Ball Park Music, Miiesha & More Win Big At The 2021 Queensland Music Awards

Some of the best emerging and established acts Australia has to offer took the spotlight tonight as part of the 2021 Queensland Music Awards (QMAs).

Taking place at Fortitude Music Hall and hosted by The Creases' Aimon Clark and The Grates’ Patience Hodgson, this year’s ceremony played out to a sold-out crowd of over 700 people.

Leading this year’s winners, Miiesha took home the Indigenous, Soul/Funk/R&B and Remote awards for her acclaimed single Twisting Words, taken from debut album Nyaaringu, while Sycco (who performed during the event) won both Song Of The Year and the Pop award for Dribble, and newcomer Beckah Amani claimed the Emerging Artist Award and 2021 Billy Thorpe Scholarship.

Local favourites Ball Park Music, another act who delivered a stunning performance during the ceremony, picked up the coveted Album Of The Year gong for their self-titled effort, and Jesswar made QMAs history by taking out the Hip Hop/Rap award with Venom, maker her the first female artist to win in the category since its introduction four years ago.

Other big-name Queensland acts to take the spotlight included Amy Shark, who picked up the Highest Selling Single award (Everybody Rise) for the second year in a row, Keith Urban, who was awarded Highest Selling Album for The Speed Of Now Part 1 and Sheppard, who were bestowed the Export Achievement award. 

Following People’s Choice Awards voting via The Music last month, The Tivoli was named Metro Venue of The Year, Sunshine Coast mainstay The Nightquarter was awarded Regional Venue Of The Year and Woodford Folk Festival was given the Festival Of The Year title.

In its first year, the recently announced Innovation Award went to Troubadour Wagons.

“This year’s QMAs was a true celebration of what has become an incredible local music industry, one that our state can be proud of, both culturally and as a key export industry,” QMusic CEO Angela Samut said. 

“With a massive 30 categories, our winners represent the true breadth of talent around our state and no doubt include superstars to follow in the footsteps of our Queensland greats that have gone on to change the music landscape globally.”

Check out the full list of winners below.

2021 Queensland Music Awards Winners

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Ball Park Music - Ball Park Music

SONG OF THE YEAR

Sycco - Dribble

BILLY THORPE SCHOLARSHIP

Beckah Amani

HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE

Amy Shark - Everybody Rise

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM

Keith Urban - The Speed Of Now Part 1

EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Beckah Amani

EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT

Sheppard

INNOVATION AWARD

Troubadour Wagons

GRANT MCLENNAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Lynette Irwin

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BLUES/ROOTS

Karl S Williams - God Is A Bomb

CHILDRENS

Nyssa Ray - Love Everybody

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

Ray Lin - Moonlight Illusion

COUNTRY

Melody Moko - Like Hank Would

ELECTRONIC/DANCE

Young Franco - Juice feat. Pell

HEAVY

These Four Walls - White Lies

HIP HOP/RAP

Jesswar - Venom

INDIGENOUS

Miiesha - Twisting Words

JAZZ

Danny Widdicombe with Kristin Berardi & Trichotomy - Falling

POP

Sycco - Dribble

ROCK

Hope D - Second

SCHOOLS (GRADE 6 - 12) 

Amber Farnan - Over & Out

FOLK/SINGER-SONGWRITER

Jaguar Jonze - MURDER

SOUL/FUNK /R&B

Miiesha - Twisting Words

WORLD

MZAZA - The Ether

REGIONAL

CLOE TERARE - Intentions feat. JDG

REMOTE

Miiesha - Twisting Words

VIDEO

Dylan Dulcos & Rico Zhang for Lastlings' Out Of Touch

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - METRO VENUE OF THE YEAR

The Tivoli

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - REGIONAL VENUE OF THE YEAR

The Nightquarter

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR

Woodford Folk Festival

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QMUSIC & QMAs SELECT: ‘ONES TO WATCH AND LISTEN’

Beckah Amani

Billie Rose

CLOE TERARE

Colie

MiCCY

Jelly Oshen

Order Sixty6

Peach Fur

Selve

Tbi$h

For more details, head to the QMAs website.