Edition of annual Australian music award
AIR Awards of 2020 Date 1 October 2020 Venue Freemasons Hall, Adelaide, Australia Hosted by Jessica Braithwaite and Dylan Lewis[ 1] Most wins Tones and I Stella Donnelly (2)Most nominations Tones and I Stella Donnelly Julia Jacklin Sampa The Great (3)Website Official website
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The 2020 AIR Awards was the fourteenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards ceremony (generally known as the AIR Awards). It took place on 1 October 2020 in Adelaide.
The nominations were revealed on 7 July 2020, consisting of sixteen categories, up four from twelve, as was the case in 2019. The four new categories were: Best Independent Pop Album or EP, Best Independent Rock Album or EP, Best Independent Children's Album or EP, and Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP. The award for Best Independent Hard Rock, Heavy or Punk Album was split in two, recognising Punk and Heavy separately. For the first time, the ceremony didn't include the Best Independent Artist category.[ 2]
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Stella Donnelly[ 1]
The Teskey Brothers[ 1]
Angie McMahon[ 1]
The Soul Movers[ 1]
Nominees and winners [ edit ]
AIR Awards [ edit ]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface ; other final nominees are listed alphabetically.[ 3] [ 1]
Independent Album of the Year
Independent Song of the Year
Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs
Ainslie Wills – All You Have Is All You Need
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
Sampa The Great – The Return
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
Ainslie Wills – "Fear of Missing Out"
Dom Dolla – "San Frandisco"
Julia Jacklin – "Don't Know How to Keep Loving You"
Sampa The Great – "Final Form"
Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year
Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
Tones and I
Angie McMahon
Carla Geneve
Stella Donnelly
Vlossom
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
Bobby Alu – Flow
Dyson Stringer Cloher – Dyson Stringer Cloher
Paul Kelly – Live at the Sydney Opera House
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Best Independent Children's Album or EP
Best Independent Classical Album or EP
Regurgitator's Pogogo Show – The Really Really Really Really Boring Album
Hillsong Kids – Songs of Some Silliness
Pevan & Sarah – Be Kind
The Vegetable Plot – Season Two
The Wiggles – Party Time!
Richard Tognetti & Erin Helyard – Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas
Amy Dickson – In Circles
Joseph Tawadros – Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower
Katie Noonan and Australian String Quartet – The Glad Tomorrow
Stuart Skelton, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch – Tristan Und Isolde
Best Independent Country Album or EP
Best Independent Dance or Electronica Album or EP
Charlie Collins – Snowpine
Cool Sounds – More to Enjoy
Felicity Urquhart – Frozen Rabbit
Lee Kernaghan – Backroad Nation
Lucky Oceans – Purple Sky
The Jungle Giants – "Heavy Hearted" (1,2,3,4am remixes)
Flume – Hi This Is Flume
Hermitude – Pollyanarchy
Huntly – Low Grade Buzz
Sui Zhen – Losing, Linda'
Best Independent Dance, Electronica or Club Single
Best Independent Heavy Album or EP
Dom Dolla - "San Frandisco"
Confidence Man – "Does It Make You Feel Good?"
Flume featuring Vera Blue – "Rushing Back"
Haiku Hands – "Dare You Not to Dance"
PNAU – "Solid Gold"
Northlane – Alien
Alpha Wolf – Fault
Ocean Sleeper – Don't Leave Me This Way
Superheist – Sidewinder
Thornhill – The Dark Pool
Best Independent Hip Hop Album or EP
Best Independent Jazz Album or EP
Sampa the Great – The Return
Allday – Starry Night Over the Phone
Horrorshow – New Normal
Shadow – Cream
Tasman Keith & Stevie Jean – Evenings
Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky – Tryst
Angela Davis – Little Did They Know
Joe Chindamo – Arias
Mike Nock, Hamish Stuart, Julien Wilson & Jonathan Zwartz – This World
Phil Slater – The Dark Pattern
Best Independent Pop Album or EP
Best Independent Punk Album or EP
Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs
Cub Sport – Cub Sport
G Flip – About Us
Jack River – Sugar Mountain
Tones and I – The Kids Are Coming
DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising: Part 1
Ausmuteants – ...Present The World in Handcuffs
Dear Seattle – Don't Let Go
The Gooch Palms – III
Hexdebt – Rule of Four
Best Independent Rock Album or EP
Best Independent Soul/R&B Album or EP
Angie McMahon – Salt
Bad//Dreems – Doomsday Ballet
Jess Ribeiro – Love Hate
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
Pond – Tasmania
Caiti Baker – The Dust (Pt. 1)
Jordan Rakei – Origin
Laneous – Monstera Deliciosa
The Soul Movers – Bona Fide
Tiana Khasi – Meghalaya
Best Independent Label
2020 Outstanding Achievement Award
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