
The
BRIT Awards have crowned
Fred again.. (aka
Fred Gibson) as the youngest-ever recipient of Producer of the Year. The recognition arrives after his productions for
Ed Sheeran,
Stormzy and
Justin Bieber spent 14 weeks at #1 on the U.K. singles chart last year.
Top charting tracks produced by Fred last year include Sheeran’s collaboration with
Khalid, "Beautiful People," Stormzy's "Take Me Back to London" and Bieber's "I Don’t Care."
He had eight Top 10 singles and at least one song in the Top 10 for 20 consecutive weeks, including
George Ezra’s four times platinum "Shotgun" and
Mist and
Fredo’s "So High." The year ended as a producer on Stormzy’s #1 album,
Heavy Is The Head, and he produced the first #1 single of the decade with "Own It" from the same album.
Recent and forthcoming collaborations span artists as diverse as
Stefflon Don,
Charli XCX,
Skrillex and
FKA Twigs.
Fred cut his teeth as a teenager working alongside
Brian Eno on
Eno & Hyde’s acclaimed 2014 albums
High Life and
Someday World, quickly followed by the Ivor Novello nominated
Bleeds by
Roots Manuva.
The BRIT Award for Producer of the Year has been voted on by a panel of A&R executives drawn from across the recorded music sector, having been previously selected by a judging panel of the
Music Producers’ Guild and presented as part of their own awards.