| Noah Goldstein | |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Label: | GOOD |
Noah Goldstein is an American record producer, composer, engineer, and mixer, and also works in A&R. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for his work on Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and has been nominated for six others.[1]
Goldstein was born and raised in Philadelphia.[2] He graduated from Temple University with a master's degree in media studies. After graduating, he did a three-month internship at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, and then moved to New York. He began working at Electric Lady Studios, where his first session was with Patti Smith.[3]
Goldstein has produced, mixed, and engineered on songs and albums including Arcade Fire's Grammy-winning album The Suburbs,[4] Frank Ocean's album Blonde[5] (which Pitchfork named the best album of the 2010s),[6] the single "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney,[4] Travis Scott's album Rodeo,[7] Anohni's album Hopelessness,[7] and Pusha T's album Daytona,[7] and for artists including Drake, FKA Twigs, Nas, Jay-Z, RZA, and Bon Iver.[5] [8] [9]
In 2010, he began working regularly with Kanye West and GOOD Music as a producer, mixer, and engineer, on albums including Watch the Throne, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Yeezus, The Life of Pablo, Kids See Ghosts, and Ye.[5] [8] [9] [10] Following his departure from West in 2018, Goldstein was named SVP of A&R at Columbia Records.[9] In 2021, he began production on Rosalía's album Motomami.[11]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Grammy Award | Best Rap Album | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West | |
| 2014 | Grammy Award | Best Rap Song | "New Slaves" by Kanye West | |
| 2015 | Grammy Award | Best Rap Song | "Bound 2" by Kanye West | |
| 2016 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Beauty Behind the Madness by the Weeknd | |
| Grammy Award | Best Rap Song | "All Day" by Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney | ||
| 2017 | Grammy Award | Best Rap Song | "Ultralight Beam" by Kanye West | |
| Grammy Award | Best Rap Song | "Famous" by Kanye West | ||
| 2022 | Latin Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Motomami by Rosalía | |
| Best Alternative Music Album | ||||
| Record of the Year | "La Fama" by Rosalía with the Weeknd | |||
| Song of the Year | "Hentai" by Rosalía | |||
| Best Alternative Song | ||||
| 2023 | Grammy Award | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Motomami by Rosalía | |