Chris Athens is an American mastering engineer from Austin, Texas.
[1] He founded his own studio, Chris Athens Masters, in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where he currently operates.
He also has two Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical nominations for Ella Mai's eponymous debut studio album and Robert Glasper's Black Radio III.
[2] In 2018, at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Athens received two Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year nominations for Bomba Estéreo's "Internacionales" and Rosalía's "Malamente".
The following year, at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, he achieved his third nomination in the respective category with Rosalía's "Aute Cuture", along the way winning a Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and a Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album both for Rosalía's El mal querer.