The shortlist of nominees for the first-ever The Industry Observer Awards has been announced, and it’s a who’s who of Aussie festivals, radio hosts, lawyers, retailers, executives, label members, publicists and more.
Celebrating the “talent behind the talent”, the awards have nominated the likes of Adam Briggs, Troye Sivan’s parents Shaun & Laurelle Mellet, triple j‘s Ben & Liam and Splendour In The Grass among its various categories, which will each be judged by an elected jury from the music industry, with seven judges per category.
The inaugural The Industry Observer Awards will go down at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 27th March. Tickets to the ceremony are available to the public and industry alike, and you can head to Ticketweb for all the details.
Peep the full list of shortlisted nominees, below.
The Industry Observer Awards 2018 Shortlist
Guardian of the Year
Alana Dow [Jai Waetford]
Tara Hart
Shaun & Laurelle Mellet
Anthony Sultana
Ralph Van Dijk
Festival Of The Year
A WEEKEND In The Gardens
Bluesfest
Caloundra Music Festival
Groovin the Moo
Hot Dub Wine Machine
Laneway
Splendour In The Grass
UNIFY Festival
Yours & Owls Festival
Community Radio Host of the Year
Al Grigg
Brooke Olsen (Amrap)
Caitlin Nienaber (RTRFM 92.1)
Chris Berkley (Static 2Ser)
Chris Twite (FBi Radio)
Danny Chifley
Dave ‘Higgo’ Higgins
Jakob Rosenblatt
Julie Reynolds
Simon Winkler & Lauren Taylor (Triple R)
Stephanie Latella
Stephen Walker
Willem Hendriksen
Vickiree Melouney
Radio Host of the Year
Ash London (SCA)
Ben and Liam (triple j)
Byron Cooke (SCA)
Kyle & Jackie O (KIIS)
Mike E & Emma (ARN)
Kent Andrew “Smallzy” (Nova)
Music Lawyer of the Year
Gordon Pitt
Michael Easton
Marcus Fowler
Julian Hewitt
Stephen King
Adrian McGruther
Damian Rinaldi
David Vodicka
Music Retailer of the Year
Apple Music
Google
Spotify
YouTube
Marketing Manager/Director of the Year
Ben Martin (Golden Era Records)
Craig Redfearn (BMG Australia)
Mardi Caught
Huw Araniego-ellis (Warner Music)
Kimberley Galceran (Bluesfest)
Nicole Richards (Universal Music)
Petrina Convey (Sony Music)
Rusty Thorpe (Bluesfest)
Wayne Ringrow (Sony Music)
Viktoria Juryga (Universal Music)
Music Retailer of the Year
Beatdisc Records
Crackle and Pop Records
Dada Records
Greville Records
Mojo Record Bar
Poison City Records
Pony Music
Red Eye Records
The Basement Discs
The Record Store
Thornbury Records
Executive of the Year
Brett Cottle (APRA AMCOS)
Dean Ormston (APRA AMCOS)
Denis Handlin (Sony Music)
Heath Johns (BMG Australia)
Jacqui Louez-Schoorl (Jaxsta)
Jadden Comerford (UNIFIED Music Group)
John O Donnell (EMI Music)
Michael Gudinski (Mushroom Group)
Michael Taylor (Universal Music)
Susan Hayman (Chugg Entertainment)
Publisher A&R of the Year
Craig Hawker (Sony/ATV)
Leonie & Robert Conley (Specific Music)
Maree Hamblion (Sony/ATV)
Amy Jarman (BMG Australia)
Erol Yurdagul (Mushroom Group)
Simon Moor (Kolbalt Music)
Boutique Festival of the Year
A Festival Called Panama
Beyond The Valley
Grow Your Own Festival
Lost Paradise
MTV Australia – Beats and Eats
Mullum Music Festival
Snowtunes
Sounds Of The Suburbs
Subsonic Music Festival
Sugar Mountain
The Hills Are Alive
The Industry Impact Award
Adam Briggs (AB Original/Briggs/Bad Apples)
Erica Hart (QLD Music Festival)
Maggie Collins (Bigsound)
Michelle Grace-Hunder (Her Story Project)
Michael Chugg (Chugg Entertainment)
Milly Petriella (APRA AMCOS)
Stacey Piggott, Rhett McLaren, Alycia Emmerson & Emma Thornton (Your Choice)
Stephen Walker (3RRR)
Pixie Weyland (FEED MUSIC)
Vicki Gordon (Vicki Gordon Music Productions)
Manager of the Year
Aaron Girgis (Space 44)
Andrew Stone (Chugg Music)
Brent ‘Quincy’ Buchanan (Universal Music)
Clara Iaccarino (MAKEbeLIVE Productions)
Gregg Donovan & Stu MacQueen (Wonderlick)
Jaddan and Rachel Comerford (UNIFIED Music Group)
Kurt Bailey (Mirror Music Group)
Nathan Flack (Flagrant Artists)
Phil Stevens (Jarrah Records)
Regan Lethbridge & David Morgan (Lemon Tree Music)
Niriko McLure (Wonder / 1825 Records)
Publicist of the Year
Amy Simmons (UNIFIED Music Group)
Anna Fitzgerald (TMRW Music)
Bronwyn Tasker (Sony Music)
Chris Maric (Maric Media)
Ella Cochrane (Mushroom Group)
Emily Cheung (On The Map PR)
Genna Alexopoulos (Super Duper)
Natalie Files (The PR Files)
Rachel Jones-Williams (Caroline Australia)
Samantha Anschau (Beehive PR)
Sarah Guppy (This Much Talent)
Stephen Green (SGC Media)
Record Label A&R of the Year
Coco Eke (Bad Apples)
Damian Slevison (Mushroom Group)
Heath Bradbury (Warner Music)
Johann Ponniah (I Oh You)
John Mullen (Dew Process)
Luke Logemann (UNIFIED Music Group)
Mark Holland (EMI Music)
Michael Taylor (Universal Music)
Paul Harris (Sony Music)
Robert Rigby (Sony Music)
Stu MacQueen (Wonderlick)
Booking Agent of the Year
Casey O’Shaughnessy (Select Music)
Joel Siviour (Falcona)
Guven Yilmaz (Vita Artists)
Edwin Tehrani (New World Artists)
Stephen Wade (Select Music)
Jeremy Sharp (Harbour Agency)
Harry Moore (123 Agency)
Evan Davis (Village Sounds)
Katie Rynne (Select Music)
Damian Costin (123 Agency)
Brett Murrihy William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME)
