Music News - Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards Winners 2016
18 November 2016 - 0 Comments
Broods have won five Tuis at the 2016 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, rounding out another incredible year for the brother and sister duo who took home four awards in 2015.
The Nelson born LA locals have topped the award categories for Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year for their sophomore effort Conscious and Vodafone Single of the Year for their track Free, as well as winning Best Group and The Edge Best Pop Album.
They also won the Vodafone People’s Choice Award, beating out their record of four Tuis received at last year’s Music Award ceremony.
Aaradhna earned Tuis for Fiji Airways Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album for Brown Girl, which fired to the top of the Official New Zealand Top 40 chart earlier this year.
The Best Male Solo Artist award was received by Maala, who has had a year of strong releases and singles – including the smash hit Kind of Love off his debut album Composure.
There was a lot of fresh talent making the rounds throughout 2016 including Kings who won Breakthrough Artist of the Year. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard his hit single Don’t Worry ‘Bout It on the airwaves across New Zealand.
When it comes to making a splash on the global stage, New Zealand is the home of top quality exports. This year, we celebrate Fat Freddy’s Drop and the impact they’ve had globally with the 2016 International Achievement Award.
Singer songwriter Bic Runga received the NZ Herald Legacy Award for her contributions to Kiwi music and was welcomed into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. She punctuated the point with a phenomenal rendition of her breakthrough song Sway.
For the second year running, Sol3 Mio have surpassed every other artist nationwide to secure the THREE Highest Selling Album with On Another Note. So far, the album has been certified double platinum and shows no signs of slowing down in the waning months of 2016.
Six60 are also celebrating two accomplishments tonight. Their single White Lines is 2016’s Vodafone Highest Selling Single, as well as the NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year.
For their album Dead Sight, Villainy have taken home the Tui for Best Rock Album, while Lawrence Arabia achieves Best Alternative Album of 2016 with Absolute Truth – adding another award to his growing collection.
The Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Album was a strong category this year, with all three finalists bringing something refreshing and unique to the table. Rob Ruha received the award for Pūmau,
Other awards included Best Electronic Album and Best Roots Album, which were awarded to Pacific Heights for The Stillness and Unity Pacific for Blackbirder Dread, respectively.
Edge Kingsland won Best Worship Album for Edge Kingsland Vol 3: The Common Good, while Best Classical Album was awarded to Anthony Ritchie and Ross Harris for Fjarran.
Recorded Music New Zealand Chief Executive Damian Vaughan says it’s been another sensational year for music across the country.
“The records that our musicians are making are absolutely world class, and this year’s selection is outstanding. Our sincere congratulations to all of the 2016 finalists and Tui award winners”
The event was hosted by comedians Jono & Ben and featured live performances from Maala, Shapeshifter, Tami Neilson, Kings, Aaradhna and Fat Freddy’s Drop – as well as a special performance by 2016’s NZ Herald Legacy Award winner Bic Runga with special guests Boh Runga, Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins) and Kody Nielson (The Mint Chicks, Opossum, Silicon).
Tui recipients who have received their awards during the year are:
● Best Jazz Album: Phil Broadhurst Quintet - Panacea
● Best Folk Album: Holly Arrowsmith - For The Weary Traveller
● Best Pacific Music Album: Te Vaka - Amataga
● Best Country Music Album: The Warratahs - Runaway Days
● Best Album Cover: Anns Taylor - Absolute Truth (Lawrence Arabia)
● Best Engineer: Joel Little - Conscious (Broods)
● Massey University Best Producer: Joel Little - Conscious (Broods)
● NZ On Air Best Music Video: Chris Lane - Inside Out(Avalanche City)
● Best Children’s Music Album: Itty Bitty Beats - Lay Your Head Down’
● NZ On Air 2016 Critics’ Choice Prize – Scuba Diva
1.
Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year
Winner: Broods – ‘Conscious’
Aaradhna – ‘Brown Girl’
Fat Freddy’s Drop – ‘BAYS’
Hollie Smith – ‘Water Or Gold’
Tami Neilson – ‘Don’t Be Afraid’
The Phoenix Foundation – ‘Give Up Your Dreams’
2.
Vodafone Single of the Year
Winner: Broods – ‘Free’
Aaradhna – ‘Brown Girl’
KINGS – 'Don't Worry Bout' It'
MAALA – ‘Kind of Love’
The Naked And Famous – ‘Higher’
Shapeshifter – ‘Stars’
3.
Best Group
Winner: Broods – ‘Conscious’
Fat Freddy’s Drop – ‘BAYS’
The Phoenix Foundation – ‘Give Up Your Dreams’
Sol3 Mio – ‘On Another Note’
4.
Best Male Solo Artist
Winner: MAALA – ‘Composure’
Avalanche City – ‘We Are For The Wild Places’
Dave Dobbyn – ‘Harmony House’
Lawrence Arabia – ‘Absolute Truth’
5. Fiji Airways Best Female Solo Artist
Winner: Aaradhna – ‘Brown Girl’
Hollie Smith – ‘Water Or Gold’
Ladyhawke – ‘Wild Things’
Tami Neilson – ‘Don’t Be Afraid’
6.
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Winner: KINGS – 'Don't Worry Bout'
It'
LEISURE – ‘All Over You’
nomad – ‘Oh My My’
SACHI – ‘Lunch with Bianca’
7.
Best Rock Album
Winner: Villainy – ‘Dead Sight’
Beastwars – ‘The Death Of All Things’
Jordan Luck Band – ‘Not Only… But Also’
8. The Edge Best Pop Album
Winner: Broods – ‘Conscious’
Avalanche City – ‘We Are For The Wild Places’
MAALA – ‘Composure’
9.
Best Alternative Album
Winner: Lawrence Arabia – ‘Absolute
Truth’
The Phoenix Foundation – ‘Give Up Your Dreams’
Silicon – ‘Personal Computer’
10. Best Urban/Hip Hop Album
Winner: Aaradhna – ‘Brown Girl’
PNC – ‘The Luke Vailima EP’
SWIDT – ‘SmokeyGotBeatz Presents SWIDT vs EVERYBODY’
11.
Best Roots Album
Winner: Unity Pacific – ‘Blackbirder
Dread’
Fat Freddy’s Drop – ‘BAYS’
Rob Ruha – ‘Pūmau’
12. Best Electronic Album
Winner: Pacific Heights – ‘The
Stillness
Electric Wire Hustle – ‘Aeons’
Opiuo – ‘Omniversal’
13. Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Album
Winner: Rob Ruha – ‘Pūmau’
Dennis Marsh – ‘Maori Songbook 2’
Kirsten Te Rito – ‘Āiotanga’
14. Best Worship Album
Winner: Edge Kingsland – ‘Edge Vol.
3: The Common Good’
Grace Vineyard Music – ‘Seek You’
LIFE Worship – ‘By My Spirit’
15.
Best Classical Album
Winner: Anthony Ritchie and Ross
Harris – ‘Fjarran’
Kenneth Young – ‘Shadows and Light’
Zephyr – ‘Zephyr’
16.
Vodafone People’s Choice Award
Winner: Broods
Fat Freddy’s Drop
KINGS
MAALA
Sol3Mio
17.
NZ Herald Legacy Award
Bic Runga
18.
Vodafone Highest Selling Single
Six60 – ‘White Lines’
19.
Three Highest Selling Album
Sol3Mio – ‘On Another
Note’
20.
NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year
Six60 – ‘White Lines’
21.
International Achievement
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Artisan Awards
22.
NZ On Air Best Music Video
Winner: Chris Lane – ‘Inside Out’
(Avalanche City)
Sam Peacocke – ‘Buried By The Burden’ (Pacific Heights Ft. Louis Baker)
Simon Oliver – ‘Secret Lives of Furniture’ (Ha the Unclear)
23.
Best Album Cover
Winner: Anns Taylor – ‘Absolute
Truth’ (Lawrence Arabia)
Henrietta Harris – ‘I'll Forget 17’ (Lontalius)
Simon Faisandier – ‘Road To You’ (ARISE)
24.
Massey University Best Producer
Winner: Joel Little – ‘Conscious’
(Broods)
Devin Abrams – ‘The Stillness’ (Pacific Heights)
Josh Fountain – ‘Composure’ (MAALA)
25.
Best Engineer
Winner: Joel Little – ‘Conscious’
(Broods)
Miller & Phil Yule – ‘Shoot Me In The Heart’ (Miller Yule)
Samuel Flynn Scott & Lee Prebble – ‘Harmony House’ (Dave Dobbyn)
26.
NZ On Air Critics’ Choice Prize
Winner: Scuba Diva
Kane Strang
Spycc & INF
Additional Tuis presented in 2016
27.
Best Pacific Album
Winner: Te Vaka – ‘Amataga’
Annie Grace – ‘The Journey’
Sol3Mio – ‘On Another Note’
28.
Best Country Album
Winner: The Warratahs – ‘Runaway
Days’
Eb & Sparrow – ‘Sun/Son’
Jody Direen – ‘Break Out’
29. Best Folk Album
Winner: Holly Arrowsmith – ‘For The Weary Traveller’
Amiria Grenell – ‘Autumn’
Nadia Reid – ‘Listen to Formations, Look for the Signs’
30.
Best Jazz Album
Winner: Phil Broadhurst – ‘Panacea’
Kevin Field – ‘The A List’
Michael Houston & The Rodger Fox Big Band – ‘Concerti’
31.
Best Children’s Album
Winner: Itty Bitty Beats – ‘Lay Your
Head Down’
Anna Van Riel – ‘Cooking Up A Song’
Peter Weatherall – ‘Lollipop Man’
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