Keith Urban has been awarded the Highest Selling Album award at the Queensland Music Awards while Amy Shark has taken home five awards.
The Queensland Music Awards were held at the Brisbane Showgrounds on Monday night. Song of the Year went to Jeremy Neale for his song ‘Dancin’ & Romancin’.
Amy Shark won the Pop Award for ‘Weekends’, Singer Songwriter Award for ‘Weekends’, 2018 Export Achievement Award, Highest Selling Single Award for ‘Adore’ and Reginal Award for ‘Weekends’.
2018 QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
SONG OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Neale
Song: Dancin’ & Romancin’
Songwriter/s: Jeremy Neale
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Jungle Giants
Album: Quiet Ferocity
POP
Amy Shark
Song: Weekends
Songwriter/s: Amy Shark (Gold Coast)
ROCK
Jeremy Neale
Song: Dancin’ & Romancin’
Songwriter/s: Jeremy Neale (Moreton Bay)
ELECTRONIC / DANCE
The Kite String Tangle
Song: The Prize (feat. Bridgette Amofah)
Songwriter/s: Daniel Harley, Michael Tighe (Brisbane South)
BLUES / ROOTS
Karl S. Williams
Song: Blood to Give
Songwriter/s: Karl Williams (Gold Coast)
HEAVY
The Brave
Song: Ethereal
Songwriter/s: Nathan Toussaint, Daniel Neucom, David Mead, Brett Thomson, Kurt Thomson, Jonathon Deiley (Logan City)
JAZZ
Trichotomy
Song: Asset or Liability
Songwriter/s: Sean Foran (Brisbane North West)
SCHOOLS
Xander Holmes
Song: Something Real
Songwriter/s: Alexander Holmes (Brisbane North)
INDIGENOUS
Emily Wurramara
Song: Ngarrukwujenama
Songwriter/s: Emily Wurramara (City of Ipswich)
HIP- HOP / RAP
Crooked White
Song: Put Me On
Songwriter/s: Zac Eakin (Brisbane South)
COUNTRY
Brad Butcher
Song: Well Dressed Man
Songwriter/s: Brad Butcher (Brisbane)
WORLD / FOLK
Sue Ray
Song: Junior Was His Name
Songwriter/s: Sue Ray (Toowoomba)
SINGER SONGWRITER
Amy Shark
Song: Weekends
Songwriter/s: Amy Shark (Gold Coast)
SOUL / FUNK / R’N’B
Eleea
Song: Without You
Songwriter/s: Eleea Navarro, Chris Naughton (Gold Coast)
REGIONAL
Amy Shark
Song: Weekends
Songwriter/s: Amy Shark (Gold Coast)
VIDEO
WAAX
Video: Same Same
Filmmakers: Greg Kelly, Pernell Marsden (Brisbane City)
2018 BILLY THORPE SCHOLARSHIP
Greta Stanley
GRANT MCLENNAN LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD
Chad Morgan
2018 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
METRO VENUE OF THE YEAR
The Tivoli (Brisbane)
REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR
Solbar (Sunshine Coast)
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
The Big Pineapple Music Festival
2018 EXPORT ACHEIVEMENT AWARD
Amy Shark
HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE
Amy Shark
Song: Adore
HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM
Keith Urban
Album: Ripcord
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