Ladyhawke swoops home with six Tuis
09 Oct 2009
Kiwi pop star Ladyhawke was the leading light at the New Zealand Music Awards in Auckland, swooping home with six Tuis, including album and single of the year.
The 29-year-old singer-songwriter, whose real name is Phillipa 'Pip' Brown, was born in Masterton near Wellington, and is currently enjoying international success with her self-titled album Ladyhawke.
As well as album and single of the year awards, Ladyhawke won 'Best Female Solo Artist', 'Breakthrough Artist of the Year', 'Best Dance / Electronic Album' and shared the International Achievement award with Brooke Fraser.
Gold album
Ladyhawke is an eighties-influenced pop album, released in September 2008. Since then it has gone gold in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and reached #16 on the UK album charts.
Ladyhawke won 'Single of the Year' for the song My Delirium, which she performed live at the Awards ceremony.
The shy and slightly embarrassed singer who told the audience she was glad to be home because she’d been homesick.
She was "humbled" by the awards experience and, after going to the podium six times in the night, was a little lost for words.
"I feel like I don't deserve this award," she said after accepting the Tui for 'Album of the Year'. "This is blowing my mind ... I'm not very good with words ... I'm so stoked."
Complete surprise
Ladyhawke called her win for 'Best Dance / Electronic Album' "insane"; her 'Breakthrough Artist Award' was a "complete surprise"; and dedicated her 'International Achievement Award' to her band.
Ladyhawke said she was still getting over her jetlag after arriving in New Zealand earlier in the week. She has been living in London for the past two years, and said she was looking forward to a summer break.
The highlight of her year was "touring the States and getting to see parts of America I've never seen before".
Well deserved
New Zealand Music Awards spokesman Campbell Smith said Ladyhawke deserved every accolade she received.
"Ladyhawke is a terrific artist and her debut album is an incredibly strong record," he said.
"To see an album scoop six awards is rare, but an outstanding work such as hers is worthy of all the plaudits that it has received."
Other Awards winners
The night's other big winner was Auckland’s young rock act Midnight Youth, who released their debut album The Brave Don't Run earlier this year. They won 'Best Group' and 'Best Rock Album'.
Midnight Youth, who opened the Awards ceremony with All On Our Own, thanked fans, family and manager for their success.
Smashproof won the 'People's Choice Award', 'Highest Selling New Zealand Single' and 'Best Video' for their chart-topping single Brother. The song broke records when it spent 11 weeks at #1.
Savage won 'Best Male Solo Artist'; Ladi 6 won 'Best Urban / Hip-Hop Album'; and Fat Freddy's Drop won 'Best Aotearoa Roots Album'.
The Mint Chicks closed the show with a cover of Ray Columbus and the Invaders 1964 hit single She's a Mod, honouring the band who had earlier received the 'Legacy Award' and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
Ray Columbus and the Invaders were the first winners of a New Zealand Music award for their hit Til We Kissed.
More information:
Kiwi musician: Ladyhawke
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