The UpStart Award is an annual Australian award for singer-songwriters based in Victoria, Australia. The award is funded by a music loving family in Melbourne, and the winners are decided by a panel of local music experts including

Angie McMahon Angie McMahon is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She released her debut studio album ''Salt (Angie McMahon album), Salt'' in 2019. Early life McMahon grew up in Melbourne, Australia and began piano lessons ...

. The Upstart Award was founded in 2017 with the intention of supporting and furthering Victorian based singer songwriters careers.

Awards by year

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Gena Rose Bruce Gena Rose Bruce is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. Career In 2013, Rose competed in the Telstra Road to Discovery competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and won the performer category. In 2016, she released the E ...

Jade Imagine James Ellis James Maloney Miss Eileen and King Lear Susie Scurry (The Grand Magoozi) Alex Lashlie Rhea Caldwell ,

Jade Imagine Jade Imagine is an Australian indie pop band formed in Melbourne in 2016. The group is led by singer-songwriter Jade McInally, who previously performed with acts such as Teeth & Tongue and Tantrums.. History Jade Imagine released their debut EP, ...

, - , 2018 , Joshua Blashki Ryan Basile

Rhea Caldwell Ryan Downey Wesley Fuller Oscar Lush Bella Quinlan Jemma Rowlands Susie Scurry , Ryan Downey , - , 2019 ,

Fenn Wilson Phil Peers (Dumb Whales) Georgia Delves (Georgia State Line) Katie Bates Jack Robbins Holly Alexander (Signal Chain) Tamara Reichman Luke Jonothan (Voltaire) Patrick Ryan ,

, - , 2020 ,

Maple Glider Tori Zietsch known professionally as Maple Glider, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Maple Glider released her debut album in June 2021. Early life In 2020, Zietsch said "I was raised from birth in quite a restr ...

Keiran Daly Chitra Ridwan Sol Hopkins James Ellis Georgia Delves Sam Flood Zoe Fox ORCHA Hannah Cameron , Chitra Ridwan , - , 2021 , Georgia Delves (Georgia State Line) Arnt Mae Mr Alford Emma Volard Al Matcott Immi Owusu Holly Alexander Tyler Millot Sophia Lubczenko The Florets , Georgia Delves (Georgia State Line) , - , 2022 , Charlie Needs Braces Nicholas Imfeld Charlotte Le Lievre Prudns Patrick Wilson Romanie Assez Rhys Renwick Olivia Bolmat (Norwood) Louis Valentine Charlie Needs Braces David M Western , Charlie Needs Braces , - , 2023 , Patrick Wilson Katie Bates Cheap Skate Jocelyn Wynter Mac Mittens Tim Wilson Loretta Miller Phil Peers Romanie Assez Maeve Grieve , Romanie Assez , - , 2024 , Mika James Liam Wright Ruby Jones Hana Brenecki The Counterfeit Ville Queenie Tejo D’Cruz Harriet Wraith Winter McQuinn , Queenie

References

External link https://upstart.org.au/ Australian music awards Melbourne Music awards for breakthrough artist