The nominees for the 2024 Music Victoria Awards have been announced.
G Flip is nominated for Best Album, Best Solo Artist, and Best Pop Work. The pop star and renowned drummer previously won Best Victorian Breakthrough Act in 2019.
Neo-soul outfit Hiatus Kaiyote are up for Best Group, having won Best Emerging Artist in 2013.
Ninajirachi is nominated for Best DJ, Best Producer, and Best Electronic Work. Tones and I is in the running for Best Pop Work, following her Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019.
Other nominees include Simona Castricum, Mindy Meng Wang, Sui Zhen, Baraka The Kid, The Belair Lip Bombs, The Vovos, Lucy Wise, and Hand To Earth, each with two nominations.
For Best Song, nominees are Good Morning, Kaiit, Miss Kaninna, DRMNGNOW, and Jess Ribero. In the Best Solo Artist category, nominees include Maple Glider, Audrey Powne, Lucy Wise, G Flip, and Simona Castricum.
Best Metro Festival nominees are Flippin’ the Bird (Frankston), Luliepalooza (Abbotsford), Melbourne International Jazz Festival, St Kilda Festival, and Yo CiTY CONNECT: AFRO-FUTURE (Abbotsford).
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For Best Regional Venue/Presenter, the nominees are The Blues Train (Bellarine), Meeniyan Town Hall (Gippsland), The Sound Doctor (Anglesea), The Gallery of Good (Trafalgar), and OK Motels (Charlton).
Simone Schinkel, Music Victoria’s CEO, commented, “Every year I’m excited about the Music Victoria Awards. This is one of my favourite parts of the job. 2024 has been our biggest year of nominations and it’s been a tough choice for the judging panels. Now it’s the public’s turn to cast their votes…”
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, October 24th, at The Edge in Fed Square.
For the full list of nominees and to cast your vote, visit musicvictoriaawards.com.au before Tuesday, October 1st.
PUBLIC VOTED
BEST SONG OR TRACK presented by PBS
• DRMNGNOW – Ngarwu
• Good Morning – Excalibur
• Jess Ribeiro – Summer of Love
• Kaiit – Space
• Miss Kaninna – Pinnacle Bitch
BEST ALBUM presented by Triple R
• Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
• Gregor – Satanic Lullabies
• G Flip – DRUMMER
• The Belair Lip Bombs – Lush Life
• The Vovos – Lilla Gubben
BEST SOLO ARTIST presented by Triple R
• Audrey Powne
• G Flip
• Lucy Wise
• Maple Glider
• Simona Castricum
BEST DJ presented by City of Melbourne
• Aldonna
• DJ PGZ
• IN2STELLAR
• Ninajirachi
• Tinika
BEST GROUP presented by PBS
• Cool Sounds
• Gut Health
• Hiatus Kaiyote
• Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Sui Zhen
• RVG
BEST REGIONAL ACT presented by Pullman Melbourne on the Park
• Baraka The Kid
• Eliza Hull
• Juno Mamba
• Leah Senior
• ZÖJ
