The NZ Music Award Winners

Wow! Excellent. They got it right!

The Mint Chicks most deservedly won all the best awards on the night, and congrats to Shapeshifter for picking up Best Dance/Electronica Album and to PNC for Best Urban/Hip Hop Album.

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Album of the Year: The Mint Chicks - Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Single of the Year: Evermore - Light Surrounding You
People's Choice Award: Opshop
Best Group: The Mint Chicks - Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Best Male Solo Artist: Tim Finn - Imaginary Kingdom
Best Female Solo Artist: Hollie Smith - Long Player
Breakthrough Artist of the Year: Hollie Smith - Long Player
Best Rock Album: The Mint Chicks - Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: PNC - Rookie Card
Best Aotearoa Roots Album: Hollie Smith - Long Player
Best Music Video: Sam Peacocke - Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (The Mint Chicks)
Best Dance/Electronica Album: Shapeshifter - Soulstice
Best Maori Album: Richard Nunns & Hirini Melbourne - Te Whaiao: Te Ku Te Whe Remixed
Best Gospel/Christian Album: Rapture Ruckus - I Believe
Best Classical Album: John Psathas - View From Olympus
Legacy Award: Johnny Devlin
International Achievement: Evermore
Highest Selling Album: Brooke Fraser - Albertine
Highest Selling Single: Atlas - Crawl
Airplay Record of the Year: Brooke Fraser - Deciphering Me.
Best Album Cover: Ruban Nielson for Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! by The Mint Chicks
Best Engineer: Chris Van Der Geer, engineer on Parlour Games by Revolver
Best Producer: Jeremy Toy and Hollie Smith for Long Player by Hollie Smith