1998 Winners

WINNER: ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bic Runga – Drive

WINNER: SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Bic Runga – Sway

WINNER: BEST MALE VOCALIST
Jon Toogood – (Shihad)

WINNER: BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Bic Runga

WINNER: BEST GROUP
Shihad

WINNER: MOST PROMISING MALE VOCALIST
Darcy Clay

WINNER: MOST PROMISING FEMALE VOCALIST
Alesha Siosiua (Miozna)

WINNER: MOST PROMISING GROUP
Moizna

WINNER: INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
OMC

WINNER: BEST VIDEO
Mark Hurley – Home Again (Shihad)

WINNER: BEST PRODUCER
Malcolm Welsford – Pressure Man (The Feelers)

WINNER: BEST ENGINEER
Simon Sheridan – Sway (Bic Runga)

WINNER: BEST JAZZ ALBUM
The New Loungehead – Came A Weird Way

WINNER: BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Daniel Poynton -You Hit Him, He Cry Out

WINNER: BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Kylie Harris – Fancy

WINNER: BEST FOLK ALBUM
Paul Ubana Jones – Blessings And Burdens

WINNER: BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
Parachute Band – You Alone

WINNER: BEST MANA MAORI ALBUM
Te Matapihi – Te Matapihi

WINNER: BEST MANA REO ALBUM
St Jospehs Maori Girls College – E Hine

WINNER: BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
Kids TV – Sing Something Simple

WINNER: BEST SONGWRITER
Bic Runga – Sway

WINNER: BEST COVER
Wayne Conway – Drive (Bic Runga)

WINNER: NEW ZEALAND RADIO PROGRAMMER AWARD
John Diver – Channel Z (Wellington)