Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Awarded for outstanding record producers
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1965
Last awarded 2015
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical is an honor presented to remixers for quality remixed recordings at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

The award was first presented at the Grammy Awards in 1975. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to producers who "represent consistently outstanding creativity in the area of record production".[3]

Recipients

Year[I] Producer Nationality Nominees Ref.
1975 Thom Bell  United States
 Jamaica
1976 Arif Mardin  United States
 Turkey
1977 Stevie Wonder  United States
1978 Peter Asher  United Kingdom
1979 Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson  United States
 United Kingdom
1980 Larry Butler  United States
1981 Phil Ramone  United States
 South Africa
[4]
1982 Quincy Jones  United States
1983 Toto  United States
1984 Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones  United States [5]
1985 James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie and David Foster  United States
 Canada
1986 Collins, PhilPhil Collins and Padgham, HughHugh Padgham  United Kingdom
 United Kingdom
[6]
1987 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis  United States [7]
1988 Walden, Narada MichaelNarada Michael Walden  United States [8]
1989 Dorfsman, NeilNeil Dorfsman  United States [9]
1990 Asher, PeterPeter Asher  United Kingdom [10]
1991 Jones, QuincyQuincy Jones  United States [11]
1992 Foster, DavidDavid Foster  Canada [12]
1993 Eno, BrianBrian Eno and Lanois, DanielDaniel Lanois  United Kingdom
 Canada
[13]
1994 Foster, DavidDavid Foster  Canada [14]
1995 Was, DonDon Was  United States [15]
1996 Babyface  United States [16]
1997 Babyface  United States [17]
1998 Babyface  United States [18]
1999 Cavallo, RobRob Cavallo  United States [19]
2000 Afanasieff, WalterWalter Afanasieff  Brazil [20]
2001 Dr. Dre  United States [21]
2002 T-Bone Burnett  United States [22]
2003 Mardin, ArifArif Mardin  Turkey [23]
2004 Neptunes, TheThe Neptunes  United States [24]
2005 Shanks, JohnJohn Shanks  United States [25]
2006 Lillywhite, SteveSteve Lillywhite  United Kingdom [26]
2007 Rubin, RickRick Rubin  United States [27]
2008 Ronson, MarkMark Ronson  United Kingdom [28]
2009 Rubin, RickRick Rubin  United States [29]
2010 O'Brien, BrendanBrendan O'Brien  United States [30]
2011 Danger Mouse  United States [31]
2012 Paul Epworth  United Kingdom [32]
2013 Dan Auerbach  United States [33]
2014 Pharrell Williams  United States
2015 Max Martin  Sweden [34]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

References

General
Specific
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  2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  3. "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 7. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  4. "Here's complete list of the Grammy nominees". Eugene Register-Guard (121) (Eugene, Oregon: Guard Publishing). February 21, 1981. p. 36.
  5. "Complete List of the Nominees for 26th Annual Grammy Music Awards". Schenectady Gazette (The Daily Gazette Company). January 9, 1984.
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  11. Shane, Larry (January 11, 1991). "Collins, Jones and Carey top Grammy nominations". The Kansas City Star (The McClatchy Company). p. H17.
  12. Considine, J.D. (February 23, 1992). "Handicappers' Guide to the Grammys Don't place any bets on the obvious picks". The Baltimore Sun (Tribune Company). p. 1.H.
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  14. "General Categories". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). January 7, 1994. p. 18.
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  27. "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 8, 2009.
  28. "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). December 6, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  29. "Grammy Scorecard". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). December 3, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
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  31. "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). Archived from the original on February 5, 2011.
  32. "A complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). 2012.
  33. List of 2013 nominees
  34. List of Nominees 2015

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