Lorde, Broods, Liam Finn up for NZ Music Awards

Two-time Grammy winner Lorde, opera trio Sol3 Mio, brother sister duo Broods, 2009 Australian Idol winner Stan Walker, The Naked and Famous and Liam Finn have received multiple nominations for next month’s Vodafone NZ Music Awards.

Lorde leads the pack with five nominations, Sol3 Mio and multiple NZMA winner Ladi6 received four and Broods, whose self-titled EP peaked inside the ARIA Top 30 in January are up for three awards including People’s Choice and Breakthrough Artist of the Year.

Lorde’s co-writer and producer of Broods’ EP, Joel Little, has already taken out two awards in the technical categories (Tuis); Little took home the NZMA for Best Producer and Best Engineer for his work on Lorde’s debut album Pure Heroine. Little won the Song of the Year Grammy alongside Lorde in Januray for Royals.

The New Zealand Herald Legacy Award recipient has this year gone to funk-rap seven-piece Supergroove. The award acknowledges artists who have shaped the NZ music industry.

The awards take place at Auckland’s Vector Arena on November 20 and broadcast live in NZ on channel Four. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Dai Henwood and TV presenter Shannon Ryan, and will feature live performances by Tiny Ruins, Benny Tipene, Blacklistt, Sol3 Mio, Broods, and David Dallas.

See below for the full list of VNZMA 2014 nominees:

Mentos Album of the Year
Ladi6 – Automatic
Lorde – Pure Heroine
Sol3 Mio – Sol3 Mio
The Naked And Famous – In Rolling Waves
Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One

Vodafone Single of the Year
Broods – ’Bridges’
David Dallas – ’Runnin’
Ladi6 – ’Diamonds’
Lorde – ’Team’
The Naked And Famous – ’Hearts Like Ours’

Steinlager Pure Best Group
@Peace – @Peace and the Plutonium Noise Symphony
Sol3 Mio – Sol3 Mio
The Naked And Famous – In Rolling Waves
Best Male Solo Artist
David Dallas – Falling Into Place
Liam Finn – The Nihilist
Stan Walker – Inventing Myself

Best Female Solo Artist
Ladi6 – Automatic
Lorde – Pure Heroine
Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One

Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Broods
Doprah
Sol3 Mio

Best Rock Album
Blacklistt – Blacklistt
Clap Clap Riot – Nobody/Everybody
Ekko Park – Tomorrow Tomorrow Today

The Edge Best Pop Album
Benny Tipene – Toulouse
Lorde – Pure Heroine
Stan Walker – Inventing Myself

Best Alternative Album
Grayson Gilmour – Infinite Life!
Liam Finn – The Nihilist
Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One

Best Urban/Hip Hop Album
David Dallas – Falling Into Place
Ladi6 – Automatic
PNC – The Codes

Best Roots Album
House of Shem – Harmony
Mark Vanilau – Dark Horizon
Tama Waipara – Fill Up The Silence

Best Electronica Album
Bulletproof – #Listen
Opiuo – Meraki
Sorceress – Dose

Best Music Video
Campbell Hooper – ’Hearts Like Ours’ (The Naked And Famous)
Thunderlips – ’Stranger People’ (Doprah)
Tom Gould – ’Runnin’ (David Dallas)

Best Maori Album
House of Shem – Harmony
Rob Ruha – Tiki Tapu
Tama Waipara – Fill Up The Silence

Best Gospel Christian Album
Lifestyle (of Worship) – Lifestyle (of Worship)
Mosaic Music – You Surround
Saving Grace – The Urgency

Best Classical Album
Dame Gillian Whitehead – Alice
Jack Body – Poems of Love & War
Voices 16 – Voice of the Soul

Vodafone Peoples Choice Award
Lorde
Sol3 Mio
David Dallas
Broods
Stan Walker

NZ Herald Legacy Award: Supergroove