Who Do You Want To See Win At The 2020 Queensland Music Awards? Vote Now!

23 January 2020 | 10:32 am | Staff Writer

Make your vote count!

Clockwise L-R: WAAX, Busby Marou, Greta Stanley, Miiesha

Clockwise L-R: WAAX, Busby Marou, Greta Stanley, Miiesha

Voting has officially opened for the 2020 Queensland Music Awards (QMAs) while the finalists have also been revealed this morning.

Local favourites Busby Marou have been recognised in four categories, including Pop, Rock, Indigenous and Blues/Roots, while other big name acts to score nominations today include WAAX, The Jungle Giants, Miiesha, DVNA, Mau Power, Greta Stanely, Osaka Punch and Milton Man Gogh.

Meanwhile the Billy Thorpe Scholarship shortlisted nominees will also feature at this year's ceremony, which awards $10,000 "for an emerging artist to record with an established producer and receive career-planning advice from Chugg Entertainment".

The Music is proud to present the 2020 People's Choice Awards to determine Queensland’s best Venues (Regional and Metro) and Festival of the Year. Voting is open until 11.59pm AEST on Wednesday 5 February. Click here for more details.

The 2020 QMAs will take place at The Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 3 March. Check out all of the categories and nominees below or head to the QMusic website.

POP

Busby Marou - Lucky Stars

Cub Sport - I Never Cried So Much In My Whole Life (feat. Darren Hayes)

IVEY - Bodies

The Jungle Giants - Heavy Hearted


ROCK

Eliza & The Delusionals - Just Exist

High Tropics - Changes

Moreton - See Yourself (feat. James Vincent McMorrow)

WAAX - FU


HEAVY

A Somerset Parade - Clementine

Being Jane Lane - Savage Sunday

DZ Deathrays - Still No Change

Osaka Punch - Drones


SINGER SONGWRITER/FOLK

Asha Jefferies - Bad Kisser

Greta Stanley - Kick

Jaguar Jonze - Beijing Baby

Moreton - Circles


BLUES/ROOTS

Bobby Alu - Dust

Busby Marou - Naba Norem (The Reef Song)

Emma Bosworth - Low Road

Leanne Tennant - Bring It All Back


SOUL/FUNK/RNB

First Beige - Details

MiCCY - Figure It Out

Miiesha - Drowning

Pink Matter - Soul Fruit


COUNTRY

Brad Butcher - Natures Course

Hayley Marsten - Wendy

Megan Cooper - Side Of Love

Oh Harlow - Give It A Miss


HIP HOP/RAP

Carmouflage Rose - Sele

Nerve - Sunday Roast (feat. JK-47)

Order Sixty6 - Suburbia

Ozi Jarel - Legacy


ELECTRONIC/DANCE

Golden Vessel - Tonight (feat. Cult Shotta & Cub Sport)

Güs - Do You Feel Me

Holiday Party - No One

The Kite String Tangle - P()L4R


JAZZ

Milton Man Gogh - TV Was Better When I Was Younger (feat. Toby Wren)

Sean Foran - Monkey

Sophie Min & James Sherlock - Thanks For The Hands

The View From Madeleine's Couch - Meu Anjo


WORLD MUSIC

Katie Noonan - A Song Of Hope

Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Make Everything (feat. Apadalia & Loopy!)

MZAZA - The Birth & Death Of Stars

Tibet2Timbuk2 - Apo Gaga


VIDEO

Regurgitator - Best Friends Forever

Moreton - Circles

The Kite String Tangle - P()L4R

Greta Stanley - Pour


INDIGENOUS

Busby Marou - Naba Norem (The Reef Song)

Luke Daniel Peacock - Older Then

Mau Power - Arrived (feat. Marcus Corowa)

Project 62 - Ancient Valleys


REGIONAL

Busby Marou - Naba Norem (The Reef Song)

DVNA - Looking Like A Snack

Greta Stanley - Kick

Leanne Tennant - Bring It All Back


REMOTE

Ella Hartwig - Staged Reality

Miiesha - Drowning

Nine Year Sister - Seaside Dreaming

Peter Salata - El Gringo


SCHOOLS

Charlie Darling - Lion's Breakfast

Hanni - Wired

Jacob Biermann - My Kingdom

Toby Hobart - Blessing

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