Silver Clef Award

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O2 Silver Clef Awards
Awarded forOutstanding contribution to UK music
Location United Kingdom
Presented by Nordoff Robbins
Last awarded2023
Currently held by Ed Sheeran
Website

The O2 Silver Clef Awards is an annual UK music awards lunch which has been running since 1976. [1]

Contents

History

The Silver Clef fundraising committee was founded in 1976 by musicians and managers from across the British music industry, who wanted to honour and award music artists whilst raising funds for Nordoff Robbins. The event went on to become the annual Silver Clef Awards and Lunch, an important date in the social and business calendar of the music industry, with even members of the Royal Family attending as guests of honour. The Silver Clef initiative eventually expanded to the USA, where members of the music community there arranged the first American Silver Clef Award Dinner and Auction in 1989. The funds from that event benefited the Nordoff Robbins Centre for Music Therapy based at New York University.

The 44th annual event was held in July 2019 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, honouring music greats including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Dua Lipa, and raised £835,000. [2]

Personnel

Categories

List of winners

Silver Clef Award

Outstanding Achievement Award

Best Newcomer Award

International Award

Classical Award

Icon Award

Best Female Award

Best Male Award

Best Group

Innovation Award
*2023 Nova Twins  

Best Live Act (voted for by the public)

Ambassadors of Rock Award

Best British Act Award

World Peace Award
Special Achievement Award

Heart Record/ Artist of the Year Award

See also

Knebworth Festival (1990 Silver Clef Award Winners show)

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