Inside the Studio

1979
Van Halen use Studio A to record their second studio album, II. It's a Top 10 hit on the Billboard 200

1988
Westlake hosts Barbra Streisand as she lays parts of Till I Loved You to tape. It's a hit in both the US and UK

2003
Engineers Gabe Sganga and Jeff Kanan are behind the desk for the mixing of Madonna's American Life

2015
The Weeknd checks in to mix tracks for Beauty Behind The Madness, the singer's first No 1 album in the US

2017
Partly recorded at Westlake Studios, The Thrill Of It All by Sam Smith has four singles reach the UK Top 10

2022
Lady Gaga records the '80s-inspired power ballad 'Hold My Hand' for the action movie Top Gun: Maverick