Your 2026 Northern Territory Music Award Category Finalists are:
BLUES AND ROOTS
Cameron Wust (Cameron Wust) – Come What May
Crystal Robins (Crystal Robins) – Where This Heart's Been
Aidan Lijanga (Katanga Junior) – Mila
Brent Strathdee-Pehi, Michael Tauri (New Loser) – Outback Cumbia ft Mike Tauri
Brett Ireland (RAWNT/Brett Ireland) – Three times this week
COUNTRY
Crystal Robins, Melody Moko (Crystal Robins) – When I Grow Up
David Crowe (Dave Crowe) – 26 Hours
Tom Curtain, Luke O'Shea (Tom Curtain) – Bucket Baby
Tom Curtain, Matt Scullion (Tom Curtain ft Laura Frank) – Here's To You
Tom Curtain, Luke O'Shea (Tom Curtain ft Sara Storer, Luke O'Shea, David Garnham, Melanie Gray, Chris Matthews, Liam Stansfield and Nicole Lampton) – Top End Tough
ELECTRONIC / DANCE
Terry Guyula (Drifting Clouds) – Bawuypawuy
Matt Balfe (Matt Balfe) – Smile
Jake Martin, Ferdinand Flordeliza, Sean Collins, Tom Burchett (MSON - Making Something Outta Nothing) – Loyalty Sold Separately
David Crowe, Benjamin Allen (Resin Moon and Broadwing) – Thread
FOLK
David Crowe (Dave Crowe) – Mixing Spirits
David Crowe (Dave Crowe) – You Sing I Hum
Leah Flanagan (Leah Flanagan) – Weight of the World
Micaela Hull, Madison Hull, Emmett Butler (The Wanted Gems) – Timeless Love
Tracey Bunn, Peter Hayes (Tracey Bunn) – A Summer Dress of Green
HIP HOP / RAP
Matthew Ryan McAleer, Reuben Voller-Parsons Junior, Osama Omer Ahmed Mustafa, Rian Francis (Alice Kings) – I Ain't Gammon Bruz
Myles Turner, Lawrence Mooka (BOUSTA FT Bala Muugzy) – Loved One
Elisha Umuhuri, Myles Turner (BOUSTA ft Paydae) – Choices
Djunmili Yunupingu (Djunmili) – Calling
Faith Aroyan (FAITH) – Makin' It Out
Ferdinand Stan (Ferrdinand Stan) – In Time - Ferdinand Stan
Levi Nichaloff (Yung Milla) – Rain
METAL / HARDCORE
Andreas Kalambokas, Kieran Pearce, Nikos Antonoglou, Lucas Sharp, Lachlan Linkson (KOH 子) – River Mirror
Matt Kane McLean, Will Bridgfoot, Ned Odell, Juran Timu (Mertas) – Strange
Leon Spurling, Joe Pollitt, Crystal Pollitt (NGLAH) – Another World
POP
Jeremy Conlon (Cooperblack) – Backs Of Dinosaurs
Jeremy Conlon, Georgia Ivens (Cooperblack) – Write Another Dark Song ft George Ivens
Jami Ashenden (Jami Ashenden) – eighteen
Brent Strathdee-Pehi, Brett Sutton, Steve Tofa (New Loser) – Baggage Control ft Steve Tofa
Micaela Hull, Madison Hull (The Wanted Gems) – So, Thank You
ROCK
John-Paul Carroll (Camp Dog) – Little By Little
Peter Bonner, Rod Balaam, Alastair Scott, Bill Searle (Junk-Time) – Shelf Life
Matt Kane McLean, Ned Odell, Juran Timu, Will Bridgfoot (Mertas) – Here We Go Again
Nicole Pietsch, Jeremy Conlon, Laura Jane Devlin, Anders (Annie) Pfeiffer, Rosie Wild (Kristy Schubert)- (Stellar Sea) – Breathe Again
Gavin Baird, Caleb Goman, Joey Klarenbeek (The Holy Dimes) – Everything Gonna Be Alright
YOUTH
Matthew McAleer, Reuben Voller-Parsons Junior, Osama Omer Ahmed Mustafa, Rian Francis (Alice Kings) – I Ain't Gammon Bruz
Matthew McAleer, Reuben Voller-Parsons Junior, Rian Francis, Russell Voller-Parsons (Alice Kings) – Let Me Be
Jami Ashenden (Jami Ashenden) – eighteen
Jami Ashenden (Jami Ashenden) – If I Had A Time Machine
Micaela Hull, Madison Hull (The Wanted Gems) – So, Thank You
The winners will be announced at the 2026 Award Ceremony held at the MAGNT Amphitheatre, Darwin - Thursday 16 July.