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Women Rein Supreme At The 2020 Music Victoria Awards

Written by Jay-Dee Pitcaithly on 11th December, 2020
Women Rein Supreme At The 2020 Music Victoria Awards

On Wednesday, the 16th edition of the Music Victoria Awards was held at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of the Melbourne Music Week extended program.

The live-streamed event revealed the seven public-voted winners, and 14 industry-voted winners following a handful of previously announced awards at last month's Industry Awards event. The evening also featured live performances from Alice Skye, Elizabeth, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and Simona Castricum.

Amongst the winning acts were Sampa The Great, who took home four awards and frontwoman of Amyl and The Sniffers Amy Taylor, who scored three. 

The coveted Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent was presented to Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Badu Island indie-pop, roots singer-songwriter Kee'ahn, while post-punk outfit Pinch Points were awarded Best Breakthrough Act.

The evening also saw Paul Kelly induct the late, great Chris Wilson into the Music Victoria Hall Of Fame, with wife Sarah Carroll and sons Fenn Wilson and George Carroll Wilson accepting the induction on stage.

Check out the full list of winners from this year's Music Victoria Awards below.


Publicly voted award winners:

BEST BAND

Amyl and The Sniffers

BEST SONG

Sampa The Great - OMG

BEST SOLO ARTIST

Sampa The Great

BEST MUSICIAN

Amy Taylor (Amyl and The Sniffers)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Pinch Points

BEST LIVE ACT

Amyl and The Sniffers

Industry voted winners:

Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act

The Teskey Brothers (Warrandyte)

Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent

Kee'ahn

 Best Blues Album

*Lloyd Spiegel - Cut and Run

 
Best Country Album

Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife - You Be The Lightning

 
Best Electronic Act

Sleep D

 
Best Experimental or Avant-garde Act

Robin Fox

 
Best Folk Album

Fiona Ross & Shane O'Mara - Sunwise Turn

 
Best Heavy Album

Diploid - Glorify

 
Best Hip Hop Act

Birdz

 
Best Intercultural Act

Black Jesus Experience

 
Best Jazz Album

Vanessa Perica Orchestra - Love is a Temporary Madness

 
Best Reggae and Dancehall Act

Dub FX

 
Best Rock/Punk Album

Cable Ties - Far Enough

 
Best Soul, Funk, Gospel or RnB Album

Sampa The Great - The Return

Industry award winners

Best Small Venue (under 500 capacity)

The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood
 
Best Large Venue (over 500 capacity)

Forum Melbourne
 
Best Festival

Golden Plains
 
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Over 50 gigs per year)

Barwon Club Hotel - Geelong
 
Best Regional/Outer Suburban Venue (Under 50 gigs per year)

*Theatre Royal - Castlemaine
 
Outstanding Woman In Music

Sarah Hamilton (One Of One)
 
Best Producer

Joelistics: Mo'Ju & Joelistics Ghost Town EP

 
Hall of Fame Inductees

Mary Mihelakos (industry)

Chris Wilson (musician)

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