2020 Queensland Music Awards Finalists

After months of deliberation, Queensland Music Awards have collated the finalists for the 2020 edition of the QMAs.

Selected by by over 100 Australian and international music industry figures, the 2020 class of QMA finalists include Busby Marou (who are up for four awards), WAAX, The Jungle Giants, Miiesha, DVNA, Mau Power, Greta Stanley, Osaka Punch, Milton Man Gogh and many more.

Joining the finalists at the QMAs are the Billy Thorpe Scholarship shortlisted nominees, one of which will be awarded the prestigious $10,000 Scholarship on the night.

The line-up of artists performing on the night, already featuring the likes of alt-pop rebels Cub Sport, acoustic roots duo Busby Marou, southside rap group Order Sixty6 and pop femme fatale Jaguar Jonze, now also features the talents of Miiesha, who is nominated in the soul, funk, R&B category.

The 2020 QMAs will also herald a flood of new initiatives, including the inaugural awarding of the Emerging Artist Of The Year Award and the commencement of QMusic's ‘Ones To Watch And Listen’ programme, which will champion Queensland’s breakout artists.

Congratulations to all the 2020 Queensland Music awards finalists. The ceremony takes place at The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane) 3 March.

2020 Queensland Music Awards Finalists

Pop

Busby Marou - 'Lucky Stars'
Cub Sport - 'I Never Cried So Much In My Whole Life' (ft. Darren Hayes)
IVEY - 'Bodies'
The Jungle Giants - 'Heavy Hearted'

Rock

Eliza & The Delusionsals - 'Just Exist'
High Tropics - 'Changes'
Moreton - 'See Yourself' (ft. James Vincent McMorrow)
WAAX - 'FU'

Heavy

A Somerset Parade - 'Clementine'
Being Jane Lane - 'Savage Sunday'
DZ Deathrays - 'Still No Change'
Osaka Punch - 'Drones'

Singer-songwriter/Folk

Asha Jefferies - 'Bad Kisser'
Greta Stanley - 'Kick'
Jaguar Jonze - 'Beijing Baby'
Moreton - 'Circles'

Blues/Root

Bobby Alu - 'Dust'
Busby Marou - 'Naba Norem (The Reef Song)'
Emma Bosworth - 'Low Road'
Leanne Tennant - 'Bring It All Back'

Soul/Funk/R&B

First Beige - 'Details'
MiCCY - 'Figure It Out'
Miiesha - 'Drowning'
Pink Matter - 'Soul Fruit'

Country

Brad Butcher - 'Nature's Course'
Hayley Marsten - 'Wendy'
Megan Cooper - 'Side Of Love'
Oh Harlow - 'Give It A Miss'

Hip Hop/Rap

Carmouflage Rose - 'Sele'
Nerve - 'Sunday Roast' (ft. JK-47)
Order Sixty6 - 'Suburbia'
Ozi Jarel - 'Legacy'

Electronic/Dance

Golden Vessel - 'Tonight' (ft. Cult Shotta and Cub Sport)
Güs - 'Do You Feel Me'
Holiday Party - 'No One'
The Kite String Tangle - 'Polar'

Jazz

Milton Man Gogh - 'TV Was Better When I Was Younger' (ft. Toby Wren)
Sean Foran - 'Monkey'
Sophie Min & James Sherlock - 'Thanks For The Hands'
The View From Madeleine's Couch - 'Meu Anjo'

World Music

Katie Noonan - 'A Song Of Hope'
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - 'Make Everything' (ft. Apadalia and Loopy!)
Mzaza - 'The Birth And Death Of Stars'
Tibet2Timbuk2 - 'Apo Gaga'

Video

Regurgitator - 'Best Friends Forever'
Moreton - 'Circles'
The Kite String Tangle - 'Polar'
Greta Stanley - 'Pour'

Indigenous

Busby Marou - 'Naba Norem (The Reef Song)'
Luke Daniel Peacock - 'Older Then'
Mau Power - 'Arrived' (ft. Marcus Corowa)
Project 62 - 'Ancient Valleys'

Regional

Busby Marou - 'Naba Norem (The Reef Song)'
DVNA - 'Looking Like A Snack'
Greta Stanley - 'Kick'
Leanne Tennant - 'Bring It All Back'

Remote

Ella Hartwig - 'Staged Reality'
Miiesha - 'Drowning'
Nine Year Sister - 'Seaside Dreaming'
Peter Salata - 'El Gringo'

Schools

Charlie Darling - 'Lion's Breakfast'
Hanni - 'Wired'
Jacob Biermann - 'My Kingdom'
Toby Hobart - 'Blessing'

Billy Thorpe Scholarship Finalists

Dan Baker
Harry Phillips
Hope D
Jaguar Jonze