Oli Jacobs

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Oli Jacobs is a British recording and mixing engineer. He is a multiple Grammy Award and Music Producers Guild Award winner, known for his work with artists such as Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Harry Styles, and Peter Gabriel, and for his frequent collaborations with producer Jack Antonoff. [1] [2]

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Education

Jacobs studied on the Tonmeister music and sound recording course at the University of Surrey. [3]

Career

After graduating, Jacobs began his career as an in-house engineer at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. [3] During this period, he worked on several top-10 albums, including Harry Styles's Harry's House and The 1975's Being Funny in a Foreign Language . [4] [5]

Jacobs has become a frequent collaborator of American producer Jack Antonoff, engineering on records for artists including Taylor Swift ( The Tortured Poets Department ), Sabrina Carpenter ( Short n' Sweet, Man's Best Friend ), and Bleachers. [6] [7]

He has mixed several tracks for Kendrick Lamar, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one album GNX, with number-one singles "Luther" and "Squabble Up". [8] [9] In the UK, he has engineered on number-one albums such as This Is How Tomorrow Moves by Beabadoobee and i/o by Peter Gabriel. [10] [11]

Awards and nominations

Jacobs has received multiple awards for his engineering work, including the GRAMMY Award for Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical) twice. In 2023, he won Recording Engineer of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards. [12]

YearOrganizationAwardWorkResultRef.
2023 65th Annual Grammy Awards Album of the Year Harry's House (as engineer)Won [13]
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Won [13]
2023 Music Producers Guild AwardsRecording Engineer of the YearN/AWon [12]
2025 67th Annual Grammy Awards Album of the Year Short n' Sweet (as engineer)Nominated [14]
The Tortured Poets Department (as engineer)Nominated [14]
Record of the Year "Fortnight" (as engineer)Nominated [14]
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical i/o Won [14]
Short n' Sweet Nominated [14]
2025 Music Producers Guild AwardsMix Engineer of the YearN/ANominated [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Oli Jacobs | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Oli Jacobs: Lost In Space". headlinerhub.com. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Oli Jacobs | University of Surrey". www.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Bloom, Madison (20 May 2022). "Harry Styles Releases New Album Harry's House: Listen and Read the Full Credits". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language". Discogs. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Jones, Damian (19 April 2024). "Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department': Here are the full album credits". NME. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Credits for Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter". Muso.AI. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  8. ↑ A, Aron (22 November 2024). "Kendrick Lamar "GNX" Full Credits: SZA, Mustard, Roddy Ricch & More". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Trust, Gary (3 March 2025). "Kendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week". Billboard. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100: 23 August 2024 – 29 August 2024". Official Charts Company. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100: 08 December 2023 - 14 December 2023". Official Charts Company. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  12. 1 2 "The Music Producers Guild Announces 2023 Awards Winners". The Music Producers Guild. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  13. 1 2 "65th Annual GRAMMY Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List". grammy.com. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "Shortlist for the 2025 MPG Awards Revealed". The Music Producers Guild. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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