Artist

Rick Rubin

Wins

6

Nominations

22

Category

Country General Historical Music Video/Film Non-Classical Production Rap Rock Spoken Word

Biography

"I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation."

  • Born Frederick Jay Rubin on March 10, 1963, in Long Beach, New York
     
  • In 1986 Rick Rubin teamed rap group Run DMC with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith for a cover of the latter's "Walk This Way." The resulting single was the first ever rap tune to chart in the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and effectively introduced a mainstream audience to rap music. Rubin produced a similar crossover success that year with the Beastie Boys' album Licensed To Ill, which featured the smash hit "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)."
     
  • Rubin won his first career GRAMMY as a producer for 1997 for Best Country Album for Johnny Cash's Unchained.
     
  • In 2006 Rubin was a producer for three of the nominees for Album Of The Year: the Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, and Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds, with the Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way ultimately winning.
     
  • In 1984 Rubin founded Def Jam records, which he operated out of a dorm room at New York University, where he was a student at the time.

  • In 2016 Rubin was honored with The Recording Academy's President's Merit Award during the Producers & Engineers Wing's annual GRAMMY Week event in recognition of his creative and sonic excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Rick Rubin

  • Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

    The Creative Act: A Way Of Being

    Rick Rubin

  • Best Rock Album Winner

    The New Abnormal

    Jason Lader, Albert Hammond, Rick Rubin, Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi, The Strokes

  • Album Of The Year

    X

    Andrew Coleman, Jeff Bhasker, Jason Lader, Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco, Stuart Hawkes, Rick Rubin, Mark Stent, Tyler Johnson, Jake Gosling, Matty Green, William Hicks, Johnny McDaid, Chris Sclafani, Geoff Swan

  • Album Of The Year Winner

    21

    Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Adele, Jim Abbiss, Ian Dowling, Greg Fidelman, Tom Elmhirst, Tom Coyne, Dan Parry, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Steve Price, Dan Wilson, Fraser T. Smith, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Ryan Tedder

  • Best Music Video

    Ain't No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project

    Aaron Koblin, Jennifer Heath, Rick Rubin, Chris Milk

  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical Winner

    Rick Rubin

  • Album Of The Year Winner

    Taking The Long Way

    Richard Dodd, Emily Robison, Chris Testa, Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin, Jim Scott

  • Best Contemporary Country Album Winner

    Taking The Long Way

    Richard Dodd, Emily Robison, Chris Testa, Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin, Jim Scott

  • Record Of The Year Winner

    Not Ready To Make Nice

    Richard Dodd, Emily Robison, Chris Testa, Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin, Jim Scott

  • Album Of The Year

    Stadium Arcadium

    John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Mark Linett, Chad Smith, Andrew Scheps, Ryan Hewitt, Rick Rubin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, Vlado Meller

  • Best Rock Album Winner

    Stadium Arcadium

    John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Mark Linett, Chad Smith, Andrew Scheps, Ryan Hewitt, Rick Rubin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea

  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical Winner

    Rick Rubin

  • Album Of The Year

    FutureSex/LoveSounds

    Serban Ghenea, Jimmy Douglass, Jason Lader, Herbert Powers Jr., Andrew Scheps, Nate (Danja) Hills, Padraic Kerin, Rick Rubin, Tim Mosley, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Willoughby, Jawbreakers

  • Best Rap Song

    99 Problems

    Jay Z, Rick Rubin

  • Best Historical Album

    Unearthed

    Rick Rubin, Vlado Meller

  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

    Rick Rubin

  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

    Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

    Rick Rubin

  • Best Rock Album

    Californication (Album)

    John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Rick Rubin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea, Jim Scott

  • Best Rock Album

    Echo (Album)

    Richard Dodd, Howie Epstein, Tom Petty, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Rick Rubin

  • Best Contemporary Country Album Winner

    Unchained

    Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin

  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

    Producer Of The Year

    Rick Rubin

  • Best Rock Album

    Wildflowers (Album)

    Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Rick Rubin

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