Music News - BENEE and The Beths win big at the Aotearoa Music Awards
16 November 2020 - 0 Comments
For the second year running, Kiwi pop juggernaut BENEE has taken home four Tui at the Aotearoa Music Awards at Spark Arena, Auckland tonight.
After making a huge splash last year, the singer songwriter has been recognised as one of New Zealand’s fastest rising stars, taking out Te Waiata Totahi o te Tau | Single of the Year for her smash hit Superlonely.
She also won Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa | Best Solo Artist and Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa | Best Pop Artist and was recognised with the International Achievement award for her global accomplishments over the last year.
Following the release of their second album Jump Rope Gazers earlier this year, Auckland indie pop band The Beths won three Tui at the awards this evening, including the coveted Te Pukaemi o te Tau | Album of the Year. The group also won both Te Roopu Toa | Best Group and Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa | Best Alternative Artist for the second year running.
Viral sensation and international acclaimed artist Jawsh 685 has had an incredible year, with his track Laxed – Siren Beat topping charts globally. He is the first Pasifika person and the third New Zealand person ever to top the UK Singles Chart.
Jawsh 685 won Spotify Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau | Breakthrough Artist of the Year and was the second recipient of an International Achievement award.
The supergroup collective of Rob Ruha, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi, Bella Kalolo, Majic Paora, Kaaterama Pou, the East Coast Tira Waiata sensation Ka Hao, and The Witch Doctor & Friends Mohau were recognised with two Tui at the Aotearoa Music Awards - Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa | Best Worship Artist and Te Mangai Paho Mana Reo Tui.
Summer circuit favourites L.A.B won Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Roots Artist as well as the 2020 People’s Choice Award, while Haz & Miloux took out the Tui for Te Kaipuro Awe Toa | Best Soul/RnB Artist and City of Souls won Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa | Best Rock Artist.
After winning a Tui for Best Pacific Group at the Pacific Music Awards earlier this year, hip hop duo Church & AP have taken out Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa | Best Hip Hop Artist.
Other 2020 winners include Lee Mvtthews for Te Kaipuoro Tahiko Toa | Best Electronic Artist, Maimoa for Te Mangai Paho Te Kaipuoro Maori Toa | Best Maori Artist, and Andrew Beer & Sarah Watkins received Te Kaipuro Inamata Toa | Best Classical Artist.
Cementing themselves as Kiwi favourite, Six60 have secured the hattrick and won Te Toa Hoko Teitei, | Highest Selling Artist for the third consecutive year. And Drax Project have secured NZ On Air Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau | Radio Airplay Record of the Year for their song Catching Feelings which features Six60.
Recorded Music NZ CEO Damian Vaughan says this year’s awards celebrate both newcomers and past favourites showing that the New Zealand music scene is continuing to grow and achieve great things despite COVID-19.
“It was a privilege to share a night with some of Aotearoa’s most creative musicians and celebrate their successes. There have been some major challenges posed not only to our industry, but New Zealand and the world.
“Being able to see such deserving artists receive recognition for their art is an honour and something I think we should be proud of as a nation. Not to mention the amazing line up of performances we’ve seen tonight across a range of genres, a true cross section of Aotearoa’s incredible music scene.”
The 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards were hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Sharyn Casey and Jayden King, with performances from BENEE, The Beths, CHAII, Church & AP, City Of Souls, Jawsh685, L.A.B, Mohau, Paige, Six60, Stan Walker, Tami Neilson, Tiki Taane and six special Hall of Fame performances by The Levites.
For those who missed the show, the entire broadcast of the Aotearoa Music Awards and a selection clips from the live performances will be available to view on threenow.co.nz.
AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS | NGA TOHU PUORO O AOTEAROA WINNERS 2020
AMA 2020 Winners (by category)
1. Te Pukaemi o te Tau | Album
of the Year
Winner: The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
L.A.B – L.A.B III
Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province
Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain
Six60 – Six60
Tami Neilson – Chickaboom!
2.
Te Waiata Totahi o te Tau | Single of the Year
Winner: BENEE – Supalonely
Drax Project ft Six60 – Catching Feelings
Jawsh685 – Savage Love
L.A.B – In The Air
Six60 – Please Don’t Go
Troy Kingi – All Your Ships Have Sailed
3.
Te Roopu Toa | Best Group
Winner:
The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
L.A.B. – L.A.B. III
Miss June – Bad Luck Party
Six60 – Six60
4.
Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa | Best Solo Artist
Winner: BENEE – Stella &
Steve
JessB – New Views
Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province
Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain
5.
Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau | Breakthrough Artist of
the Year
Winner:
Jawsh685
CHAII
MELODOWNZ
Paige
6.
Te Mangai Paho Te Kaipuoro Maori Toa | Best Maori Artist
Winner: Maimoa
Ria Hall
Stan Walker
7.
Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa | Best Pop Artist
Winner: BENEE
Paige
Six60
8.
Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa | Best Alternative Artist
Winner:
The Beths
Mermaidens
Reb Fountain
9.
Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa | Best Soul/RnB Artist
Winner: Haz & Miloux
Lepani
Stan Walker
10.
Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa | Best Hip Hop Artist
Winner: Church & AP
choicevaughan
Raiza Biza
11.
Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Roots Artist
Winner: L.A.B
Lomez Brown
Ria Hall
12.
Te Mangai Paho Mana Reo Award
Winner:
Mohau
Maimoa
Six60
13.
Te Kaipuoro Tahiko Toa | Best Electronic Artist
Winner: Lee Mvtthews
State of Mind
Truth
14.
Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa | Best Rock Artist
Winner: City of Souls
Devilskin
Villainy
15.
Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa | Best Worship Artist
Winner: Mohau
Kane Adams
Te Rautini
16.
Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa | Best Classical Artist
Winner: Andrew Beer & Sarah Watkins
Klara Kollektiv
Matthew Marshall
17.
Te Kowhiri o te Nuinga | People’s Choice Award
L.A.B
18.
Tohu Whakareretanga | Recorded Music NZ Legacy Award
Johnny Cooper
Max Merritt
Peter Posa
Dinah Lee
The Chicks
Larry’s Rebels
19.
Te Toa Hoko Teitei | Highest Selling Artist
Six60
20.
Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau | NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year
Drax Project – Catching Feelings (feat. Six60)
21.
Tohu Tutuki o te Ao | Recorded Music NZ International Achievement
BENEE
Jawsh685
2020 Artisan Awards
22. Te Kaiwhakaputa Toa | Massey University Best Producer
Winner: Josh Fountain
Brad Kora – L.A.B III (L.A.B)
CHAII & Frank Keys – Lightswitch (CHAII)
23.
Te Kaipukaha Toa | Best Engineer
Winner: Simon Gooding – Reb Fountain (Reb Fountain)
Lee Prebble – Manawa Wera (Ria Hall)
Lee Prebble & Ara Adams-Tamatea –
L.A.B III (L.A.B)
24:
Te Puoro Ataata Toa | NZ On Air Best Music Video
Winner: Anahera Parata –
Bunga (SWIDT)
Callum Devlin & Annabel Kean – I'm Not Getting Excited (The Beths)
Connor Pritchard – All Your Ships Have Sailed (Troy Kingi)
25.
Te Toi Ataata Pukaemi Toa | Best Album Artwork
Winner: Lily Paris West –
Look Me In The Eye (Mermaidens)
Karin Canzek - Reb Fountain (Reb Fountain)
Mike Braid - The Brightest Flame (Jeremy Redmore)
26:
Kaiwhakahaere Puoro o te Tau | Recorded Music NZ Manager of the Year
Winner: Paul McKessar (CRS
Management)
Dan Woolston (Richmond Music)
Nicole Thomas & Paula Yeoman (NicNak Media Ltd)
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Additional
Tuis presented in 2020
22. Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa | Best Folk Artist
Winner: Mel Parsons – Glass Heart
Victoria Vigenser & Lindsay Martin – The Gap
Paper Cranes – Voices
23. Te Pukaemi Toa o Te
Moana Nui a Kiwa | Best Pacific Music Album
Winner:
Olivia Foa’I – Candid
Church & AP – Teeth
POETIK – Hamofied 2 EP
24. Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua
Toa | Best Country Artist
Winner:
Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders – Word Gets Around
Katie Thompson - Bittersweet
Kendall Elise – Red Earth
25. Recorded Music NZ Te
Kaipuoro Tautito Toa | Best Jazz Artist
Winner:
Dixon Nacey – The Edge Of Chaos
ALCHEMY – ALCHEMY
Michal Martyniuk - Resonate
26. Te Kaipuoro Waiata
Tamariki Toa | Best Children’s Artist
Winner:
Anika Moa – Songs For Bubbas 3
Captain Festus McBoyle
Chris Sanders
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