Young Franco, Amy Shark, Troy Cassar-Daley Win Big at 2025 QMAs

Electronic music star Young Franco doubled up at the 2025 Queensland Music Awards, presented Tuesday night (March 25th) in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.

The homegrown DJ and producer took out the export honour and “Wake Up” featuring Master Peace won for song of the year, a coveted award that includes piece of prime real estate – a plaque on Fortitude Valley’s Brunswick Street Mall.

QMAs glory caps a fine 12 months for Franco, who dropped a full length album, it's Franky baby! in January, via Island Australia, and was inducted into Spotify's RADAR program for emerging artists last November. Franco boasts more than 1.6 million followers on the streaming platform. 

Amy Shark also snagged a brace of trophies, the Gold Coast pop star earning highest selling single and album honours, respectively, for “Beautiful Eyes” and Sunday Sadness, her ARIA Albums Chart No. 1.

Meanwhile, country legend and reigning ARIA Award champion Troy Cassar-Daley made history by scooping the album of the year category for Between The Fires, his emotional 12th LP that he recorded at the home of his late mother. The publicly-voted award made its debut this year, and featured a shortlist with Confidence Man, The Veronicas, Dune Rats, Amy Shark and Sheppard.

It was a winning night for the Cassar-Daley family, as Troy's daughter Jem claimed the indigenous category, for Big Container.