2017 New Zealand Music Awards

The 2017 New Zealand Music Awards was the 52nd holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. It took place on 16 November 2017 at Spark Arena in Auckland and it was hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce. The awards show was broadcast live nationally on Three.[1][2]

2017 New Zealand Music Awards
Awarded forExcellence in New Zealand music
Sponsored byVodafone
Date16 November 2017 (2017-11-16)
LocationSpark Arena
CountryNew Zealand
Reward(s)Tui award trophy
Websitehttp://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz
Television/radio coverage
NetworkThree

Nominations for the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards opened on 21 June 2017, and cover artists who have had commercial recordings released between 1 August 2016 and 31 July 2017. Nominations closed on 2 August 2017, and the nominees were announced on 5 October. The artisan award winners will be awarded on 25 October 2017.

Early awards

While most of the awards will be presented at the main awards ceremony held in November, five genre awards are presented earlier in the year at ceremonies of their field.

  • The first was awarded in January, with the Tui for Best Folk Album presented at the Auckland Folk Festival in Kumeu to Kumeu local Guy Wishart for his album West By North.[3]
  • In March, the Best Children's Music Album was presented to Anika Moa for her album Songs for Bubbas 2. For 2017, the presentation was moved to March, as part of Children's Day celebrations.[4]
  • The Best Country Music Album Tui was presented in June at the New Zealand Country Music Awards in Gore to Jody Direen for her album Shake Up.[5]
  • The Tui for Best Pacific Music Album was presented in June at the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards to Aaradhna for her album Brown Girl.[6]
  • Also in June, the Tui for Best Jazz Album was presented at the Wellington Jazz Festival to Jonathan Crayford for his recording East West Moon. The award is now part of the Wellington Jazz Festival.[7]

Nominees and winners

A number of changes have been made to the award categories for 2017:[8]

  • The Best Male Solo Artist and Best Female Solo Artist have been amalgamated into Best Solo Artist.
  • Following the 2016 controversy, the Best Urban/Hip Hop Album has now been split into two awards: Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Soul/RnB Artist.
  • The Critic's Choice Award will not be presented in 2017, and the award will be reevaluated.
  • The genre awards are now no longer tied to a specific album, in order to reflect the move away from albums in the current recorded music climate. The awards now focus on the artist, with the eligibility changed to "an album OR a minimum of five single tracks".

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Key
   – Artisan award
Album of the Year Single of the Year
Sponsored by Godfrey Hirst
Sponsored by Vodafone
Best Group Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Sponsor Sponsor
Best Solo Artist Best Hip Hop Artist
Sponsored by Three
Sponsor
Best Rock Artist Best Pop Artist
Sponsor
Sponsored by The Edge
Best Soul/RnB Artist Best Roots Artist
Sponsor Sponsor
  • Israel Starr
    • Sons of Zion
    • Tomorrow People
Best Alternative Artist Best Māori Artist
Sponsor
Sponsored by Te Māngai Pāho
Best Worship Artist Best Classical Artist
Sponsor
  • Curate Music
Sponsor
Best Electronic Artist Legacy Award
Sponsor
  • Truth
    • Chaos in the CBD
    • K+Lab
Sponsored by The New Zealand Herald
No finalists are announced in this category.
People's Choice Award
Sponsored by Vodafone
Sponsor
Highest selling New Zealand Single Highest selling New Zealand Album
Sponsored by Vodafone
No finalists are announced in this category.
  • Kings - "Don't Worry 'Bout It"
Sponsor
No finalists are announced in this category.
  • The Koi Boys - Meant To Be
Radio Airplay Record of the Year International Achievement Award
Sponsored by NZ On Air
No finalists are announced in this category.
  • Kings - "Don't Worry 'Bout It"
Sponsor
No finalists are announced in this category.
Best Music Video Best Album Cover‡
Sponsored by NZ On Air
Presented 25 October 2017
  • Dan Watkins (Reel Factory) – "Her" (Shapeshifter)
  • Joel Kefali – "Got It Bad" (Leisure)
  • Sam Kristofski – "Lucky Girl" (Fazerdaze)
Sponsor
Presented 25 October 2017
  • Dean Poole & Tyrone Ohia (Alt Group) – Stars" (Shapeshifter)
  • Henrietta Harris – Otherness (Grayson Gilmour)
  • Jamie Robertson – String Theory (Fly My Pretties)
Best Engineer‡ Best Producer‡
Sponsor
Presented 25 October 2017
  • Ben Edwards – Preservation (Nadia Reid)
  • Chris Chetland – A Place to Stand (REI)
  • Clint Murphy – Be Like The River (Devilskin)
Sponsored by Massey University
Presented 25 October 2017
  • Ben Edwards – Preservation (Nadia Reid)
  • Leisure – LEISURE (Leisure)
  • SmokeyGotBeatz – Stoneyhunga (SWIDT)
Best Folk Album[3] Best Children's Music Album[4]
Presented 29 January 2017
  • Guy Wishart – West By North
    • Graeme James – News From Nowhere
    • Luke Thompson – Hosts
Presented 5 March 2017
  • Anika MoaSongs for Bubbas 2
    • Claudia Gunn – Little Wild Lullabies
    • Itty Bitty Beats – On the Move
Best Country Music Album[5] Best Pacific Music Album[6]
Presented 1 June 2017
  • Jody Direen – Shake Up
    • Hamilton County Bluegrass Band – These Old Hands
    • Phil Doublet – Endless Highway
Presented 1 June 2017
  • AaradhnaBrown Girl
    • Kings – Kings EP
    • Unity Pacific – Blackbirder Dread
Best Jazz Album[7]
Presented 11 June 2017
  • Jonathan Crayford – East West Moon
    • Mike Nock Trio & NZ Trio – Vicissitudes
    • Myele Manzanza – OnePointOne

References

  1. "Nominations for 2017 Vodafone NZ Music Awards Open Today". Scoop. Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. "Lorde to perform at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards". Radio NZ. Radio NZ. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Guy Wishart Wins 2017 Folk Tui". NZ Musician. NZ Musician. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. "RECORDED MUSIC NZ BEST CHILDREN'S MUSIC ALBUM". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. "Jody Direen and Chester Travis claim New Zealand Country Music Awards honours". Southland Times. Fairfax. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. "Kings and Aaradhna win big at Pacific Music Awards". Stuff. Fairfax. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. "Crayford wins 2017 Jazz Album of the year". Radio NZ. Radio NZ. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. "New Zealand Music Awards dump album categories for artist categories". Stuff. Fairfax. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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