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Canadian musician, composer, arranger, and record producer known for crafting chart-topping hits across multiple decades.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Foster began piano lessons at age four. He co-founded the band Skylark in 1971, achieving his first major success with 'Wildflower'. Transitioning to production and songwriting in the late 1970s, he became one of music's most influential figures, working with icons like Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, and Michael Bublé. A 16-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.

• Foster married five times, including high-profile marriages to Linda Thompson (1982-1986) and Yolanda Hadid (2011-2017), which attracted media attention.
• He survived a near-fatal heart attack in 2015 during a recording session with Andrea Bocelli, later undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.
• Foster faced controversy over uncredited contributions; artist Sheena Easton publicly accused him of taking credit for her songwriting on the album 'No Sound But a Heart'.
• His philanthropic work includes founding the David Foster Foundation in 1986, which provides financial support to Canadian families with children needing organ transplants.