The Brit Award for British Producer of the Year is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[1] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[2] The award was first presented in 1977. It was not presented in 1989, between 1999 and 2008, in 2017 or 2021. As of the 38th Brit Awards in 2018, the winner is selected by a jury and no nominees are announced.
| Brit Award for British Producer of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Achievement in excellent British producer |
| Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
| Presented by | British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
| First awarded | 1977 |
| Currently held by | Chase & Status (2024) |
| Most awards | |
| Most nominations | Trevor Horn (8) |
| Website | www |
The inaugural recipient of the award is George Martin, best known for his work with The Beatles. To date, Kate Bush in 1990 is the only solo woman to have been nominated for the award, though Heather Small and Alison Goldfrapp were nominated as part of M People and Goldfrapp in 1994 and 2015 respectively. Trevor Horn, David A. Stewart and Paul Epworth hold the record for most wins in this category, with three each. Brian Eno is the only other producer to have won the award more than once, winning in both 1994 and 1996. Dean Cover, professionally known as Inflo, was also the first black person to win the award.[3] In 2023, the award was presented to French DJ David Guetta, who became the first international recipient.[4] The current holders of the award are Chase & Status, who received it in 2024.
Winners and nominees edit
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| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | George Martin | |
| 1982 | Martin Rushent | |
| 1983 | Trevor Horn | |
| 1984 | Steve Levine | |
| 1985 | Trevor Horn | |
| 1986 | David A. Stewart | |
| 1987 | David A. Stewart | |
| 1988 | Stock Aitken Waterman | |
| 1989 | Not Awarded | |
| 1990 | David A. Stewart | |
| 1991 | Chris Thomas | |
| 1992 | Trevor Horn | |
| 1993 | Peter Gabriel | |
| 1994 | Brian Eno | |
| 1995 | Nellee Hooper | |
| 1996 | Brian Eno | |
| 1997 | John Leckie |
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| 1998 | Chris Potter, The Verve & Youth | |
| 1999–2008 | Not Awarded | |
| 2009[5] | Bernard Butler | |
| 2010[6] | Paul Epworth | |
| 2011[7] | Markus Dravs | |
| 2012[8] | Ethan Johns | |
| 2013[9] | Paul Epworth | |
| 2014[10] | Alan Moulder & Flood | |
| 2015[11] | Paul Epworth | |
| 2016[12] | Charlie Andrew | |
| 2017 | Not Awarded | |
| 2018[13] | Steve Mac | — |
| 2019[14] | Calvin Harris | |
| 2020[15] | Fred Again | |
| 2021 | Not Awarded | |
| 2022[16] | Inflo | — |
| 2023 | David Guetta | |
| 2024[17] | Chase & Status | |
Multiple nominations and awards edit
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Notes edit
- Peter Gabriel (1993) also won Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
- The Verve (1998) also won Brit Award for British Group
References edit
- ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Inflo wins BRIT Award for Producer of the Year!". Brit Awards. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "BRIT Awards announce Producer and Songwriter Of The Year 2023 winners". NME. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Bernard Butler wins Brits producer award". MusicRadar. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ^ "Brit Awards winners 2010: full list". The Daily Telegraph. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ^ "Coldplay producer Markus Dravs receives Brit". BBC News. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "Brit Awards 2012: Ethan Johns named best producer as Adele and Ed Sheeran triumph". MusicRadar. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Brit awards 2013 – full list of winners". The Guardian. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "Foals producers Flood and Alan Moulder win Brit award". BBC News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Producer Paul Epworth wins third Brit Award". BBC News. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Brit Award winner Charlie Andrew grew up in Kent". Kent Online. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "British Producer of the Year". Brits.co.uk. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Calvin Harris named Producer of the Year at the Brits". Itv.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "The BRIT Awards 2020 with Mastercard announces Fred again.. as Producer of The Year". BPI. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Adele sweeps gender-neutral Brit awards dominated by female acts". Guardian. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Chase & Status win Producer of the Year". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 26 February 2024.