Ecca Vandal Wins 2026 Australian Music Prize

Ecca Vandal is crowned winner of the 22nd annual Australian Music Prize for her sophomore album, Looking for People to Unfollow (via Loma Vista Recordings).

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Looking for People to Unfollow was announced as the 2026 AMP champ on Thursday (Nov. 11), beating out a nine-strong shortlist that included LPs by Genesis Owusu, Grace Cummings, Julia Jacklin and Karnivool, as decided by a music industry panel.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, and born in South Africa of Sri Lankan heritage, Ecca Vandal dropped her self-titled debut in 2017. With her long-percolating followup LP, plaudits came from Zane Lowe, and Spotify’s international editorial team, which anointed her as one of the streaming giant’s Artists To Watch 2026.

Australia’s Triple J locked-in Looking for People to Unfollow as its feature album of the week.

The AMP extends a breakout year for the genre-bending artist, during which she performed at Coachella, her first-ever performance at a major U. S. festival; made her U.

S. estreou na TV com uma apresentação no Jimmy Kimmel Live; e garantiu sete indicações para os ARIA Awards de 2026, que serão apresentados ainda este mês em Sydney.

Now, she’s on the final leg of her tour in support of Looking for People to Unfollow, with sold-out dates to come in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

Falando com a Billboard sobre como o público deve se preparar para a experiência ao vivo de Ecca Vandal, ela comentou: “Além das luzes piscantes, eu diria que venha como você é e esteja preparado para se perder por um tempo.”.

I’ll be bringing all my energy so bring yours too. I love when a show feels like a little world that only exists for us for that hour, with everyone just collectively losing it.”.

Modeled on the U. K.’s Mercury Prize, the AMP launched in 2005 as a platform to “discover, reward and promote new Australian music of excellence,” and is today coveted as the most prestigious national award for the album format.

Os vencedores anteriores incluem trabalhos de The Avalanches, Sampa the Great (duas vezes), Gurrumul, A. B. Original, Courtney Barnett e o vencedor do ano passado, I Love My Computer, de Ninajirachi.

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