From household names Keith Urban, The Veronicas and Amy Shark to emerging artists like Jem Cassar-Daley, Jesswar and Hope D, the Queensland Music Awards is an annual celebration of the state's best music.
Song, video, venue and festival nominations are now closed.
Album nominations close 21 November, 11:59PM AEST.
Pop Award
Heavy Award
Blues / Roots Award
Soul / Funk / R’n’B Award
Country Award
Hip Hop Award
Electronic Award
Jazz Award
World Award
Rock Award
Indigenous Award
Stage + Contemporary Classical Award
Children's Music Award
Youth Award (Ages 10 - 17)
Folk Award
Music for Screen Award
Video Award
Nominations close Thursday 14 November
Festival of the Year
Metro Venue of the Year
Regional Venue of the Year
Accessible Venue of the Year
Nominations close Thursday 14 November
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Emerging Artist of the Year Award
Highest Selling Album
Highest Selling Single
The $15,000 Carol Lloyd Award honours the contribution the late Carol Lloyd made to the Queensland music scene and awards $15,000 to support an emerging female-identifying or non-binary singer-songwriter Queensland musicians to record a full-length album or record and tour an EP.
The annual $15,000 Dennis ‘Mop’ Conlon Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging Indigenous Queensland musician or band to develop and record a song or series of songs, to support and develop their ongoing career in the music industry.
The annual $15,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship provides the opportunity for an emerging artist or band to record with an established producer and receive career planning support from Chugg Entertainment.
The $15,000 Fellowship offers the recipient an opportunity to travel to New York, London or Berlin to be immersed in a foreign and vibrant musical culture to further develop their artistic skills.
