Felicity Urquhart was the night’s big winner at Australian Country Music’s night of nights.
She won a whooping six Golden Guitars, including wins for Toyota Album Of The Year and Female Artist of the Year.
Morgan Evans was named Male Artist of the Year and Blake O’Connor, Qantas New Talent of the Year.
Urquhart performed her award-winning song ‘Chain Of Joy’ – an ode to the many joys to be found in daily life during the show, cementing her place as one of Australia’s best-loved singer-songwriters.
Evans, the 2019 ARIA Award winner for Best Country Album, also took out Contemporary Country Album of the Year for Things That We Drink To.
Brad Butcher collected the Golden Guitar for Alternative Country Album of the Year with Travelling Salesman.
Rounding out the album awards was Lee Kernaghan, who was presented with the previously announced Top Selling Country Album of the Year for this latest album, Backroad Nation.
That win takes Kernaghan’s career tally to 38 Golden Guitars, equalling the record set by the great Slim Dusty.
Check out the 2020 Golden Guitar Awards
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Full list of 2020 Toyota Golden Guitar Awards Winners & Finalists
TOYOTA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Amber Lawrence – Spark
Felicity Urquhart – Frozen Rabbit *** WINNER ***
Lee Kernaghan – Backroad Nation
Morgan Evans – Things That We Drink To
Sara Storer – Raindance
APPLE MUSIC SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Brad Cox – ‘Rusty Strings’
Felicity Urquhart – ‘Chain of Joy’ *** WINNER ***
Lee Kernaghan – ‘Backroad Nation’
Morgan Evans – ‘Young Again’
The Wolfe Brothers – ‘Hey Brother’
Check out ‘Chain of Joy’ by Felicity Urquhart
ALT COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brad Butcher – Travelling Salesman *** WINNER ***
Hayley Marsten – Spectacular Heartbreak
Jenny Mitchell – Wildfires
Kevin Bennett & The Flood – Blood Red Ties
Michael Waugh – The Weir
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Amber Lawrence – Spark
Busby Marou – The Great Divide
Cornell & Carr – We Go Way Back
Lee Kernaghan – Backroad Nation
Morgan Evans – Things That We Drink To *** WINNER ***
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Angus Gill – Welcome to My Heart
Ashleigh Dallas – Reflection
Felicity Urquhart – Frozen Rabbit *** WINNER ***
Gina Jeffreys – Beautiful Tangle
Sara Storer – Raindance
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Blake O’Connor
Brad Butcher
Lee Kernaghan
Michael Waugh
Morgan Evans *** WINNER ***
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Amber Lawrence
Ashleigh Dallas
Felicity Urquhart *** WINNER ***
Gina Jeffreys
Sara Storer
COUNTRY MUSIC CAPITAL NEWS GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR
Busby Marou
Cornell & Carr
Jetty Road
Kevin Bennett & The Flood *** WINNER ***
The Viper Creek Band
VOCAL COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Andrew Swift & Gretta Ziller – ‘Second Hand’
Felicity Urquhart Feat Karl Broadie – ‘Slow It Down’
Lee Kernaghan with The Wolfe Brothers -‘Till It Ends’
Luke O’Shea & Lyn Bowtell – ‘Sing Me A Story’ *** WINNER ***
Sara Storer & Colin Hay -‘Next Year People’
BUSH BALLAD OF THE YEAR
Allan Caswell – ‘Country Copper’ *** WINNER ***
Dean Perrett – ‘His Last Cattle Drive’
Graham Rodger – ‘Knights Of The Saddle’
Jeff Brown – ‘More Times Than I Remember’
John O’Dea – ‘The Drovers Friend’
HERITAGE SONG OF THE YEAR
Brad Butcher – ‘Freshwater Lady’
Felicity Urquhart Feat Shanley Del – ‘Where The Fruit Hangs Low’
Lee Kernaghan – ‘The Trucks Came Through’
Luke O’Shea & Lyn Bowtell – ‘Sing Me A Story’ *** WINNER ***
Sara Storer – ‘Hayrunner’
COCA COLA INSTRUMENTAL OF THE YEAR
Michael Fix – ‘The Balcony Bunch’
Mickey Pye – ‘Bridle Track’
Mustered Courage – ‘Death Mountain Run’
Phil Emmanuel with Jacob Funnell – ‘Gallaghers Lane’
Rod McCormack – ‘Timeless Traveller’ *** WINNER ***
BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Allan Caswell – ‘Bad Politics’
Hillbilly Goats – ‘Bleed Me Dry’
Kristy Cox – ‘Yesterday’s Heartache’ *** WINNER ***
Mustered Courage – ‘Home Of Lost Lovers (The Ballad Of Glen Turner)’
Rod McCormack – ‘Shimmers’
QANTAS NEW TALENT OF THE YEAR
Blake O’Connor – ‘Worth A Little More’ *** WINNER ***
Casey Barnes – ‘A Little More’
Sinead Burgess – ‘Reno’
Seaforth – ‘Love That’
The Buckleys – ‘Daydream’
APRA AMCOS SONG OF THE YEAR
Brad Cox & Jackson Besley – ‘Rusty Strings’
Felicity Urquhart & Kim Richey – ‘Chain Of Joy’ *** WINNER ***
Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter, Lindsay Rimes, Phil Barton – ‘Backroad Nation’
Luke O’Shea & Felicity Urquhart – ‘Sing Me A Story’
Sara Storer & Greg Storer – ‘Raindance’
CMC VIDEO CLIP OF THE YEAR
Fanny Lumsden – ‘Real Men Don’t Cry (War on Pride)’ *** WINNER ***
Felicity Urquhart – ‘Chain of Joy’
Lee Kernaghan – ‘Backroad Nation’
Sara Storer – ‘Raindance’
The Wolfe Brothers – ‘Hey Brother’
