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Musician

33 UK honours recipients recorded as musician.

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Honours awarded to recipients recorded as musician, by year and award tier.

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Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire11Member Of The Order Of The British Empire10British Empire Medal4Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire4Knight Bachelor3Order Of The Companions Of Honour1

Year

202632025420231202212021220202201932018320173201612015120141201312005220041200322000119931

Time range

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Region

Greater London6City of Aberdeen1Dorset1Kent1Suffolk1West Midlands1

33 people

2026

Member (MBE)

Diana Ambache
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
Jean-Paul Maunick
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
Mark Bailey
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London

2025

BEM

Alison Kay
Person
British Empire Medal · 2025
Broadstone, Dorset
Balbir Singh (balbir Singh Khanpur Bhujhamgy)
Person
British Empire Medal · 2025
Smethwick, West Midlands
Frank Thomson
Person
British Empire Medal · 2025
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen

Officer (OBE)

John Harle
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Canterbury, Kent

2023

Knight

Brian May,
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2023
Surrey

2022

Member (MBE)

Elaine Mitchener
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London

2021

Member (MBE)

Dennis Bovell
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London

Commander (CBE)

Richard Wakeman
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Scole, Suffolk

2020

BEM

Karl Wilson
Person
British Empire Medal · 2020
Twickenham, Greater London

Officer (OBE)

Jeffrey Lynne
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020

2019

Officer (OBE)

Elvis Costello, (declan Patrick Aloysis Mcmanus)
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Canada

Commander (CBE)

Nicholas Mason
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London
Nicola Benedetti
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London

2018

Member (MBE)

Richard Cowie
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London

Officer (OBE)

Julian Joseph
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
London

Knight

Richard Starkey
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2018
Abroad

2017

Officer (OBE)

Chinyere Nwanoku
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
London

Commander (CBE)

James Mccartney
Person
Order Of The Companions Of Honour · 2017
London

Knight

Raymond Davies
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2017
London

2016

Officer (OBE)

Dhanonday Shrivastav
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2016
London

2015

Commander (CBE)

Peter Asher,
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015

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