We’re one step closer to this year’s edition of the ARIA Awards, with the big reveal of the list of 2020 nominees.
Sydney outfit Lime Cordiale leads this year’s charge with a total of eight nominations across various categories, including Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Best Group.
Not far behind is WA band Tame Impala with a total of seven nominations, also including Album Of The Year and Best Group.
Sampa The Great scored six nods, while DMA’s and Miiesha acquired five apiece.
The winners will be announced at the 2020 ARIA Awards, which will be telecast on the Nine Network across the country on Wednesday November 25.
Full list of nominees is as follows;
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
DMA’s – THE GLOW (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Jessica Mauboy – Hilda (Sony Music)
Sampa The Great – The Return (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Miiesha – Nyaaringu (EMI Music Australia)
Sampa The Great – The Return (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
Amy Shark – Everybody Rise (Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music)
Sia – Together (Monkey Puzzle, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States)
Tones And I – Bad Child / Can’t Be Happy All the Time (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
BEST MALE ARTIST
The Kid LAROI – F*ck Love (Columbia / Sony Music)
Archie Roach – Tell Me Why (Bloodlines/Mushroom)
Ruel – Free Time (RCA / Sony Music)
Guy Sebastian – Standing With You (Sony Music)
Troye Sivan – In A Dream (EMI Music Australia)
BEST GROUP
5 Seconds Of Summer – CALM (Interscope / EMI Music Australia)
DMA’S – THE GLOW (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Forum (Ivy League Records / Mushroom)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (Presented By PPCA)
Alex the Astronaut – The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (Minkowski / AWAL Recordings)
The Kid LAROI – F*ck Love (Columbia / Sony Music)
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Mallrat – Driving Music (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
Miiesha – Nyaaringu (EMI Music Australia)
BEST POP RELEASE
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Amy Shark – Everybody Rise (Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music)
Sia – Together (Monkey Puzzle, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States)
Troye Sivan – In A Dream (EMI Music Australia)
Tame Impala – Lost In Yesterday (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Dom Dolla – San Frandisco (Sweat It Out / Warner Music)
Flume – Rushing Back feat. Vera Blue (Future Classic)
Alice Ivy – Don’t Sleep (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
Northeast Party House – Shelf Life (Stop Start Music / Sony Music)
Stace Cadet & KLP – Energy – (Medium Rare Recordings / Sony Music)
BEST SOUL/R&B RELEASE
KIAN – Every Hour (EMI Music Australia)
Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol.2 (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
Miiesha – Nyaaringu (EMI Music Australia)
Genesis Owusu – Don’t Need You (OURNESS / AWAL)
Tash Sultana – Pretty Lady (Lonely Lands Records / Sony Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (Ghosteen / AWAL Recordings)
DMA’S – THE GLOW (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Archie Roach – Tell Me Why (Bloodlines / Mushroom)
Sampa The Great – The Return (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Donny Benét – Mr Experience (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (Ghosteen / AWAL Recordings)
Gordi – Our Two Skins (Liberation Records)
Josh Pyke – Rome (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Archie Roach – Tell Me Why (Bloodlines / Mushroom)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Casey Barnes – Town of A Million Dreams (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Travis Collins – Wreck Me (ABC Music / Universal)
Fanny Lumsden – Fallow (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
The McClymonts – Mayhem To Madness (Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Jasmine Rae – Lion Side (ABC Music / Universal)
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
Busby Marou – The Great Divide (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Lucky Oceans – Purple Sky (Songs Originally By Hank Williams) (ABC Music / Universal)
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife – You Be The Lightning (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Forum (Ivy League Records / Mushroom)
Frank Yamma – Tjukurpa: The Story (Wantok Musik / MGM)
BEST HIP HOP RELEASE (Presented by Hennessy)
Baker Boy – Meditjin feat. JessB (Danzal Baker / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Briggs – Always Was EP (Adam Briggs / Island Records Australia)
Illy – Last Laugh (Sony Music)
The Kid LAROI – F*ck Love (Columbia / Sony Music)
Sampa The Great – The Return (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Cold Chisel – Blood Moon (Cold Chisel / Universal Music Australia)
DMA’S – THE GLOW (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
Ocean Alley – Lonely Diamond (Independent / Unified Music Group)
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Violent Soho – Everything Is A-OK (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
The Amity Affliction – Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them (The Amity Affliction. Marketed & Distributed by Warner Music Australia under exclusive license)
The Chats – High Risk Behaviour (Bargain Bin / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Chunky Shrapnel (Flightless Records)
Parkway Drive – Viva The Underdogs (Resist / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Polaris – The Death Of Me (Resist / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
Diver City – Welcome to Diver City (ABC Music / Universal)
Teeny Tiny Stevies – Thoughtful Songs for Little People (ABC Music / Universal)
Tiptoe Giants – Colour the World (Tiptoe Tunes / ABC Music)
The Vegetable Plot – Season Two (ABC Music / Universal)
The Wiggles – Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (ABC Music / Universal)
BEST COMEDY RELEASE
Anne Edmonds – What’s Wrong With You? (Guesswork Television)
Tom Gleeson – Joy (Guesswork Television)
Bev Killick – Crummy Mummy (Rivershack Records / MGM)
Celia Pacquola – All Talk (Guesswork Television)
Megan Washington – Just Jesus (feat. Chris Ryan) (ABC Music / Universal)
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
BEST VIDEO (Presented by YouTube Music)
Baker Boy – Meditjin feat. JessB (Danzal Baker / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
The Chats – The Clap (Bargain Bin/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Lime Cordiale – Robbery (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
PNAU feat. Vlossom – Lucky (etcetc Music)
Sampa The Great – Time’s Up (feat. Krown) (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
Guy Sebastian – Standing With You (Sony Music)
Troye Sivan – Easy (EMI Music Australia)
Tame Impala – Is It True (Modular Recordings/Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Tones And I – Ur So F**kInG cOoL (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
Violent Soho – Pick It Up Again (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
Baker Boy – Falls Festival (Danzal Baker / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Cold Chisel – Blood Moon Tour (Cold Chisel / Universal Music Australia)
DMA’S – Unplugged & Intimate | Laneway Festival (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
Paul Kelly – Paul Kelly – Making Gravy 2019 (GAWD AGGIE / EMI Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (Flightless Records)
PNAU – All Of Us Australian Tour (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – 2019 Summer Festival Tour (Rose Avenue Records under exclusive license to Reprise Records.)
Sampa The Great – The Return Australian Tour 2019 (Ninja Tune / Inertia Music)
Amy Shark – Amy Shark Regional Tour (Wonderlick Recording Company / Sony Music)
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records / Mushroom)
SONG OF THE YEAR (Presented by YouTube Music)
5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth (Interscope / EMI Music Australia)
Sam Fischer – This City (Sony Music)
Flume Feat. Vera Blue – Rushing Back (Future Classic)
Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal – Exit Sign (Hilltop Hoods / Island Records Australia/UMA)
The Jungle Giants – Heavy Hearted (Amplifire Music / Together We Can Work Together / The Orchard)
Lime Cordiale – Robbery (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Mallrat – Charlie (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
The Rubens – Live In Life (Ivy League Records / Mushroom)
Ruel – Painkiller (RCA / Sony Music)
Tones and I – Never Seen the Rain (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Justin Bieber – Changes (Def Jam Recordings / Universal Music Australia)
Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (Universal Music Group / Universal Music Australia)
Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By (Interscope / Universal Music Australia)
Halsey – Manic (Capitol / EMI Music Australia)
Juice WRLD – Legends Never Die (Interscope / Universal Music Australia)
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (Atlantic / Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Harry Styles – Fine Line (Columbia / Sony Music)
Taylor Swift – Folklore (Republic Records / Universal Music Australia)
The Weekend – After Hours (Universal Music Group / Universal Music Australia)
TELSTRA ARIA MUSIC TEACHER AWARD
Sarah Donnelley – Wilcannia Central School, Wilcannia NSW
Thomas Fienberg – Evans High School, Blacktown, NSW
Kathryn McLennan – Virginia State School, Virginia QLD
CJ Shaw – Palmerston District Primary School, Canberra ACT
ARTISAN AWARDS
BEST COVER ART
Donny Benét – Mr Experience (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Jessica Mauboy – Hilda (Sony Music)
Violent Soho – Everything Is A-OK (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
WASHINGTON – Batflowers (Washington / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Eric J Dubowsky for Ruel – Free Time (RCA / Sony Music)
IAMMXO (aka Mohamed Komba) for Miiesha – Nyaaringu (EMI Music Australia)
Alice Ivy – Don’t Sleep (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Greg Wales for Violent Soho – Everything Is A-OK (I OH YOU / Mushroom)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
DNA & Louis Schoorl for Jessica Mauboy – Hilda (Sony Music)
IAMMXO (aka Mohamed Komba) for Miiesha – Nyaaringu (EMI Music Australia)
M-Phazes for Ruel – Free Time (RCA / Sony Music)
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – The Slow Rush (Modular Recordings / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Kevin Shirley for Cold Chisel – Blood Moon (Cold Chisel / Universal Music Australia)
FINE ARTS AWARDS
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Nat Bartsch – Forever More (ABC Jazz / Universal)
Luke Howard – All That Is Not Solid (Live At Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) (Mercury KX / Universal Music Australia)
Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky – Please Leave Your Light On (GAWD AGGIE / EMI Music Australia)
Mike Nock; Hamish Stuart; Julien Wilson; Jonathan Zwartz – This World (Lionsharecords / The Planet Company)
Katie Noonan – The Sweetest Taboo (ABC Jazz / Universal)
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Alicia Crossley – Muse (Move)
Jayson Gillham, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Carter – Beethoven Piano Concertos (ABC Classic / Universal)
David Greco & Erin Helyard – Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (ABC Classic / Universal)
Slava & Sharon Grigoryan – Our Place: Duets For Cello And Guitar (ABC Classic / Universal)
Richard Tognetti & Erin Helyard – Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas (ABC Classic / Universal)
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OF MUSICAL THEATRE CAST ALBUM
Chelsea Cullen – I Am Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Masterworks)
Dan Golding – Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack) (House House / Decca Classics Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Grigoryan Brothers – A Boy Called Sailboat (ABC Classic / Universal)
Sally Seltmann & Darren Seltmann – The Letdown (Music from Seasons 1+2) (ABC Music / Universal)
Matteo Zingales & Antony Partos – Mystery Road (Original Score: Seasons 1-2) (ABC Music / Universal)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Grace Barbe – FANM:WOMAN (Afrotropik / MGM)
The Crooked Fiddle Band – Another Subtle Atom Bomb (Bird’s Robe Records / MGM)
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Live At The Triffid (ABC Music / Universal)
Joseph Tawadros – Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Music / Universal)
Xylouris White – The Sisypheans (ABC Music / Universal)
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