2021 Aotearoa Music Awards

The 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards was the 55th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. The ceremony took place on 17 December 2021 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland and was hosted by Hayley Sproull and Stan Walker. It was broadcast live on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+.
The finalists were announced on 11 November 2021. Troy Kingi received the most nominations with six, followed by Teeks with five and L.A.B. with four. The latter were the night's biggest winners and won all the four nominations, including Album of the Year for L.A.B. IV and Single of the Year for "Why Oh Why", followed by Teeks with three.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger.

The following awards were also presented:

Best Country Artist	Best Folk Artist
Tami Neilson – Chickaboom! *Jody Direen – Smokin' Ashes**** *Ryan Fisherman – Vibe	Tattletale Saints – Dancing Under the Dogwoods Darren Watson – Getting Sober for the End Of The World* You, Me, Everybody – You, Me, Everybody*
Best Children's Music Artist	Best Jazz Artist
fleaBITE – Snakes Alive *Chris Lam Sam – Chris Lam Sam's Silly Funny Songs For Kids!**** *Music with Michal – Can You Make Music?	The Jac – A Gathering Lucien Johnson – Wax//Wane* Unwind – Saffron*