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Six-time Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard is one of popular music’s most accomplished producers/songwriters and arrangers. His records have sold more than 150 million records worldwide, and he has worked with a diverse array of the finest singers and artists in the business, from Aretha Franklin to Van Halen and Aerosmith.
Among the many highlights of his producing/writing/arranging career are the ten times platinum debut of Wilson Phillips, multi-platinum No Doubt record “Return of Saturn” and The Dave Matthews Band multi-platinum “Everyday” which he co-wrote and produced.
One of Ballard’s biggest successes involved chart-topping, multi platinum album “Jagged Little Pill” (33 million worldwide) which Ballard co-wrote and produced for Alanis Morissette. The 1995 record was named ‘Album of the Decade,’ by Billboard and was the top selling artist debut album of all time. For the original album Ballard received Grammys for Best Rock Song (“You Oughta Know”), Best Rock Album, Best Video and the prestigious Album of the Year.
Ballard started his career working as a staff producer/ songwriter for the legendary Quincy Jones, during which time he worked with Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Austin, Jack Wagner and The Pointer Sisters.
Ballard has most recently had success writing for film. The song “Believe” from Polar Express won him a Grammy, and nominations for a Golden Globe and Academy Award in 2005. He also wrote the hit “Ordinary Miracle” performed by Sarah McLachlan, with Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) for the 2006 film Charlotte’s Web. In 2007 Ballard co-wrote “A Hero Comes Home”, performed by Idina Menzel, with Alan Silvestri for the film Beowulf. Ballard continues this successful relationship with Silvestri by writing songs with him for the upcoming Hannah Montana Movie and the Robert Zemeckis film A Christmas Carole.
He continues to build his vast musical legacy by recently producing such albums as Annie Lennox’s Songs of Mass Destruction and Idina Menzel’s I Stand, and writing songs for the upcoming musical Ghost.
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