The O2 Silver Clef Awards is an annual UK

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awards lunch which has been running since 1976.

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

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in London, honouring music greats including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Dua Lipa, and raised GBP, £835,000.

Personnel

*Committee Chair: Emma Banks

List of winners

;Silver Clef Award *1976

The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist and singer John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered ...

*1977

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Bible * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book of ...

*1978

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

and

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

*1979

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

*1980

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...

*1981

Status Quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, political, religious or military issues. In the sociological sense, the ''status quo'' refers to the current state of social structure and/or values. W ...

*1982

The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...

*1983

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

*1984

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

*1985

Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percuss ...

*1986

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

*1987

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...

*1988

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

*1989

George Michael George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musici ...

*1990

Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin for all of its existence from 1968 until 1980, when the band broke up following the ...

*1991

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

*1992

Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), a ...

*1993

*1994

Sting Sting may refer to: * Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger * Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself Fictional characters and entities * Sting (Middle-eart ...

*1995

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singe ...

*1996

Wet Wet Wet Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish soft rock band formed in 1982. They scored a number of hits in the UK charts and around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. They are best known for their 1994 cover of The Troggs' 1960s hit "Love Is All Around", which w ...

*1997

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

*1998

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in the ...

*1999

M People M People (stylised as ''M''People) is an English dance music band that formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is taken from the first letter of the first name of band member Mike Pickering, who form ...

*2000

Eurythmics Eurythmics were a British pop duo consisting of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. They were both previously in The Tourists, a band which broke up in 1980. The duo released their first studio album, '' In the Garden'', in 1981 to little succ ...

*2001 Tom Jones *2002

Dido Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in modern Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (t ...

*2003

Coldplay Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University Col ...

*2004

Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then ...

*2005

(30th Anniversary Award) *2006

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

Sharon Osbourne Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952) is a British-American television personality, music manager and author. She is married to heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing ...

*2007

Paul Weller Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul m ...

*2008

Oasis In ecology, an oasis (; ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment'ksar''with its surrounding feeding source, the palm grove, within a relational and circulatory nomadic system.” The location of oases has been of critical imp ...

*2009

*2010

Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

*2011

Annie Lennox Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the New wave music, new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician D ...

*2012

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...

(25th Anniversary Award) *2013

The Clash The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the wa ...

*2014

Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...

*2015

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

*2016 Lionel Richie *2017 Dame Shirley Bassey *2018 Roger Waters *2019 Ed Sheeran ;Outstanding Achievement Award *2005 U2 *2006 The Eagles *2007 Clive Robbins *2010 Tony Bennett *2011

*2012 Andrew Lloyd Webber *2013 Barry Gibb *2014 Sir Tom Jones *2015 Duran Duran *2016 Patti Smith *2017 Blondie (band), Blondie *2018

;Best Newcomer Award *1986 Curiosity Killed the Cat *1987 Pet Shop Boys *1988

*1989 Fairground Attraction *1990 Lisa Stansfield *1991 James (band), James *1992 Right Said Fred *1993

*1994 Dina Carroll *1995 Eternal (band), Eternal *1996 Supergrass *1997 Kula Shaker *1998 Robbie Williams *1999 Another Level (band), Another Level *2000 Five (band), Five *2001 Craig David *2002 Blue (English band), Blue *2003 Ms Dynamite *2004 Jamie Cullum *2005 Razorlight *2005 McFly *2006 Editors (band), Editors *2007 Paolo Nutini *2008 Amy Macdonald *2009 La Roux *2010 JLS *2011 Tinie Tempah *2012 Conor Maynard *2013 Jessie Ware *2014 Laura Mvula *2015 James Bay *2016 Jess Glynne *2017 Anne-Marie *2018 Jorja Smith *2019 Mabel (singer) ;International Award *1992 INXS *1993 U2 *1994 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant *1995 Bryan Adams *1996 AC/DC *1997 Vanessa Mae *1998 Chris de Burgh *1999 The Corrs *2000 Ronan Keating *2001

*2002 Natalie Imbruglia *2003 Bon Jovi *2004 George Benson *2005 Bob Geldof *2006 Foo Fighters *2007 John Legend *2008 Meat Loaf *2009 Brian Wilson *2010 Kelis *2011 Swedish House Mafia *2012 Michael Bublé *2013 Vampire Weekend *2014 Pharrell Williams *2015 Gladys Knight *2016 Hozier (musician), Hozier *2017 Nile Rodgers *2018 The Script *2019 The Black Eyed Peas ;Classical Award *2005 Katherine Jenkins *2007 Andrea Bocelli *2008 Nicola Benedetti *2009 Faryl Smith *2010 Russell Watson *2011 Alfie Boe *2012 Laura Wright (singer), Laura Wright *2013 Alison Balsom *2014 Gareth Malone *2015 Il Divo *2016 André Rieu *2017 Alexander Armstrong *2018 Alfie Boe & Michael Ball *2019 Sheku Kanneh-Mason ;Icon Award *1998 Cliff Richard, Sir Cliff Richard *1999 Madness (band), Madness *2007

*2008 Squeeze (band), Squeeze *2009 Madness (band), Madness *2010 Dame Vera Lynn *2011 Liza Minnelli *2012 Norman Cook, Fatboy Slim *2013 Alison Moyet *2014 Chas & Dave *2015 Primal Scream *2016 Jeff Lynne *2017

*2018 Stereophonics ;Best Female Award *2015 Rita Ora *2016 Florence Welch *2017 Emeli Sande *2018 Ellie Goulding *2019 Dua Lipa ;Best Male Award *2015 Jake Bugg *2016 Olly Murs *2018 George Ezra *2019 Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith ;Best Group *2015 Kasabian *2016 Massive Attack *2017 Mumford & Sons *2018 Bastille *2019 Years & Years, Years and Years ;Innovation Award *2008 Estelle (musician), Estelle *2009 N-Dubz *2010 Dizzee Rascal *2011 McFly *2012 Emeli Sandé *2013 Labrinth *2014 Giorgio Moroder *2015 Mark Ronson *2016 Craig David *2017 Pete Tong *2018 Rudimental *2019 The Chemical Brothers ;Best Live Act (voted for by the public) *2011 Sir Paul McCartney *2012 McFly *2013 One Direction *2014 Justin Timberlake *2015 Arctic Monkeys *2017 Little Mix *2018 Harry Styles ;Ambassadors of Rock Award *2007 Bryan Ferry *2008 Bryan Adams *2009

*2010 Slash (musician), Slash *2011 Arcade Fire *2012 Manic Street Preachers *2013 Ray Davies *2014 Black Sabbath ;Best British Act Award *2006 Kaiser Chiefs *2007 Snow Patrol *2008 The Fratellis *2009 Stereophonics *2010 Scouting For Girls *2011 Biffy Clyro *2012 Jessie J *2013

*2014 Paloma Faith ;World Peace Award *1997 John Lennon (posthumous) ;Special Achievement Award *1992 Alan Freeman *1993 The Bee Gees *1995 George Martin *1997 Chris Barber *1998 Deep Purple *1999 Pete King (British musician), Pete King *2000 Burt Bacharach & Hal David *2001 Leiber & Stoller *2002 Lulu (singer), Lulu *2003 Ray Davies *2004

*2005

*2006 Gary Farrow ;Heart Record/ Artist of the Year Award *2003 Atomic Kitten *2004 Will Young *2005 Lemar (male) *2005 Natasha Bedingfield (female) *2006 Girls Aloud *2007 The Feeling

References

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External links

Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards
British music awards 1976 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 1976

History

Personnel

Categories

List of winners

See also

References

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