2005 New Zealand Music Awards Explained
The 2005 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 5 October 2005 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.
Awards and nominees
The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' category was changed to 'Outstanding Contribution to the Growth in NZ Music on Radio'.[1]
One new category was added: 'Best Roots Album'.[2]
The Best Maori Album and Best Gospel / Christian Album categories were not awarded due to insufficient entries.[3]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[4]
Multiple winners on the night included Fat Freddy's Drop with five awards.
- Key
– Non-technical award
– Technical award| Album of the Year† | Single of the Year† |
|---|
|
|
|
| Best Group† | Best Male Solo Artist† |
|---|
- Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story
- Goldenhorse – Out of the Moon
- Shihad – Love Is The New Hate
| - P-Money – Magic City
- Savage – Moonshine
- SJD – Southern Lights
|
| Best Female Solo Artist† | Breakthrough Artist of the Year† |
|---|
- Yulia – Into the West
- Debbie Harwood – Soothe Me
- Jordan Reyne – Passenger
| - The Checks – What You Heard
- Dei Hamo – First Edition
- Tha Feelstyle – Break It to Pieces
|
| Highest Selling NZ Album† | Highest Selling NZ Single† |
|---|
|
|
|
| Songwriter of the Year† | Best Rock Album† |
|---|
- Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home"
- Andy Lovegrove, Zane Lowe & Hamish Clark – "The Other Side" (Breaks Co-Op)
- Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic"
| - Shihad – Love is the New Hate
- Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean
- The D4 – Out of My Head
|
| Best Urban / Hip Hop Album† | Best Dance / Electronica Album† |
|---|
- P-Money – Magic City
- Savage – Moonshine
- Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces
| - Del Rey System – Del Rey System
- Audiosauce – Contimental Drift
- Baitercell & Schumacher – The Wall of Bass Technique
- Mark de Clive-Lowe – Tide's Arising
|
| Best Aotearoa Roots Album† | Best Music Video† |
|---|
- Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story
- Katchafire – Slow Burning
- TrinityRoots – Home, Land & Sea
| - Chris Graham & Dei Hamo – "We Gon Ride"
- Greg Page & P-Money – "Stop The Music"
- Reuben Sutherland & The Phoenix Foundation – "Hitchcock"
|
| Peoples Choice Award† | Best Producer‡ |
|---|
|
| - Angus Mcnaughton & Sean Donnelly – Southern Lights (SJD)
- Lee Prebble – Pegasus (The Phoenix Foundation)
- Nick Abbott, Luke Tomes & Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)
|
| Best Engineer‡ | Best Album Cover‡ |
|---|
- Angus Mcnaughton – Southern Lights (SJD)
- Doug Jane – Into The West (Yulia)
- Nick Abbott & Luke Tomes – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto)
| - K. Futialo, A. Morton, G. Osborne & A. B. White – Break It To Pieces (Tha Feelstyle)
- Chris Brunskill – Slow Burning (Katchafire)
- Tana Mitchell – Contimental Drift (Audiosauce)
|
| Best Classical Album† | Best Maori Album† |
|---|
- Dan Poynton – The Complete Piano Music of Douglas Lilburn, Volume 1
- Best Classical Album: Jonathan Lemalu – Opera Arias
- Tower New Zealand Youth Choir – Gaude/Rejoice
| no award |
| Best Gospel / Christian Album† | Best Country Music Album† |
|---|
| no award | - Kylie Harris – Kylie Harris
- Noel Burns – Special To Me
- Pat Hannah – Moods & Memories
|
| Best Folk Album† | Best Pacific Music Album† |
|---|
- Bob McNeill – Turn The Diesels
- John Sutherland – Mealmarket St
- Hinemoana Baker – puawai
| - Ardijah – Journey
- Aniseto Falemoe – Afe O Maila Ole Alofa
- Ephraim – Moemoea o Avaiki
|
| Best Jazz Album† | International Achievement Award† |
|---|
- The Kevin Clark Trio Live with Guest Artists – The Sandbar Sessions
|
|
| Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of NZ Music on Radio† |
|---|
- Camille Guzzwell, David Ridler
| |
Notes and References
- Web site: 2005 New Zealand Music Awards. https://archive.today/20121220175549/http://www.rianz.org.nz/awards2008/history2005.asp. dead. 20 December 2012. Web page. RIANZ. 28 September 2012.
- Web site: New Awards . NZ Music Awards . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010214810/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2005/about_newawards.asp . 10 October 2006 . live .
- Web site: 2005 Awards: FAQs. NZ Music Awards. 2 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20061010214814/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2005/about_faqs.asp. 10 October 2006.
- Web site: Awards 2005 . Listing . NZ Music Awards . 28 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030144058/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2005-winners/ . 30 October 2012 .
