Better in Blak (song)

"Better in Blak"
Single by Thelma Plum
from the album Better in Blak
Released26 April 2019
Length3:12
LabelMosy Recordings, Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Thelma Plum singles chronology
"Not Angry Anymore"
(2019)
"Better in Blak"
(2019)
"Homecoming Queen"
(2019)

"Better in Blak" is a song by Australian singer/songwriter Thelma Plum, released on 26 April 2019 as the third single from her debut studio album of the same name.

In July 2019, "Better in Blak" was nominated for Film Clip of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards.[1][2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, "Better in Blak" was nominated for Best Videos.[3]

At the J Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for Australian Video of the Year.[4]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, "Better in Blak" was nominated for Song of the Year.[5][6]

The song won the 2020 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[7]

  1. ^ "National Indigenous Music Awards unveils 2019 nominations". NIMA. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Record breaking crowd for the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards!". NIMA. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards nominated artists revealed". ARIA Awards. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The J Award 2019". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ Cashmere, Paul (7 April 2020). "Tones and I leads nominations for 2020 virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Awards". APRA AMCOS. 7 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Thelma Plum's "Better in Blak" Wins Vanda & Young Songwriting Comp". Billboard. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.