British drum and bass duo Chase & Status and their manager, Sophie Kennard of Frame Artists, will receive the joint award for Artist & Manager Team of the Year at the 11/21 Artist & Manager Awards in London.

The honor is in recognition of the group’s success over the past 12 months, which saw it hit #4 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with their latest mixtape, 2 Ruff, Vol 1, and achieving their first #1 on the singles chart with “Backbone” featuring Stormzy.

This year, they’ve headlined stages at Creamfields, Boardmasters, TRNSMT and BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and played their biggest headline show at the 45k capacity Milton Keynes National Bowl. In 2025, Chase & Status will play multiple sold-out U.K. arena dates; their O2 London show is the venue’s fastest-selling from an electronic artist.

Kennard has been instrumental in these successes. She previously ran Chase & Status’ label, MTA Records, before managing the duo via her own company, SK Artists. In 2020, she co-founded Frame with Becci Abbott Black.

“Chase & Status and Sophie Kennard have had a remarkable year," Chief Executive of the Music Managers Forum Annabella Coldrick and Featured Artists Coalition CEO David Martin said. "After almost two decades at the forefront of drum and bass, and with Sophie’s support and expertise, Will and Saul continue to stray from their lane, break fresh ground and champion a new generation of artists.”

The awards have also announced the shortlist for Breakthrough Manager 2024: Dan Jenkins of Raw Power Management (Jordan Adetunji), Jade Busola (Thisizlondon), Jasmine Watts at Circuit Management (Sammy Virji), Lauren Roth de Wolf at Wolves Music Management (Moonchild Sanelly, Africa Express, The Orchestra of Syrian Musicians) and Memz (ZieZie, hazey, prinz, Liilz, fangio, Jomokays).

The shortlist is completed by Oran Barton at Attention Management (Barry Can’t Swim), Thor Sutherland at Way Out Music (Songer, Yxng Dave, Blueboy & dash), Scoop (Darkoo, Taves, BNXN, Tiwa Savage, Rose May Alaba) and Victoria de Juniac of VictoriaBDJ Management (Cian Ducrot, Tommy Lefroy).