Aotearoa Music Award for Best Solo Artist
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Best Solo Artist is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours solo artists for outstanding work. The award can either apply to solo performers or a singer who performs with a band.
The award was originally divided by gender, with separate prizes going to male and female artists. The awards were first presented in 1978 at the relaunched New Zealand Music Awards. The awards were then called Top Male Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist. In 1985 they became Best Male Vocalist and Best Female Vocalist, then in 2004 they were renamed Best Male Solo Artist and Best Female Solo Artist. In 2017, following a revamp of the awards, the two awards were amalgamated into the one award called Best Solo Artist.[1]
Dave Dobbyn has won the award six times and been nominated a further six times. Bic Runga has won the award four times and been nominated once more. Jon Toogood of Shihad has won the award three times and been nominated a further six times. The award has also been won by three members of the same family: brothers, Neil Finn and Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House and Neil's son Liam Finn.[2]
Winners
[edit]Top Male Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist (1978 to 1984)
[edit]Year | Winner | Other finalists | Ref. |
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1978 | John Rowles | — | [3] |
Sharon O'Neill | |||
1979 | Rob Guest | [4] | |
Sharon O'Neill | |||
1980 | Jon Stevens | [5] | |
Sharon O'Neill | |||
1981 | Dave McArtney (Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos) | [6] | |
Suzanne Prentice |
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1982 | Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash) | [7] | |
Patsy Riggir |
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1983 | Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash) | [8] | |
Suzanne Prentice |
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1984 | Jordan Luck (Dance Exponents) |
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[9] |
Patsy Riggir |
Best Male Vocalist and Best Female Vocalist (1985 to 2003)
[edit]Best Male Solo Artist and Best Female Solo Artist (2004 to 2016)
[edit]Best Solo Artist (2017 to present)
[edit]Year | Winner | Album | Other finalists | Ref. |
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2017 | Lorde | Melodrama |
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[44] |
2018 | Marlon Williams | Make Way for Love |
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[45] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nominations for 2017 Vodafone NZ Music Awards Open Today". Scoop. Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Category Definitions 2012". NZ Music Awards. RMNZ. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "1978 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "1979 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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- ^ "BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST 2014". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST 2014". NZ Music Awards. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
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