2020 Aotearoa Music Awards

2020 Aotearoa Music Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in New Zealand music
Date	15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
Location	Spark Arena
Country	New Zealand
Reward(s)	Tui award trophy
Website	http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz
Television/radio coverage
Network	Three The Edge TV

The 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards was the 55th holding of the annual ceremony, renamed the Aotearoa Music Awards featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. It took place on 15 November 2020 at Spark Arena in Auckland and was hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Sharyn Casey, and Jayden King. The awards show was broadcast live nationally on The Edge TV from 7pm until 8:30pm, and Three from 8:30pm until 10:30pm.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Album of the Year Te Pukaemi o te Tau	Single of the Year Te Waiata Tōtahi o te Tau
The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers L.A.B. – L.A.B. III Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain Six60 – Six60 Tami Neilson - Chickaboom!	BENEE – "Supalonely" Drax Project featuring Six60 – "Catching Feelings" Jawsh 685 – "Savage Love" Six60 – "Please Don't Go" Troy Kingi – "All Your Ships Have Sailed"
Best Group Te Roopu Toa	Breakthrough Artist of the Year Te Kaituhura Puoro Toa o te Tau
The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers L.A.B. – L.A.B. III Miss June – Bad Luck Party Six60 – Six60	Jawsh 685 CHAII MELODOWNZ Paige
Best Solo Artist Te Kaipuoro Takitahi Toa	Best Māori Artist Te Māngai Pāho Te Kaipuoro Māori Toa
BENEE – Stella & Steve JessB – New Views Nadia Reid – Out of My Province Reb Fountain - Reb Fountain	Maimoa Ria Hall Stan Walker
Best Pop Artist Te Kaipuoro Arotini Toa	Best Alternative Artist Te Kaipuoro Manohi Toa
BENEE Paige Six60	The Beths Mermaidens Reb Fountain
Best Soul / RnB Artist Te Kaipuoro Awe Toa	Best Hip Hop Artist Te Kaipuoro Hipihope Toa
Haz & Miloux Lepani Stan Walker	Church & AP Choicevaughan Raiza Biza
Best Roots Artist Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa	Te Māngai Pāho Mana Reo Award
L.A.B. Lomez Brown Ria Hall	Mōhau Maimoa Six60
Best Electronic Artist Te Kaipuoro Tāhiko Toa	Best Rock Artist Te Kaipuoro Rakapioi Toa
Lee Mvtthews State of Mind Truth	City of Souls Devilskin Villainy
Best Worship Artist Te Kaipuoro Kairangi Toa	Best Classical Artist Te Kaipuoro Inamata Toa
Mōhau Kane Adams Te Rautini	Andrew Beer & Sarah Watkins Klara Kollektiv Matthew Marshall
Peoples' Choice Award Te Kōwhiri o te Nuinga	Recorded Music NZ Legacy Award Tohu Whakareretanga
L.A.B.	Johnny Cooper Max Merritt Peter Rosa, Dinah Lee The Chicks and Larry's Rebels
Highest selling Artist Te Toa Hoko Teitei	NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year Te Rikoata Marakerake o te Tau
No finalists were announced in this category. Drax Project featuring Six60	No finalists were announced in this category. Drax Project
Recorded Music NZ International Achievement Tohu Tutuki o te Ao	Best Folk Artist Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa
No finalists were announced in this category. BENEE Jawsh 685	Mel Parsons – Glass Heart Victoria Vigenser & Lindsay Martin – The Gap Paper Cranes – Voices
Best Pacific Music Album Te Pukaemi Toa o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa	Best Country Artist Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua Toa
Olivia Foa’i – Candid Church & AP – Teeth POETIK – HAMOFIED 2 EP	Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders – Word Gets Around Katie Thompson – Bittersweet Kendall Elise – Red Earth
Best Jazz Artist Te Kaipuoro Tautito Toa	Best Children’s Artist Te Kaipuoro Waiata Tamariki Toa
Dixon Nacey – The Edge of Chaos ALCHEMY – ALCHEMY Michal Martyniuk – Resonate	Anika Moa – Songs For Bubbas 3 Captain Festus McBoyle Chris Sanders
Massey University Best Producer Te Kaiwhakaputa Toa	Best Engineer Te Kaipukaha Toa
Josh Fountain	Simon Gooding - Reb Fountain by Reb Fountain
NZ On Air Best Music Video Te Puoro Ataata Toa	Best Album Artwork Te Toi Ataata Pukaemi Toa
Anahera Parata - Bunga by SWIDT	Lily Paris West - Look Me In They Eye by Mermaiden
Recorded Music NZ Manager of the Year Kaiwhakahaere Puoro o te Tau
Paul McKessar from CRS Management (award returned)

External links

• Official website