A ‘hopeful and cathartic’ album from an Auckland musician has won New Zealand’s top recorded music prize.<\/p>\n
Everything Is Going To Be Alright\u00a0<\/i>by Princess Chelsea won the Taite Music Prize in front of a glittering crowd of Aotearoa’s music royalty gathered at Auckland’s Q Theatre on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Taite Music Prize, named after the late music journalist Dylan Taite, highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the previous calendar year.<\/p>\n
Princess Chelsea, also known as Chelsea Nikkel, is an Auckland-based singer, songwriter, classically trained pianist and producer.<\/p>\n
Everything Is Going To Be Alright<\/i>, released by Lil Chief Records, is her fifth album.<\/p>\n
In 2022, RNZ’s Tony Stamp said the album’s songs were the best Princess Chelsea had written.<\/p>\n
Nikkel has a global following; The Cigarette Duet, her 2011 song with collaborator Jonathan Bree, has received more than 90 million views on YouTube.<\/p>\n
Nikkel receives a $12,500 cash prize as part of the award and joins a line-up of previous winners that includes Antonie Tonnon, Lorde, Troy Kingi and Ladi6, among others.<\/p>\n
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