The Canadian of Romanian origin Şerban Ghenea won, on Sunday, a new Grammy award as the sound/mixing engineer for Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” album. He is the first person (non-artist) to win “Album of the Year” five times, according to Billboard.
He was also awarded in this category, in the same capacity, for the albums “1989” and “Folklore” by Swift, “25” by Adele and “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars.
The album “Midnights” was made by: Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Bryce Bordone, Zem Audu, Serban Ghenea, David Hart, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Ken Lewis, Michael Riddleberger, Laura Sisk & Evan Smith, sound/mixing engineers; Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters; Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer.
At this year’s Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift was nominated for six awards, including “best pop vocal album” for “Midnights,” “best pop solo performance” for “Anti-Hero” and “the best pop duo/group performance” for “Karma” with Ice Spice, which received a nomination for “revelation of the year”.
Taylor Swift won the award for “Album of the Year” with “Midnights”, thus becoming the first person to win the category four times. Earlier, Swift won the award for “best pop vocal album” and took the opportunity to announce her new album in her acceptance speech.
Şerban Ghenea has won 19 Grammy awards and three Latin Grammy awards so far, according to the data on his website. He has mixed tracks for artists such as Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Bjork, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Santana, Ozomatli, Shakira, Jill Scott, Floetry, Musiq Soulchild, Taio Cruz , Rod Stewart, Dave Matthews Band, The All American Rejects, One Republic and Beck. As of January 2024, Şerban has mixed over 225 No. 1 singles and albums – including hits for Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Britney Spears, Black Eyes Peas, The Fray, Train, Lifehouse, Weezer, The Hives, Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Gavin Degraw, P!nk, Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Keith Urban.