Serban Ghenea
Serban Ghenea (born October 13, 1969)[1] is a Romanian-American audio engineer and mixer.[1]
Early life and education[]
Ghenea was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. In 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended John Abbott College, Concordia University, then McGill University.[2]
Career[]
Throughout his career, Ghenea has worked with top artists in pop music, including Ariana Grande, Adele, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Bruno Mars, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake. He has mixed over 188 #1 recordings.[3][4]
Selected Discography[]
- Tove Lo: Lady Wood, Queen of the Clouds, Disco Tits, Talking Body, Cool Girl
- The Weeknd: Blinding Lights
- Katy Perry: California Gurls, Teenage Dream, I Kissed a Girl, Hot n Cold, Waking Up in Vegas
- Kesha: Tik Tok, Blah Blah Blah, Your Love Is My Drug
- Destiny's Child: Emotion
- Jason Derulo: In My Head, Ridin' Solo
- Iyaz: Replay
- Björk: Crystalline, Cosmogony
- Jay Sean: Down
- Britney Spears: Outrageous, 3,Womanizer, Circus, Me Against the Music, I'm a Slave for You,Boys, Don't Hang Up, Passenger
- Miley Cyrus: Party in the U.S.A.,The Time Of Our Lives
- Demi Lovato: Let It Go, Cool for the Summer, Confident, No Promises, Tell Me You Love Me, I'm Ready
- Weezer: I'm Your Daddy", Put Me Back Together
- Flo Rida: Right Round
- Glenn Lewis: Don't You Forget It
- BTS: Dynamite
- Blackpink: Ice Cream, Bet You Wanna, Ice Cream
- Little Mix: Shout Out To My Ex, Black Magic, Word Up!, Little Me, Heartbreak Anthem
- Selena Gomez: Ice Cream, De Una Vez
- Lifehouse: Halfway Gone, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, Falling In, By Your Side
- The Fray: You Found Me, Absolute, Never Say Never
- Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You, Already Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes, Because Of You, Since U Been Gone
- A Fine Frenzy: Bomb In A Birdcage
- Toni Braxton: And I Love You
- Kelis: Good Stuff, Flash Back, Perfect Day, I Don't Think So
- Garbage: Androgyny 02
- Little Boots: New In Town
- N.O.R.E: Head Bussa
- Matisse: Better Than Her
- Young Artists For Haiti : Wavin' Flag
- Janet Jackson: Spending Time With You
- Air: Don't Be Light
- The Veronicas: 4ever
- Kevin Rudolf : Let It Rock" featuring Lil Wayne
- Cobra Starship: Good Girls Go Bad, Hot mess
- Pink: So What, Sober, Who Knew, Cuz I Can, Please Don't Leave Me", U + Ur Hand
- Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend
- Black Eyed Peas : My Humps, Bebot, They Don't Want Music featuring James Brown, Disco Club
- Fergie : Fergalicious featuring will.i.am
- Carrie Underwood : Inside Your Heaven, Some Hearts, I Just Can't Live A Lie, Lessons Learned, Starts With Goodbye
- Kandice Love : Amazin', Born To Love You
- Gym Class Heroes : Cupid's Chokehold
- Patrick-Christopher Mattulat, Parth ShuklaJewel : Intuition, Stand
- Justin Timberlake : Pose (featuring Snoop Dogg), Damn Girl (featuring will.i.am), Boutique In Heaven, Señorita, Like I Love You, Rock Your Body, I'm Lovin' It
- Ashley Tisdale : So Much for You, We'll Be Together, Guilty Pleasure
- Mark Ronson : Here Comes The Fuzz, Version
- N.E.R.D. : In Search Of..., Fly Or Die, Provider, Maybe, She Want To Move
- Sugababes: About You Now, Surprise (Goodbye), Open the Door
- Leona Lewis : Better in Time
- Musiq Soulchild : Love, Teachme
- Jill Scott : Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1, Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
- Dave Matthews Band : Stand Up, Dreamgirl, American Baby, Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
- Robbie Williams : Rudebox, Lovelight
- Joe : Ride Wit U
- The Hives : Tick Tick Boom, Well All Right!, Won't Be Long, T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
- The Virgins : Rich Girls
- We Are Scientists : Brain Thrust Mastery
- Carolina Liar : I'm Not Over
- R. Kelly : Double Up, Playa's Only, Happy Summertime, Put My T-Shirt On, Slow Wind, Remote Control, Hit It Til The Mornin', Thoia Thoing, Touched A Dream, Snake, Been Around The World, Who's That?
- Robert Randolph & The Family Band : Colorblind
- Usher : My Way, Here I Stand, Simple Things, Bad Girl, Simple Things, That's What It's Made For, Truth Hurts
- Kenna : Make Sure They See My Face, New Sacred Cow
- Michael Jackson : One More Chance, Hold My Hand
- BLACKstreet : No Diggity
- Faith Evans : Burnin' Up
- Mary J. Blige : Steal Away
- Syleena Johnson : Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go
Awards and nominations[]
Serban has won a total of Eighteen Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.
He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year four times; winning for Taylor Swift's 1989 and folklore, Adele's 25 and Bruno Mars' 24K Magic.[5] Ghenea also won the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Shakira’s Fijación Oral, Vol. 1.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Serban Ghenea | Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Grammy winner Serban Ghenea has 24K Magic touch as mixing engineer". montrealgazette.com.
- ^ "Welcome". Mixed by SERBAN GHENEA.
- ^ "Serban Ghenea". Advanced Alternative Media.
- ^ "Serban Ghenea". GRAMMY.com. December 2, 2020.
External links[]
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American audio engineers
- Grammy Award winners
- Latin Grammy Award winners
- Romanian audio engineers
- People from Roman, Romania
- Romanian expatriates in Canada
- American people of Romanian descent
- McGill University alumni
- Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year winners
- American audio engineer stubs