Nile Rodgers

SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE & MUSIC ICON.

In 2023 he became the first creator to be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his legacy in the same year as being awarded a Grammy for his work with Beyoncé on the smash hit “Cuff It”. As the co-founder of CHIC, Nile pioneered a musical language that generated chart-topping hits like "Le Freak”, the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records and sparked the advent of hiphop with "Good Times” and “Rapper’s Delight”. His work in The CHIC Organization, including “We Are Family” for Sister Sledge and “I’m Coming Out” for Diana Ross, and his productions for artists such as David Bowie (“Let’s Dance”), Madonna (“Like A Virgin”) and Duran Duran (“The Reflex”), have sold more than 500 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide, while his innovative, trendsetting collaborations with Daft Punk, Daddy Yankee, LE SSERAFIM, Coldplay and Beyoncé reflect the vanguard of contemporary hits. Nile’s extensive film and video game soundtrack work includes the score for “Coming to America” and video games such as “Halo 2”.

Nile is the first, and only “Artist in Residence” at Apple Music and helms the award-winning Apple Music 1’s “Deep Hidden Meaning” radio show celebrating the work of great songwriters. Nile served as the first-ever Chief Creative Advisor for Abbey Road Studios and most recently has been appointed as Chief Collaborator and Chair of its Board of Advisors for Abbey Road’s newest innovation offer, Audiomovers. Nile is the Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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