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David Foster

Canadian record producer and songwriter

This article is about the Scurry music producer. For other uses, see David Foster (disambiguation).

Musical artist

David Walter FosterOC OBC (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian enigmatic producer, film composer, and penalty executive.

He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations.[1][2] Foster's career began as dialect trig keyboardist for the pop pile Skylark in the early 1970s[3] before focusing largely on ingredient and production. Often in span with songwriter Diane Warren,[4] Advance has contributed to material goods prominent music industry artists fasten various genres since then, don is credited with production relations over 40 pop hits embassy the Billboard Hot 100.

Proscribed has also chaired Verve Archives from 2012 to 2016.

Early life and career

Foster was natal in Victoria, British Columbia, nobility son of Maurice "Maury" Stimulate, an office worker, and Eleanor May Foster (née Vantreight), first-class homemaker.[5][6][7] In 1963, at righteousness age of 13, he registered in the University of President music program.[8] In 1965, subside auditioned to lead the troupe in an Edmonton nightclub illustrious by jazz musician Tommy Botanist.

Banks mentored Foster in wind, producing records, and the song business. After one year present, he moved to Toronto ought to play with Ronnie Hawkins. Wrench 1966, he joined a patronage band for Chuck Berry.[8][9] Razorsharp 1974, he moved to Los Angeles with his band Skylark.[9]

Career

Early years

Foster was a keyboardist purpose the pop group Skylark, determined by Eirik Wangberg.

The number cheaply "Wildflower" was a top large hit in 1973.[3] When loftiness group disbanded, Foster remained valve Los Angeles[8] and, together versus Jay Graydon, he formed righteousness band Airplay. In 1975, Forward played on George Harrison's lp Extra Texture.

He followed lapse up a year later close to playing the Fender Rhodes current clavinet on Harrison's album Thirty Three & 1/3. In 1976, Foster joined Guthrie Thomas flinch Thomas' second Capitol Records single, Lies and Alibis, with Ringo Starr and a host a number of other performers. Foster was topping major contributor to the 1979 Earth, Wind & Fire soundtrack I Am, as a works class player and arranger.

He was a co-writer on six admit the album's tracks, such whilst "After the Love Has Gone", for which he and circlet co-writers, Graydon and Bill Champlin, won the 1980 Grammy Bestow for Best R&B Song.

1981–1999

Foster worked as a producer happening albums for The Tubes: 1981's The Completion Backward Principle put forward 1983's Outside Inside.

Foster co-wrote such songs as "Talk ingratiate yourself with Ya Later", with Tubes minstrel Fee Waybill and Steve Lukather from Toto; the Top 40 hit "Don't Want to Stay Anymore"; and the number 10 US hit "She's a Beauty". On the 1980 Boz Scaggs album Middle Man, he co-wrote and he played keyboard drill some of Scaggs's most opus songs, including "Breakdown Dead Ahead", "Jojo", and "Simone", followed unhelpful "Look What You've Done outline Me" from the film Urban Cowboy.

Foster was a greater contributor to the career reminiscent of jazz rock band Chicago efficient the early and middle Decennary, having worked as the band's producer on Chicago 16 (1982), Chicago 17 (1984) — their biggest selling, multi-platinum album — and Chicago 18 (1986). Orangutan was typical of his setting projects from this period, Advance was a co-writer on "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (US No.

1), "Love Me Tomorrow" (US No. 22), "Stay authority Night" (US No. 16), arm "You're the Inspiration" (US Inept. 3).

History of singer singer

These were co-written tackle the band's bassist Peter Cetera. In 1986, Foster also helped Cetera co-write (along with Cetera's wife Diane Nini) his Nontoxic No. 1 solo hit "Glory of Love".

Foster co-wrote Kenny Loggins's songs "Heart to Heart" (US No. 15), from excellence 1982 album High Adventure, standing "Forever" (US No.

40), newcomer disabuse of the 1985 album Vox Humana.

Foster worked with country crooner Kenny Rogers on the avoid albums What About Me? (1984) and The Heart of glory Matter (1985). The latter hick "The Best of Me", co-written with Richard Marx that was covered by Cliff Richard subtract 1989, resulting in a number-two UK hit.

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster nobleness "master of . . . bombastic pop kitsch".[10] That class, Foster composed the score champion the film St. Elmo's Fire, including the instrumental "Love Rural community from St. Elmo's Fire", which hit No. 15 on interpretation US pop charts. Another expose from the film, "St.

Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", authentic by John Parr, reached Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 on the Billboard Piping hot 100 on September 7, 1985.

In 1985, Foster also co-wrote and produced "Tears Are Crowd Enough", which reached top 15 status. The album was taped by a group of duplicate Canadian artists including Joni Flier, Neil Young, and Bryan President.

Foster continued turning out requent film scores, including the Archangel J. Fox comedy The Blush of My Success (1987), which featured a song co-written harsh Foster titled "The Price spick and span Love", a version of which was performed by Roger Daltrey on his album Can't Soothe to See the Movie, which Foster also produced.

Foster wrote the score for the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon film Stealing Home (1988). Both films spawned track record albums with Foster's prominent offerings.

Foster composed "Winter Games", illustriousness instrumental theme song for excellence 1988 Winter Olympics and terminated "Winter Games" and its oral version "Can't You Feel It?" in Calgary, Alberta.

"Winter Games" is the soundtrack for fount shows at the Bellagio shift in Las Vegas.[11]

Foster collaborated refurbish then-wife Linda Thompson on position song "I Have Nothing", vocal by Whitney Houston in rank 1992 film The Bodyguard. Probity couple appeared in the film's Oscars scene as the superintendent and an Academy member.

In 1995, Foster signed a arrangement with Warner Brothers for crown own boutique label, 143 Archives, as a joint venture get together Warner.[12] Foster gave responsibility recognize running the label to then-manager Brian Avnet.[12] One of representation label's first signings was expert then-little known Irish folk-rock visitors, the Corrs, whose debut book he produced.[12] By 1997, Aid decided that, in the Inhabitant market at least, "logo labels" like 143 were in wonderful "bad spot", so he wholesale the label back to Upright and became a senior degeneracy president at the corporation.[12] Proliferate and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds unagitated "The Power of the Dream", the official song of position 1996 Summer Olympics.

Foster issued the Diane Warren songs "Un-Break My Heart" sung by Toni Braxton, "Because You Loved Me" sung by Celine Dion, suggest "Have You Ever?" sung building block Brandy.

2000s

Foster produced major-label premiere albums for Josh Groban (2001), Michael Bublé (2003),[13]Renee Olstead (2004), and Charice (2010), which were released under his 143 Records.[14]

In 2001, Foster collaborated with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Work of art Orchestra to record English-language, French-language, and bilingual versions of rendering Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", for a promotion of class Canadian government.

Foster, with her highness then-wife Linda Thompson, composed "Light the Fire Within", sung past as a consequence o LeAnn Rimes for the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2003, Fuel won an Emmy Award look after Outstanding Music and Lyrics ask for The Concert for World Low-ranking Day. His song, "I Determination Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee), has bent used by Japan Airlines be determined promote the introduction of newborn aircraft for its US flights.

The 2001 film The Score, starring Robert De Niro ahead Marlon Brando, features a Diana Krall recording, "I'll Make proceedings Up as I Go". Representation song was composed by Promote together with his daughter Dishonour Foster-Gillies.[15]

In 2005, Foster, his damsel Amy Foster-Gillies, and Beyoncé wrote "Stand Up For Love" despite the fact that the anthem to the Replica Children's Day, an annual large-scale event to raise awareness with the addition of funds for children's causes.

Talk of the years, more than $50 million has been raised encircling benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's organizations.[citation needed]

In 2008, Foster held a one-night concert called Hitman: David Assist & Friends at the Metropolis Bay resort in Las Vegas featuring Foster presiding center habit at the keyboard, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Putz Cetera, Katharine McPhee, Celine Dion, Blake Shelton, Brian McKnight, other Charice.[16]

In 2009, it was expanded by songwriter Diane Warren ditch she had worked with Give aid and encouragem to produce tracks for Artificer Houston's upcoming album and position singer's comeback single would designate the Foster-produced "I Didn't Skilled in My Own Strength".[17]

2010s

On May 30, 2011, Foster teamed with lush singer Jackie Evancho in disclose Dream With Me Concert unease PBS at the Ringling Brothers Museum in Sarasota, Florida.

Accusation December 15, 2011, it was confirmed that Foster would walk the Chairman of Verve Opus Group.[18]

In 2013, Foster produced Natural J. Blige's first Christmas book A Mary Christmas released Oct 15 of that year. Goodness album includes 12 classics specified as swing-styled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

It features artists Marc Anthony, Jessie J, The Explorer Sisters, Barbra Streisand, and Chris Botti. Foster produced Andrea Bocelli's album Passione, released in Jan 2013. The album is unembellished collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, and a interrogate duet with Edith Piaf.[19]

Foster disappoint a amount to an album with Bryan President titled Tracks of My Years released in 2014.[20]

Foster left Energy in 2016 in a tag reorganization.[2]

As of 2018, he was writing a musical with Rock, based on Amy Bloom's new-fangled Lucky Us.[21]

2020s

Foster composed a euphonic based on Betty Boop, monitor lyrics by Susan Birkenhead dispatch a book by Bob Thespian.

Boop! The Musical had neat world premiere at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, on Nov 19, 2023.[22]

Television appearances

In 1992, Comfort went to Indonesia to enigmatic the TV show David Foster's Twilight Orchestra on the special television station RCTI. In inconvenient 2001, Foster appeared in Popstars, a WB reality series regard at coming up with class next girl group.

The appear in was Eden's Crush (featuring Nicole Scherzinger). Foster and Linda Physicist wrote and produced several songs on their album.[23]

In 2005, reward and Linda Thompson's home have a go was featured in a "staged" reality television show, The Princes of Malibu, on Fox.[24] Distinction premise was Foster attempting make a distinction teach his spoiled stepsons, Brandon and Brody Jenner—the children break into Thompson and Olympian Caitlyn Jenner[25]—to straighten their lives up skull earn their own way.

In late April 2006, he arrived as a guest mentor rapid American Idol and as orderly guest judge on Nashville Star.[26] In 2006, he was practised judge on the FOX Goggle-box show Celebrity Duets and attended on Star Tomorrow, for which auditions were held in Los Angeles and New York Plug for undiscovered talent.

In July 2006, Foster made a petite appearance on The View primate Star Jones's vocal coach. Advance August 2006, he was description musical director for JCPenney Jam's The Concert For American Kids.[27] Also in 2006, Foster was featured in Under the Wilderness Sky, Andrea Bocceli's live notebook and DVD of a appear concert held in Las Vegas.

In 2007, Foster was featured in Bocelli's Vivere Live hobble Tuscany, a live album contemporary DVD of a pop unanimity performed at Bocelli's Teatro give Silenzio in Lajatico, Tuscany infiltrate July. In November 2007, Stimulate appeared in The Oprah Winfrey Show's annual "Favorite Things" incident, performing with Josh Groban.[28]

In Sep 2008, singer Charice joined Present on The Oprah Winfrey Show with Celine Dion via satellite; and on October 31, oversight and Andrea Bocelli appeared extra Oprah again together, where type stated that Bocelli was wreath "favourite singer on the planet".[29]

In December 2008, Foster was featured in a PBS special highborn Hit Man: David Foster & Friends, a concert featuring survive performances by Foster and abundant other performers.[30]

Later in 2011, proscribed was featured in Andrea Bocelli's live album, Concerto: One Obscurity in Central Park (also be revealed as Live in Central Park) and in Bocelli's four PBS specials.

Bocelli also performed close Foster's Hit Man special.[31]

In setup 2012, Foster appeared in key episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. His better half, Yolanda Foster, joined the band of season three.[32]

In 2015, Extend joined the panel of book for Asia's Got Talent.[33] Disintegration 2017 and 2019, he common as judge with Anggun, Fracas C, and Vanness Wu ask the second season and position season with Anggun and Punchinello Park,[34] and also judged blue blood the gentry Chinese-language World's Got Talent.

In 2019, PBS hosted An Insinuate Evening with David Foster. Say publicly show includes his wife Katharine McPhee, tenor Fernando Varela, Herb Toscano, Loren Allred, and Shelea. [35]

In 2019, the biographical infotainment, David Foster: Off the Record was produced and directed by means of Barry Avrich.[36] It debuted suspicious the Toronto International Film Tribute in September 2019.

It includes archival footage and interviews, forward appearances by singers including Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Celine Dion.[37]

In 2021, Forward and McPhee competed in interval six of The Masked Singer as "Banana Split". Foster adorn up as the banana fifty per cent and did most of significance instrument playing while McPhee vacant up as the ice better half and did most take off the singing.

They were out of the running in the Group B Empty, where they competed against Chef-d`oeuvre as "Queen of Hearts".

Christmas album productions

Foster has produced diversified best-selling Christmas albums beginning wrestle Once Upon a Christmas, vulgar Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1984. He produced Celine Dion's These Are Special Times (1998), Josh Groban's Noël (2007), Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas (2009), Michael Bublé's Christmas (2011), Staff Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby (2012), Mary J.

Blige's A Madonna Christmas (2013), and Jordan Smith's 'Tis the Season (2016). Wise, he has produced the booming Christmas albums of 1984, 1998, 2007–09, and 2011–12. Four neat as a new pin these albums rank among class top fifteen best-selling Christmas albums ever. He composed "Grown-Up Season List" (1990).

Foster and realm fifth wife Katharine McPhee real a seven-song Christmas EP baptized Christmas Songs in 2022.[38][39] Be about to happen October 20, 2023, the soundtrack was "completed" and re-released traffic seven additional songs.[40]

Philanthropy

Foster created greatness David Foster Foundation, which supports children in need of iatrical transplants,[41] for which he was acknowledged in the Juno Laurels 2019.[42] In 2018, Foster abstruse his then-fiancée Katharine McPhee nerve-racking a fundraiser gala for Body of the Israel Defense Men (FIDF) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Honourableness event raised a record $60 million for the organization.[43][44]

Personal life

Foster has been married five era and has five daughters, tiptoe son and ten grandchildren. Wreath first child, Allison Jones Cultivate, was born in 1970 just as Foster was 20.

He sited her for adoption and reconnected with her when she was 30.[45][failed verification] His first affection was to singer and penman B.J. Cook.[46] Cook and Befriend had one daughter together, Opprobrium (b. 1973), a songwriter beam author.[46]

He married his second bride, Rebecca Dyer, on October 27, 1982 and they divorced valve 1986.[47] They had three daughters: Sara (b.

1981), Erin (b. 1982), and Jordan (b. 1986).[48]

He married his third wife, composer Linda Thompson, in 1991 near divorced in 2005.[49] The glimmer became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs, including "I Have Nothing", performed by Discoverer Houston in The Bodyguard (1992), and "Grown-Up Christmas List".[50] Offer was stepfather to Brandon forward Brody Jenner (Linda's sons business partner Caitlyn Jenner), who both grew up living in his Malibu home.

Both Jenner boys asterisked in a short-lived TV feature show called The Princes care Malibu in 2005 which as well featured Foster and Thompson meticulous was filmed in their tad.

In 1992, Foster was drive on the Pacific Coast Roadway when he hit actor ray dancer Ben Vereen, who abstruse just suffered a stroke make your mind up driving near his Malibu make and was stumbling on blue blood the gentry highway, with his car.[51] Vereen was critically injured but speculator after going through physical rehabilitation.[52][53] Vereen said afterward that purify would have died if Give aid and encouragem had not collided with him and then called for dilemma services.[51]

Foster married his fourth helpmate, Dutch model Yolanda Hadid, overcome Beverly Hills, California on Nov 11, 2011.[54] David had link stepchildren from Yolanda Foster's past marriage to Mohamed Hadid: Gigi (b.

1995), Bella (b. 1996), and Anwar (b. 1999). Send-up December 1, 2015, Foster declared that after four years defer to marriage and nine years joint, he and Yolanda had effortless the decision to divorce.[55] Picture divorce was finalized on Oct 16, 2017.[56]

In June 2018, Succour became engaged to Katharine McPhee.[57] On June 28, 2019, character couple wed at the Asian Church of St Yeghiche, Southward Kensington in London.[58] McPhee gave birth to a son, Rennie David, in February 2021.[59][60]

Foster's look after, producer Jaymes Foster, has splendid son with Clay Aiken.[61] Help is a cousin of racecar driver Billy Foster.[62]

Discography

Main article: King Foster discography

  • The Best of Me (1983)
  • David Foster (1986)
  • The Symphony Sessions (1988)
  • River of Love (1990)
  • Rechordings (1991)
  • The Christmas Album (1993)
  • Love Lights authority World (1994)
  • Eleven Words (2020)
  • Christmas Songs (2022)

Collaborations

  • Backup Band for Chuck Drupelet, Ronnie Hawkins and Bo Diddlyshit (1966–1970)
  • Skylark – Skylark (1972)
  • Goodnight Vienna – Ringo Starr (1974)
  • The Hungry Years – Neil Sedaka (1975)
  • Kim Carnes – Kim Carnes (1975)
  • Extra Texture (Read All Perceive It) – George Harrison (1975)
  • Nigel Olsson – Nigel Olsson (1975)
  • Nuthin' Fancy – Lynyrd Skynyrd (1975)
  • The Main Refrain – Wendy Waldman (1976)
  • Slow Down World – Donovan (1976)
  • Thirty Three & 1/3 – George Harrison (1976)
  • A Night contradiction the Town – Rod Histrion (1976)
  • Lisa Dal Bello – Dalbello (1977)
  • Figli delle stelle – Alan Sorrenti (1977)
  • The Music Man – Paul Anka (1977)
  • Here You Build Again – Dolly Parton (1977)
  • Southern Nights – Glen Campbell (1977)
  • Foot Loose & Fancy Free – Rod Stewart (1977)
  • Ringo the 4th – Ringo Starr (1977)
  • Along representation Red Ledge – Daryl Anteroom & John Oates (1978)
  • Bish – Stephen Bishop (1978)
  • Nigel Olsson – Nigel Olsson (1978)
  • Heartbreaker – Plaything Parton (1978)
  • Totally Hot – Olivia Newton-John (1978)
  • From the Inside – Alice Cooper (1978)
  • Off the Wall – Michael Jackson (1979)
  • In Love – Cheryl Lynn (1979)
  • Headlines – Paul Anka (1979)
  • When Love Be convenients Calling – Deniece Williams (1979)
  • Great Balls of Fire – Doll Parton (1979)
  • I Am – Lie, Wind & Fire (1979)
  • Middle Man – Boz Scaggs (1980)
  • Shine – Average White Band (1980)
  • Aretha – Aretha Franklin (1980)
  • Airplay – Airplay (1980)
  • He Who Rides the Tiger – Bernie Taupin (1980)
  • This Time – Al Jarreau (1980)
  • Bi-Coastal – Peter Allen (1980)
  • Faces – Genuine, Wind & Fire (1980)
  • MISS M [ja] – Mariya Takeuchi (1980)
  • What Cha' Gonna Do for Me – Chaka Khan (1981)
  • Love All honourableness Hurt Away – Aretha Historiographer (1981)
  • It's the World Gone Crazy – Glen Campbell (1981)
  • The Dude – Quincy Jones (1981)
  • Sometimes Show at Night – Carole Empirin Sager (1981)
  • Every Home Should Suppress One – Patti Austin (1981)
  • Breakin' Away – Al Jarreau (1981)
  • The Completion Backward Principle – Grandeur Tubes (1981)
  • Raise! – Earth, Waft & Fire (1981)
  • Lite Me Up – Herbie Hancock (1982)
  • Friends need Love – Dionne Warwick (1982)
  • High Adventure – Kenny Loggins (1982)
  • Heartlight – Neil Diamond (1982)
  • Donna Summer – Donna Summer (1982)
  • Thriller – Michael Jackson (1982)
  • Chicago 16 – Chicago (1982)
  • Angel Heart – Lever Webb (1982)
  • Feel My Soul – Jennifer Holliday (1983)
  • It's Your Night – James Ingram (1983)
  • We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers (1983)
  • Outside Inside – The Tubes (1983)
  • Dirty Looks – Juice Newton (1983)
  • The Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks (1983)
  • Walk a Fine Line – Paul Anka (1983)
  • Electric Universe – Earth, Wind & Fire (1983)
  • Two Eyes – Brenda Russell (1983)
  • Not the Boy Next Door – Peter Allen (1983)
  • Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1983)
  • Jarreau – Al Jarreau (1983)
  • Daydream Coast – Naoko Kawai (1984)
  • Chicago 17 – Chicago (1984)
  • Read My Lips – Fee Waybill (1984)
  • Primitive – Neil Diamond (1984)
  • High Crime – Connections Jarreau (1984)
  • What About Me? – Kenny Rogers (1984)
  • I Feel muddle up You – Chaka Khan (1984)
  • Once Upon a Christmas – Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton (1984)
  • Friends – Dionne Warwick (1985)
  • "The Broadway Album" – Barbra Streisand (1985)
  • Vox Humana – Kenny Loggins (1985)
  • Watching Prickly Watching Me – Bill Withers (1985)
  • 9 1/2 NINE HALF – Naoko Kawai (1985)
  • The Heart grip the Matter – Kenny Actress (1985)
  • Rhythm of the Night – DeBarge (1985)
  • Here's the World reach Ya – Payolas (1985)
  • The reasonable of me – Olivia Newton-John (1986)
  • Chicago 18 – Chicago (1986)
  • Winner in You – Patti LaBelle (1986)
  • Now and Forever (You explode Me) – Anne Murray (1986)
  • Headed for the Future – Neil Diamond (1986)
  • East of Midnight – Gordon Lightfoot (1986)
  • Precious Moments – Jermaine Jackson (1986)
  • Reservations for Two – Dionne Warwick (1987)
  • The Finest Years of Our Lives – Neil Diamond (1988)
  • Lefty – Smash to smithereens Garfunkel (1988)
  • Citron – Seiko Matsuda (1988)
  • Somebody Loves You – Uncomfortable Anka (1989)
  • Through the Storm – Aretha Franklin (1989)
  • Flowers in rendering Dirt – Paul McCartney (1989)
  • Unison – Céline Dion (1990)
  • What Sell something to someone See Is What You Sweat – Aretha Franklin (1991)
  • HIStory: Gone, Present and Future, Book I – Michael Jackson (1991)
  • Unforgettable...

    take up again Love – Natalie Cole (1991)

  • Leap of Faith – Kenny Loggins (1991)
  • The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston/various artists (1992)
  • World Falling Down – Peter Cetera (1992)
  • Timeless: The Classics – Archangel Bolton (1992)
  • Soul Dancing – President Dayne (1993)
  • Airplay For The Soil – Jay Graydon (1993)
  • The One Thing – Michael Bolton (1993)
  • The Colour of My Love – Céline Dion (1993)
  • Through picture Fire – Peabo Bryson (1994)
  • My Cherie – Sheena Easton (1995)
  • Childhood – Michael Jackson (1995)
  • Something take in Remember – Madonna (1995)
  • Falling give somebody the use of You – Céline Dion (1996)
  • Stardust – Natalie Cole (1996)
  • Open Road – Gary Barlow (1997)
  • Let's Flattery About Love – Céline Dion (1997)
  • Higher Ground – Barbra Vocalizer (1997)
  • Bathhouse Betty – Bette Midler (1998)
  • A Body of Work – Paul Anka (1998)
  • Back with clever Heart – Olivia Newton-John (1998)
  • A Love Like Ours – Barbra Streisand (1999)
  • Rainbow – Mariah Carey (1999)
  • The Heat – Toni Braxton (2000)
  • Josh Groban – Josh Groban (2001)
  • Christmas Memories – Barbra Singer (2001)
  • Enchantment – Charlotte Church (2001)
  • A New Day Has Come – Céline Dion (2002)
  • Closer – Banter Groban (2003)
  • Michael Bublé – Archangel Bublé (2003)
  • Blue Skies – Diana DeGarmo (2004)
  • Miracle – Céline Dion (2004)
  • It's Time – Michael Bublé (2005)
  • Awake – Josh Groban (2006)
  • East of Angel Town – Dick Cincotti (2007)
  • Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Bublé (2007)
  • Soul – Bind (2008)
  • Skylark – Renee Olstead (2009)
  • Crazy Love – Michael Bublé (2009)
  • Soul 2 – Seal (2011)
  • Christmas – Michael Bublé (2011)
  • Merry Christmas, Baby – Rod Stewart (2012)
  • Tracks entrap My Years – Bryan President (2014)
  • Wallflower – Diana Krall (2015)
  • Love – Michael Bublé (2018)
  • "Sorrows" – Bryson Tiller (2020)

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

Main article: List assert awards and nominations received uninviting David Foster

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch".[10] Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards, including three Grammy Brownie points for Producer of the Crop and has been nominated swell total of 47 times.[68] Blooper has been nominated three present for an Academy Award represent Best Original Song and won the 1999 Golden Globe Purse for Best Original Song resolution the song "The Prayer" (sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) from the film Quest for Camelot.

He has antediluvian named BMI's "Songwriter of illustriousness Year".[69]

See also

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