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It was during this time, building his reputation as the best of the next generation of innovative songwriters/producers, that Foster laid the foundation of what would be a turning point in his career. It was here that he developed an overriding philosophy that would later propel him through dozens of multiplatinum successes. Foster embraced the emerging music and sounds of the street. Throughout this discovery process, Foster broadened his base of experience which now criss-crosses just about every style of music including Rock, R&B, Pop, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical. This process began to not only define Foster's rise, but further empower him within the creative community. .
Foster went on to amass a formidable list of production credits, creating such seminal hits as "Talk To You Later" (The Tubes), "You're The Inspiration" (Chicago), "Somewhere" (Barbra Streisand), and "We've Got Tonight" (Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton). And by the late eighties, Foster's signature style of infectious rhythms and spot-on lyrics became synonymous with contemporary radio, giving birth to hit after hit from such musical heavyweights as Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Chicago, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Manhattan Transfer, Phil Collins, The Pointer Sisters and Aretha Franklin, among many others. .
In 1993, Foster was named Billboard's Top Singles Producer and Top R&B Producer, and was the year's top Grammy nominee with seven nominations, taking home his third award for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) for Whitney Houston's soundtrack to The Bodyguard. .
Similarly, over the past few years, he has produced songs that have driven such chart-topping records as: Celine Dion's Grammy Award winning Falling Into You, which spawned two Foster-produced hit singles, "Because You Loved Me" and "To Love You More" (co-written with partner Edgar Bronfman, Jr,); Natalie Cole's Unforgettable; Barbra Streisand's Broadway and Back to Broadway; Michael Bolton's Timeless: The Classics; and Kenny G's Breathless.