killen won 5 grammys for his contributions to the shakira album "oral fixation, vol. 1" (2005) he has received grammy nominations for best jazz instrumental category for his work on allen toussaint's "the bright mississippi" (2009) and best engineered album, non-classical, for seth glier's "the trouble with people" (2012). in 2013 he received a juno award for recording and mixing johnny reid's "fire it up" cd as best country album.