Christopher Stevens is an American

United States

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 Grammy-nominated

Grammy Award

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 Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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 record producer

Record producer

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, mix-engineer, and songwriter. His most notable achievements to date include production and mixing for Grammy-winning CCM

Contemporary Christian music

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 artist TobyMac

TobyMac

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, production, programming, and mixing for country artists Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton

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, Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

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, American Idol

American Idol

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 finalist, Mandisa

Mandisa

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, as well as production, writing and mixing for numerous artists under the EMI CMG, Word Records

Word Records

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, Provident, INO Records

INO Records

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, Gotee Records

Gotee Records

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, and Curb Records

Curb Records

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 labels. Stevens is credited with programming

Programming (music)

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 and keyboard

Musical keyboard

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s on the Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

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 single "Cowboy Casanova

Cowboy Casanova

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". In 2010, Stevens was honored as BMI's Christian Songwriter of the Year, and received two new grammy nominations for production on TobyMac

TobyMac

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's album, "Tonight," and Sanctus Real

Sanctus Real

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's album "Pieces Of A Real Heart."

External links

• [ Christopher Stevens], Allmusic.com