# 2005 New Zealand Music Awards

The 2005 New Zealand Music Awards took place on 5 October 2005 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

## Awards and nominees

The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' category was changed to 'Outstanding Contribution to the Growth in NZ Music on Radio'.
One new category was added: 'Best Roots Album'.
The Best Maori Album and Best Gospel / Christian Album categories were not awarded due to insufficient entries.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Multiple winners on the night included Fat Freddy's Drop with five awards.

### Key

    † – Non-technical award
    ‡ – Technical award
| Album of the Year† | Single of the Year† |
| Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Breaks Co-Op – The Sound Inside Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here Shihad – Love Is The New Hate The Phoenix Foundation – Pegasus | Breaks Co-Op – "The Otherside" Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic" Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Finn Brothers – "Won't Give In" P-Money – "Stop The Music" |
| Best Group† | Best Male Solo Artist† |
| Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Goldenhorse – Out of the Moon Shihad – Love Is The New Hate | P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine SJD – Southern Lights |
| Best Female Solo Artist† | Breakthrough Artist of the Year† |
| Yulia – Into the West Debbie Harwood – Soothe Me Jordan Reyne – Passenger | The Checks – What You Heard Dei Hamo – First Edition Tha Feelstyle – Break It to Pieces |
| Highest Selling NZ Album† | Highest Selling NZ Single† |
| Yulia – Into the West | Dei Hamo – We Gon Ride |
| Songwriter of the Year† | Best Rock Album† |
| Dave Dobbyn – "Welcome Home" Andy Lovegrove, Zane Lowe & Hamish Clark – "The Other Side" (Breaks Co-Op) Brooke Fraser – "Arithmetic" | Shihad – Love is the New Hate Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean The D4 – Out of My Head |
| Best Urban / Hip Hop Album† | Best Dance / Electronica Album† |
| P-Money – Magic City Savage – Moonshine Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces | Del Rey System – Del Rey System Audiosauce – Contimental Drift Baitercell & Schumacher – The Wall of Bass Technique Mark de Clive-Lowe – Tide's Arising |
| Best Aotearoa Roots Album† | Best Music Video† |
| Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story Katchafire – Slow Burning TrinityRoots – Home, Land & Sea | Chris Graham & Dei Hamo – "We Gon Ride" Greg Page & P-Money – "Stop The Music" Reuben Sutherland & The Phoenix Foundation – "Hitchcock" |
| Peoples Choice Award† | Best Producer‡ |
| Fat Freddy's Drop – Based on a True Story P-Money Savage Shihad the feelers | Angus Mcnaughton & Sean Donnelly – Southern Lights (SJD) Lee Prebble – Pegasus (The Phoenix Foundation) Nick Abbott, Luke Tomes & Pluto – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto) |
| Best Engineer‡ | Best Album Cover‡ |
| Angus Mcnaughton – Southern Lights (SJD) Doug Jane – Into The West (Yulia) Nick Abbott & Luke Tomes – Pipeline Under The Ocean (Pluto) | K. Futialo, A. Morton, G. Osborne & A. B. White – Break It To Pieces (Tha Feelstyle) Chris Brunskill – Slow Burning (Katchafire) Tana Mitchell – Contimental Drift (Audiosauce) |
| Best Classical Album† | Best Maori Album† |
| Dan Poynton – The Complete Piano Music of Douglas Lilburn, Volume 1 Best Classical Album: Jonathan Lemalu – Opera Arias Tower New Zealand Youth Choir – Gaude/Rejoice | no award |
| Best Gospel / Christian Album† | Best Country Music Album† |
| no award | Kylie Harris – Kylie Harris Noel Burns – Special To Me Pat Hannah – Moods & Memories |
| Best Folk Album† | Best Pacific Music Album† |
| Bob McNeill – Turn The Diesels John Sutherland – Mealmarket St Hinemoana Baker – puawai | Ardijah – Journey Aniseto Falemoe – Afe O Maila Ole Alofa Ephraim – Moemoea o Avaiki |
| Best Jazz Album† | International Achievement Award† |
| The Kevin Clark Trio Live with Guest Artists – The Sandbar Sessions Dan Papirany Trio – Session One Julie Mason Quintet – Estate (Summer) | Evermore Scribe Finn Brothers – Everyone Is Here |
| Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of NZ Music on Radio† ||
| Camille Guzzwell, David Ridler ||