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2024 Pacific Music Awards finalists announced

Story Published Monday 15 July 2024

Pacific Music Awards finalists were announced at the Mangere Arts Centre in Auckland last week, marking the 20th anniversary of the annual celebration.

Alongside this momentous milestone, this year there were the highest number of entries in the awards history, resulting in 27 finalists across 13 award categories, this matches the highest number of finalists from back in 2021.

This year’s finalists include Shepherds Reign who were nominated across six categories, Aaradhna is nominated for five categories and Diggy Dupé who was nominated for four award categories.

Six songs were shortlisted as finalists for the APRA Best Pacific Song Award:

  • Aaradhna - ‘She’
    • Writer: Aaradhna Patel
  • A.R.T. - ‘WTF Man’
    • Writers: Anastasia Sirila, Roseta Lopa, Tiresa Foma'i, Avina Kelekolio, Edward Liu, Jeremiah Fale
  • Diggy Dupé - ‘We The City’
    • Writer: Stephen Atutolu
  • Shepherds Reign - ‘Ua Masa'a’
    • Writers: Filiva'a James, Oliver Leupolu, Shaymen Rameka, Gideon Voon, Joseph Oti-George
  • SWIDT - ‘YOUPHORIA feat HIGH HOOPS’
    • Writers: Taniela Latu, Amon McGoram, Jordan Arts
  • Teo Glacier - ‘Close With Desires (feat. Thuy)’
    • Writers: Eden Betham, Rory Noble, Thuy Tran


You can read a full list of all nominees here on the Pacific Music Awards site: 20 YEARS CELEBRATING PACIFIC MUSIC - NEWS (pacificmusicawards.org.nz)

To listen to all the nominees, here’s the official PMA 2024 Finalist Playlist, as well as another playlist to celebrate the 20th anniversary commemorating two decades of PMA winners over the last 20 years PMA Celebrating 20 Years Playlist.

This year’s Pacific Music Award winners will be celebrated at the 20th anniversary event on Thursday August 29th, at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau.

Tickets for the 2024 Pacific Music Awards are available for purchase through Eventfinda.