Ninajirachi‘s breakthrough year continues with a red-hot chance to win the coveted Australian Music Prize.
The Australian singer and songwriter’s debut full length album I Love My Computer (via NLV Records) is one of nine titles shortlisted for the 2025 AMP, awarded to the outstanding Australian album of original work from the previous year, as decided by a music industry panel.
When the album dropped in August, the rising EDM star was named Billboard Dance “Rookie of the Month”. Next month, the 26-year-old songwriter, producer, DJ and artist (real name: Nina Wilson) will compete for a leading eight trophies at the annual ARIA Awards, where she’s nominated for album of the year, best solo artist, the Michael Gudinski breakthrough artist, best independent release, best dance/electronic release and more.
Also shortlisted for the AMP are LPs by Tropical F*** Storm, Folk B**** Trio, Mudrat, and others released during the period Oct. 1, 2025 to Sept. 30, 2026.
Now celebrating its 21st year and modeled on the U.K.’s Mercury Prize, the AMP is recognized as the most prestigious Australian award for the album format.
The initial judging process whittled down the longlist of 465 eligible albums to 50 nominees, focusing on creative merit over mainstream popularity. The winner will be announced Nov. 6, and will collect A$50,000 in prize money, courtesy of headline sponsor Soundmerch.
Previous winners include efforts by The Avalanches, Sampa the Great (twice), Gurrumul, A.B. Original, Courtney Barnett and last year’s recipient, Kankawa Nagarra for Wirlmarni.
Soundmerch Australian Music Prize 2025:
Bleak Squad — Strange Love
Divide And Dissolve — Insatiable
Floodlights — Underneath
Folk B**** Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time
Mia Wray Hi — It’s Nice To Meet
Mudrat Social — Cohesion
Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer
Ruby Gill — Some Kind Of Control
Tropical F*ck Storm — Fairyland Codex
The post “Ninajirachi Nominated For 2025 Australian Music Prize” by Lars Brandle was published on 10/16/2025 by www.billboard.com