The Queensland Music Award’s (QMAs) Song Of The Year has made it into the hands of Queensland icons such as Amy Shark, Violent Soho, Cub Sport, Ball Park Music, and Clea.

The Award offers more than just namesake, with the immortalisation of the artist with a plaque on the Fortitude Valley’s Walk of Fame on Brunswick Street Mall outside The Fortitude Music Hall. The artist joins the mixed bag of megastars and indie legends such as Savage Garden, The Saints, The Go-Betweens and Powderfinger.

The QMA’s Song of the Year also attracts a significant promotional prize from The Music and Hit Network increasing to the value $24,000 in 2020 and providing commercial radio online and print media support to the recipient in addition to live performances for key decision makers at Hit Network.

Of the promotional prize, Megan Harvey, Sport and Partnerships Manager at Hit Network, says “The QMAs celebrate the best music from Queensland and it’s imperative that our support of the QMAs is accurately represented across all of Queensland, not just in Brisbane. With 11 Hit stations across Queensland, it means more support, more exposure, and more opportunities for the Song Of The Year prize winner than ever before”

Whilst many of the finalists may not have had exposure to commercial radio before, it offers the artist the chance to “connect the song to a new audience that may never have heard it before. It gives an artist the opportunity to tell their story, connect their song to an audience on a level that you don’t get from just hitting playing and listening to it in your headphones.”