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David Foster

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter · Canada · On the map · Musicians · Born 1949 · age 77

David Foster has 16 Grammys and fingerprints on half the power ballads you know by heart. If a song crested in the 80s or 90s with a key change that made you feel something, he probably built it.

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2013Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward2007Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumAward2002Jane Fonda Humanitarian AwardAward1998Canadian Music Hall of FameAward1996Grammy Award for Album of the YearAward1993Grammy Award for Album of the YearAwardGrammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-ClassicalAward1991Grammy Award for Album of the YearAwardGrammy Award for Record of the YearAward1987Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the YearAward1986Jack Richardson Producer of the Year AwardAward1985Jack Richardson Producer of the Year AwardAward1984Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and VocalsAward1979Grammy Award for Best R&B SongAward1949Born1 November 1949

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Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame2013
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album2010
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album2007
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics2003
Canada's Walk of Fame2002
Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award2002
Canadian Music Hall of Fame1998
Grammy Award for Album of the Year1996
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals1996
Grammy Award for Album of the Year1993
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals1993
Grammy Award for Record of the Year1993
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical1993
Grammy Award for Album of the Year1991
Grammy Award for Record of the Year1991
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical1991
Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year1989
Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year1987
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals1986
Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year1986
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award1986
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award1985
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals1984
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical1984
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album1982
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song1979
Officer of the Order of Canada
Horatio Alger Award
Juno Humanitarian Award

About this person

Born November 1, 1949, Foster grew up in Canada and became the architect behind chart dominance across five decades. He composed and produced "After the Love Has Gone", "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", "Glory of Love", and shaped Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and "I Have Nothing". His 45 Grammy nominations span the 1970s through the 2000s, with three Academy Award nods for Best Original Song. Warner Music Group named him senior vice president in 1997; he chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. In 2023 he premiered Boop! The Musical in Chicago, which opened on Broadway in 2025 and earned him a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music.

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Canada
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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Born 1949 · age 77

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