Emily Wurramara, Amy Shark, Tia Gostelow & More Score Queensland Music Award Noms

2018 was a great year for Queensland musicians and it certainly shows in the calibre of nominees for this year's Queensland Music Awards.

Emily Wurramara leads the nominations, with a whopping four nods including noms in the Blues/Roots, Indigenous, Singer Songwriter award and World/Folk categories. Amy Shark, San Mei and Tia Gostelow have all scored two nominations each. 

See the full list of nominees below. 

Sweater Curse, Jaguar Jonze, Pool Shop and RIVAH have all been nominated for the Billy Thorpe Scholarship, which could see them pick up $10,000 in prize money. 

This year's awards will be held at the Royal International Convention Centre at Brisbane Showgrounds on 19 March, and will be hosted by The Grates' Patience Hodgson and comedian Mel Buttle, and will have performances from Amy Shark, DZ Deathrays, Clea, Emma Beau, Tokyo Twilight and more.

2019 Queensland Music Award Finalists

Blues / Roots Award
Presented by Byron Bay Bluesfest

Bobby Alu - Move
Emily Wurramara - Tap Sticks
Hussy Hicks - Mutiny
Leanne Tennant - Everspin

Country Award
Presented by Winton's Way Out West Fest

Brad Butcher - More To The Story
Bridget O'Shannessy -  Some Other Girl    
Chloe Styler - When Your Light Burns    
Emma Beau - Wild Heart

Electronic/Dance Award
Presented by The Tshirt Mill

Holiday Party - Dream State
Machine Age - Fighting   
The Kite String Tangle - Give It Time (Feat. Aalias)    
Young Franco - Girls Don't Cry (Feat. Maribelle)

Heavy Award
Presented by Crowbar Brisbane

AERIALS - Drawing Blood
Being Jane Lane - Next Step
Dead Letter Circus - The Armour You Own
Like Thieves - Never See It Coming

Hip Hop/Rap Award
Presented by The Lanes

G Elenil - Something
Lane-Harry x Ike Campbell - The Dash
Resin Dogs -    Pack Your Bags
Soul Mechanics - Blendin' (Feat. Master Wolf)

Indigenous Award
Presented by Bose Professional

Emily Wurramara  - Lady Blue
McDermott & North - Broken Girl
Robbie Miller - Baby
Tia Gostelow - Strangers (Feat. LANKS)

Jazz Award
Presented by Azentro

Andrew Butt Trio +  - Basie's Butterfly Waltz
Elixir - La La Land (Feat. Katie Noonan)
Nimble - Starlight
The Biology of Plants - Long Black

Pop Award
Presented by Brisbane Marketing

Clea - Dreaming
Cub Sport - Sometimes
Eves Karydas - Couch
Future Jr - Sentimental Trick

Regional Award
Presented by Rydges Fortitude Valley

Amy Shark - I Said Hi
Ayla - Small Talk
Sahara Beck - Here We Go Again
San Mei - Wonder

Rock Award
Presented by Hutchinson Builders

DZ Deathrays - Like People
San Mei - Wonder
The Jungle Giants - Used To Be In Love
WAAX - Labrador

Schools Award
Presented by JMC Academy

Fleet Street - Feel Something
Marco - When I Was A Ghost
Tokyo Twilight - Little Things (Feat. DVNA)
We Build Spaceships - Jenny Is A Nightmare

Singer Songwriter Award
Presented by The Tivoli

Amy Shark - I Said Hi
Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra
Sahara Beck - Here We Go Again
Tia Gostelow - Strangers (Feat. LANKS)

Soul / Funk / R'n'B Award
Presented by Katarzyna

Dana Gehrman - Hands Tied
Mark Peric - The Sound Of Light
Pink Matter - Giant
RIVAH - Flood

World / Folk Award
Presented by BEMAC

Anna & Jordan - Running On
Asha Jefferies - Everybody Talks
Emily Wurramara - Lady Blue
Gone Molly - The Miners Way

Video Award
Presented by Running Boards

Ball Park Music - Hands Off My Body      
Buttah - Ghost In The Machine
Butterfingers - Bullet To The Head
Omegachild - Fifth Dimension

Billy Thorpe Scholarship
Presented by Queensland Government

Jaguar Jonze
Pool Shop
RIVAH
Sweater Curse