Adrian Breakspear is an English

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

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based in

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, Australia. He is known for his work with

Gang of Youths Gang of Youths are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 2012. Since 2020, the group consists of David Le'aupepe on lead vocals, rhythm guitar and piano, Max Dunn on bass guitar, Jung Kim on guitar and keyboards, Donnie Borzesto ...

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Ricky Martin Enrique Martin Morales (born December 24, 1971), known professionally as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his Ricky Martin albums discography, discography incorporati ...

and

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...

. At the

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, he was nominated for co-producing Williams's 2014 album ''

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''. He received a nomination for Engineer of the Year at the 29th Annual ARIA Awards for his work on Gang of Youths's single "Radioface", and won

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at the 31st Annual ARIA Awards for his work alongside Gang of Youths on their album '' Go Farther in Lightness'' (2017). In 2020, he had a cameo role in the

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biopic ''I Am Woman''.

Selected discography

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

The

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, hosted by the

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(ARIA), recognise "excellence and innovation across all genres" of music in Australia. Breakspear has won one award from three nominations.

Grammy Awards

The

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are awarded annually by

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of the United States for outstanding achievements in the

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Selected discography

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

Grammy Awards

Filmography

References

Notes

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