Indie electronic pop artist PinkPantheress has made history ahead of the 2026 Brit Awards. Scheduled for February 28th 2026, PinkPantheress has been named ahead of the ceremony as Producer of the Year.
PinkPantheress, born Victoria Walker makes history as both the first woman and the youngest recipient of the award. She recognised the honour saying My music production is the thing I’m proudest of, and I’ve worked really hard at it, so I hope this inspires others to pursue their passion.”
Previous winners include Calvin Harris, A.G Cook and Fred Again. Similarly to PinkPantheress’ early win, Mark Ronson and Noel Gallagher have also been honoured for Outstanding Contribution To Music and Songwriter Of The Year respectively.
After beginning her career through Soundcloud, PinkPantheress found notoriety through TikTok in 2020. In April 2021, she was signed to Parlophone and by October the same year, she had released her debut mixtape ‘To Hell With It’. Singles like ‘Pain’ and ‘Break it Off’ catapulted PinkPantheress into stardom. PinkPantheress has also toured supporting Halsey and Olivia Rodrigo and headlined three tours of her own.
PinkPantheress has previously been awarded for her music production skills receiving Producer of The Year at Billboard’s Women in Music in 2024. After winning Producer of the Year, PinkPantheress is also up for two other awards come February 28th; Dance Act and Artist of the Year.
Her debut album, ‘Heaven Knows’ was released in November 2023, which saw her capture mainstream attention resulting in 3 Brit nominations including Song of the Year and Best New Artist. Its primary single ‘Boy’s A Liar Pt 2. reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Her second project ‘Fancy That’ garnered two Grammy nominations, MOBO and Mercury Prize nominations and reached number three on the UK Albums chart.
Following the release of this project, PinkPantheress released an extended mixtape named ‘Fancy Some More’ which featured artists like Seventeen, Kylie Minogue, Ravyn Lenae and most significantly Zara Larsson. ’Stateside’ by PinkPantheress featuring Zara Larsson peaked in the top 20 of the Billboard Global 200 and its video has garnered over 20 million views.
The Brit awards this year also sees Olivia Dean and Lola Young be nominated five times each, both artists being rewarded earlier this year at the Grammy’s for Best New Artist and Best Pop Solo Performance respectively.
PinkPantheress has referenced Kate Nash, Imogen Heap and Lily Allen as her biggest influences. Lily Allen has also been nominated at this year’s awards with four nominations; including competing against PinkPantheress for Artist of the Year.
Catch the Brits, this Saturday February 28th.
