Congrats, King Stingray!
Hailing from the Northern Territory, the Stingers are the reigning Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist winner at thes, and five tracks from the album impacted the triple j Hottest 100 countdown, making it one of the most successful Australian debuts in the poll’s history.
Also, the record led double j’s 50 best albums of 2022 list, and the group got a shout-out from prime minister Anthony Albanese, who chose album cut “Get Me Out” as his favorite song of the year. Growing up in Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, founding members Yirrŋa Yunupiŋu and Roy Kellaway formed King Stingray with friends Dimathaya Burarrwanga , Campbell Messer and Lewis Stiles in 2019. Last year, the group welcomed Yidaki-master Yimila Gurruwiwi into the fold.King Stingray’s Kellaway and Burarrwanga accepted the AMP at the Oxford Art Factory in central Sydney.
“We’re so unbelievably stoked to have won the 18th AMP,” they said. “We had so much fun making this record and we just hope that listeners can hear the joy that we had making it, as well as feel the joy for themselves.”
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