Walter Afanasieff (born February 10, 1958), formally nicknamed as
Baby Love in the 1980s, is a
Russian American multiple
Grammy Award-winning
record producer and
songwriter. He is best known for his long association with
Mariah Carey, for whom he was co-producer and co-writer for several years, beginning in 1990. He won the 1999 Grammy Award in the Record of the Year category for producing "
My Heart Will Go On" by
Celine Dion, and the 2000 Grammy Award for Non-Classical Producer of the Year.