The Vodafone NZ Music Awards are presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) and are held annually to celebrate the achievements of New Zealand musicians, primarily in the world of popular music. The finalists for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2004 are....

Image: Brooke Fraser nominated in no less than 6 categories in this year's Vodafone NZ Music AwardsThe Vodafone NZ Music Awards are presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) and are held annually to celebrate the achievements of New Zealand musicians, primarily in the world of popular music. The finalists for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2004 are....

Image: Brooke Fraser nominated in no less than 6 categories in this year's Vodafone NZ Music AwardsPLAYSTATION ® 2 ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Brooke Fraser - What To Do With Daylight
Dimmer - You've Got To Hear The Music
Goodshirt - Fiji Baby
Phoenix Foundation - Horsepower
Scribe - The Crusader

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

Brooke Fraser - Lifeline
Dimmer - Getting What You Give
Goldenhorse - Maybe Tomorrow
Goodshirt - Buck It Up
Scribe - Stand Up

EXPORT GOLD BEST GROUP

Dimmer - You've Got To Hear The Music
Elemeno P - Love & Disrespect
Goodshirt - Fiji Baby

EXPORT GOLD BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Adeaze - Always And For Real
Brooke Fraser - What To Do With Daylight
Minuit - The 88

BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST

Greg Johnson - Here Comes The Caviar
Nathan Haines - Squire For Hire
Scribe - The Crusader

BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

Bic Runga - Live In Concert
Brooke Fraser - What To Do With Daylight
Hayley Westenra - Pure

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Brooke Fraser - Lifeline
Greg Johnson - Save Yourself
Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage - Not Many - The Remix!

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HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND ALBUM

Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Hayley Westenra - Pure
Scribe - The Crusader

HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND SINGLE

Ben Lummis - They Can't Take That Away
Blindspott - Phlex
Scribe - Stand Up

CHANNEL Z BEST ROCK ALBUM

Dimmer - You've Got To Hear The Music
Elemeno P - Love & Disrespect
Goodshirt - Fiji Baby

L&P BEST URBAN / HIP HOP ALBUM

King Kapisi - 2nd Round Testament
Mareko - White Sunday
Scribe - The Crusader

BEST DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM

Concord Dawn - Uprising
Salmonella Dub - One Drop East
Shapeshifter - Riddim Wise LP

C4 BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Chris Graham - Stand Up (Scribe)
Gary Sullivan - Getting What You Give (Dimmer)
Mark Trethewey & Shane Mason - Fools Love (Misfits Of Science)

VODAFONE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

Brooke Fraser
Elemeno P
Goodshirt
Scribe
Steriogram
Zed

BEST JAZZ ALBUM

Charmaine Ford - Blues For Guppy
The Frank Gibson Quartet - Rainbow Bridge
The Rodger Fox Big Band - A Rare Connection

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BEST MAORI ALBUM

Ruia - Hawaiki
Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and Aroha Yates-Smith - Te Hekenga - a - rangi
Whirimako Black - Tangihaku

BEST PACIFIC MUSIC ALBUM

Adeaze - Always And For Real
Te Vaka - Tutuki
The All Stars - Pele Ea

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM

John Psathas - Psathas: Fragments
New Zealand String Quartet - Szekely / Dvorak
NZSO - David Farquhar: Three Symphonies

BEST GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN ALBUM

Magnify - In Wonder
Parachute Band - Glorious
Peter Posa - My Pick

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bic Runga
Hayley Westenra
Scribe

AIRPLAY RECORD OF THE YEAR

To be announced on the night

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The awards will take place on the 22nd of September at the Aotea Square Centre.

Record entries for music awards

Nominations for New Zealand's national music awards confirm what we all know - that local music continues to surf on a huge wave of popularity.

With two days to go before the announcement of the finalists, the organisers of the 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards report nominations are up by more than a quarter on last year.

The biggest category in 2004 is the Playstation ® 2 Album of the Year with 40 nominations, an increase from 22 last year and 28 in 2002. The awards are presented by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).

There were 18 nominations for the Channel Z Best Rock Album, a new category this year.

Reflecting the profile New Zealand artists are gaining around the world, there were 13 nominations for the artists in the International Achievement Award category.

Altogether there are 378 nominations in 2004, up from 298 last year and 311 in 2002. Nominations can be made by anyone but are generally submitted by record companies or the artists themselves.

The finalists in each category are being announced at an industry-only function (at Studio on Auckland's K'Road) in Auckland on Wednesday August 25, with the 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards being held on September 22 at the Aotea Centre, THE EDGE ®.

Three technical awards - for Album Cover, Engineer and Producer - are being presented on Wednesday, as RIANZ says, to provide a focus on them away from the noise of the main event.

2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards spokesperson Adam Holt says the record number of nominations is no surprise.
"It signals continuing growth in the maturity of local music both in terms of what the artists are producing as well as in the listening habits of New Zealanders across a good range of genres.

"For example, we have awards not only for hip hop and rock music but also for jazz, classical and Christian music.

"Once again this just highlights the depth and breadth of our local talent."

The 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards represent the 39th year of the annual celebration of local music achievement.

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Awards web site
www.nzmusicawards.co.nz