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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