Chris Bellman

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Chris Bellman
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Chris Bellman
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Mastering engineer
Known for Mastering (audio)
Awards Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (2009)

Chris Bellman is an American mastering engineer. He started working at Allen Zentz Mastering and, since 1984, he began working at Bernie Grundman Mastering studios. [1] He received a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album nomination at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards for Ringo Starr's Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection in 2009, and the following year was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards for the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. . He won his first Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his mastering duties on Beck's Colors in 2019, sharing the award with fellow mastering engineers Randy Merrill, Emily Lazar and Tom Coyne.

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Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards
YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2009 Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album Nominated [2]
2010 The E.N.D. Grammy Award for Album of the Year Nominated
2019 Colors Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Won

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References

  1. "Chris Bellman At Bernie Grundman Mastering". www.berniegrundmanmastering.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  2. "Chris Bellman | Artist | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 24, 2023.