The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) and the Music Managers Forum (MMF) have revealed that the Artist & Manager Awards ceremony returns to London’s Bloomsbury Big Top on Wednesday, November 18.
The annual event – now on its 16th edition – celebrates the unique partnership between artists and managers that powers the modern music business. Raw Power Management has been unveiled as the first recipients for 2026.
Recognising the company’s 20th anniversary (as Music Week did in an eight-page feature in our July edition), founder Craig Jennings and co-CEOs Matt Ash and Don Jenkins will receive the Managers’ Manager Award.
Raw Power’s roster that includes some of the world’s biggest and most iconic rock bands, including Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine, Don Broco, The Damned, At The Drive-In and Refused, as well as an eclectic range of new talent, such as Jordan Adetunji, Heartworms and Tooth.
Breaking into management in the mid-1980s with Baalam & The Angel, Craig Jenning went on to establish Chapter 22 Records – releasing albums for artists such as The Mission, Pop Will Eat Itself, Loop and Suicide, before taking the label to Sanctuary in 2001.
Returning to management in 2006 under the current, Iggy & The Stooges-inspired moniker, he built Raw Power from the ground up, bringing Ash and Jenkins onboard in 2008 and 2012 respectively. In 2024, the company became part of ATC Music Group.
To the wider MMF community, Craig, Matt and Don are a real inspiration – passionately representing their artists, and demonstrating a real faith in long-term investment and development
Annabella Coldrick
Raw Power have worked with Bring Me The Horizon since their second album, Suicide Season, and have overseen their evolution into a genuine global phenomenon with more than 7.2m albums sales and headline shows in more than 50 countries.
Following a BRIT Awards win, Bring Me The Horizon headlined the Reading & Leeds Festivals in 2025. This year, following recent exclusive performances at Outbreak Fest, they will go on to play Hungary’s Sziget Festival, Rock In Rio and a string of Canadian and US arena dates.
Other Raw Power successes in 2026 include The Damned’s sold-out 50th anniversary show at the OVO Arena Wembley, a fourth successive Top 10 album for Don Broco, and a new forthcoming album from The Mars Volta.
Annabella Coldrick, chief executive, Music Managers Forum, said: “It’s always exciting to announce the return of Artist & Manager Awards, and especially so when we can help celebrate 20 years of Raw Power Management. To the wider MMF community, Craig, Matt and Don are a real inspiration – passionately representing their artists, and demonstrating a real faith in long-term investment and development. Behind the scenes, they’ve also helped bring so many younger managers through the ranks, and remain incredibly generous with their time and insights. They are worthy recipients of our Managers’ Manager Award.”
Subscribers can read Music Week’s Raw Power Management interview here.
(L-R) Matt Ash, Craig Jennings and Don Jenkins (Credit: Andrew Lipowsky)
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