Broods dominate 2016 NZ Music Awards with 5 wins

  • 17/11/2016
Broods couldn't be at the ceremony to accept their awards (Newshub.)
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Broods have won five Tuis at the 2016 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards (VNZMAs), rounding out another incredible year for the brother-and-sister duo who took home four awards last year.

The Nelson born, LA-based act have topped the award categories for Album of the Year for their sophomore effort Conscious and Single of the Year for their track 'Free', as well as winning Best Group, Best Pop Album and the People's Choice Award.

Aaradhna earned Tuis for Best Female Solo Artist and Best Urban/Hip Hop Album for Brown Girl, which topped the Official New Zealand Top 40 chart earlier this year.

The Best Male Solo Artist award was received by MAALA, who has had a year of strong releases and singles - including the smash hit 'Kind of Love' off his debut album Composure.

Singer songwriter Bic Runga received the Legacy Award for her contributions to Kiwi music and was welcomed into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.

She celebrated the honour with a special rendition of her huge hit 'Sway'.

The full list of the main 2016 VNZMA winners is as follows:

Godfrey Hirst Album of the Year:  Broods – Conscious

Vodafone Single of the Year: Broods – 'Free'

Best Group: Broods

Best Male Solo Artist: MAALA

Fiji Airways Best Female Solo Artist: Aaradhna

Breakthrough Artist of the Year: KINGS

Best Rock Album: Villainy – Dead Sight

The Edge Best Pop Album: Broods – Conscious

Best Alternative Album: Lawrence Arabia – Absolute Truth

Best Urban/Hip Hop Album: Aaradhna – Brown Girl

Best Roots Album: Unity Pacific – Blackbirder Dread

Best Electronic Album: Pacific Heights – The Stillness

Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Album: Rob Ruha – Pūmau

Best Worship Album: Edge Kingsland – Edge Vol. 3: The Common Good

Best Classical Album: Anthony Ritchie and Ross Harris – Fjarran Kenneth Young – 'Shadows and Light' Zephyr – 'Zephyr'

Vodafone People's Choice Award: Broods

NZ Herald Legacy Award: Bic Runga

Vodafone Highest Selling Single: Six60 – 'White Lines'

Three Highest Selling Album: Sol3Mio – On Another Note

NZ On Air Radio Airplay Record of the Year: Six60 – 'White Lines'

International Achievement: Fat Freddy's Drop

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