David Foster discography
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David Foster has been credited with composing, producing, arranging, performing on, or programming numerous singles and albums.
Albums[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details |
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| The Best of Me |
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| David Foster |
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| The Symphony Sessions |
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| Time Passing |
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| River of Love |
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| Rechordings |
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| The Christmas Album |
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| Love Lights the World |
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| A Touch of China |
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| Eleven Words |
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Live albums[]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Hit Man: David Foster & Friends |
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| Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends |
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| Dream With Me In Concert (with Jackie Evancho) |
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| An Intimate Evening |
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Compilation albums[]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Selecciones Latinas |
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| A Touch of David Foster |
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| The Best of Me: A Collection of David Foster's Greatest Works |
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| The Magic of David Foster & Friends |
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| The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster (with Celine Dion) |
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| The Many Sides of David Foster |
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Singles[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) [1] |
Canadian Digital Song Sales [2] |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] | |||
| "The Best of Me" | 1983 | — | — | — | — | The Best of Me |
| "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental)" | 1985 | 7[5] | — | 15 | 3 | St. Elmo's Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| "The Best of Me" (with Olivia Newton-John) | 1986 | 17[6] | — | 80 | 6 | David Foster |
| "Who's Gonna Love You Tonight" | 1986 | 75[7] | — | — | 38 | |
| "Winter Games" | 1988 | 21[8] | — | 85 | 28 | The Symphony Sessions |
| "And When She Danced (Love Theme From Stealing Home)" (with Marilyn Martin) | 1988 | 73[9] | — | — | — | Stealing Home |
| "River of Love" | 1991 | 71[10] | — | — | — | River of Love |
| "O Canada" (featuring Lara Fabian) | 2001 | — | 3 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Teko's Theme" (featuring Nita Whitaker) | 2003 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Let's Groove" (with Anggun, Melanie C, Vanness Wu) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | The Many Sides of David Foster |
Production credits[]
Songs[]
Foster has been credited with composing, producing, arranging, performing on, or programming on the following songs and covers:
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Composer | Producer | Arranger | Keyboards |
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| 1972 | Skylark | "Wildflower" | Skylark | Yes | |||
| 1977 | Diana Ross | "Baby It's Me" | Yes | ||||
| 1978 | Cheryl Lynn | "Got to Be Real" | Cheryl Lynn | Yes | |||
| Donna Summer | "Last Dance" | Thank God It's Friday OST | Yes | ||||
| Olivia Newton-John | "Talk to Me" | Totally Hot | Yes | ||||
| 1979 | Earth, Wind & Fire | "After the Love Has Gone" | I Am | Yes | |||
| Michael Jackson and Patti Austin | "It's the Falling in Love" | Off the Wall | Yes | ||||
| 1980 | Boz Scaggs | "Look What You've Done to Me" | Urban Cowboy OST | Yes | |||
| "Breakdown Dead Ahead" | Middle Man | Yes | |||||
| "Jojo" | Yes | ||||||
| "Simone" | Yes | ||||||
| 1981 | The Manhattan Transfer | "Smile Again" | Mecca for Moderns | Yes | |||
| 1982 | Chicago | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Chicago 16 | Yes | Yes | ||
| "What Can I Say" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Bad Advice" | Yes | ||||||
| "Follow Me" | Yes | ||||||
| "Waiting for You to Decide" | Yes | ||||||
| "Love Me Tomorrow" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Donna Summer | "Livin' in America" | Donna Summer | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Love Is Just A Breath Away" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 1983 | James Ingram | "Whatever We Imagine" | It's Your Night | Yes | |||
| Paul Anka and Peter Cetera | "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes" | Walk A Fine Line | Yes | Yes | |||
| Lionel Richie | "The Only One" | Can't Slow Down | Yes | ||||
| Olivia Newton-John | "Twist of Fate" | Two of a Kind (soundtrack) | Yes | ||||
| "Shaking You" | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| "(Livin' in) Desperate Times" | Yes | ||||||
| Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta | "Take a Chance" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Steve Kipner | "Catch 22 (2 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back" | Yes | |||||
| Boz Scaggs | "The Perfect One" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chicago | "Prima Donna" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| David Foster | "Night Music" | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1984 | Air Supply | "I Can Wait Forever" | Air Supply | Yes | |||
| Chaka Khan | "Through the Fire" | I Feel for You | Yes | ||||
| Chicago | "Stay the Night" | Chicago 17 | Yes | Yes | |||
| "You're the Inspiration" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Hard Habit to Break" | Yes | ||||||
| "Along Comes a Woman" | Yes | ||||||
| "Only You" | Yes | ||||||
| "Please Hold On" | Yes | ||||||
| 1985 | Kenny Loggins | "At Last" | Yes | ||||
| DeBarge | "Who's Holding Donna Now" | Yes | |||||
| 1986 | Anne Murray | "Now and Forever (You and Me)" | Yes | Yes | |||
| Chicago | "Will You Still Love Me?" | Chicago 18 | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Niagara Falls" | Yes | ||||||
| "It's Alright" | Yes | ||||||
| "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." | Yes | ||||||
| Jermaine Jackson | "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Dionne Warwick | "Love At Second Sight" | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| David Foster and Olivia Newton-John | "The Best of Me" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Peter Cetera | "Glory of Love" | Yes | |||||
| Barbra Streisand | "Somewhere" | Yes | |||||
| Neil Diamond | "The Man You Need" | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1988 | Neil Diamond | "This Time" | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1989 | Paul Anka | "Stay With Me" | Somebody Loves You | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1990 | Natalie Cole | "Grown-Up Christmas List" | Yes | ||||
| Céline Dion | "Love By Another Name" | Unison | Yes | Yes | |||
| "I'm Loving Every Moment With You" | Yes | ||||||
| "I Feel Too Much" | Yes | ||||||
| "If We Could Start Over" | Yes | ||||||
| "Have a Heart" | Yes | ||||||
| 1991 | Various Artists | "Voices That Care" | Yes | Yes | |||
| David Foster | "All I Ever Needed" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1992 | Amy Grant | "Grown-Up Christmas List" | Yes | Yes | |||
| Michael W. Smith | "Somewhere Somehow" | Yes | |||||
| Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" | The Bodyguard (soundtrack) | Yes | Yes | |||
| "I Have Nothing" | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Run to You" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Kenny G and Aaron Neville | "Even If My Heart Would Break" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1993 | Barbra Streisand | "Some Enchanted Evening" | Yes | ||||
| "Everybody Says Don't" | Yes | ||||||
| "The Music of the Night" | Yes | ||||||
| "Speak Low" | Yes | ||||||
| "As If We Never Said Goodbye" | Yes | ||||||
| "I Have a Love/One Hand, One Heart" | Yes | ||||||
| "I've Never Been in Love Before" | Yes | ||||||
| "Luck Be a Lady" | Yes | ||||||
| "The Man I Love" | Yes | ||||||
| Céline Dion | "The Colour of My Love" | Yes | |||||
| Dolly Parton and James Ingram | "The Day I Fall In Love" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Céline Dion | "The Power of Love" | Yes | |||||
| Céline Dion and Clive Griffin | "When I Fall in Love" | Yes | |||||
| 1994 | Sally Yeh and James Ingram | "I Believe in Love" | Yes | Yes | |||
| All-4-One | "I Swear" | Yes | |||||
| Babyface and Lisa Stansfield | "Dream Away" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Céline Dion, Peabo Bryson and Color Me Badd | "Love Lights the World" | Yes | |||||
| Take 6 | "You Can Never Ask Too Much (Of Love)" | Yes | |||||
| 1995 | Wendy Moten | "All That My Heart Can Hold" | Time for Change | Yes | Yes | ||
| "Your Love Is All I Know" | Yes | ||||||
| Madonna | "You'll See" | Something to Remember | Yes | Yes | |||
| Michael Jackson | "Childhood" | HIStory | Yes | ||||
| "Smile" | Yes | ||||||
| "Earth Song" | Yes | ||||||
| The Corrs | "Runaway" | Yes | |||||
| Céline Dion | "To Love You More" | Falling into You | Yes | Yes | |||
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Yes | ||||||
| 1996 | "Because You Loved Me" | Yes | |||||
| "The Power of The Dream" | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | Secrets | Yes | ||||
| Lionel Richie | "Climbing" | Yes | |||||
| Whitney Houston | "I Believe In You And Me (Single Version)" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1997 | Céline Dion | "Let's Talk About Love" | Yes | ||||
| Céline Dion and Luciano Pavarotti | "I Hate You Then I Love You" | Yes | |||||
| Jon B. | "Tu Amor" | Yes | |||||
| Céline Dion | "Be The Man" | Yes | |||||
| Scorpions | "When You Came Into My Life" | Yes | |||||
| Bee Gees | "I Could Not Love You More" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "I Surrender" | Yes | ||||||
| 1998 | Céline Dion and Paul Anka | "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" | Yes | ||||
| Whitney Houston | "I Learned from the Best" | Yes | |||||
| Brandy | "Have You Ever?" | Never Say Never | Yes | Yes | |||
| "One Voice" | Yes | ||||||
| "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Yes | ||||||
| Monica | "Inside" | The Boy Is Mine | Yes | ||||
| Monica (featuring 112) | "Right Here Waiting" | Yes | |||||
| Monica | "For You I Will" | Space Jam OST | Yes | ||||
| LeAnn Rimes | "Looking Through Your Eyes" | Yes | |||||
| Lionel Richie | "I Hear Your Voice" | Time | Yes | Yes | |||
| "The Closest Thing to Heaven" | Yes | ||||||
| Céline Dion and Barbra Streisand | "Tell Him" | Yes | |||||
| Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli | "The Prayer" | Yes | |||||
| Olivia Newton-John | "I Honestly Love You" | Back with a Heart | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1999 | Mariah Carey | "" | Yes | ||||
| Céline Dion | "All the Way" | All the Way...A Decade of Song | Yes | ||||
| "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Yes | ||||||
| "Then You Look at Me" | Yes | ||||||
| "Live (for the One I Love)" | Yes | ||||||
| Gloria Estefan and NSYNC | "Music of My Heart" | Yes | |||||
| 2000 | Toni Braxton | "Spanish Guitar" | The Heat | Yes | |||
| "I'm Still Breathing" | Yes | ||||||
| Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias | "Could I Have This Kiss Forever (Metro Mix)" | Yes | |||||
| 2001 | Eden's Crush | "Promise Me" | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Doug Cameron | "John Jr." | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Mariah Carey | "There for Me" | Yes | |||||
| Toni Braxton | "This Time Next Year" | Toni Braxton | Yes | ||||
| Josh Groban | "Aléjate" | Yes | |||||
| "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "You're Still You" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Gira con me questa notte" | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Home to Stay" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2002 | Barbra Streisand and Josh Groban | "All I Know of Love" | Yes | ||||
| David Foster & Friends | "Aren't They All Our Children" | N/A | Yes | ||||
| 2003 | Josh Groban | "All'improvviso Amore" | Closer | Yes | |||
| "She's Out of My Life" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Oceano" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "You Raise Me Up" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "My Confession" | Yes | ||||||
| Josh Groban (featuring Joshua Bell) | "Mi Mancherai (Il Postino)" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Josh Groban | "When You Say You Love Me" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Broken Vow" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Caruso" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Hymne à l'amour" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2004 | Céline Dion | "A Mother's Prayer" | Miracle | Yes | |||
| "Miracle" | Yes | ||||||
| "If I Could" | Yes | ||||||
| 2005 | Eric Benét | "Hurricane" | Hurricane | Yes | |||
| "The Last Time" | Yes | ||||||
| Destiny's Child | "Stand Up for Love" | #1's | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | Clay Aiken | "Lover All Alone" | A Thousand Different Ways | Yes | |||
| Josh Groban | "Un Día Llegará" | Yes | |||||
| "Verita" | Yes | ||||||
| "In Her Eyes" | Yes | ||||||
| "Un Giorno per Noi" | Yes | ||||||
| Josh Groban and Ladysmith Black Mambazo | "Lullaby" | Yes | |||||
| 2007 | Céline Dion and Elvis Presley | "If I Can Dream" | Yes | ||||
| 2008 | Katharine McPhee | "I Will Be There With You" | N/A | Yes | |||
| Tereza Kesovija | "Zaustavi Vrijeme" | Yes | |||||
| 2009 | Renee Olstead | "Midnight Man" | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Hold Me Now" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Midnight in Austin Texas" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "Nothing But the Blame" | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Whitney Houston | "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" | I Look To You | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Charice | "In This Song" | Charice | Yes | Yes | ||
| "Note to God" | Yes | ||||||
| 2013 | Jennifer Lopez and Andrea Bocelli | "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" | Yes | ||||
| Andrea Bocelli | "Perfidia" | Yes | |||||
| "Roma Nun Fa' La Stupida Stasera" | Yes | ||||||
| "Champagne" | Yes | ||||||
| "Anema e core" | Yes | ||||||
| "Era già tutto previsto" | Yes | ||||||
| "Tristeza" | Yes | ||||||
| Andrea Bocelli and Edith Piaf | "La Vie en rose" | Yes | |||||
| Andrea Bocelli and Nelly Furtado | "Corcovado - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars" | Yes | |||||
| Andrea Bocelli | "Sara' Settembre (September Morn)" | Yes | |||||
| "Love In Portofino" | Yes | ||||||
| "Garota De Ipanema" | Yes | ||||||
| "Malafemmena" | Yes | ||||||
| "Il Nostro Incontro" | Yes | ||||||
| "Senza Fine" | Yes | ||||||
| "A mano a mano" | Yes | ||||||
| "When I Fall in Love" | Yes | ||||||
| "Smile" | Yes | ||||||
| "Extraños en la Noche" | Yes | ||||||
| "El Primer Beso" | Yes | ||||||
| "Era Ya Todo Previsto" | Yes | ||||||
| "Septiembre Amor" | Yes | ||||||
| "Anema e core" | Yes | ||||||
| "Tristeza" | Yes | ||||||
| "Trovaioli" | Yes | ||||||
| "Corcovado" | Yes | ||||||
| 2014 | Ruben Studdard | "Meant to Be" | Unconditional Love | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Yuna | "All I Do" | Chapters | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2018 | Jessie J | "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | This Christmas Day | Yes | |||
| "Silent Night" | Yes | ||||||
| Michael Bublé | "When I Fall in Love" | Love | Yes |
Albums[]
Foster has been credited with producing the following albums:
| Year | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Single | Bill Champlin |
| 1978 | From the Inside | Alice Cooper |
| 1978 | Along the Red Ledge | Hall & Oates |
| 1979 | X-Static | Hall & Oates |
| 1980 | Ray Kennedy | Ray Kennedy |
| 1981 | The Completion Backward Principle | The Tubes |
| 1982 | Chicago 16 | Chicago |
| 1983 | Outside Inside | The Tubes |
| 1984 | Chicago 17 | Chicago |
| 1985 | Vox Humana | Kenny Loggins |
| 1986 | Chicago 18 | Chicago |
| 1987 | Tim Freehan | Tim Freehan |
| 1990 | Unison | Celine Dion |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists |
| 1993 | Back to Broadway | Barbra Streisand |
| 1994 | Orchestral Sessions With David Foster | Kenny Rogers |
| 1995 | Time for Change | Wendy Moten |
| 1995 | Forgiven Not Forgotten | The Corrs |
| 1996 | Falling Into You | Celine Dion |
| 1996 | Jordan Hill | Jordan Hill |
| 1996 | The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album | Whitney Houston |
| 1998 | My Love Is Your Love | Whitney Houston |
| 1998 | Never Say Never | Brandy |
| 1998 | The Boy Is Mine | Monica |
| 2000 | The Heat | Toni Braxton |
| 2001 | Josh Groban | Josh Groban |
| 2003 | Michael Bublé | Michael Bublé |
| 2003 | Closer | Josh Groban |
| 2004 | Renee Olstead | Renee Olstead |
| 2004 | Miracle | Celine Dion |
| 2005 | It's Time | Michael Bublé |
| 2006 | Amore | Andrea Bocelli |
| 2006 | Awake | Josh Groban |
| 2007 | Call Me Irresponsible | Michael Bublé |
| 2007 | Noel | Josh Groban |
| 2009 | Skylark | Renee Olstead |
| 2009 | I Look to You | Whitney Houston |
| 2009 | Crazy Love | Michael Bublé |
| 2009 | My Christmas | Andrea Bocelli |
| 2011 | Dream With Me | Jackie Evancho |
| 2011 | Christmas | Michael Bublé |
| 2013 | Passione | Andrea Bocelli |
| 2013 | Cody Karey | Cody Karey |
| 2013 | A Mary Christmas | Mary J. Blige |
| 2014 | Unconditional Love | Ruben Studdard |
| 2015 | Wallflower | Diana Krall |
| 2015 | Cinema | Andrea Bocelli |
| 2015 | We Love Disney | Various Artists |
| 2016 | Something Beautiful | Jordan Smith |
| 2018 | This Christmas Day | Jessie J |
| 2018 | Love | Michael Bublé |
References[]
- ^ "RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ "Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. July 21, 2001. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- ^ "David Foster Chart History: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 14, 1985" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 2, 1986" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 1, 1986" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 9, 1988" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 15, 1988" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - March 9, 1991" (PDF).
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