David Foster

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Born 1949-11-01 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 68 credits Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Grammy Awards 15 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award 2 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year 3 Officer of the Order of Canada 1

Awards

Nominated for 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 nominated

1999 Best Original Song Nominated The Prayer
1993 Best Original Song Nominated I Have Nothing
1987 Best Original Song Nominated Glory of Love

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

2003 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Won
1997 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Nominated

Golden Globe Awards 2 nominated

1987 Best Original Song Nominated The Secret of My Success
1986 Best Original Song Nominated Glory of Love

Grammy Awards 15 won · 8 nominated

2013 Album of the Year Nominated Natalie Cole en Español
2010 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Crazy Love
2007 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Won Call Me Irresponsible
2006 Best Male Pop Vocal Album Nominated Amore
1996 Album of the Year Won Falling into You
1996 Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Won
1996 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
1994 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
1993 Album of the Year Won The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
1993 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Won
1993 Record of the Year Won
1993 Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Won
1991 Album of the Year Won Unforgettable... with Love
1991 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Won
1991 Record of the Year Won
1986 Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated David Foster
1986 Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Won Somewhere
1985 Best R&B Song Nominated Through the Fire
1985 Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated
1984 Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Won
1984 Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Won
1982 Best Musical Theater Album Won Dreamgirls
1979 Best R&B Song Nominated After the Love Has Gone

Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award 2 won · 13 nominated

2012 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2011 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2010 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2009 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2007 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2006 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
2005 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1999 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1997 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1996 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1995 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1991 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1989 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Nominated
1986 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Won St. Elmo's Fire
1985 Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Won Chicago 17

Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year 3 won · 1 nominated

1992 Instrumental Album of the Year Nominated
1989 Instrumental Album of the Year Won
1987 Instrumental Album of the Year Won
1986 Instrumental Album of the Year Won

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year 4 nominated

1989 Songwriter of the Year Nominated
1987 Songwriter of the Year Nominated
1986 Songwriter of the Year Nominated
1985 Songwriter of the Year Nominated

Officer of the Order of Canada 1 won

— Officer of the Order of Canada Won

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David Walter Foster OC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on composing and production. Often in tandem with songwriter Diane Warren,[4] Foster has contributed to material for prominent music industry artists in various genres since then and is credited with production on over 40 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. He also chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. Foster composed Boop! The Musical, which premiered in 2023 and debuted on Broadway; he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for outstanding music.