Winners are grinners… The 2017 ARIA Awards winners’ list looked a little Sony-heavy, with a stack of the pointy gongs going in the major label’s direction.
Their young talent Amy Shark gushed about her label in accepting one of two of her awards on the night; Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist Of The Year.
Gang Of Youths, who led the nominations race alongside Paul Kelly, picked up three awards, including Best Group, Best Rock Album and Apple Music Album Of The Year.
And though they didn’t win Best Dance Release, the public voted Sony’s Peking Duk to take home the Apple Music Song Of The Year trophy for their hit single ‘Stranger’.
Even former One Direction star Harry Styles picked up an award… for Best International Act.
The awards were kept short, with a number of edits clearly seen throughout the night… even the nominees lists were noticeably brief, unlike some of Richard Wilkins’ announcements.
So enjoy the wrap… the 2017 ARIA Awards winners…
Winners are below in bold/italics.
BEST POP RELEASE
Vera Blue for ‘Perennial’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dean Lewis for ‘Waves’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy for ‘Fallin’’ (Sony Music Australia)
Amy Shark for ‘Night Thinker’ (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sia ftg. Kendrick Lamar for ‘The Greatest’ (Sony Music Australia)
BEST GROUP
A.B Original for ‘Reclaim Australia’ (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Gang Of Youths for ‘Go Farther In Lightness’ (Mosy Records/Sony Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for ‘Skeleton Tree’ (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Music Australia)
Peking Duk ftg. Elliphant for ‘Stranger’ (Sony Music Australia)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
D.D Dumbo for ‘Utopia Defeated’ (Liberation Music)
Bernard Fanning for ‘Brutal Dawn’ (Dew Process)
Paul Kelly for ‘Life Is Fine’ (EMI)
Pete Murray for ‘Camacho’ (Sony Music Australia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for ‘Skeleton Tree’ (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Music Recordings)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Adele for ’25’ (XL Recordings/Inertia)
Kendrick Lamar for ‘DAMN’ and ‘Untitled Unmastered’ (Interscope/Universal Music Australia)
Lorde for ‘Melodrama’ (Universal Music International/Universal Music Australia)
Bruno Mars for ’24K Magic’ (Atlantic Records/Warner Music)
Shawn Mendes for ‘Illuminate’ (Island Records/Universal Music Australia)
Metallica for ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’ (Virgin/EMI )
The Rolling Stones for ‘Blue & Lonesome’ (Polydor Records/Universal Music Australia)
Ed Sheeran for ‘÷’ and ‘Loose Change’ (Warner Music)
Harry Styles for ‘Harry Styles’ (Columbia/Sony Music Australia)
The Weeknd for ‘Starboy’ (Universal Music International/Universal Music Australia)
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
Jimmy Barnes for ‘Och Aye The G’Nu!’ (ABC Music/Universal)
Peter Combe for ‘Live It Up’ (Peter Combe Music/Planet)
The Idea of North, Lior & Elena Kats-Chernin for ‘A Piece of Quiet [The Hush Collection, Vol 16]’ (ABC Music/Universal)
Lah-Lah for ‘Having Fun!’ (Sony Music)
The Wiggles for ‘The Wiggles Duets’ (ABC Music/Universal)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Julia Jacklin for ‘Don’t Let The Kids Win’ (Liberation Music)
Meg Mac for ‘Low Blows’ (littleBIGMAN Records/EMI)
Jessica Mauboy for ‘The Secret Daughter’ (Songs from the Original TV Series” (Sony Music Australia
Amy Shark for ‘Night Thinker’ (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sia ftg. Kendrick Lamar for ‘The Greatest’ (Inertia Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
A.B Original for ‘Reclaim Australia’ (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Vance Joy for ‘Lay It On Me’ (Liberation Music)
Sia ftg. Kendrick Lamar for ‘The Greatest’ (Inertia Music)
Dan Sultan for ‘Killer’ (Liberation Music)
Tash Sultana for ‘Notion’ (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music Australia)
BEST MALE ARTIST
D.D Dumbo for ‘Utopia Defeated’ (Liberation Music)
Illy for ‘Two Degrees’ (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
Vance Joy for ‘Lay It On Me’ (Liberation Music)
Paul Kelly for ‘Life Is Fine’ (EMI)
Dan Sultan for ‘Killer’ (Liberation Music)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
Client Liaison (Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records)
Flume (Future Classic)
Gang Of Youths (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Illy (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (FLIGHTLESS/Inertia)
Jessica Mauboy (Sony Music)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Bad Seed Ltd / Kobalt Music Recordings)
Peking Duk (Sony Music)
Tash Sultana (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
Violent Soho (I OH YOU)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
A.B Original for ‘Reclaim Australia’ (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Dean Lewis for ‘Waves’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Tkay Maidza for ‘TKAY’ (Dew Process)
Amy Shark for ‘Night Thinker’ (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Tash Sultana for ‘Notion’ (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music Australia)
APPLE MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A.B. Original for ‘Reclaim Australia’ (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Gang Of Youths for ‘Go Farther In Lightness’ (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music Australia)
Illy for ‘Two Degrees’ (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
Paul Kelly for ‘Life Is Fine’ (EMI)
Amy Shark for ‘Night Thinker’ (Wonderlick Recording Company)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Kasey Chambers for ‘Dragonfly’ (Essence Music/Warner Music Australia)
Lee Kernaghan for ‘The 25th Anniversary Album’ (ABC Music/Universal)
The McClymonts for ‘Endless’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Shane Nicholson for ‘Love And Blood’ (Lost Highway Australia/Universal Music Australia)
O’Shea for ’61-615′ (Sony Music Australia)
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
All Our Exes Live In Texas for ‘When We Fall’ (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Busby Marou for ‘Postcards From The Shell House’ (Warner Music Australia)
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen for ‘Death’s Dateless Night’ (Gawdaggie/Universal Music Australia)
Archie Roach for ‘Let Love Rule’ (Liberation Music)
Tash Sultana for ‘Notion’ (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
Airbourne for ‘Breaking Outta Hell’ (Spinefarm Records/Caroline Australia)
Frenzal Rhomb for ‘Hi-Vis High Tea’ (Caroline Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for ‘Murder Of The Universe’ (FLIGHTLESS/Inertia)
Northlane for ‘Mesmer’ (UNFD/Warner Music Australia)
Sleepmakeswaves for ‘Made Of Breath Only’ (Bird’s Robe Records/MGM)
BEST URBAN ALBUM
A.B Original for ‘Reclaim Australia’ (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Illy for ‘Two Degrees’ (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
Tkay Maidza for ‘TKAY’ (Dew Process)
REMI for ‘Divas & Demons’ (House of Beige/UNFD)
Thundamentals for ‘Everyone We Know’ (High Depth/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Dune Rats for ‘The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit’ (Ratbag Records)
Gang Of Youths for ‘Go Farther In Lightness’ (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music Australia)
Polish Club for ‘Alrighty Alrighty’ (Double Double/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures for ‘Girlhood’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dan Sultan for ‘Killer’ (Liberation Music)
BEST VIDEO
Bliss N Eso ftg. Gavin James for ‘Moments’ (Illusive)
Kirin J Callinan for ‘S.A.D’ (EMI)
Client Liaison ftg. Tina Arena for ‘A Foreign Affair’ (Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records)
Client Liaison for ‘Off White Limousine’ (Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records)
Gang Of Youths for ‘The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows’ (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Illy ftg. Marko Penn for ‘You Say When’ (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
Dean Lewis for ‘Waves’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy for ‘Fallin’’ (Sony Music Australia)
Amy Shark for ‘Drive You Mad ‘(Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sia ftg. Kendrick Lamar for ‘The Greatest’ (Inertia Music)
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Dom Dolla & Torren Foot for ‘Be Randy’ (Club Sweat/Xelon)
Jagwar Ma for ‘Every Now & Then’ (Future Classic)
The Kite String Tangle for ‘The Kite String Tangle’ (Warner Music Australia/ Exist Recordings)
Peking Duk ftg. Elliphant for ‘Stranger’ (Sony Music)
Pnau for ‘Chameleon’ (etcetc Music)
APPLE MUSIC SONG OF THE YEAR
Bliss N Eso ftg. Gavin James for ‘Moments’ (Illusive)
Illy ftg. Anne-Marie for ‘Catch 22’ (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
Dean Lewis for ‘Waves’ (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy for ‘Fallin’ (Sony Music Australia)
Peking Duk ftg. Elliphant for ‘Stranger’ (Sony Music Australia)
Pnau for ‘Chameleon’ (etc etc Music)
Guy Sebastian for ‘Set In Stone’ (Sony Music Australia)
Amy Shark for ‘Adore’ (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sia ftg. Kendrick Lamar for ‘The Greatest’ (Inertia Music)
Starley for ‘Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)’ (Tinted Records/Universal)
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