Brit Award for British Producer of the Year

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Brit Award for British Producer of the Year
Awarded forAchievement in excellent British producer
Country United Kingdom (UK)
Presented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Currently held by Chase & Status (2024)
Most awards
Most nominationsTrevor Horn (8)
Website www.brits.co.uk

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.

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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

Inaugural winner George Martin George Martin - backstage at LOVE.jpg
Inaugural winner George Martin
Three-time winner David A. Stewart Dave Stewart(musician).jpg
Three-time winner David A. Stewart
Three-time winner Trevor Horn Trevor Horn (cropped2).jpg
Three-time winner Trevor Horn
Two-time winner Brian Eno Brian Eno 2015.png
Two-time winner Brian Eno
2019 winner Calvin Harris Calvin Harris - Rock in Rio Madrid 2012 - 09.jpg
2019 winner Calvin Harris
David Guetta, the first non-British recipient of the award, won in 2023 David Guetta live @ MTV EMA 2018.png
David Guetta, the first non-British recipient of the award, won in 2023


YearRecipientNominees
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
1998 Chris Potter, The Verve & Youth
19992008 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

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