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Country Music Awards of Australia

The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry.[1] The awards are hosted at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre (TRECC) on the final Saturday night of the Tamworth Festival. They have been held annually since 1973.[2] The first award ceremony had just six awards. The awards show is presented in front of a live audience made up of the media, the music industry and the public.

Awards

The award winners are given a Golden Guitar trophy. These are cast in solid bronze on a base of polished Tasmanian Blackwood. They are 235 mm tall and weigh 1.5 kilos.

Australian Roll of Renown

Since 1976, the Australian Roll of Renown is an award to honour Australian and New Zealander country music artists who have shaped the industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to country music.

Major awards

Here is a list of major award winners.[3]

References

  1. ^ Woodbridge, Claude; Woodbridge, Margaret (3 December 1992). "Gearing-up for Tamworth music awards". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 16. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ Tjis, Andrew (3 January 2007). "Tamworth Prepares Country Music Awards and Festival". Undercover (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Golden Guitar Award Winners". www.country.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ Maguire, Kemii (20 April 2022). "2022 Golden Guitar Awards see Cassar-Daley take out Slim Dusty record, Shane Nicholson and Ashleigh Dallas collect top gongs". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 Toyota Golden Guitar Winners Announced". Mirage News. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Casey Barnes Light it Up Announced as Winner of the Golden Guitar Award for Top Selling Australian Country Album for 2022". TCMF. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Brad Cox, The Wolfe Brothers Win Big At The 2024 Golden Guitar Awards". Kix Country. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Brad Cox's Acres announced as winner of the Golden Guitar Award for Top Selling Australian Country Album of 2023". Tamworth Country Music Festival. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.