Rachel Chinouriri, P!NK and JADE named 2026 Silver Clef Awards winners

Rachel Chinouriri’s rise continues with a Best New Music win at the long-running music charity awards

Rachel Chinouriri has been named Best New Music winner at the 2026 O2 Silver Clef Awards, joining a recipient list that also includes P!NK, Jessie J, JADE and Melanie C.

The ceremony takes place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 9 July as Nordoff & Robbins marks 50 years of the O2 Silver Clef Awards. Since launching in 1976, the event has raised more than £17 million for the music therapy charity.

For Chinouriri, the award celebrates two years that changed the whole scale of her career. Her debut album, What A Devastating Turn Of Events, reached the UK Top 20 in 2024 and earned BRIT Award nominations, while tracks including ‘Never Need Me’, ‘All I Ever Asked’ and ‘The Hills’ pushed her audience far beyond the indie circles that first championed her back when she was putting out streams in 2018.

Last year’s Little House EP brought singles ‘Can We Talk About Isaac?’ and ‘23:42’, expanded her sound without losing the closeness that made earlier releases connect in the first place. Alongside festival appearances and touring across the UK and US, Chinouriri has become one of British pop’s most reliable live performers – next seen at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Sunderland on 23 May under headliners Zara Larsson, Ellie Goulding, Skye Newman, Louis Tomlinson and Lola Young.

Elsewhere, P!NK will receive the main O2 Silver Clef Award following another huge touring run behind 2023’s TRUSTFALL. JADE takes the Best Female Award after a strong start to her solo career, Jessie J receives the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award, and Melanie C will be honoured with the Global Impact Award.

Nordoff & Robbins has spent more than 60 years building music therapy programmes across the UK, working with people affected by disability, illness, trauma and isolation. The charity supports children and adults through sessions designed to help people communicate, connect and express themselves in ways that don’t rely on conversation alone. That work now stretches across schools, hospitals, care homes and community spaces throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

Centres in Croydon, Kentish Town and Newcastle run both one-to-one and group sessions, supporting people living with conditions including dementia, autism, brain injuries and mental health challenges. Alongside its therapy work, Nordoff & Robbins also trains future music therapists through programmes validated by Goldsmiths, University of London and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council.

Find more information on Nordoff & Robbins here, including ways to donate

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