More than 500 attendees applauded winners in 26 award categories.
Sycco
Last night, the Fortitude Music Hall hosted the 2022 Queensland Music Awards.
Hosted by Katherine Feeney and Michael Tuahine, more than 500 guests applauded winners in 26 award categories and enjoyed surprise performances from The Jungle Giants, Troy & Jem Cassar-Daley, Sachem, Zheani, CLOE TERARE and Felivand.
Singer-songwriter Sycco won both the Song Of The Year and Pop awards for her single My Ways. She also took out both categories at the 2021 QMAs.
Also grabbing two awards was Zheani, who won the Heavy category and the triple j Unearthed Emerging Artist Of The Year award.
The Jungle Giants won the coveted Album Of The Year award for their ARIA Chart-topping LP Love Signs, celebrating with a performance of the album's titular track.
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Troy Cassar-Daley and Jem Cassar-Daley received the Indigenous award for her debut single Letting Go.
Toowoomba pop/R&B artist CLOE TERARE won the coveted Billy Thorpe Scholarship, following the release of her debut EP, Burn Book.
Check out the full list of QMAs winners below.
2022 QUEENSLAND MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
BLUES | ROOTS
Sue Ray – Take Me Away
CHILDREN’S MUSIC
The Mini Moshers – New Shoes
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL
Corrina Bonshek – Dreams Of The Earth
COUNTRY
Casey Barnes – God Took His Time On You
ELECTRONIC
Nat Dunn, Hayden James, Gorgon City – Foolproof
FOLK
Asha Jefferies – Crybaby
HEAVY
Zheani – Fuck The Hollywood Cult
HIP HOP
iiiConic – Okay
INDIGENOUS
Jem Cassar-Daley – Letting Go
JAZZ
IMPULSE Orchestra – Sonorous Figurine
POP
Sycco – My Ways
ROCK
WAAX – Most Hated Girl
SOUL | FUNK | RNB
Miiesha – Made For Silence
WORLD
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra – Welcome To The Neighbourhood: Taiwan (就當家裡)
YOUTH (AGES 10 – 17)
Paulina – Parasite
REGIONAL / REMOTE
Nat Dunn, Hayden James, Gorgon City – Foolproof
VIDEO
Macario De Souza, Allan Hardy, Dayna Yates, Cam Pianta, Tyson Lloyd, Kelly Holden – Every Single Time | Example (Ft. What So Not & Lucy Lucy)
EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zheani
2022 BILLY THORPE SCHOLARSHIP
CLOE TERARE
HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM
Amy Shark – Cry Forever
HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE
Keith Urban – One Too Many
2022 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
METROPOLITAN VENUE OF THE YEAR
The Tivoli
REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
NightQuarter
FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
Airlie Beach Festival of Music