Big winners Georgia and Caleb Nott of Broods paid tribute to their producer, manager and family. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Big winners Georgia and Caleb Nott of Broods paid tribute to their producer, manager and family. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Broods’ Caleb and Georgia Nott pick up four top honours, including Album of the Year.
Having successfully taken out Breakthrough Artist at last year's ceremony, last night Broods well and truly established themselves as a dominant force in New Zealand music by winning four Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards at the star-studded ceremony at Auckland's Vector Arena.
Brother and sister Caleb and Georgia Nott took out the Album of the Year award for their debut album Evergreen, as well as Best Group, Best Pop Album, and the Radio Airplay Record of the Year.
The pair, who are originally from Nelson, have had a steady rise to fame since first being noticed performing as part of the Smokefree Rockquest back in 2011. They joined up with producer Joel Little (the man with the golden touch, it would seem, given his success co-writing and producing with Lorde also) and quickly gained local and international attention with the release of their self-titled EP in January 2014.
Lorde arrives at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards at Vector Arena. Photo / Getty Images
They've since been caught up in a whirlwind of lengthy international tours, performing with international luminaries like Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Haim and others, but somehow managed to write and release Evergreen late last year.
The pair were clearly humbled by their awards, paying tribute to their manager Ashley Page, to Little, and of course to their family, having just enchanted the audience with a rousing performance of their single Mother and Father.
The rest of the awards were spread across an impressively wide range of acts.
Rising alt-country star Marlon Williams took away two Tuis, for Best Male Solo Artist and Breakthrough Artist of the Year, off the back of his acclaimed self-titled solo debut, and wowed the audience with his stunning, stripped-back performance of Dark Child.
Gin Wigmore grabbed the Best Female Solo Artist gong for her recent, raw and personal album Blood To Bone, and Lorde was not forgotten, taking home the Single of the Year award (for the third year in a row) for her Hunger Games soundtrack single Yellow Flicker Beat.
Gin Wigmore grabbed the Best Female Solo Artist gong. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who recently won the 2015 Apra Silver Scroll, and were nominated for Best Album and Best Single, took away the Tui for Best Alternative Album for Multi-Love - an award which they also won in 2013 for their previous album II.
Shihad took away Best Rock Album for their scorching album FVEY (adding to their already hefty pile of 15 Tuis), while Best Urban/Hip Hop Album went to Janine and the Mixtape, Trinity Roots won Best Roots Album, and Electric Wire Hustle won Best Electronica Album.
Six60 were in line for a potential eight awards at the ceremony, but were edged out in every category except the People's Choice Award, which they happily thanked their fans and supporters for.
Sol3 Mio once again pipped everyone else to take out Highest Selling Album, and Savage surprised everyone by taking away Highest Selling Single for his song Freaks with Timmy Trumpet, which he performed live to start the show.
Sol3 Mio pipped everyone by taking out the Highest Selling Album award. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The night was topped off by a moving tribute to The Exponents, with Neil Finn presenting the beloved Kiwi group with the NZ Herald Legacy Award and inducting them into the NZ Music Hall of Fame before Dave Dobbyn and Tami Neilson led a truly celebratory version of party classic Why Does Love Do This To Me?
