Jimmy Iovine

Jimmy Iovine
Background information
Born	(1953-03-11) March 11, 1953 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Co-founder, Interscope, and chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M, co-founder Beats By Dr. Dre, Record Producer, Entrepreneur, Film Producer

James "Jimmy" Iovine (/ˈaɪ.əviːn/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈjovine]; born March 11, 1953) is an American music producer and entrepreneur, the co-founder of Interscope Records and chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M. Iovine is currently developing a digital music subscription service, Beats Music, in conjunction with Beats By Dr. Dre, the company he founded with Dr. Dre in 2006. He recently served as a mentor on American Idol.

Biography

Iovine was born in Brooklyn, the son of James Iovine, Sr., a longshoreman. As a teenager, he was introduced to music production after he met a songwriter who got him a job cleaning a recording studio, and began working as a studio professional in 1972. Since the start of his career, Iovine has been involved in the production of more than 250 albums and is considered one of the music industry's most accomplished producers.

In the early 1970s, Iovine became a recording engineer, working with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, among others. By 1973, Iovine was on staff at the renowned New York studio the Record Plant, where he worked on seminal albums such as Springsteen's Born to Run and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell. He came to prominence via his work on the 1978 Patti Smith album Easter, which included her Top 40 hit, "Because the Night", and teamed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Damn the Torpedoes and U2 on Rattle & Hum. Iovine also produced Bella Donna, the first solo album for Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Making Movies for Dire Straits, and Get Close for The Pretenders, in addition to many others.

In 1990, Iovine co-founded Interscope Records, which became Interscope Geffen A&M after a merger in 1999. Interscope Geffen A&M, which is now part of Universal Music Group, has been described as "shining like a supernova in the musical universe.". The label is regarded as a major force in global music, developing chart-topping artists across a wide range of musical genres including rock, rap, pop and alternative. Under Iovine's auspices, Interscope Geffen A&M have released albums by many of the most popular and acclaimed artists in the world, including Dr. Dre, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, Marilyn Manson, The Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Lady Gaga.

In 2002, Iovine co-produced the Academy Award-winning Eminem movie, 8 Mile, which opened at #1 at the box office and went on to gross more than $240,000,000 worldwide. Additionally, Iovine executive produced the "knockout" 2009 LeBron James documentary, More Than A Game and 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin.'

In 2006, Iovine teamed up with Dr. Dre to co-found Beats By Dre, headphones. Due in part to the design of its headphones and an expansion into smartphones and automotive audio systems, the company has captured 40 percent market share of the entire billion-dollar headphones industry. Despite the company's tremendous success, Iovine stated that “Beats is just us knowing sound and what a good product is."

In January 2013, Iovine announced the expansion of the Beats brand into the online digital music world with Daisy, a new service slated to launch in late 2013. Former Topspin Media executive Ian Rogers and Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor will work alongside Iovine.

From 2011-2013 he was a mentor on Fox's American Idol. Iovine's standout performers, including Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, and Candice Glover now release their music through Interscope. In August 2013, it was confirmed that Iovine would not return to the show for its thirteenth season.

In 2011, Iovine was honored by The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Grammy Awards. "This year we pay tribute to an industry leader, Jimmy Iovine, who has made an indelible impact as a recording engineer, producer, founder of Interscope Records, and now, entrepreneur focused on audio quality," Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the governing body of the Grammy Awards, said in presenting the award.

On May 17, 2013, Iovine received an honorary PhD from the University of Southern California and gave the 2013 USC commencement address.

Selected discography

Artist	Album
Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen	The River
Bruce Springsteen	Darkness On the Edge of Town
Dire Straits	Making Movies
Dire Straits	Tunnel of Love
Gwen Stefani	Love.Angel.Music.Baby
Graham Parker and the Rumour	The Up Escalator
John Lennon	Menlove Ave
Kansas	The Classic Albums Collection: 1974–1983
Lady Gaga	Born This Way, The Collection
Meat Loaf	Bat Out Of Hell
Patti Smith	Easter
Pretenders	Get Close
Stevie Nicks	Bella Donna
Tom Petty	Damn The Torpedoes
U2	Under A Blood Red Sky
U2	Rattle and Hum

Discography

The complete Jimmy Iovine discography

Year Album Artist 2012 5 Classic Albums Tom Petty Producer 2012 Horses/Easter Patti Smith Mixing, Producer 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen... B. B. King Producer 2012 Strange Euphoria Heart Engineer, Producer 2012 Jasmine Night Dreams Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer Mixing Assistant 2011 A Very Special Christmas, Volume 1–2 Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2011 Born This Way: The Collection Lady Gaga Executive Producer 2011 In Touch/Midnight Rider Tommy James Remix Engineer 2011 Outside Society: Looking Back 1975–2007 Patti Smith Producer 2011 The Essential Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixer 2011 The Classic Albums Collection: 1974–1983 Kansas Assistant Engineer 2011 Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Mixing, Producer 2010 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems Various Artists Producer 2010 360° at the Rose Bowl U2 Producer 2010 Greatest Hits Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 2010 Double Play Kirk Franklin Executive Producer 2010 Nothing N.E.R.D. Composer, Executive Producer 2010 The Promise Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2010 The Collection: 1973–1984 Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2010 Ultimate '80s Movie Hits Various Artists Producer 2009 Essential '80s: Classic Eighties Various Artists Producer 2009 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2009 Rare Cuts The D.I.s Executive Producer 2009 Sex Therapy Robin Thicke Executive Producer 2009 The Best of 1980–2000 U2 Producer 2009 The Best of Alison Moyet Alison Moyet Producer 2009 Ultimate Blues: Decca Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2008 A Very Special Christmas: Playlist Plus Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 2008 Bat Out of Hell/ Hits Out of Hell Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixing, Producer 2008 Doll Domination 2.0 The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2008 The Great Big Scottish Songbook Various Artists Producer 2008 Four Christmases Various Artists Producer 2008 Incredible Clique Girlz Executive Producer 2008 Lo Esencial de Rock 101 Various Artists Producer 2008 Seventies Power Ballads Various Artists Producer 2008 The Block New Kids on the Block Executive Producer 2008 Themes, Volumes 1–5 Simple Minds Producer 2008 World's Best Dad Gift Set Various Artists Producer 2007 101 '80s Hits Various Artists Producer 2007 A Very Special Christmas: 20th Anniversary Collection Various Artists Executive Producer 2007 Across the Universe (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer 2007 CBGB Forever Various Artists Producer 2007 Crystal Visions: The Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 2007 Four Decades of Folk Rock Various Artists Producer 2007 Insomniac Enrique Iglesias Producer 2007 Now That's What I Call the 80's Various Artists Producer 2007 T Shirt/Final Exam Loudon Wainwright III Ensemble, Mixing 2007 World's Best Dad (2007) Various Artists Producer 2006 Anthology, Volumes 1–2 Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 2006 Arista Columbia Records 1980–1991 Willie Nile Producer 2006 I Don't Need A Man The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2006 Pirate Radio Pretenders Producer 2006 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani A&R 2006 18 Singles U2 Audio Production, Producer 2005 All Woman: Platinum Collection Various Artists Producer 2005 Boxed Eurythmics Producer 2005 Cast of Characters: The Rupert Holmes Songbook Rupert Holmes Assistant Engineer 2005 Don't Cha The Pussy Cat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986–2001 Bob Geldof Producer 2005 Instigator Kaci Brown A&R 2005 PCD The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler Dire Straits Producer 2005 Stickwitu (Urban Mix) The Pussycat Dolls Executive Producer 2005 The Very Best of Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Producer 2005 Very Best of Natural Woman Various Artists Producer 2005 The Ultimate Collection B. B. King Producer 2004 20th Century Masters: The Best of the '80s Various Artists Producer 2004 Anthology: Sound + Vision B. B. King Producer 2004 Carved in Stone: Live at Red Rocks, Volume II Various Artists Producer 2004 I Don't Want to Go Home/ This Time It's for Real Southside Johnny Engineer, Mastering, Mixing 2004 Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground Various Artists Producer 2004 Love.Angel.Music.Baby. Gwen Stefani A&R 2004 Shall We Dance? Various Artists Executive Producer 2004 Shark Tale(Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer 2003 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Lone Justice Producer 2003 7 Enrique Iglesias Executive Producer 2003 30 Best Irish Hits, Volume 2 Various Artists Producer 2003 Damn the Torpedoes/ Southern Accents/ Hard Promises Tom Petty Producer 2003 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Nixing, Producer 2003 Jett Rock: Greatest Hits of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Producer 2003 Long Time Coming Jonny Lang A&R 2003 Rodney Rooney Rodney Rooney Engineer, Producer 2003 School of Rock Original Soundtrack Various Artists Producer 2003 Songbirds (WEA International) Various Artists Producer 2003 The Complete Atlantic Sessions Mark Farner Mixing, Producer 2003 The Essential Alison Moyet Alison Moyet Producer 2003 The Essential Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2003 Who Will I Run To/ Kiss Me Like That Kiley Dean Executive Producer 2002 Grammy Nominees 2002 Various Artists Executive Producer 2002 Greatest Hits (Universal Japan) B. B. King Producer 2002 Greetings from Asbury Park/ The Wild, The Innocent/ Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 2002 Land (1975–2002) Patti Smith Producer 2002 Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com Various Artists Executive Producer 2002 Meat Loaf and Friends (2002 Version) Meat Loaf Producer 2002 The Best of Simple Minds Simple Minds Producer 2002 The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Producer 2002 America: A Tribute to Heroes Various Artists Producer 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary, Volume 2 (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 2001 Collection Tracy Chapman Producer 2001 The Very Best of Rod Stewart (Warner Bros.) Rod Stewart Producer 2001 Ultimate Collection Graham Parker Producer 2001 Anthology B.B. King Producer 2001 Anthology: Through the Years Tom Petty Producer 2001 Greatest Hits Pretenders Pretenders Producer 2000 Lucky Numbers Soundtrack: Various Artists Producer 2000 Ultimate Collection Maria McKee Producer 1999 18 Tracks Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1999 200 Cigarettes Original Soundtrack Various Artists Producer 1999 Damn the Torpedoes/ Southern Accents/ Into the Great Wide Open Tom Petty Producer 1999 Dead Ringer/ Midnight at the Lost and Found/ Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf Producer 1999 Girls Night Out (Telstar TV) Girls Night Out Producer 1999 His Definitive Greatest Hits B. B. King Producer 1999 Master Hits: Graham Parker Graham Parker Producer 1999 This World Is Not My Home Lone Justice Producer 1999 Voodoo Dollies: The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1998 Armageddon: The Album Various Artists Producer 1998 Atlantic Records 50 Years: The Gold Anniversary Various Artists Producer 1998 Enchanted: The Words of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 1998 First Generation: Virgin 25 Years Various Artists Producer 1998 My Hometown Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Producer 1998 Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits Dire Straits Producer 1998 The Nu Nation Project Kirk Franklin Executive Producer 1998 The Very Best of Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Engineer, Remixing 1998 Tracks Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 1997 '80s Hits Back, Volume 3 Various Artists Producer 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute Various Artists Producer 1997 Fit to Be Tied: Greatest Hits by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Producer 1997 Home Alone Christmas Various Artists Producer 1997 One Step Up/ Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1997 Sounds of the Season Various Artists Engineer, Producer 1997 The Very Best of Mother's Finest: Not Yer Mother's Funk Mother's Finest Producer 1996 Greatest Rock Hits of the '80s Various Artists Producer 1996 It Takes Two (Columbia) Various Artists Producer 1996 Mellow Classics Various Artists Producer 1996 No Holding Back Graham Parker Producer 1996 The Patti Smith Masters: The Collective Works Patti Smith Mixing, Producer 1996 This Is the '80s Various Artists Producer 1996 XXI Dwight Twilley Mixing 1995 Airport: The Motors' Greatest Hits The Motors Producer 1995 Best Rock Ballads in the World...Ever Various Artists Producer 1995 Christmas of Hope Various Artists Engineer, Producer 1995 Geffen Vintage '80s, Volume 1 Various Artists Producer 1995 Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing 1995 Exhale (Shoop Shoop) Whitney Houston Producer 1995 Playback Tom Petty Producer 1995 The Best Rock Album in the World...Ever! Various Artists Producer 1995 Singles (US/UK) Alison Moyet Producer 1994 Angel of Harlem U2 Producer 1994 Flashback Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 1994 Greatest Hits Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Producer 1994 Keep the Fire Burnin' Dan Hartman Producer 1994 Reality Bites (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1994 Sedated in the Eighties Various Artists Producer 1994 The Air Up There (Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture) Various Artists Executive Producer 1994 The Lead and How to Swing It Tom Jones Executive Producer 1993 Dead Ringer/Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf Audio Production 1993 Greatest Hits: Tom Petty Tom Petty Producer 1993 Passion Is No Ordinary Word: The Graham Parker Anthology 1976–1991 Graham Parker Producer 1993 Now: 1986 (1993) Various Artists Producer 1993 Robin Zander Robin Zander Producer 1992 Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Box Various Artists Producer 1992 A Very Special Christmas, Volume 2 Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1992 Glittering Prize 1981–1992 Simple Minds Producer 1992 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston Producer 1992 King of the Blues(Box) B. B. King Producer 1992 Matters of the Heart Tracy Chapman Producer 1992 Rock the First, Volume 5 Various Artists Producer 1991 Classic Rock: 1966–1988 Various Artists Producer 1991 Greatest Hits Eurythmics Producer 1991 Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks Producer 1990 Dream A Little Dream Various Artists Producer 1989 A Very Special Christmas Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1989 Angel Eurythmics Producer 1989 Don't Ask Me Why Eurythmics Producer 1989 Roadhouse (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Executive Producer, Producer 1989 Soundtrack Smashes: The '80s Various Artists Producer 1989 Storyteller: The Complete Anthology 1964–1990 Rod Stewart Producer 1989 Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1989 The Continuing Story of Radar Love Golden Earring Producer 1989 The King and Queen of America The Eurythmics Producer 1989 These Here Are Crazy Times Boom Crash Opera Producer 1989 We Too Are One Eurythmics Audio Production, Producer 1988 Desire U2 Producer 1988 Dream of Life Patti Smith Producer 1988 Easy Pieces Easy Pieces Example 1988 Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly Various Artists Producer 1988 Money for Nothing Dire Straits Producer 1988 Rattle and Hum U2 Producer 1988 Scrogged (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Music Supervisor 1988 See the Light The Jeff Healey Band Producer 1987 Bedrock Vice Thrashing Doves Producer 1987 The Breakfast Club Breakfast Club Producer 1987 Light Of Day (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1987 Maria Vidal Maria Vidal Executive Producer, Producer 1987 Raindancing Alison Moyet Producer 1987 The Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel Producer 1987 The Singles Pretenders Producer 1987 Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Producer 1986 Get Close Pretenders Producer 1986 Live 1975–1985 Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1986 Menlove Ave. John Lennon Assistant Engineer 1986 Rock For Amnesty Various Artists Producer 1986 Shelter Lone Justice Producer 1986 The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks Producer 1985 Confrontation Face to Face Producer 1985 Lone Justice Lone Justice Producer 1985 Make It Better (Forget About Me) Tom Petty Producer 1985 Once Upon a Time Simple Minds Producer 1985 Rock a Little Stevie Nicks Producer 1985 Rocky IV (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1985 Southern Accents Tom Petty Producer 1985 Weird Science (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Against All Odds (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Cat Dancer Sandy Stewart Executive Producer, Producer 1984 Face to Face Face to Face Producer 1984 Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Producer 1984 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman Producer 1984 Sixteen Candles (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1984 Streets of Fire (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1983 Body Wishes Rod Stewart Producer 1983 Change of Heart Tom Petty Producer 1983 Stand Back Stevie Nicks Producer 1983 Reelin' in the Years, Volume 1 Various Artists Mixing, Producer 1983 The Crossing Big Country Mixing 1983 The Wild Heart Stevie Nicks Producer 1983 Under A Blood Red Sky U2 Producer 1982 Long After Dark Tom Petty Producer 1982 Officer and a Gentleman(Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Producer 1982 The Distance Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Producer 1981 A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Tom Petty Producer 1981 Bad For Good Jim Steinman Producer 1981 Bella Donna Stevie Nicks Producer 1981 Dead Ringer Meat Loaf Producer 1981 Golden Down Willie Nile Producer 1981 Hard Promises Tom Petty Producer 1980 Making Movies Dire Straits Producer 1980 Rockin' at Ground Zero The Gears Executive Producer 1980 Tenement Steps The Motors Producer 1980 The River Bruce Springsteen Engineer 1980 The Up Escalator Graham Parker Audio Production, Producer 1980 This Day and Age D.L. Byron Producer 1979 Damn The Torpedoes Tom Petty Producer 1979 Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty Producer 1979 Live Mother's Finest Producer 1979 No Frills Mark Farner Audio Production, Producer 1979 Perfect Stranger Robert Fleischman Producer 1979 Refugee Tom Petty Producer 1978 Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen Engineer, Mixing 1978 Easter Patti Smith Group Producer, Mixing 1978 Grab It For A Second Golden Earring Producer 1978 Paley Brothers Paley Brothers Producer 1978 The Flame The Flame Producer 1977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf Engineer, Producer, Recorder, Remixing 1976 I Don't Want to Go Home Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes Engineer 1975 Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart Bobby Short Engineer 1975 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing 1975 Jasmine Nightdreams Edgar Winter Group Mixing Assistant 1975 Jasmine Nightdreams Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer Mixing Assistant 1974 Hard Labor Three Dog Night Mixing Assistant 1974 Pussy Cats Harry Nilsson Assistant Engineer 1974 Shock Treatment The Edgar Winter Group Assistant Engineer 1974 Saints & Sinners Johnny Winter Engineer 1974 Walls and Bridges John Lennon Overdub Engineer 1973 Western Head Music Co. Augie Meyers Bass

Filmography

The complete Jimmy Iovine filmography

Date Title Credit Format 2013 Nina Executive Producer Film 2011 Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster's Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden Executive Producer TV Documentary 2011 American Idol Mentor (Season 10 – Present) TV Series 2009 Archie's Final Project Executive Producer Film 2008 More Than a Game Executive Producer Film 2008 Ringo Starr: Off the Record Executive Producer TV Documentary 2006 Off the Record: Bono and The Edge Executive Producer TV Documentary 2008 Pussy Cat Dolls Present: Girlicious Executive Producer TV Series (6 Episodes) 2007 Cane Executive Producer TV Series (12 Episodes) 2006 Rock Legends: Platinum Weird Executive Producer TV Movie 2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' Executive Producer Film 2003 Interscope Records Presents The Next Episode Executive Producer TV Series 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show Executive Producer TV Special 2002 8 Mile Executive Producer Film 2001 Farmclub.com Executive Producer TV Series

In popular culture

• Macklemore's track titled "Jimmy Iovine" is intensely critical of Iovine's business practices, but Macklemore has said that the song is totally fictional and he never met Jimmy Iovine.
• Die Antwoord references Jimmy of Interscope Records multiple times particularly on Ten$Ion album track Uncle Jimmy (Skit).
• Lyric in Bruce Springsteen's "Ain't Good Enough for You": "And babe I tried to make the latest scene; Hitting cool just like Jimmy Iovine"
• Chief Keef references Jimmy Iovine in his track titled "Kobe"
• The Game references Jimmy on City of Angels, "I still owe Jimmy one more album, best the west has ever seen, no disrespect to Calvin."

Further reading

• Rolling Stone on the 30th Anniversary of Born to Run
• Jimmy Iovine on Sound and Vision
• Beats' Jimmy Iovine On Steve Jobs, Spotify, and Why He Can Make Subscriptions Work
• Who Is Jimmy Iovine And Will He Save Amirican Idol?
• Interview With Jimmy Iovine at D: Dive Into Media

External links

• Interscope Geffen A&M
• Beats By Dre
• American Idol
• Jimmy Iovine at All Music Guide