Courtney Barnett has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Australian Music Prize.
Courtney won for her album ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’ released in March 2015.
The AMP trophy comes with $30000 in prize money courtesy of PPCA.
In a statement Courtney Barnett said, “It’s an honour to be considered amongst such an amazing bunch of Australian artists.”
Barnett received the prize at the Australian Music Prize luncheon in Sydney.
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