Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

The Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical is an honor presented to record producers for quality non-classical music 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]

Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Jack Antonoff is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	outstanding record producers of non-classical music
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1975
Currently held by	Jack Antonoff (2024)
Website	grammy.com

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] As of 2024, the category is part of the General Field.^[4] This is the only category that was presented during the "Premiere Ceremony" and acknowledged during the main ceremony.

Recipients

1977 winner Stevie Wonder is also a three-time Album of the Year recipient.

Three-time recipient Quincy Jones.

David Foster has been awarded three times.

Musician Don Was received the award in 1995.

Babyface holds the record for most wins, with four.

Hip hop pioneer Dr. Dre won in 2001.

Acclaimed roots music producer T Bone Burnett received the award in 2002.

Rick Rubin won the award in both 2007 and 2009.

2008 recipient Mark Ronson.

Three-time winner Pharrell Williams.

2015 winner Max Martin.

Greg Kurstin won the award consecutively in 2017 and 2018.

2020 recipient Finneas O'Connell also won five additional Grammys that year, including Album of the Year.

Musician and singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff received the award in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Year[I]	Producer	Nominees	Ref.
1975	Thom Bell	Rick Hall Lenny Waronker Stevie Wonder Billy Sherrill	[5]
1976	Arif Mardin	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter Bill Szymczyk Peter Asher Gus Dudgeon	[6]
1977	Stevie Wonder	Richard Perry Lenny Waronker Joe Wissert	[7]
1978	Peter Asher	Richard Perry Bill Szymczyk Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff	[8]
1979	Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson	Peter Asher Phil Ramone Quincy Jones Alan Parsons	[9]
1980	Larry Butler	Mike Chapman Quincy Jones Ted Templeman Maurice White	[10]
1981	Phil Ramone	Quincy Jones Michael Omartian Queen and Mack Stevie Wonder	[11]
1982	Quincy Jones	Val Garay Arif Mardin Lionel Richie Robert John Mutt Lange, Mick Jones	[12]
1983	Toto	Gary Katz John Cougar Mellencamp, Don Gehman David Foster Quincy Jones	[13]
1984	Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones	James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie Jay Graydon Quincy Jones Phil Ramone	[14]
1985	TIE: James Anthony Carmichael and Lionel Richie TIE: David Foster	Prince & the Revolution Robert John Mutt Lange, The Cars Michael Omartian	[15][16][17]
1986	Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham	David Foster Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar and Greg Ladanyi Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman Narada Michael Walden	[18]
1987	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	David Foster Michael Omartian Paul Simon Steve Winwood and Russ Titelman	[19]
1988	Narada Michael Walden	Emilio Estefan and The Jerks Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno John Mellencamp and Don Gehman	[20]
1989	Neil Dorfsman	Thomas Dolby David Kershenbaum L.A. Reid and Babyface Narada Michael Walden	[21]
1990	Peter Asher	Emilio Estefan, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Janet Jackson L.A. Reid and Babyface Prince Tears for Fears and David Bascombe	[22]
1991	Quincy Jones	Glen Ballard Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham Mick Jones and Billy Joel Arif Mardin	[23]
1992	David Foster	Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey Andre Fischer Paul Simon Keith Thomas	[24]
1993	Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, tied with L.A. Reid and Babyface	Mitchell Froom Teddy Riley Bruce Swedien Chris Thomas	[25]
1994	David Foster	Walter Afanasieff Tony Brown Bruce Fairbairn Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Hugh Padgham	[26]
1995	Don Was	David Foster Trevor Horn Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Brendan O'Brien	[27]
1996	Babyface	Glen Ballard Rick Chertoff Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Rick Rubin	[28]
1997		David Foster Don Gehman Brendan O'Brien Don Was	[29]
1998		Walter Afanasieff Paula Cole Kirk Franklin Keith Thomas	[30]
1999	Rob Cavallo	Michael Beinhorn Tchad Blake Sheryl Crow Lauryn Hill	[31]
2000	Walter Afanasieff	Rob Cavallo Dann Huff Rick Rubin Matt Serletic	[32]
2001	Dr. Dre	Bill Bottrell Nigel Godrich Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Matt Serletic	[33]
2002	T-Bone Burnett	Dr. Dre Gerald Eaton and Brian West Nigel Godrich Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	[34]
2003	Arif Mardin	Dr. Dre Nellee Hooper Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Rick Rubin	[35]
2004	The Neptunes	Nigel Godrich Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis The Matrix Outkast	[36]
2005	John Shanks	T-Bone Burnett Rob Cavallo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Tommy LiPuma	[37]
2006	Steve Lillywhite	Danger Mouse Nigel Godrich Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis The Neptunes	[38]
2007	Rick Rubin	Howard Benson T-Bone Burnett Danger Mouse will.i.am	[39]
2008	Mark Ronson	Howard Benson Joe Chiccarelli Mike Elizondo Timbaland	[40]
2009	Rick Rubin	Danger Mouse Nigel Godrich Johnny K will.i.am	[41]
2010	Brendan O'Brien	T-Bone Burnett Ethan Johns Larry Klein Greg Kurstin	[42]
2011	Danger Mouse	Rob Cavallo Dr. Luke RedOne The Smeezingtons	[43]
2012	Paul Epworth	Danger Mouse The Smeezingtons Ryan Tedder Butch Vig	[44]
2013	Dan Auerbach	Jeff Bhasker Diplo Markus Dravs Salaam Remi	[45]
2014	Pharrell Williams	Rob Cavallo Dr. Luke Ariel Rechtshaid Jeff Tweedy	[46]
2015	Max Martin	Paul Epworth John Hill Jay Joyce Greg Kurstin	[47]
2016	Jeff Bhasker	Dave Cobb Diplo Larry Klein Blake Mills	[48]
2017	Greg Kurstin	Benny Blanco Max Martin Nineteen85 Ricky Reed	[49]
2018		Calvin Harris No I.D. Blake Mills The Stereotypes	[50]
2019	Pharrell Williams	Boi-1da Larry Klein Linda Perry Kanye West	[51]
2020	Finneas O'Connell	Jack Antonoff Dan Auerbach John Hill Ricky Reed	[52]
2021	Andrew Watt	Jack Antonoff Dan Auerbach Dave Cobb Flying Lotus	[53]
2022	Jack Antonoff	Rogét Chahayed Mike Elizondo Hit-Boy (Chauncey Alexander Hollis) Ricky Reed	[54]
2023		Dan Auerbach Boi-1da Dahi Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II	[55]
2024		Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II Hit-Boy Metro Boomin Dan Nigro	[56]

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

Multiple wins and nominations

(Up to and including the 2024 Grammy Awards season)

Wins

• 4
  • Babyface (3 solo, 1 with L.A. Reid)
• 3
  • Jack Antonoff
  • David Foster
  • Quincy Jones (2 solo, 1 with Michael Jackson)
  • Pharrell Williams (2 solo, 1 as 1/2 of The Neptunes)
• 2
  • Greg Kurstin
  • Peter Asher
  • Arif Mardin
  • Rick Rubin

Nominations

• 11
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
• 7
  • David Foster
  • Quincy Jones
• 6
  • Babyface
• 5
  • Jack Antonoff
  • Rob Cavallo
  • Nigel Godrich
  • Danger Mouse
  • Rick Rubin
• 4
  • Greg Kurstin
  • Walter Afanasieff
  • T-Bone Burnett
  • Dan Auerbach
• 3
  • Dr. Dre
  • Arif Mardin
  • Brendan O'Brien
  • Hugh Padgham
  • L.A. Reid
  • Narada Michael Walden
  • Ricky Reed

See also

• Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical
• List of Grammy Award categories

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External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards