Nathan Chapman is an American record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 who works in the field of country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

. He is known primarily for working with Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...

, having produced her albums Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift (album)

Taylor Swift is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The album was released on October 24, 2006 by Big Machine Records. Swift wrote songs for the album during her freshman year of high school and has writing credits on all of the albums' songs including those...

, Fearless

Fearless (Taylor Swift album)

Fearless has been well-received by music professionals, with many praising Swift for her introspective lyrics, as well as her mature sound. According to the music review aggregator Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an...

and Speak Now

Speak Now

Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 25, 2010 by Big Machine Records. Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 at several recording studios, and was handled by Swift and country music producer Nathan Chapman...

. The former was also the first album that he produced. He is a 2001 graduate of Lee University

Lee University

Lee University is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It is historically affiliated with the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's Bible Training School from 1918 until 1947, when the name...

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At the 52nd Grammy Awards

52nd Grammy Awards

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 in 2010, Chapman won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer...

. Other acts for whom Chapman has produced include The Band Perry

The Band Perry

The Band Perry, an American country music group, is composed of siblings Kimberly Perry , Reid Perry and Neil Perry...

, Jypsi

Jypsi

Jypsi is an American country music group composed of four siblings, all with the surname Rische: Amber-Dawn , Frank , Lillie Mae , and Scarlett . Signed to Arista Nashville in 2007, the group has released three singles, including "I Don't Love You Like That", which reached #38 on the U.S. country...

, Point of Grace

Point of Grace

Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...

, Shania Twain

Shania Twain

Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...

, and Jimmy Wayne

Jimmy Wayne

Jimmy Wayne Barber is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including "Stay Gone" and "I Love You This Much", which both reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts...

. In addition to his production work, Chapman is a session musician who plays guitar, banjo and mandolin.

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Result
2008	Academy of Country Music Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...	Album of the Year — Taylor Swift,Taylor Swift
2009		Producer of the Year
		Album of the Year — Taylor Swift, Fearless
	Country Music Association Country Music Association The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
	American Music Awards American Music Awards -Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...	Favorite Country Album — Taylor Swift, Fearless
2010	Grammy Awards	Record of the Year — Taylor Swift, "You Belong with Me You Belong with Me "You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio... "
		Best Country Album — Taylor Swift, Fearless
		Album of the Year — Taylor Swift, Fearless
	Academy of Country Music	Producer of the Year
2011		Album of the Year — Taylor Swift, Speak Now Speak Now Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer–songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 25, 2010 by Big Machine Records. Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 at several recording studios, and was handled by Swift and country music producer Nathan Chapman...
		Producer of the Year
	Dove Awards	Best Country Album — Point of Grace Point of Grace Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne... , No Changin' Us
		Best Holiday Album — Point of Grace, Home for the Holidays