Australian Women in Music Awards

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Australian Women in Music
Current: 2024 Australian Women in Music Awards & Conference Program
Awarded forAdvancing gender equality in the Australian Music Industry.
Location Fortitude Music Hall. [1]
CountryAustralia
First awarded2018;6 years ago (2018)
Last awardedCurrent
Website womeninmusicawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkABC TV & Iview

The Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) is an annual awards event recognising the contributions of women, non-binary, GNC & LGBTQI+ artists, musicians and music practitioners across all areas of the Australian Music industry. [2]

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AWMA was founded in March 2018 by independent music producer and gender equality activist Vicki Gordon to address the chronic gender inequality across all areas of the Australian music industry. Artist Katie Noonan said at the launch, "These awards are a powerful signal to our industry, our artists and our audience that female musicians can, should and will take centre stage". [3] The inaugural event was staged in Brisbane on 9–10 October 2018. [4] Helen Reddy was the inaugural inductee into the AWMA Honour Roll. [5]

In its second year, the AWMAs became a beacon for recognising the achievements and contributions of women across all areas of the Australian music industry. [6] In 2020 & 2021 AWMA was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [7] AWMA returned 17 - 18 May 2022, 26 - 27 September 2023 and is scheduled for 1-2 October in Brisbane Queensland 2024.

Background

The aim of Australian Women in Music is to advance gender equality in the Australian music industry by recognising the value, achievements and contributions of women across all areas of industry. Women represent only one-fifth of songwriters and composers registered with APRA, despite making up 45 percent of qualified musicians. Of the 100 most played songs on commercial radio in 2016, only 31 were by a female act or act with a female lead. Since the first Australian Independent Records Association Awards in 2006 to 2018, only 22 of the total 103 awards presented have been won by acts with a female lead, or equal numbers of women and men. [8]

Categories

Categories as listed below [9]

AWMA Music Awards by year

To see the full article for a particular year, please click on the year link.

YearHonour RollLifetime Achievement AwardRef.
2018 Helen Reddy Patricia Amphlett, Renée Geyer & Margret RoadKnight [10]
2019 Judith Durham Joy McKean [11]
2020Not held (due to Covid restrictions) [7]
2021 Olivia Newton-John Deborah Cheetham [12]
2022Not held (due to Covid restrictions) The 2021 was held in May 2022 [13] [14]
2023 Renée Geyer and Judy Stone Jeannie Lewis, Clare Moore and Kate Ceberano [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Women in Music Awards winners announced".
  2. 1 2 "Honour Roll". Australian Women in Music Awards. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Australian Women in Music Awards announced". Sydney Morning Herald . 7 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Press Release AWMA Announced" (PDF). April 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Australian Women in Music Awards 2019 Are Coming".
  6. ↑ "2019 Australian Women In Music Awards Winners". scenestr. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Women In Music Awards 2020 ceremony cancelled, will return in 2021". Music Week. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Last Chance to Nominate for the Australian Women In Music Awards". WAM. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Award Categories". AWMA. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "2018 Recipients and Finalists". AWMA. October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Congratulations to our 2019 Recipients & Finalists". AWMA. October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "2022 Australian Women In Music Awards Winners". Scenestr. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Australian Women in Music Awards confirms 2021 return". NME. March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Australian Women in Music Awards reveals finalists as it pushes event back to 2022". The Music Network. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Australian Women In Music Awards 2023 Winners Announced". Music Feeds . 28 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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