Four dominate at 2004 music awards
Scribe, Brooke, Hayley – the headlining acts of a new generation of local talent – and Dimmer reign supreme at the 2004
Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Scribe at the NZ Music Awards where he dominated the winners’ list taking out seven Tuis.
Images courtesy of nzmusicawards.co.nz
Scribe and P-Money arrive at the Music Awards.
Hayley Westenra won two Tuis.
Brooke Fraser won two Tuis.
Hip-hop sensation Scribe dominates the winners’ list collecting seven awards while emerging talent Brooke Fraser and
singing sensation Hayley Westenra both take out two Tuis.
Dimmer, the creation of former Straightjacket Fits front man Shayne Carter, also picks up two top awards.
With Scribe’s tour-de-force debut album The Crusader, the hip-hop superstar wins Playstation 2 Album of the Year, L Best Urban / Hip Hop Album and Best Male Solo Artist. His debut single, Stand Up, is awarded Single of the Year while
Not Many – The Remix! – co-written with P-Money, Con Psy and Savage – wins its authors the award for Songwriter of the
Year.
Scribe also wins the Vodafone People’s Choice Award – voted on by New Zealanders around the country.
Chris Graham’s video for Stand Up earns both him and Scribe Tuis in the C4 Best Music Video Award.
Melodic pop artist and awards rookie Brooke Fraser takes out the Export Gold Breakthrough Artist of the Year title
together with Best Female Solo Artist following her triple platinum debut album What To Do With Daylight.
Hayley Westenra’s outstanding success in the UK, Asia, and Australasia is recognised with an International Achievement
Award. Hayley’s album Pure wins Highest Selling NZ Album having sold more than 1.5 million copies world-wide.
The distinctive dark tones of You’ve Got To Hear The Music have won Shayne Carter’s Dimmer the Export Gold Best Group
and Channel Z Best Rock Album awards.
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) music awards spokesperson Adam Holt says the 2004 Vodafone New
Zealand Music Awards winners strongly reflect the quality and depth of local music.
“Increasing numbers of young local talent are now achieving success both here and internationally and that means the
future of New Zealand music is in great shape.
“It’s also fantastic to see that artists are excelling across a number of different genres. Local musicians are
producing great music that caters to the tastes of all New Zealanders.”
Salmonella Dub continues to produce winning beats picking up the Best Dance / Electonica Album for One Drop East. The
group won the same award last year for Outside the Dub Plates.
The award for the Highest Selling New Zealand Single goes to pop idol Ben Lummis for They Can’t Take That Away and
Goldenhorse takes out Airplay Record of the Year with its single Maybe Tomorrow.
In a poignant moment during the celebrations the late Shaun Joyce (former Director of Marketing and Buying at Sounds
Music) posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Award from RIANZ president Michael Glading.
In his tribute Mr Glading described Shaun as a person who championed artists saying many, both local and international,
owed their music triumphs in New Zealand to Shaun.
The 2004 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards are presented by RIANZ and are in their 39th year.
2004 VODAFONE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC AWARDS WINNERS
PLAYSTATION® 2 ALBUM OF THE YEAR Winner: Scribe – The Crusader Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With
Daylight Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music Goodshirt – Fiji Baby Phoenix Foundation – Horsepower
SINGLE OF THE YEAR Winner: Scribe – Stand Up Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – Lifeline Dimmer – Getting
What You Give Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow Goodshirt – Buck It Up
EXPORT GOLD BEST GROUP Winner: Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music Other finalists: Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect Goodshirt – Fiji Baby
EXPORT GOLD BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR Winner: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight Other finalists:
Adeaze – Always And For Real Minuit – The 88
BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST Winner: Scribe – The Crusader Other finalists: Greg Johnson – Here Comes The Caviar Nathan
Haines – Squire For Hire
BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST Winner: Brooke Fraser – What To Do With Daylight Other finalists: Bic Runga – Live
In Concert Hayley Westenra - Pure
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Winner: Scribe, P-Money, Con Psy & Savage – Not Many - The Remix! Other finalists: Brooke Fraser – Lifeline Greg Johnson – Save Yourself
HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND ALBUM Winner: Hayley Westenra – Pure Other finalists: Bic Runga – Beautiful Collision
Scribe – The Crusader
HIGHEST SELLING NEW ZEALAND SINGLE Winner: Ben Lummis – They Can’t Take That Away
Other finalists: Blindspott – Phlex Scribe – Stand Up
CHANNEL Z BEST ROCK ALBUM Winner: Dimmer – You’ve Got To Hear The Music Other finalists: Elemeno P – Love & Disrespect Goodshirt – Fiji Baby
L BEST URBAN / HIP HOP ALBUM Winner: Scribe – The Crusader Other finalists: King Kapisi – 2nd Round Testament
Mareko – White Sunday
BEST DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM Winner: Salmonella Dub – One Drop East Other finalists: Concord Dawn – Uprising
Shapeshifter – Riddim Wise LP
C4 BEST MUSIC VIDEO Winner: Chris Graham & Scribe – Stand Up (Scribe) Other finalists: Gary Sullivan – Getting What You Give (Dimmer) Mark Trethewey & Shane Mason – Fools Love (Misfits Of Science)
VODAFONE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Winner: Scribe Other finalists: Brooke Fraser Elemeno P Goodshirt
Steriogram Zed
BEST JAZZ ALBUM Winner: The Rodger Fox Big Band – A Rare Connection Other finalists: Charmaine Ford – Blues
For Guppy The Frank Gibson Quartet – Rainbow Bridge
BEST MAORI ALBUM Winner: Ruia – Hawaiki Other finalists: Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and Aroha Yates-Smith -
Te Hekenga - a - rangi Whirimako Black - Tangihaku
BEST PACIFIC MUSIC ALBUM Winner: Te Vaka – Tutuki Other finalists: Adeaze – Always And For Real The All
Stars – Pele Ea
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM Winner: John Psathas – Psathas: Fragments Other finalists: New Zealand String Quartet –
Szekely / Dvorak NZSO – David Farquhar: Three Symphonies
BEST GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN ALBUM Winner: Magnify – In Wonder Other finalists: Parachute Band – Glorious Peter
Posa – My Pick
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Winner: Hayley Westenra Other finalists: Bic Runga Scribe
AIRPLAY RECORD OF THE YEAR Winner: Goldenhorse – Maybe Tomorrow Other finalists: Bic Runga – Listening For The
Weather Carly Binding – We Kissed
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Shaun Joyce
AWARDS PRESENTED AT PRIOR EVENTS
BEST COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM Winner: Donna Dean – Money Other finalists: JamesRAy – Chasing the Dream Michael
King – Radio Ranch Dennis Marsh –To Get to You
BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SONG Winner: Donna Dean – Work It Out Other finalists: Peter Cairns – Reap What You Sow
Rob Innes – This Time JamesRAy – Chasing The Dream Barry Saunders – Westland Moon
BEST FOLK ALBUM Winner: Brendyn Montgomery and Mike Considine – Mountain Air Other finalists: Tinkers with
Talent – Tinkers With Talent The Maritime Crew – Under The Southern Cross
BEST ALBUM COVER Winner: Ben Sciascia for Postage by Supergroove Other finalists: Kelvin Soh, Simon
Oosterdijk and Jay Sandler for You’ve Got to Hear the Music by Dimmer Matt Barnes and Aaron McKirdy for Collider
by Fur Patrol Tana Mitchell for Horsepower by The Phoenix Foundation
BEST ENGINEER Winner: Chris van de Geer for Passenger by Carly Binding Other finalists: Clint Murphy for You are
Here by Opshop Dr Lee Prebble for Horsepower by The Phoenix Foundation
BEST PRODUCER Winner: P-Money for The Crusader by Scribe Other finalists: Chris van de Geer and Andrew Maclaren
for Passenger by Carly Binding Murray Fisher for Fiji Baby by Goodshirt Nic McGowan for The Taming of the
Wasps by Paselode Paddy Free and Tiki Taane for One Drop East by Salmonella Dub.