Confirmed: G Flip lands worldwide travel support from Virgin with ARIA Emerging Artist Scholarship
Melbourne musician, singer-songwriter and producer G Flip ends a remarkable 2018, confirmed as the recipient of the second ARIA Emerging Artist Scholarship presented by Virgin Australia.
She will receive travel support for both domestic and international legs of her 2019 world tour.
Through a number of airline partnerships, Virgin Australia has a reach of 450 destinations.
The scholarship was set up to help emerging artists with their Australian and international touring.
It was open to any Australian artist (represented by a current ARIA member) who has not been previously nominated in any ARIA Awards category with an album or single before the 2018 Awards.
“Stoked to accept the ARIA’s Emerging Artist Scholarship for 2018,” she said.
“Thank you to the ARIAs and Virgin Australia for allowing upcoming artists this opportunity.”
Dan Rosen, chief executive of ARIA said: “On behalf of all at ARIA we are thrilled to present G Flip with the second ARIA Emerging Artist Scholarship Presented by Virgin Australia.
“I would like to thank Virgin Australia for their support and contribution which will assist in developing G Flip’s career and help her take her music to the world.”
Added Virgin Australia group executive brand, marketing and public affairs, Danielle Keighery, “We are so pleased to build on our support of the Australian music industry by awarding this scholarship to G Flip.
“We are proud to make travel as simple and affordable as possible for individual and emerging artists who are breaking into the industry, and look forward to seeing where G Flip’s career goes in the next year and beyond.”
2018 saw G Flip break out with her debut single ‘About You’ reaching at #26 on the ARIA Charts and follow up ‘Killing My Time’ peaking at #11.
During the year, she racked up 11 million Spotify streams, with 3 million fans on the platform from 65 countries.
America’s NPR.com (National Public Radio) placed ‘About You’ at #37 on its Top 100 tracks of 2018.
G Flip plays Laneway in February.