – Don’t Quit Your Day Job (2007)
• Redman – Red Gone Wild (2007)
• Fabolous – From Nothin’ To Somethin’ (2007)
• Yung Joc – Hustlenomics (2007)
• Sugababes – Change (2007)
• Britney Spears – Blackout (2007)
• Jay-Z – American Gangster (2007)
• Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab (2007)
• Beanie Sigel – The Solution (2007)
• Mary J. Blige – Growing Pains (2008)
• Mariah Carey – E=MC² (2008)
• Lil Mama – VYP (Voice of the Young People) (2008)
• Jay Sean – My Own Way (2008)
• Ashanti – The Declaration (2008)
• Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman (2008)
• Nelly – Brass Knuckles (2008)
• DJ Khaled – We Global (2008)
• T.I. – Paper Trail (2008)
• Jamie Foxx – Intuition (2008)
• Ghostface Killah – GhostDeini the Great (2008)
• Ryan Leslie – Ryan Leslie (2009)
• Unladylike – Certified (2009)
• Fabolous – Loso’s Way (2009)
• Whitney Houston – I Look to You (2009)
• Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (2009)
• Ghostface Killah – Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (2009)
• Amerie – In Love & War (2009)
• Jay Sean – All Or Nothing (2009)
• Tiësto – Kaleidoscope (2009)
• Mary J. Blige – Stronger With Each Tear (2009)
• Honor Society – Can’t Box Me In (2010)
• Rick Ross – Teflon Don (2010)
• Big Time Rush – BTR (2010)
• Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP (2010)
• Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
• Beyoncé – I Am… World Tour (2010)
• Fabolous – The S.O.U.L. Tape (2011)
• Stephen Jerzak – Miles And Miles (2011)
• Beyoncé – 4 (2011)
• Chino & Nacho – Supremo (2011)
• Wale – Ambition (2011)
• Mary J. Blige – My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011)
• Rihanna – Talk That Talk (2011)
• Beyoncé – Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (2011)
• The Dream – 1977 (2011)
• Sato Goldschlag – Mr. Mister (2012)
• Monica – New Life (2012)
• D Pryde – Flagship (2012)
• Rita Ora – Ora (2012)
• Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013)
• Jay Sean – Neon (2013)
• Beyoncé – Beyoncé (2013)

Producer

• “Couped Up” Consequence feat. Chris Stylez (2006)
• “Slow Down” Fabolous feat. Trey Songz (2011)
• “Mr. Mister” Sato Goldschlag (2012)
• The Chainsmokers
  • “Closer” (2016)
  • “All We Know” (2016)
  • “Setting Fires” (2016)
  • “Paris” (2017)
  • Memories…Do Not Open (2017)

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