The 2021 Music Victoria Awards were the 16th Annual

Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating music from the Australian state of Victoria. They commenced in 2006 and are awarded in Melbourne Music W ...

. The ceremony took place on 9 December 2021 at the Melbourne Recital Centre. The 2021 awards featured a number of changes, including a brand new category for Best Pop Act and the inaugural Arts Access Victoria Amplify Award (for deaf and disabled musicians). All genre categories will now be assessed on the act rather than album, with the requirement that nominees have released at least multiple recordings between 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021. New CEO Simone Schinkel headed up the event for the first time this year, taking over from Music Victoria founder, Patrick Donovan. Schinkel said "As part of our commitment to continual improvement we have refined our Awards criteria, categories and judging processes which we believe will more accurately reflect and reward the diverse music community in Victoria."

Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall of Fame inductees were announced on 7 October 2021 * Kylie Minogue * Pierre Baroni Pierre Baroni was a musician and a member of ''The Pony'', an artist-designer at Mushroom Records, a producer and presented the Soulgroove '66 show on 3PBS 106.7FM from 2003 until his death from cancer in March 2021.

Performers

Emma Donovan Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, the Donovans. In 2000, she became a founding m ...

& The Putbacks * Kerryn Fields * Maple Glider *

Mindy Meng Wang Mindy is an English feminine given name, originally a diminutive of Melinda. Notable people with the name include: People * Mindy Aloff, American editor, journalist, essayist, and dance critic * Mindy Baha El Din (1958-2013), American-born Egypti ...

& Tim Shiel

Award nominees and winners

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

General awards

The general award are nominated by an expert industry panel and open to public voting in October.

Genre Specific Awards

Voted by a select industry panel

Industry Awards

Voted by a select industry panel.

References

External links

* {{Music Victoria Awards 2021 in Australian music 2021 music awards Music Victoria Awards