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Courtney Barnett has won the Australian Music Prize, an annual honor awarded to an album made by an Australian artist. Her album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit beat out Tame Impala and Royal Headache, among others. She was presented the award by Henry Rollins, and will take home $30,000 Australian ($22,450).

"I respect so many Australian artists so to be picked as the one that wins is pretty amazing," she told the audience, according to Triple J. "Plus, I've never had a novelty cheque before - I'm a bit nervous to hold it. One thing I like about this award, it's judged on the art and the music and it's not on sales or other boring shit like that; so thanks."

Read "Tired and Hungry and Alive: 36 Hours With Courtney Barnett".

Rapper REMI took home last year's Australian Music Prize for his album Raw X Infinity.

Watch Pitchfork.tv's "Contours" documentary on Barnett: