Live updates from the 2017 ARIA Awards. Scroll down for the latest updates, winners are listed first and bolded. View the full list of nominees.
Best Comedy Release
John Clarke, Clarke’s Classics
Arj Barker, Get In My Head
Buddy Goode, More Rubbish
Kitty Flanagan, Seriously?
Rhys Nicholson, Rhys Nicholson Live at The Eternity Playhouse
Producer of the Year
Gang of Youths & Adrian Breakspear for Gang of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
Daniel Rankine for A.B. Original, Reclaim Australia
Tom Iansek for Big Scary, Animal
Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn for D.D Dumbo, Utopia Defeated
Steven Schram & Paul Kelly for Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine
Engineer of the Year
Steven Schram for Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine
Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn for D.D Dumbo, Utopia Defeated
John Castle for Dean Lewis, “Lose My Mind”
Adrian Breakspear for Gang of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
Bob Scott for Kate Miller-Heidke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Live at the Sydney Opera House
Best Cover Artwork
Peter Salmon-Lomas for Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine
Lee McConnell for Dune Rats, The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
Nathan Cahyadi for Gang of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
Nick McKinlay for Julia Jacklin, Don’t Let The Kids Win
Mitchell Storck for Midnight Oil, The Overflow Tank
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark, “Night Thinker”
Dean Lewis, “Waves”
Jessica Mauboy, “Fallin”
Sia, “The Greatest”, featuring Kendrick Lamar
Vera Blue, “Perennial”
Best Group
Gang Of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
AB Original, Reclaim Australia
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Flying Microtonal Banana
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree
Peking Duk, Stranger
Best Urban Album
AB Original, Reclaim Australia
Illy, Two Degrees
REMI, Divas & Demons
Thundamentals, Everyone We Know
Tkay Maidza, TKAY
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine
Bernard Fanning, Brutal Dawn
D.D Dumbo, Utopia Defeated
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree
Pete Murray, Camacho
Best Rock Album
Gang Of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
Dan Sultan, Killer
Dune Rats, The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
Polish Club, Alrighty Alrighty
The Preatures, Girlhood
Best Video
Bliss N Eso, “Moments”, featuring Gavin James
Amy Shark, “Drive You Mad”
Client Liaison, “A Foreign Affair”
Client Liaison, “Off White Limousine”
Dean Lewis, “Waves”
Gang Of Youths, “The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows”
Illy, “You Say When”, featuring Marko Penn
Jessica Mauboy, “Fallin”
Kirin J Callinan, “S.A.D”
Sia, “The Greatest”, featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best International Artist
Harry Styles, Harry Styles
Adele, 25
Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran, ÷
Kendrick Lamar, DAMN and Untitled Unmastered
Lorde, Melodrama
Metallica, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
Shawn Mendes, Illuminate
The Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome
The Weeknd, Starboy
Best Children’s Album
Jimmy Barnes, Och Aye the G’Nu!
Lah-Lah, Having Fun!
Peter Combe, Live It Up
The Idea of North, Lior & Elena Kats-Chernin, A Piece of Quiet
The Wiggles, The Wiggles Duets
Best Country Album
Kasey Chambers, Dragonfly
Lee Kernaghan, The 25th Anniversary Album
O’Shea, 61-615
Shane Nicholson, Love And Blood
The McClymonts, Endless
Best Blues & Roots Album
All Our Exes Live In Texas When We Fall
Archie Roach Let Love Rule
Busby Marou Postcards From The Shell House
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen Death’s Dateless Night
Tash Sultana, Notion
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Northlane, Mesmer
Airbourne, Breaking Outta Hell
Frenzal Rhomb, Hi-Vis High Tea
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Murder Of The Universe
Sleepmakeswaves, Made of Breath Only
Best Female Artist
Sia
Amy Shark
Jessica Mauboy
Julia Jacklin
Meg Mac
Best Independent Release
AB Original, “Reclaim Australia”
Dan Sultan, “Killer”
Sia, “The Greatest”, featuring Kendrick Lamar
Tash Sultana, “Notion”
Vance Joy, “Lay It On Me”
Best Male Artist
Paul Kelly
DD Dumbo
Dan Sultan
Illy
Vance Joy
Best Australian Live Act
Illy
Client Liaison
Flume
Gang Of Youths
Jessica Mauboy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peking Duk
Tash Sultana
Violent Soho
Breakthrough Artist
Amy Shark
A.B Original
Dean Lewis
Tash Sultana
Tkay Maidza
Album Of The Year
Gang Of Youths, Go Farther In Lightness
AB Original, Reclaim Australia
Amy Shark, Night Thinker
Illy, Two Degrees
Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine
Song Of The Year
Peking Duk, “Stranger”, featuring Elliphant
Amy Shark, “Adore”
Bliss N Eso, “Moments”, featuring Gavin James
Dean Lewis, “Waves”
Guy Sebastian, “Set In Stone”
Illy, “Catch 22”, featuring Anne-Marie
Jessica Mauboy, “Fallin”
Pnau, “Chameleon”
Sia, “The Greatest”, featuring Kendrick Lamar
Starley, “Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)”
