The stars of South Australian music took to the stage for the 2025 South Australian Music Awards (SA Music Awards), as it celebrated another year of talent, creativity, and achievement.
For the first time, the SA Music Awards were held at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre, bringing together artists, industry leaders, and music fans for a spectacular evening honouring the very best of the state’s contemporary music scene.
Leading the honours were aleksiah and DEM MOB, who each took home four awards across the Major, Industry, and People’s Choice categories.
“Winning four awards this year is honestly a huge surprise. I’m so grateful. It’s a real honour to be recognised again, and I want to share as much love and appreciation as possible with all the other nominees,” aleksiah says.
“Eight awards in two years is pretty surreal. but in the grand scheme of things I just feel privileged that people are connecting with the music I’ve released. I’m now in my third year of putting music out into the world, and I just hope to keep getting better, learning more, and growing with every project.”
Meanwhile, DEM MOB has won ten SA Music Awards in just three years.
“We’re really stoked to win four awards, it’s humbling, super exciting, and a huge honour. Words can’t even explain what it means to have won four this year, let alone ten over the past three years,” the group say. “The Education Award means the most to us. Seeing kids get the chance to learn, create, and express themselves through hip hop, that’s the essence of DEM MOB. It’s how we got here, and working with the next generation of musicians from the APY Lands is the greatest reward of all.”
Oscar The Wild and Ella Ion also took home two awards each. Oscar The Wild were recently announced as the local support for AC/DC at the bp Grand Final. They won Best Group, and the People’s Choice Award for Rock, with Ella Ion taking home Best New Artist and the People’s Choice Award for Folk.
“The SA Music Awards continue to showcase the brilliant talent emerging from South Australia. This year’s winners are a collection of remarkable artists, businesses and professionals, who are not only shaping the sound of our state, but stamping their mark on the national industry,” Music SA CEO Christine Schloithe says.
