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STORY: Songwriter and producer David Foster received the 2,499th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday (May 31).

Foster's career, which has spanned four decades, involved him working with some of the industry's biggest names and earned him 16 Grammy Awards. Foster was on hand for the ceremony and expressed his gratitude for the honor. "The entire world knows Hollywood is the place where dreams come true and today you certainly made mine come true," he said.

The Canadian-born Foster has created hit songs and award-winning gold and platinum albums for such artists as Earth, Wind & Fire, Cole, Michael Bolton, Seal, Chaka Khan, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Chicago, Hall & Oates, Brandy, 'N Sync, and Gloria Estefan. He has also worked with Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Stevie Wonder, and Foster is credited with playing key roles in the discovery and career launches of Celine Dion, Josh Groban and M