Producer of The Year (also BRIT producer of the year) – sponsored by the BPI: Bernard Butler
Nominees: Bernard Bulter, Brian Eno, Steve Mac
Recording Engineer of The Year – sponsored by Prism Sound: James Towler
Nominees: Haydn Bendall, James Towler, Markus Dravs
Best Mix Engineer – sponsored by Digidesign: Cenzo Townshend
Nominees: Andy Bradfield, Cenzo Townsend, Tom Elmhirst
Best Mastering Engineer – sponsored by SADiE: Ray Staff
Nominees: John Davis, Ray Staff, Tim Young
Best International Producer of the Year – sponsored by RAK Studios: Danger Mouse
Nominees: Danger Mouse, Mark Ronson, Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange
Best Live Album of The Year (08) – sponsored by Shure: Girls Aloud – ‘Tangled Up’
Nominees: David Gilmour – ‘Live In Gdansk’, Girls Aloud – ‘Tangled Up’, Nephu Huzzband – ‘Live In London’
UK Album of The Year (08) – sponsored by Cream Recording Studios: Elbow – ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’
Nominees: Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’, Duffy – ‘Rockferry’, Elbow – ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’
UK Single of The Year (08) – sponsored by Discovering Arts: Elbow – ‘One Day Like This’
Nominees: Duffy – ‘Mercy’, Elbow – ‘One Day Like This’, Radiohead – ‘Nude’
The Joe Meek Award for Innovation In Production – sponsored by Music Producers Guild: Brian Eno
Nominees: Brian Eno, Bjork, Mark Ronson
Best Re-mixer – sponsored by CMU: Calvin Harris
Nominees: Calvin Harris, Dan Turner
Best Newcomer – sponsored by Deep Recording Studios: Paul Epworth
Nominees: Dan Hulme, Paul Epworth, Steve Booker
Best Studio – sponsored by TL Audio: British Grove Studios
Nominees: Abbey Road, AIR Lyndhurst, British Grove Studios
Unsung Hero – sponsored by Alchemea: Andy McBride (Tape op – deep studios)
Nominees: Andy McBride, Crispin Murray, Xavier Stephenson
Music Producers Guild Special Recognition Award: Chris Blair