Draft:Oli Jacobs

{{Short description|british mixing engineer}}

{{Draft topics|biography|music}}

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Oli Jacobs is a 3-time GRAMMY winning{{Cite web |title=Oli Jacobs {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/oli-jacobs/51846 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=grammy.com}} British music recording and mixing engineer. He is known for his work with Taylor Swift{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2024-04-19 |title=Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department': Here are the full album credits |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-here-are-the-full-album-credits-3619931 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}, Kendrick Lamar{{Cite web |last=A |first=Aron |date=2024-11-22 |title=Kendrick Lamar "GNX" Full Credits: SZA, Mustard, Roddy Ricch & More |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/862551-kendrick-lamar-gnx-album-credits |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}, Sabrina Carpenter{{Cite web |title=Short n' Sweet - album |url=https://credits.muso.ai/album/99ad13e2-b3e3-4f0e-abd1-4b8ed5bd819c |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=Muso.AI |language=en}}, Harry Styles, The 1975, Bleachers and Jack Antonoff.

Oli began his career at Real World Studios working alongside Peter Gabriel{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Oli |date=2016-05-02 |title=The Team {{!}} Real World Studios |url=https://realworldstudios.com/the-team/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Oli Jacobs: Lost In Space |url=https://headlinerhub.com/oli-jacobs-lost-in-space.html |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=headlinerhub.com}}{{Cite web |title=Oli Jacobs {{!}} University of Surrey |url=https://www.surrey.ac.uk/student-life/what-our-students-say/oli-jacobs |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=www.surrey.ac.uk}}, before moving to Los Angeles. During his time at Real World he engineered on top-10 albums including Harry's House{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=2022-05-20 |title=Harry Styles Releases New Album Harry’s House: Listen and Read the Full Credits |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/harry-styles-releases-new-album-harrys-house-listen-and-read-the-full-credits/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} and Being Funny in a Foreign Language. Oli has mixed records for musicians including Beabadoobee, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, The Japanese House and The 1975 together with billboard #1 albums and singles including luther and squabble up by Kendrick Lamar and SZA{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2025-03-03 |title=Kendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-sza-luther-hot-100-number-one-two-weeks/luther-airplay-streams-sales-2/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}. In the UK, he has worked on #1 studio albums including This Is How Tomorrow Moves by Beabadoobee{{Cite web |date=2024-08-22 |title=THIS IS HOW TOMORROW MOVES |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/beabadoobee-this-is-how-tomorrow-moves/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}, i/o by Peter Gabriel{{Cite web |title=I/O |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/peter-gabriel-io/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Official Charts |language=en}} and People Watching by Sam Fender{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title=PEOPLE WATCHING |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/sam-fender-people-watching/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}. Oli also mixed the music for Kendrick Lamar's half-time performance at the Super Bowl LIX.

Oli won the best engineered album at the 65th Annual Grammy awards in 2023 for his work on Harry Styles' Harry's House{{Cite web |title=Oli Jacobs {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/oli-jacobs/51846 |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=grammy.com}}. This album also won Album of the Year in the same year{{Cite web |title=Watch Harry Styles Win Album Of The Year For 'Harry's House' {{!}} 2023 GRAMMYs {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/harry-styles-album-of-the-year-harrys-house-2023-grammys-winner-acceptance-speech-video |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=grammy.com}}. Oli also won the best engineered album award at the 67th Annual Grammy awards in 2025 for his work on Peter Gabriel's i/o. He won the Recording Engineer of the Year award at the 2023 MPG awards in London{{Cite web |date=2023-04-30 |title=The Music Producers Guild Announces 2023 Awards Winners |url=https://mpg.org.uk/news/the-music-producers-guild-announces-2023-awards-winners/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Music Producers Guild}} and was nominated for Mix Engineer of the Year at the 2025 awards{{Cite web |date=2025-03-10 |title=Shortlist for the 2025 MPG Awards Revealed |url=https://mpg.org.uk/news/shortlist-for-the-2025-mpg-awards-revealed/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=The Music Producers Guild}}.