ABC Music and its renowned country music roster made a splash at this year’s Golden Guitar Awards. The label picked up six Golden Guitar awards and also had four performances on the night. In total, ABC Music had 19 nominations across the awards’ categories.
The Wolfe Brothers dominated the evening, claiming five Golden Guitar Awards and Max Jackson re-claimed the Female Artist of the Year title.
Tasmanian-based brother-duo The Wolfe Brothers cleaned up, winning five Golden Guitar Awards, including 2026 Toyota Album of the Year, Country Music Capital News Group of the Year and Contemporary Country Album of the Year for their studio album Australian Made, produced by Nick Wolfe and Rod McCormack.
The duo performed the title track to Australian Made, written with Grame Connors, which was awarded Heritage Song of the Year. While their single How Many One More Times, recorded with Zac & George won Vocal Collaboration of the Year.
For the second year in a row, Max Jackson has been named Female Artist of the Year. The star’s career catapulted in 2022, after winning Toyota Star Maker and has since gone on to win four Golden Guitar Awards in three years. Max Jackson tonight performed A Country Heart Can which debuted on national television in 2025, A Farmer Wants A Wife.
As Head of ABC Music, Natalie Waller, describes the results, “We’ve had an incredible year of releases —from our established artists to exciting new talent — achieving success both here and internationally as country music continues to thrive globally. We’re absolutely thrilled with these results and extend our heartfelt congratulations to all our artists who walked away with wins or who were nominated in this year’s awards.’”
The award’s ceremony also featured some amazing performances from ABC Music nominees. Prolific indigenous artist, Warren H Williams, received 2 nods in this year’s awards for his song Ntaria with Kasey Chamber and Shane Nicholson, which they performed on the night. The song’s nominations included Heritage Song Of The Year and Vocal Collaboration. Warren is currently working on his first full album in language due for release in 2026.
Rising star, Tyla Rodrigues, picked up her first Golden Guitar nomination for New Talent of the Year. Tyla, who has been making waves here and abroad, playing at both CMA Fest and Americana Fest in Nashville in 2025 and heading the Europe for C2C Festival in March. Tyla performed her raucous hit, Hot & Heavy, that features on her forthcoming “Hold on Tight” EP.
Rounding out the long list of ABC Music nominations, Travis Collins and Andrew Swift, both previous winners for Male Artist of The Year; received another nomination each in this category for the 2026 awards. Travis releasing his The Band Album in 2025 and Andrew dropping hit singles in the lead up to his latest release, Lucky Stars. Plus, critically acclaimed Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham received a nod in the Best Group/Duo category. The duo are working towards their new album release in early 2026.