Brit Award for British Producer of the Year#Winners and nominees
{{Short description|British music award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Brit Award for British Producer of the Year
| image =
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption =
| awarded_for = Achievement in excellent British producer
| country = United Kingdom (UK)
| presenter = British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
| year = 1977
| year2 =
| most_awards = {{hlist|Paul Epworth|Trevor Horn|David A. Stewart (3 each)}}
| most_nominations = Trevor Horn (8)
| website = {{URL|http://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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/about-bpi.aspx|title=About the BPI|publisher=British Phonographic Industry (BPI)|accessdate=30 November 2018|archive-date=6 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206225605/http://www.bpi.co.uk/about-bpi.aspx|url-status=dead}} The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-awards.aspx|title=BRIT Awards|publisher=British Phonographic Industry (BPI)|accessdate=30 November 2018|archive-date=6 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195429/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-awards.aspx|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/news/inflo-wins-brit-award-for-producer-of-the-year|title=Inflo wins BRIT Award for Producer of the Year!|publisher=Brit Awards|accessdate=14 January 2023}} In 2023, the award was presented to French DJ David Guetta, who became the first international recipient.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/brit-awards-announce-producer-and-songwriter-of-the-year-2023-winners-3396331|title=BRIT Awards announce Producer and Songwriter Of The Year 2023 winners|publisher=NME|accessdate=10 February 2023}} The current holder of the award is A.G. Cook, who received it in 2025.
Winners and nominees
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File:David Guetta live @ MTV EMA 2018.png, the first non-British recipient of the award, won in 2023]]
Multiple nominations and awards
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|+ Artists that received multiple nominations |
scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist |
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8 |
rowspan="3"|5 |
Flood |
Steve Lillywhite |
rowspan="6"|4 |
Nellee Hooper |
Ethan Johns |
David A. Stewart |
Stock Aitken Waterman |
Youth |
rowspan="2"|3 |
Stephen Street |
rowspan="11"|2 |
Peter Gabriel |
Jake Gosling |
Clive Langer |
Steve Mac |
George Martin |
Paul Oakenfold |
Steve Osborne |
Hugh Padgham |
Martin Rushent |
Alan Winstanley |
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class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Artists that received multiple awards |
scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Awards
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist |
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rowspan="3"|3 |
Trevor Horn |
David A. Stewart |
2 |
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Notes
- Peter Gabriel (1993) also won Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist
- The Verve (1998) also won Brit Award for British Group
References
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{{Brit Awards}}
{{Brit British Producer}}
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