Serban Ghenea Șerban Ghenea | |
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| Born | Șerban Ghenea 1969 or 1970 (age 55–56)[1] |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | serbanghenea |
Serban Ghenea (Romanian:Șerban Ghenea) is a Canadianaudio engineer andmixer.[2] He has been nominated for aGrammy Award a total of 50 times and has won 23 times.[3]
Ghenea was born in Romania, and in 1976 he moved toMontreal with his family. He later attendedJohn Abbott College,Concordia University, thenMcGill University.[4]
Ghenea's son, Alex, is also a mixer and producer. At the66th (2024) and67th (2025) Annual Grammy Awards, Șerban and Alex were both nominated in theBest Dance Pop Recording category with separate recordings.[1]
Ghenea's career began through a chance meeting withTeddy Riley in 1993 while visiting his girlfriend (now wife), that led to Riley hiring him as an in-house mixing and recording engineer.[4] Throughout his career, Ghenea has worked with artists in pop music, includingJuice Wrld,Ariana Grande,Adele,Taylor Swift,The Weeknd,Lady Gaga,Demi Lovato,Sabrina Carpenter,Bruno Mars,Britney Spears, andJustin Timberlake. With Riley, Ghenea worked on projects that includedMichael Jackson andBlackstreet.[5]
Ghenea won his first Grammy in 2004 at the 46thGrammy Awards for Justin Timberlake's albumJustified.[2] As of 2024, Ghenea has been nominated for 45 Grammy Awards,[1] and won a total of 21 Grammy Awards and threeLatin Grammy Awards.[5]
He won theGrammy Award for Album of the Year five times; winning for Taylor Swift's1989 (2014),Folklore (2020), andMidnights (2022), Adele's25 (2015), and Bruno Mars'24K Magic (2016).[3] Ghenea also won theLatin Grammy Award for Album of the Year forShakira'sFijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005).
