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Six60 and Kimbra have dominated at the 2012 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

Six60 takes home an impressive six Tuis for the mantelpiece including Vodafone Single of the Year and FOUR Best Group. Kimbra tops off a phenomenally successful year with five Tui wins.

Six60 and Kimbra have dominated at the 2012 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.

Six60 takes home an impressive six Tuis for the mantelpiece including Vodafone Single of the Year and FOUR Best Group. Kimbra tops off a phenomenally successful year with five Tui wins.

Auckland-based Six60 also wins Tuis for Highest Selling NZ Single and NZ On Air Radio Airplay of the Year for its double platinum single Don’t Forget Your Roots, which this week celebrates 52 consecutive weeks in the New Zealand Singles Chart.

The band’s self-titled debut album Six60 is also the nation’s Highest Selling for the year, achieving triple platinum status.

To top off an impressive haul, Six60 confirms its popularity by winning the coveted Vodafone People’s Choice Award.

In addition to her Album of the Year award for debut album Vows, Kimbra adds Tuis to her ever-expanding trophy cabinet for Best Female Solo Artist, Westpac Hotpoints Breakthrough Artist of the Year and The Edge Best Pop Album.

The Melbourne-based singer-songwriter also wins a Tui for International Achievement for Vows. The album reached Platinum status in Australia and debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard Chart.

The Naked and Famous also receive an International Achievement Award acknowledging the success of the group’s 2011Tui-winning single Young Blood at last year’s VNZMA. It also celebrates the global distribution of debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You.

Best Male Solo Artist for 2012 goes to Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Oregon-based Ruban Nielson previously of The Mint Chicks – for his self-titled debut album.

Guests at the packed and vibrant venue enjoyed live performances by Kimbra, Gin Wigmore, Six60, Home Brew, The Black Seeds and Annah Mac. There was also a special tribute to this year's Legacy Award recipient Toy Love by Don’t Ask Me, which features members of The Rackets, Street Chant and Tiny Ruins.

Presenters at the star-studded event included international guests Mumford & Sons and Ben Harper as well as home-grown talent and celebs Karl Urban, Taika Waititi, Dominic Bowden and Jaime Ridge, who paired with Tame from “The GC”.

Album of The Year

• Winner: Kimbra – Vows

Other finalists:

• Home Brew – Home Brew
• Opossom – Electric Hawaii
• Six60 – Six60
• The Adults – The Adults

Vodafone Single of The Year

• Winner: Six60 – Don’t Forget Your Roots

Other finalists:

• Annah Mac – Girl in Stilettos
• Gin Wigmore – Black Sheep
• Kimbra – Warrior
• The Adults – Nothing To Lose

FOUR Best Group

• Winner: Six60 – Six60

Other finalists:

• Home Brew – Home Brew
• Opossom – Electric Hawaii

Best Male Solo Artist

• Winner: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Other finalists:

• Bulletproof – Dub Me Crazy
• Seth Haapu – Seth Haapu

Best Female Solo Artist

• Winner: Kimbra – Vows

Other finalists:

• Gin Wigmore – Gravel & Wine
• Ladyhawke – Anxiety

Westpac Hotpoints Breakthrough Artist of The Year

• Winner: Kimbra – Vows

Other finalists:

• Annah Mac – Little Stranger
• Home Brew – Home Brew

Rockshop Best Rock Album

• Winner: The Checks – Deadly Summer Sway

Other finalists:

• Clap Clap Riot – Counting Spins
• Head Like a Hole – Blood Will Out

The Edge Best Pop Album

• Winner: Kimbra – Vows

Other finalists:

• Bic Runga – Belle
• Gin Wigmore – Gravel & Wine

Best Alternative Album

• Winner: Opossom – Electric Hawaii

Other finalists:

• Ladyhawke – Anxiety
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Best Urban / Hip Hop Album

• Winner: Home Brew – Home Brew

Other finalists:

• Adeaze – Rise & Shine
• Savage – Mayhem & Miracles

Best Roots Album

• Winner: The Black Seeds – Dust And Dirt

Other finalists:

• Hollie Smith – Hollie Smith & Mara TK Band of Brothers Vol.1
• Tomorrow People – ONE

Best Electronica Album

• Winner: Concord Dawn – Air Chrysalis

Other finalists:

• Bulletproof – Dub Me Crazy
• Six60 – Six60

NZ On Air Best Music Video

• Winner: Special Problems – The Sun (The Naked and Famous)

Other finalists:

• Special Problems – Take a Picture (David Dallas)
• Special Problems – My Calculator (Zowie)

Best Maori Album

• Winner: Ria Hall – Ria Hall

Other finalists:

• Upper Hutt Posse – Declaration of Resistance
• Whirimako Black and Richard Nunns – Te More

Best Gospel / Christian Album

• Winner: Parachute Band – Matins:Vespers

Other finalists:

• Rapture Ruckus – Open Your Eyes
• The Ember Days – Emergency

KBB Music Best Classical Album

• Winner: Christopher Blake – Angel at Ahipara

Other finalists:

• Anthony Ritchie and The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – A Bugle Will Do
• Eve de Castro-Robinson – Releasing the Angel

Vodafone People’s Choice Award

• Winner: Six60

Finalists:

• Gin Wigmore
• Kimbra
• Home Brew
• Stan Walker

Highest Selling NZ Single

• Six60 – Don’t Forget Your Roots

Highest Selling NZ Album

• Six60 – Six60

NZ on Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year

• Six60 – Don’t Forget Your Roots

International Achievement Award

• Kimbra
• The Naked and Famous

New Zealand Herald Legacy Award

• Toy Love

WINNERS OF TECHNICAL AWARDS:

• Best Album Cover to Angela Keoghan for Dearly Departed (Bannerman)
• MAINZ Best Engineer to Neil Baldock for Me & Moon (Lydia Cole)
• MAINZ Best Producer to Kody Nielson for Belle (Bic Runga)

2012 CRITICS’ CHOICE PRIZE:

• Winner: Watercolours

Finalists:

• Beach Pigs
• Loui the ZU

Media Release: VNZMA