New Zealand Music People's Choice Award

Fat Freddy's Drop is the only artist to win the People's Choice Award in two consecutive years.

Stan Walker has been nominated for the People's Choice Award five years in a row, and he won in 2010 and 2014.

2011 winner, Brooke Fraser

2013 winner and two-time nominee, Lorde

The New Zealand Music People's Choice Award is a New Zealand Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists. The public votes for award nominess via text messaging.^[1] It was first awarded to Scribe in 2004. Fat Freddy's Drop won the People's Choice Award in 2005 and 2006 and Stan Walker won it in 2010 and 2014. In 2008 The DFenders attracted controversy after extensively lobbying their fans and making the nomination shortlist for the award despite not being well-known and not having any material chart.^[2] Stan Walker has been nominated for the award every year since 2010, when he won. Brooke Fraser has been nominated three times and she won in 2011.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Other finalists	Ref.
2004	Scribe	Brooke Fraser Goodshirt Elemeno P Steriogram Zed	[3]
2005	Fat Freddy's Drop	The Feelers P-Money Savage Shihad	[4]
2006	Fat Freddy's Drop	Frontline Elemeno P Goodnight Nurse Pluto Bic Runga	[5]
2007	Opshop	The Black Seeds Evermore Brooke Fraser	[6]
2008	Parachute Band	The DFenders Horsemen Family Nesian Mystik	[7]
2009	Smashproof	The Black Seeds Fat Freddy's Drop Ladyhawke Midnight Youth	[8]
2010	Walker, StanStan Walker	Gin Wigmore Dane Rumble Kids of 88 Shapeshifter	[9]
2011	Fraser, BrookeBrooke Fraser	Ladi6 The Naked and Famous Six60 Stan Walker	[10]
2012	Six60	Gin Wigmore Kimbra Home Brew Stan Walker	[11]
2013	Lorde	Aaradhna Shapeshifter Stan Walker Titanium	[1][12]
2014	Stan Walker	Lorde Sole Mio David Dallas Broods	[13]

References

1. "The 2013 People's Choice Award". Four (MediaWorks New Zealand). 2013. Archived from the original on 9 Novemvber 2013. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
2. Hunkin, Joanna (30 August 2008). "Student band upset system". The New Zealand Herald (APN News & Media). Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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5. "2006 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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7. "2008 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
8. "2009 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
9. "2010 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
10. "VNZMA 2011 Winners". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
11. "VNZMA Winners 2012". New Zealand Music Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
12. "Lorde wins big at 2013 NZ Music Awards". 3 News. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
13. Jenkin, Lydia (16 October 2014). "This year's NZ Music Award contenders revealed". NZ Herald (APN). Retrieved 16 October 2014.