Joe LaPorta

Joseph J. LaPorta (born January 19, 1980) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey.

Career
LaPorta was born in New York and grew up there; he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in music technology. He began his mastering career at The Lodge and then joined Sterling Sound in 2013 as a senior engineer.

He has worked with artists including David Bowie, The Weeknd, Future, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, FKA Twigs, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Tiesto, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Fleet Foxes, Bon Jovi, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Run the Jewels, Young Thug, Gunna, Twenty One Pilots, Beach House, and others.

In addition to mastering, LaPorta also works as a music consultant on forensic musicology/copyright infringement cases. He has consulted on cases like The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Shakira, Guns N' Roses, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Sting, Phil Collins, Diddy, Alicia Keys, and others.

LaPorta also has experience in music production; he has worked with various artists in both hip hop and electronic dance music for over the past decade as of August 2012. He has written and produced for artists such as 50 Cent, GZA, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Cunninlynguists as well as licensing tracks to television and film clients like MTV, Showtime, and Fox Network.

Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards


 * 2012
 * Wasting Light
 * Album of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 2014
 * "Radioactive"
 * Record of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 2017
 * Blackstar
 * Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
 * Won
 * 2018
 * Every Where Is Some Where
 * Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
 * Nominated
 * 2022
 * Cinema
 * Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2024
 * Endless Summer Vacation
 * Album of the Year
 * Nominated
 * "Flowers"
 * Record of the Year
 * Won
 * Endless Summer Vacation
 * Album of the Year
 * Nominated
 * "Flowers"
 * Record of the Year
 * Won
 * Won

Latin Grammy Awards


 * 2014
 * Multi Viral
 * Album of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 2014
 * Respira El Momento
 * Record of the Year
 * Nominated
 * Record of the Year
 * Nominated

TEC Awards


 * 2012
 * Wasting Light
 * Record Production/Album
 * Won
 * 2016
 * Smoke + Mirrors
 * Record Production/Album
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2|2017
 * rowspan=2|Blackstar
 * Record Production/Single or Track
 * Won
 * Record Production/Album
 * Won
 * rowspan=1|2019
 * rowspan=1|America
 * Record Production/Album
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=1|2019
 * rowspan=1|America
 * Record Production/Album
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Pensado Awards


 * 2016
 * Joe LaPorta
 * "Masters of Mastering"
 * Won
 * Won