david walter foster (born november 1, 1949) is a canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter and arranger. he produced for many musicians, including chaka khan, alice cooper, christina aguilera, andrea bocelli, toni braxton, michael bublé, chicago, natalie cole, celine dion, kenny g, josh groban, brandy norwood, whitney houston, jennifer lopez, kenny rogers, seal, rod stewart, jake zyrus, donna summer, olivia newton-john, madonna, mary j. blige, michael jackson, peter cetera, cheryl lynn and barbra streisand. foster has won 16 grammy awards from 47 nominations. he served as the chairman of verve records from 2012 to 2016.