Chris Gehringer

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Chris Gehringer
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Gehringer in 2023
Background information
Born (1962-05-27) May 27, 1962 (age 62)
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationMastering engineer
Website sterling-sound.com/engineers/chris-gehringer/

Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey.

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Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Twenty One Pilots, Lana Del Rey, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, and many others. Works engineered by Gehringer span many genres such as pop, R&B, hip hop, and dance.

Early life

Gehringer was born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in Bergen County. After graduating from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey, he attended the Institute of Audio Research. [1]

Career

Gehringer’s first job in the music industry was at Greene Street Recording. From there, he went on to work as a cutting assistant at Trutone Records. [2]

In 1985, Gehringer joined Tom Coyne and Herbie Powers at Frankford-Wayne Mastering and mastered primarily dance and R&B records throughout the 1980s. [2]

In 1988, he moved to the Hit Factory, where he worked for twelve years. [2] During his time there, he witnessed the golden age of hip hop, mastering landmark releases by artists such as Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang Clan, and PM Dawn.

In 1999, Gehringer joined Sterling Sound as a senior mastering engineer. [3]

Gehringer received his first Grammy Awards nominations in 2012 in the category of Album of the Year. He was nominated both for his work on Rihanna’s Loud and for his work on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way . Since then, he has been nominated for 21 Grammys and 7 Latin Grammys. In 2022, he won Latin Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album and Album of the Year for his mastering work on Rosalía's album Motomami .

In 2016, he became an official partner of Sterling Sound. [4] [5]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards [6]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 Loud Album of the Year Nominated
Born This Way Nominated
2013 Some Nights Nominated
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Record of the Year Nominated
"We Are Young"Nominated
2014 "Blurred Lines"Nominated
2016 "Work"Nominated
"Stressed Out"Nominated
2019 Dirty Computer Album of the YearNominated
Head Over Heels Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Nominated
2020 "Truth Hurts"Record of the YearNominated
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Album of the YearNominated
Cuz I Love You Nominated
2021 Future Nostalgia Nominated
"Don't Start Now"Record of the YearNominated
2022 "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"Nominated
Montero Album of the YearNominated
2024 World Music Radio Nominated
"Worship"Record of the YearNominated
Desire, I Want to Turn Into You Best Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalNominated
2025 Cyan BlueBest Engineered Album, Non-ClassicalNominated

Latin Grammy Awards [7]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2008 Eternamiente Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
2012 Peligro Album of the Year Nominated
2017 Felices los 4 Record of the Year Nominated
2022 La Fama Nominated
Motomami Best Engineered Album Won
Album of the YearWon
2023 Despechá Record of the YearNominated

TEC Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2011 "F***k You"Record Production/SingleNominated [8]

Notable works

As adapted from the Career Highlights section of Gehringer's official web page. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Chris Gehringer". themanifesto.co.
  2. 1 2 3 Gehringer, Chris. "Masters Behind the Mix". Atlantic Records via internet archive. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sterling Sound Discography | Discogs". Discogs .
  4. ↑ Gehringer, Chris. "Engineers". Sterling Sound.
  5. ↑ Chris, Gehringer. "Chris Gehringer". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chris Gehringer | Artist | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Chris Gehringer | Artist | GRAMMY.com". www.latingrammy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  8. ↑ Gehringer, Chris. "nominations". legacy.tecawards.
  9. ↑ "Chris Gehringer | MASTERING ENGINEER". STERLING SOUND. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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