Brit Award for British Producer of the Year
2023 Winner David Guetta
Awarded forAchievement in excellent British producer
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1977
Currently held byDavid Guetta (2023)
Most awards
Most nominationsTrevor Horn (8)
Websitewww.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.

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]

Winners and nominees

Inaugural winner George Martin
Three-time winner David A. Stewart
Three-time winner Trevor Horn
Two-time winner Brian Eno
2019 winner Calvin Harris
David Guetta, the first non-British recipient of the award, won in 2023


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
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

Multiple nominations and awards

Notes

References

  1. ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Inflo wins BRIT Award for Producer of the Year!". Brit Awards. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ "BRIT Awards announce Producer and Songwriter Of The Year 2023 winners". NME. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Bernard Butler wins Brits producer award". MusicRadar. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Brit Awards winners 2010: full list". The Daily Telegraph. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Coldplay producer Markus Dravs receives Brit". BBC News. 10 February 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Brit Awards 2012: Ethan Johns named best producer as Adele and Ed Sheeran triumph". MusicRadar. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Brit awards 2013 – full list of winners". The Guardian. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Foals producers Flood and Alan Moulder win Brit award". BBC News. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Producer Paul Epworth wins third Brit Award". BBC News. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Brit Award winner Charlie Andrew grew up in Kent". Kent Online. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  13. ^ "British Producer of the Year". Brits.co.uk. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Calvin Harris named Producer of the Year at the Brits". Itv.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  15. ^ "The BRIT Awards 2020 with Mastercard announces Fred again.. as Producer of The Year". BPI. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Adele sweeps gender-neutral Brit awards dominated by female acts". Guardian. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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