A.G. Prepare dinner to Accumulate Manufacturer of The 12 months Prize 

The BRIT Awards has introduced that A.G. Prepare dinner is the recipient of this yr’s manufacturer of the yr award.

The British musician was once an govt manufacturer for Charli XCX’s Brat LP, which hit No. 3 at the Billboard 200, and No. 1 at the U.K.’s Respectable Albums Chart. 

Prepare dinner has had co-writing and co-producer credit on various albums, together with Beyoncé’s Renaissance in 2020, however he’s highest identified for his operating dating with Charli XCX. Prepare dinner has performed govt manufacturer on a number of of Charli’s tasks: 2017 mixtapes Number one Angel and Pop 2; 2019 LP Charli; and 2020’s How I’m Feeling Now. 

Talking at the information, Prepare dinner mentioned, “As anyone who’s at all times felt like a little of an interloper, I’m very flattered to be identified by means of The BRITs. From the early PC Song days to the Charli mixtapes and past, I’ve been fortunate to paintings on such a lot song that I really imagine in. Specifically, I’d love to commit this second to Sophie, whose imaginative and prescient and artistry remains to be a driver for manufacturers in every single place.”

The honorary manufacturer of the yr prize was once first awarded in 1977 to The Beatles manufacturer George Martin, and in recent times has been gained by means of Fred Once more.. (2020), Inflo (2022), David Guetta (2023) and Chase & Standing (2024). Prepare dinner was once decided on for the prize by means of a panel of skilled judges.

Prepare dinner has been a key participant within the British and world pop scene for the previous decade. In 2013, he established the influential PC Song document label, which is credited with spearheading the hyperpop sound. In 2024, he launched his 3rd studio album, Britpop, which gave the impression on Billboard U.K.’s albums of the yr listing, with Sophie Williams writing that the LP “felt like a protected, uplifting, candy-striped wonderland the place one may conceal from rising international nervousness.”

The BRIT Awards rite will happen Saturday (March 1) at London’s O2 Enviornment, and will probably be hosted by means of comic Jack Whitehall. Performances at the night time will come from Sabrina Wood worker, Sam Fender, Teddy Swims, Shaboozey and extra, and the rite will probably be broadcast live to tell the tale ITV and on streaming provider ITV X from 8:15 p.m. GMT.