2006 Winners

WINNER: ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Bic Runga – Birds

WINNER: SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Pluto – Long White Cross

WINNER: BEST GROUP
Elemeno P – Trouble In Paradise

WINNER: BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST
Dave Dobbyn – Available Light

WINNER: BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST
Bic Runga – Birds

WINNER: BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bleeders – Sweet As Sin

WINNER: HIGHEST SELLING NZ ALBUM
Fat Freddy’s Drop – Based On A True Story

WINNER: HIGHEST SELLING NZ SINGLE
Rosita Vai – All I Ask

WINNER: RADIO AIRPLAY RECORD OF THE YEAR
The Feelers – Stand Up

WINNER: BEST ROCK ALBUM
Bleeders – Sweet As Sin

WINNER: BEST URBAN / HIP HOP ALBUM
Frontline – Borrowed Time

WINNER: BEST DANCE / ELECTRONICA ALBUM
Concord Dawn – Chaos By Design

WINNER: BEST AOTEAROA ROOTS ALBUM
Fly My Pretties – The Return of Fly My Pretties

WINNER: BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Mark Williams – Wandering Eye (Fat Freddy’s Drop)

WINNER: PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD
Fat Freddy’s Drop

WINNER: BEST PRODUCER
Bic Runga – Birds

WINNER: BEST ENGINEER
Andre Upston – Birds (Bic Runga)

WINNER: BEST ALBUM COVER
Chris Knox – Sweet As Sin (Bleeders)

WINNER: BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Tower Voices New Zealand – Spirit Of The Land

WINNER: BEST MAORI ALBUM
Te Reotakiwa Dunn – Te Reotakiwa Dunn

WINNER: BEST GOSPEL / CHRISTIAN ALBUM
juliagrace – juliagrace

WINNER: BEST COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM
Shane Warner – Absolutely

WINNER: BEST PACIFIC MUSIC ALBUM
Mt Vaea Band – Mama

WINNER: BEST FOLK ALBUM
Lorina Harding – Clean Break

WINNER: OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROWTH OF NZ MUSIC ON RADIO
David Innes

WINNER: BEST JAZZ ALBUM
The Vaughn Roberts Big Band – Grrreat Stufff!