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Steve Churchyard is an English audio engineer and record producer who came to prominence working with the Pretenders.
In 1982 Churchyard began working with producer Chris Thomas, which led to his working on the Pretenders' 1984 album Learning to Crawl and INXS' 1985 album Listen Like Thieves. Churchyard relocated to Los Angeles in the 1990s, working on projects by Sophie B. Hawkins, Duran Duran, Celine Dion, and Ricky Martin.
He has also worked on recordings by the Sex Pistols, Rod Stewart, Cliff Richard, Madness, Big Country, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dalis Car, Warren Zevon, Meat Loaf, The Stranglers, Scorpions, Billy Joel, Joni Mitchell, Sinéad O'Connor, Counting Crows, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, the Eagles, Herbie Hancock, Dishwalla, Beck, Ben Folds, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, George Michael, Hanson, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, The Darkness, and Adele.
In 2011, Churchyard received a Grammy Award nomination for Katy Perry's album Teenage Dream and again in 2012 for Jason Mraz's album Love Is a Four Letter Word.
Awards and nominations
Churchyard has been nominated for 15 Grammy Award awards. In 2008 he won a Latin Grammy for Juanes' album La Vida... Es Un Ratico. In 2010, he won a Latin Grammy for the album Paraíso Express by Alejandro Sanz.
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