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Pop sensation BENEE made her mark on the New Zealand music history tonight, taking home four Tui at the 54th Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards at Spark Arena in Auckland.

The nineteen-year-old was awarded Best Solo Artist | Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa and Vodafone Single of the Year | Te Waiata Totahi o te Tau on the back of her certified platinum debut single Soaked.

She also claimed the The Edge Best Pop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa and Smirnoff Pure Potential Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau for her latest album Fire On Marzz.

Hip hop meets jazz in Avantdale Bowling Club’s self-titled debut album by Tom Scott which received two Tui including the coveted Three Album of the Year | Te Pukaemi o te Tau and Best Hip Hop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa.

The album, which hit #1 in the Official New Zealand Music Charts, was conceptualised by artist Tom Scott along with talented musicians who brought each song to life. He also performed Home with the Avondale Intermediate School Choir, an homage the school he attended in his youth.

Also picking up two Tui was indie pop band The Beths for Best Group | Te Roopu Toa and Best Alternative Artist | Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa, following the success of their debut album Future Me Hates Me in 2018. The four-piece band has been taking New Zealand and the world by storm, with sell-out shows across New Zealand, Europe and the UK.

For the second year in a row veterans Six60 picked up Vodafone Highest Selling Artist I Te Toa Hoko Teitei and NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year | Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau, further cementing their place as a Kiwi favourite. They also took out Vodafone People’s Choice Award | Te Kowhiri o te Nuinga.

As a result of the success of the third instalment of Troy Kingi’s ambitious plan to release 10 albums in 10 years, Troy Kingi, alongside his band The Upperclass, deservedly received Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Artist | Te Kaipuoro Maori Toa and Best Roots Artist | Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa for the album Holy Colony Burning Acres.

Legacy award | Tohu Whakareretanga and NZ Music Hall of Fame | The Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa inductees Th’ Dudes reformed to play their own tribute performance, a medley of their classic Kiwi songs – including Bliss, Be Mine Tonight and Walking in Light.

They were joined by special guests Rikki Morris, the brother of the late Ian Morris, as well as Ian’s daughters Julia and Maude of Lexxa, capping off an amazing night of celebrating Aotearoa’s booming music scene.

After their four-year hiatus, Auckland rockers Villainy released their highly anticipated third album Raised in the Dark, winning them Best Rock Artist | Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa, while Bailey Wiley, who is soon to embark on a nationwide tour, won KFC Best Soul/RnB Artist | Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa following the release of her self-titled EP.

Also taking home awards tonight was internationally renowned Tali who received rova Best Electronic Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tahiko Toa for her latest album Love & Migration, Harbourside Worship who received Best Worship Artist | Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa for their new EP Collide and Simon O’Neill & Terence Dennis who won Best Classical Artist | Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa for his album Distant Beloved.

Big winners at last year awards, Drax Project received the Recorded Music NZ International Achievement | Tohu Tutuki o te Ao for the success of their single Woke Up Late, which went double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association and has more than 70 million streams on Spotify to date.

Recorded Music NZ CEO Damian Vaughan said this year’s awards celebrated both newcomers and past favourites showing that the New Zealand music scene is continuing to grow.

“The calibre of talent just keeps getting better each year with more and more of our talented Kiwi musicians making an impact both in Aotearoa and abroad.

We’re consistently impressed by the creativity, skill and expertise of our musicians and New Zealand should be incredibly proud. The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards give us a chance to acknowledge this as well as encourage aspiring and emerging artists to continue forging their music journey.”

The 2019 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards were hosted by Laura Daniel and Jon Toogood, with performances from Avantdale Bowling Club, The Beths, BENEE, Mitch James, Troy Kingi and Villainy, as well as a moving performance from Teeks & Hollie Smith and rocking finale from Th’ Dudes.

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Photos courtesy of Chris Morgan - Morgan Creative.

Congratulations to all the winners!

VODAFONE NZ MUSIC AWARDS|NGA TOHU PUORO O AOTEAROA WINNERS 2019

VNZMA 2019 Finalists (by category)
1. THREE Album of the Year | Te Pukaemi o te Tau
Winner: Avantdale Bowling Club – Avantdale Bowling Club
Aldous Harding – Designer
The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
Broods – Don’t Feed The Pop Monster
Mitch James – Mitch James
Marlon Williams – Live at Auckland Town Hall

2. Vodafone Single of the Year | Te Waiata Totahi o te Tau
Winner: BENEE – Soaked
Aldous Harding – The Barrell
The Beths – Little Death
Church & AP – Ready or Not
Drax Project – All This Time
Six60 – The Greatest

3. Best Group | Te Roopu Toa
Winner: The Beths – Future Me Hates Me
Beastwars - IV
Broods – Don’t Feed The Pop Monster
L.A.B. – L.A.B. II

4. Best Solo Artist | Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa
Winner: BENEE – Fire On Marzz 
Aldous Harding - Designer
Avantdale Bowling Club – Avantdale Bowling Club
Mitch James – Mitch James

5. Smirnoff Pure Potential Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau
Winner: BENEE
BAYNK
The Beths
Church & AP

6. Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Artist | Te Kaipuoro Maori Toa
Winner: Troy Kingi
Louis Baker
Rei

7. The Edge Best Pop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa
Winner: BENEE
Broods
Mitch James

8. Best Alternative Artist | Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa
Winner: The Beths
Aldous Harding
Tiny Ruins

9. KFC Best Soul/RnB Artist | Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa
Winner: Bailey Wiley
Louis Baker
Rei

10. Best Hip Hop Artist | Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa
Winner: Avantdale Bowling Club
Church & AP
Diggy Dupè

11. Best Roots Artist | Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa
Winner: Troy Kingi
L.A.B
Lost Tribe Aotearoa

12. rova Best Electronic Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tahiko Toa
Winner: Tali 
Pacific Heights
Sweet Mix Kids

13. Best Rock Artist | Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa
Winner: Villainy
Beastwars
Racing

14. Best Worship Artist | Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa
Winner: Harbourside Worship
Equippers Worship
Jules Riding

15. Best Classical Artist | Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa
Winner: Simon O’Neill & Terence Dennis  
The Linkwood Guitar Duo
Michael Houstoun & Bella Hristova

16. Vodafone People’s Choice Award | Te Kowhiri o te Nuinga
Six60

17. Recorded Music NZ Legacy Award | Tohu Whakareretanga
Th’ Dudes

18. Vodafone Highest Selling Artist I Te Toa Hoko Teitei
Six60

19. NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year | Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau
Six60

20. Recorded Music NZ International Achievement | Tohu Tutuki o te Ao
Drax Project

Additional Tuis presented in 2019

21. Music Teacher of the Year | Kaiarahi Puoro o te Tau
Winner: Duncan Ferguson – St Andrews College, Christchurch
Jane Egan – Gisborne Girls High School, Gisborne
Sue Banham – Rosehill College, Papakura, Auckland

22. Massey University Best Producer | Te Kaiwhakaputa Toa:
Winner: Josh Fountain – (Various)
Simon Gooding, Ji Fraser, Eli Paewai - Mitch James (Mitch James)
Tom Healy - Olympic Girls (Tiny Ruins)

23. NZ On Air Best Music Video | Te Puoro Ataata Toa:
Winner: Vision Thing – Rock Bottom (Randa)
Jason Brock – Feeling Free (Leisure)
Martin Sagadin and Aldous Harding – The Barrel (Aldous Harding)

24. Best Album Artwork | Te Toi Ataata Pukaemi Toa:
Winner: Jaime Robertson - A Quiet Divide (Rhian Sheehan)
Mike Braid - Raised in The Dark (Villainy)
Tim Harper & Dick Frizzell - Offering (Various Artists)

25. Best Engineer | Te Kaipukaha Toa:
Winner: Ben Lawson & Vivek Gabriel - Avantdale Bowling Club (Avantdale Bowling Club)
Josh Fountain – (Various)
Simon Gooding - Mitch James (Mitch James)

26. Best Folk Artist | Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa
Winner: The Frank Burkitt Band – Raconteur
Great North – The Golden Age
Jono Heyes – 9 Pilgrims

27. Best Pacific Music Album | Te Pukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa
Winner: Tomorrow People – BBQ Reggae
Kings – Lov3 & 3go
SWIDT – The Most Electrifying

28. Best Country Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua Toa
Winner: JennyMitchell – Wildfires
Jamie McDell – Extraordinary Girl
Tami Neilson – Sassafrass!

29. Best Jazz Artist | Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa
Winner: GRG67 – The Thing
Antipodes – Good Winter
Dog – No Dogs Allowed

30. Best Children’s Artist | Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa
Winner: Craig Smith – Not Just For Kids 2
Marian Burns – Songs For Kids
Anna van Riel – Fishing For Stars

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