Dalgety was born in
Oxford, Oxfordshire. He grew up in
Frome, Somerset, and began his career working at
Rockfield Studios in Wales.
Royal Blood's self-titled
debut album, produced by Dalgety and the band, was released in August 2014. It was nominated for the 2014
Mercury Prize for best album. It debuted at number one on the
UK Albums Chart and went on to become certified as a platinum selling record (
BPI). Dalgety also worked with the band on their second album
How Did We Get So Dark?, which also went straight in at the top of the
UK Albums Chart. In 2015, Dalgety won "Breakthrough Producer of the Year" at the UK's Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards. In 2016, he was nominated for "British Producer of the Year" at the
BRIT awards for his work on
Royal Blood's debut self titled album. In 2016, Dalgety produced the
Popestar EP for
Ghost, which went to number 1 in the
Billboard Rock Album chart. In January 2017, the single "
Square Hammer" taken from the EP subsequently went to number 1 on
Billboard′s Mainstream Rock Song Chart. And in February 2017 Ghost were awarded a Swedish
Grammis Award with the
Popestar EP winning the best Best Hard Rock/Metal album category. Dalgety was nominated for "UK Producer of the Year" for the second time by the Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards 2018. In late 2018, Dalgety was nominated for the
60th Annual Grammy Awards for his production work on the
Ghost album
Prequelle - nominated for
Best Rock Album and his production and songwriting on the
Ghost track "
Rats" - nominated for
Best Rock Song. == Awards and nominations ==