David Foster

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter

Photo by: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:November 1, 1949

Age:76

Zodiac Sign:Scorpio

Children:5

Born in:Victoria, Canada

Residence:Victoria, Canada

Languages:English

Record Producer Musicologist Keyboardist Singer Composer Television Producer Musician Film Score Composer Pianist Actor Songwriter

Related People

Spouse: Katharine McPhee(since 2019)

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Photo by: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo by: iDominick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

The BodyguardTimCelebrity DuetsThe Masked Singer, season 6The Princes of Malibu

Songs & Albums

Grown-Up Christmas ListThe Best of Celine Dion & David FosterMy Christmas SpecialVoices That CareLove Theme from St. Elmo's Fire

Awards

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (2010)Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (2007)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2003)Canada's Walk of Fame (2002)Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award (2002)

David Foster

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter

Biography

David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian and American record producer, composer, arranger, and musician. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 45 nominations across four decades (the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s). Since the 1970s, Foster has composed and produced some of the most successful songs of each decade, with multiple songs reaching the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and other individual genre charts. He has also been nominated three times in the Best Original song category at the Academy Awards. Foster has contributed to material for music industry artists across various genres. Some of the songs he has been involved with include: "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing", "The Prayer", "After the Love Has Gone", "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", "Hard Habit to Break", "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", "Glory of Love", "Winter Games", "Grown-Up Christmas List", "Best of Me", "Look What You've Done to Me", "She's a Beauty", "Somewhere", and "Wildflower". Foster served as senior vice president of Warner Music Group from 1997, then he chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. In the 2020s, Foster composed Boop! The Musical, which premiered in Chicago in 2023 and debuted on Broadway in 2025. He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music.

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Photos

David Foster at Celebrity Fight Night XXIII in Phoenix, Arizona.

Katharine McPhee and David Foster on the red carpet at 2022 Gateway Celebrity Fight Night at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

David Foster on the red carpet at 2022 Gateway Celebrity Fight Night at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

David Foster on the red carpet at 2023 Gateway Celebrity Fight Night at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.