Your 2025 Northern Territory Music Award Category Finalists are:
BLUES AND ROOTS
Andrew Gurruwiwi, Andrew Grimes, Dion Gurruwiwi, Marvin Witiyana Mununggurr, Alex Garranydji Bukulaitjpi (Andrew Gurruwiwi Band) – Yaa Djamarrkuḻi
Andrew Gurruwiwi, Andrew Grimes, Dion Gurruwiwi, Marvin Witiyana Mununggurr, Alex Garranydji Bukulaitjpi (Andrew Gurruwiwi Band) – Wata Mäwi
Andrew Gurruwiwi, Andrew Grimes (Andrew Gurruwiwi Band) – Once Upon a Time
Dion Gurruwiwi (Andrew Gurruwiwi Band) – Gutjuki
Emily Ryan (Emmy Ryan) – Solo, So Low
Aidan Lijanga, Myles Turner (Katanga Junior) – My People
COUNTRY
Caleb Goman (Caleb Goman) – Don't It Hurt
Tracey Bunn, Peter Hayes (Tracey Bunn) – Another Broken Juliet
Emily Ryan (Emmy Ryan) – I Ain't So Blue
Tom Curtain, Matt Scullion, Garth Porter (Tom Curtain) – Good Life
Tom Curtain, Matt Scullion, Garth Porter (Tom Curtain feat. Ashleigh Dallas, Lyn Bowtell, Matt Scullion) – Be Kind
ELECTRONIC / DANCE
Rrawun Maymuru, Nick Wales (Rrawun Maymuru + Nick Wales) – Yolngu (Club Mix)
Rrawun Maymuru, Nick Wales (Rrawun Maymuru + Nick Wales) – Yolngu
Darren Brown, Aj Fuller, Garna Karyee (Soul Dogs Dreamin) – Mission 101
Jake Martin, Sean Collins (MSON - Making Something Outta Nothing) – Switching Sides
Matt Balfe (Matt Balfe) – Get Funky Tonight
Matt Balfe (Matt Balfe) – I See You
FOLK
Adam Scriven (Adam Scriven) – Last Day on Earth
Emily Ryan (Emmy Ryan) – The End of the World
Katie Harder (Katie Harder) – Pot Plant
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Lovely Distraction
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Angels Beach
HIP HOP / RAP
Levi Nichaloff (Yung Milla) – Shine
Levi Nichaloff (Yung Milla) – Bossin'
Levi Nichaloff (Yung Milla) – They Don't Know
Jacob Nichaloff (J-MILLA) – Boomerang
Ferdinand Flordeliza, Jake Martin, Sean Collins, Tom Burchett (MSON - Making Something Outta Nothing) – 4AM at Uncle Sam's
METAL / HARDCORE
Andreas Kalambokas, Kieran Pearce, Nikos Antonoglou, Lucas Sharp, Lachlan Linkson (KOH 子) – Follow Your Ghost
Andreas Kalambokas, Kieran Pearce, Nikos Antonoglou, Lucas Sharp, Lachlan Linkson (KOH 子) – Immolate
Dylan Manhire, Callum Munro (Akrasia) – Rabbit Hole
POP
Caiti Baker (Caiti Baker) – Stay Down
Caleb Goman (Caleb Goman) – In My Bones
Jami Ashenden, Tumi Radebe (Jami Ashenden, Tumi Radebe) – Damsel in Distress
Jez (Jeremy) Conlon (Cooperblack) – Highway Neversaid
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Detaching
ROCK
Alice Cotton (Alice Cotton) – Autonomic Nerve Dysfunction
Damien Armstrong, Darcy Davis (Armstrong Incorporated) – New Flag
Liz Albiston, Roxanne Voulanas, Alanah White (TANG) – Darwin Time
Harri Wyvill (Home on Stilts) – Sand
Nicole Pietsch, Jeremy Conlon, Anders (Annie) Pfeiffer, Rose Wild (Kristy Schubert), Laura Jane Devlin (Stellar Sea) – State of Mind
YOUTH
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Lovely Distraction
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Detaching
Madison Hull, Micaela Hull (The Wanted Gems) – Angels Beach
Matthew McAleer, Osama Omer Ahmed Mustafa, Rueben Voller-Parsons Junior, Russell Voller-Parsons (Alice Kings) – Black N Deadly
Buhle Itumeleng, Tumi Radebe (Tumi Radebe) – Cloudy Days
The winners will be announced at the 2025 Award Ceremony held at the Ghan Foyer - Alice Springs Convention Centre - Friday June 27.