David Foster at Paramount Theatre Seattle

Canadian musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer, and recording artist David Foster is a 16-time Grammy Award winner from an incredible 47 nominations. Foster began his career in the mid-1970s as part of the band Skylark. Throughout his career, he has produced music for a variety of high-profile musicians, including Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Andrea Bocelli, Toni Braxton, Michael Bublé, Peter Cetera, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Alice Cooper, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Josh Groban, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Jennifer Lopez, Cheryl Lynn, Madonna, Olivia Newton-John, Brandy Norwood, Kenny Rogers, Seal, Blake Shelton, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer and The Corrs, among others. From 2012 to 2016 Foster was the chairman of Verve Records. He has also released eight studio albums as an artist in his own right. Foster has been honored with a variety of awards and accolades to date, including the Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is an inductee of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is a three-time Academy Award nominee and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song "The Prayer" (sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) from the film Quest for Camelot.