Sebastian Krys

Sebastian Krys (born November 11, 1970) is an Argentine-born American audio engineer, record producer and radio personality. A six-time Grammy and 13-time Latin Grammy winner, Krys has worked with many Spanish language pop and rock artists such as Percance, Sergio Dalma, Eros Ramazzotti, Sandy & Junior, Gloria Estefan, Carlos Vives, Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Luis Fonsi, Vega, Kinky, Los Rabanes, Obie Bermúdez, Ricky Martin,^[1] Marc Anthony, Lori Meyers, Fangoria, La Santa Cecilia and Will Smith.

Sebastian Krys (pronounced "Chris") was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and arrived in the United States in 1980 at the age of nine as an undocumented immigrant. He became a U.S. citizen in 2012. He Lives with his wife, Pamela Krys, and sons Nick and Gabe Krys.^[2]

Krys started in 1992 as a recording intern at Emilio Estefan's Crescent Moon Studio in Miami, where he worked until the early 2000s. There he worked with major Latin artists such as Roberto Blades, Celia Cruz, Enrique Iglesias, David Bisbal, Ricky Martin, Arturo Sandoval, Jon Secada and, of course, Gloria Estefan.

In 2010, after moving to Los Angeles, Krys launched an independent music company called Rebeleon Entertainment.^[3]

As a producer and mixer, he won seven American Grammys^[6] and ten Latin Grammys.^[7] He is currently^[when?] fourth in the list of the Most Latin Grammys won by a Producer, third as Most Latin Grammys won by an Engineer or Mixer and sixth as Most Latin Grammys won in a lifetime. In 2007, Krys was awarded the title of Producer of the Year.^[8] at the 8th Latin Grammy Awards In 2009, he was inducted to the Full Sail University Hall of Fame.^[9]