# Brit Award for British Producer of the Year

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. The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. 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. In 2023, the award was presented to French DJ David Guetta, who became the first international recipient. The current holder of the award is A.G. Cook, who received it in 2025.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 1977 | George Martin | Gus Dudgeon Glyn Johns Mickie Most |
| 1982 | Martin Rushent | Stuart Colman Chris Neill |
| 1983 | Trevor Horn | George Martin Martin Rushent Alan Winstanley & Clive Langer |
| 1984 | Steve Levine | Peter Collins Steve Lillywhite Trevor Horn Alan Winstanley & Clive Langer |
| 1985 | Trevor Horn | Peter Collins Jolley & Swain Laurie Latham Steve Lillywhite |
| 1986 | David A. Stewart | Trevor Horn Chris Hughes Steve Lillywhite Hugh Padgham |
| 1987 | David A. Stewart | Trevor Horn Hugh Padgham Stock Aitken Waterman Pip Williams |
| 1988 | Stock Aitken Waterman | Brian Eno Julian Mendelsohn Paul Staveley O'Duffy Alan Tarney |
| 1989 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 1990 | David A. Stewart | Kate Bush Coldcut Peter Gabriel Steve Lillywhite Stock Aitken Waterman |
| 1991 | Chris Thomas | Nellee Hooper George Michael Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne Youth |
| 1992 | Trevor Horn | Mark Knopfler Johnny Marr David A. Stewart Stock Aitken Waterman Youth |
| 1993 | Peter Gabriel | Trevor Horn Stephen Lipson Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne Pete Waterman |
| 1994 | Brian Eno | Flood M People Nellee Hooper Youth |
| 1995 | Nellee Hooper | Ed Buller Flood Trevor Horn Stephen Street |
| 1996 | Brian Eno | Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris Nellee Hooper John Leckie Stephen Street |
| 1997 | John Leckie | Absolute, Andy Bradfield, Matt Rowe & Richard Stannard Mike Hedges Hugh Jones Tricky |
| 1998 | Chris Potter, The Verve & Youth | Nigel Godrich & Radiohead Liam Howlett Roni Size Stephen Street |
| 1999–2008 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2009 | Bernard Butler | Brian Eno Steve Mac |
| 2010 | Paul Epworth | Jim Abbiss Ethan Johns Steve Lillywhite |
| 2011 | Markus Dravs | Ethan Johns John Leckie Mike Pela Stuart Price |
| 2012 | Ethan Johns | Paul Epworth Flood |
| 2013 | Paul Epworth | Damon Albarn Jake Gosling |
| 2014 | Alan Moulder & Flood | Paul Epworth Ethan Johns |
| 2015 | Paul Epworth | Flood Goldfrapp Jake Gosling |
| 2016 | Charlie Andrew | Mike Crossey Tom Dalgety Mark Ronson |
| 2017 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2018 | Steve Mac | — |
| 2019 | Calvin Harris | — |
| 2020 | Fred Again | — |
| 2021 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded |
| 2022 | Inflo | — |
| 2023 | David Guetta | — |
| 2024 | Chase & Status | — |
| 2025 | A. G. Cook | — |

## Multiple nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Artist |
| 8 | Trevor Horn |
| 5 | Paul Epworth |
| 5 | Flood |
| 5 | Steve Lillywhite |
| 4 | Brian Eno |
| 4 | Nellee Hooper |
| 4 | Ethan Johns |
| 4 | David A. Stewart |
| 4 | Stock Aitken Waterman |
| 4 | Youth |
| 3 | John Leckie |
| 3 | Stephen Street |
| 2 | Peter Collins |
| 2 | Peter Gabriel |
| 2 | Jake Gosling |
| 2 | Clive Langer |
| 2 | Steve Mac |
| 2 | George Martin |
| 2 | Paul Oakenfold |
| 2 | Steve Osborne |
| 2 | Hugh Padgham |
| 2 | Martin Rushent |
| 2 | Alan Winstanley |
Artists that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 3 | Paul Epworth |
| 3 | Trevor Horn |
| 3 | David A. Stewart |
| 2 | Brian Eno |