Partners Pledge Their Support for Annual Event Highlighting Sound Quality
and Honoring Rubin's Career  

Santa Monica, Calif. — A comprehensive list of Sponsors has been announced for the ninth annual GRAMMY® Week Celebration hosted by The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® which this year honors eight-time GRAMMY® winner Rick Rubin for his commitment to creative and sonic excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music. Title Sponsors include HARMAN® Professional brands AKG®, dbx®, JBL® Professional and Lexicon®, and Iron Mountain Entertainment Services. These brands are joined by Premier Sponsors Avid Technology, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; ELS Studio Premium Audio® - Powered by Panasonic; Google Chromecast Audio; Music Marketing; Shure; and TIDAL HiFi Streaming. Supporting Sponsors include Apogee; Audeze; Audio-Technica; Capital Bauer Studio Insurance Program; Guitar Center Professional; iZotope; LG Electronics; Louisiana Entertainment; Lurssen Mastering; Ocean Way Audio; Recording, Radio and Film Connection (RRF); Shinola; SONOS; Sound Exchange; and Vintage King Audio. CÎROC™ Ultra-Premium Vodka toasts to the night as official "Spirit Partner," offering innovative food-and-cocktail pairings – part of the "Ultimate Collaboration" between CÎROC and The Recording Academy, lasting throughout GRAMMY Week. This unique annual event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at The Village studios in West Los Angeles. GRAMMY Week culminates with the 58th Annual GRAMMY Awards® on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, airing live on the CBS Television Network, at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT – live in all four U.S. time zones for the first time. For updates and breaking news, please visit www.grammy.com, and The Recording Academy®'s social networks on Twitter and Facebook. "This annual event kicks off GRAMMY Week and is always a highlight of the P&E Wing's yearly schedule," said Maureen Droney, The Recording Academy Managing Director, P&E Wing and Recording Technology. "This year's honoree, iconic producer Rick Rubin, is an industry legend, and we are extremely proud to celebrate his career at our signature event. With that in mind, we'd like to acknowledge our complete list of Title, Premier and Supporting Sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible. This event illuminates the professionals who represent the essential backbone of the recording industry, and our sponsor partners recognize that fact with their support. We are enormously grateful for their partnership in helping us to host this special evening." Rubin has received eight GRAMMY Awards, including two for Producer Of The Year for 2006 and 2008. His other wins include two for Album Of The Year (Adele, 21; Dixie Chicks, Taking The Long Way), two for Best Country Album (Taking The Long Way; Johnny Cash, Unchained), Record Of The Year (Dixie Chicks "Not Ready To Make Nice"), and Best Rock Album (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium). Producing critically acclaimed and multiplatinum albums in a wide array of genres, including country, hip-hop, metal, pop, rock, and soul, additional artists Rubin has worked with include the Beastie Boys, Black Sabbath, Neil Diamond, Eminem, Jay Z, Kid Rock, LL Cool J, Metallica, Tom Petty, Public Enemy, Damien Rice, Ed Sheeran, Slayer, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and ZZ Top. As the Producers & Engineers Wing 2016 honoree, Rubin joins an impressive list of past honorees: Chris Blackwell, T Bone Burnett, Tom Dowd, Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, Jimmy Iovine, Quincy Jones, Arif Mardin, Nile Rodgers, Al Schmitt, Jerry Wexler, and Neil Young. Photo credit: Robbie Fimmano