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Chris Bellman

Chris Bellman is credited on 9,535 releases across 2,710 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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9,535

Pressings credited

2,710

Albums

7

Decades active

6,102

In collections

Biography

Chris Bellman is an American mastering engineer. He started working at Allen Zentz Mastering and, since 1984, he began working at Bernie Grundman Mastering studios. He received a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album nomination at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards for Ringo Starr's Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection in 2009, and the following year was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards for the Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D.. He won his first Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for his mastering duties on Beck's Colors in 2019, sharing the award with fellow mastering engineers Randy Merrill, Emily Lazar and Tom Coyne.

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Credited work

9,535 releases · 2,710 albums · active 1969–2026

  • Mastering · 10,383
  • Engineering · 75
  • Other credits · 46
  • Production · 3

Studios: Westlake Studios · Ocean Way Recording · The Village Recorder · Conway Studios

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