Royel Otis & Troye Sivan Win Big At 2024 ARIA Awards

The ARIA Awards have wrapped up for another year with the likes of Troye Sivan and Royel Otis emerging as two of the big winners at the Australian music industry’s night of nights.

Taking place at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney this evening (Wednesday, November 20th), the 38th annual ARIA Awards were the typically star-studded affair full of the glitz and glamour that the Australian music industry puts on display each and every year.

Of course, the attention of the wider world of music was put onto the big names up for awards this year, including the likes of Royel Otis, who entered the ring with eight nominations; Dom Dolla with six; and favourites such as Kylie Minogue and Angie McMahon with five each.

The big winner for the evening was undoubtedly Royel Otis who took out four awards, including Best Group and Best Rock Album, in addition to Chris Collins’ efforts for Best Engineered Release and Best Produced Release for PRATTS & PAIN.

Meanwhile, Troye Sivan also took out some of the bigger awards, walking away with Album of the Year and Best Pop Release for Something To Give Each Other in addition to Best Solo Artist.

The Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist award was given to Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers, while Dom Dolla took out Best Dance/Electronic Release for Saving Up, and 3% took home Best Hip Hop/Rap Release for KILL THE DEAD.

While Tkay Maidza was awarded Best Soul/R&B Release for Sweet Justice, Angie McMahon's Light, Dark, Light Again was deemed Best Rock Album, while Emily Wurramara's NARA took out Best Adult Contemporary Album.

SPEED's Only One Mode gave the group the trophy for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, while Troy Cassar-Daley and Mia Dyson took out Best Country Album and Best Blues & Roots Album, respectively. 

In the public-voted awards, Tones And I's Dance With Me was named Best Video, G Flip's The Worst Person Alive was dubbed Song Of The Year, Missy Higgins was named Best Australian Live Act alongside her induction into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, and Taylor Swift was honoured with the title of Most Popular International Artist.

The event also featured the standard roster of performances, including The Kid LAROI and Ava Max, who were on hand as per previously-announced appearances. The most surprising addition, however, was that of the Pixies, who shared an exclusive rendition of Where Is My Mind in celebration of Support Act and Ausmusic T-Shirt Day.

“All of us at ARIA are so proud of this genuinely global-facing industry that proved tonight exactly how much Australia has to be proud of when it comes to home grown music,” said ARIA CEO, Annabelle Herd, in a statement. “I’m beyond excited for the future of Australian music after seeing the incredible talent of the winners, performers, and nominees at this year’s Awards. 

“Thank you to YouTube, DNSW, all of our partners, and the incredible ARIAs team, especially broadcast EP Craig Campbell and Event Producer Brendan Maher. Here’s to another incredible year of Ausmusic in 2025!”

2024 ARIA AWARDS WINNERS LIST

Album of the Year

WINNER: Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]

Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music]

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]

Best Solo Artist

WINNER: Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]

Dom Dolla - Saving Up [Three Six Zero/Sony Music]

Emma Donovan - Till My Song Is Done [CIVILIANS / The Orchard]

Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music]

The Kid LAROI - THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] [Columbia Records/Sony Music]

Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice [Dew Process/Universal Music Australia]

Tones And I - Beautifully Ordinary [Bad Batch Records/Sony Music]

Troy Cassar-Daley - Between The Fires [Tarampa Music/Sony Music]

Best Group presented by Stan

WINNER: Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]

3% - KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]

Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Inertia]

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Music is Better [Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia]

SPEED - Only One Mode [Last Ride Records/ADA]

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I Love You [Domestic La La]

3% - KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]

Becca Hatch - MAYDAY [Forever Ever/SonyMusic

Kita Alexander - Young In Love [Warner Music Australia]

Sycco - Zorb [Future Classic]

Best Pop Release

WINNER: Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (EMI Music Australia)

Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Jessica Mauboy - Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)

The Kid LAROI - Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Best Dance / Electronic Release

WINNER: Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

Confidence Man - I CAN’T LOSE YOU (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

CYRIL - Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Music is Better (Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia)

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

WINNER: 3% - KILL THE DEAD (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)

Kobie Dee - Chapter 26 (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)

Lithe - Fall Back (GSL/GYROstream)

ONEFOUR - Natural Habitat (ONEFOUR RECORDS)

The Kid LAROI - THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Best Soul / R&B Release

WINNER: Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Forest Claudette - Jupiter (Sony Music)

Milan Ring - Mangos (Astral People Recordings/[PIAS])

Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)

PANIA - WE STILL YOUNG (Say Less)

Best Independent Release presented by PPCA

WINNER: Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)

Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)

Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Rock Album

WINNER: Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)

Grinspoon - whatever, whatever (Universal Music Australia)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flight b741 (p(doom) records)

Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1 (EMI Music Australia)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier (Sony Music)

Crowded House - Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)

Emma Donovan - Til My Song Is Done (Civilians)

Fanning Dempsey National Park - The Deluge (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Country Album

WINNER: Troy Cassar-Daley - Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)

Casey Barnes - Mayday (Casey Barnes Entertainment/Chugg Music)

Henry Wagons - The Four Seasons (Cheatin’ Hearts Records/ADA)

James Johnston - Raised Like That (Warner Music Australia)

Tori Forsyth - All We Have Is Who We Are (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: SPEED - Only One Mode (Last Ride Records/ADA)

C.O.F.F.I.N - Australia Stops (Damaged Records/Inertia)

Dune Rats - If It Sucks, Turn It Up (BMG/ADA)

Polaris - Fatalism (Resist/Civilians)

Teenage Joans - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: Mia Dyson - Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants)

Checkerboard Lounge - SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)

Dope Lemon - Kimosabè (BMG/ADA)

Georgia Mooney - Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group)

The Paper Kites - At The Roadhouse (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Best Children's Album

WINNER: Bluey - Dance Mode! (Ludo Studios/Demon Demon Music Group/Rocket)

Emma Memma - Twirly Tunes (GYROstream)

Josh Pyke - It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day! (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Wiggles - Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Zinzi & The Zillionaires - Zinzi & The Zillionaires (ABC Music/The Orchard)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Best Video presented by YouTube

WINNER: Dance With Me - Tones And I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

REAL LIFE LOVE - SPEED, Jack Rudder, Jem Siow, Thomas Elliot (Last Ride Records/ADA)

Cold Treatment - Lime Cordiale, Jack Shepherd (Chugg Music/MGM)

U Should Not Be Doing That - Amyl and The Sniffers, John Angus Stewart (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)

Time Of My Life - Peach PRC, Josh Harris (Island Records Australia)

Lately - RÜFÜS DU SOL, Katzki (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Beautiful Eyes - Amy Shark, Marcario De Souza (Sony Music)

Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense - Budjerah, Michael O’Halloran [ONYX FILM] (Warner Music Australia)

Blak Britney - Miss Kaninna, Will Hamilton-Coates (Soul Has No Tempo)

I CAN’T LOSE YOU - Confidence Man, Zac Dov Wiesel (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW

WINNER: Missy Higgins - The Second Act Tour 2024 (Eleven/EMI Music Australia)

Angie McMahon - Making It Through Tour (AWAL Recordings)

Barkaa - BARKAA (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)

Confidence Man - Laneway Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

Dirty Three - Love Changes Everything Tour (Anchor & Hope/Remote Control Records)

Dom Dolla - DOM DOLLA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

King Stingray - Regional Run 2024 (Civilians/The Orchard)

Royel Otis - Royel Otis PRATTS & PAIN Tour (Ourness/Believe)

RÜFÜS DU SOL - RÜFÜS DU SOL 2024 Australian Summer Tour Dates (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Tones And I - P!nk Supported By Tones And I (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Song of the Year presented by YouTube

WINNER: G Flip - The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic)

CYRIL - Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)

Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo - Give You Love (Warner Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)

Lithe - Fall Back (GSL, GYROstream)

Royel Otis - Murder on the Dance Floor - triple j Like A Version (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Kid LAROI - Nights Like This (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Troye Sivan - Got Me Started (EMI Music Australia)

Most Popular International Artist

WINNER: Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft (Darkroom/Interscope/Universal Music Australia)

Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Island Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

Charli XCX - BRAT (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australia)

Drake - For All The Dogs (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (Geffen/Universal Music Australia)

Tate McRae - Think Later (RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment)

Travis Scott - Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)

Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (Warner Records/Warner Music Australia)

ARIA Music Teacher Award

WINNER: Nathaniel Miller - Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NT

Casey Allen - PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSW

Hayley Wedding - Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SA

Susan Sukkar - Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW

ARTISAN AWARDS

Best Cover Art

WINNER: Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create for 3% - KILL THE DEAD (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)

Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside for Tones And I - Beautifully Ordinary (Better Batch Records/Sony Music)

Louis Leimbach for Lime Cordiale - Enough Of Sweet Talk (Chugg Music/MGM)

Michael Bryers for Troy Cassar-Daley - Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)

Tomas Shanahan for Mildlife - Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Engineer - Best Engineered Release

WINNER: Chris Collins for Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

Eric J. Dubowsky for Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier (Sony Music)

Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun - Ask That God (EMI Music Australia)

Tony Buchen for Mildlife - Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Producer - Best Produced Release

WINNER: Chris Collins for Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Crowded House & Steven Schram for Crowded House - Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)

Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

FISHER for FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun - Ask That God (EMI Music Australia)

FINE ARTS AWARDS

Best Classical Album

WINNER: Sophie Hutchings - A World Outside (Mercury KX/UMA)

Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti - Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’ (ABC Classic/The Orchard)

Grigoryan Brothers - Amistad - Music For Two Guitars (Decca Australia/UMA)

Orava Quartet - ORAWA (Deutsche Grammophon Australia/UMA)

Veronique Serret - Migrating Bird (Migrating Bird Records/The Planet Company)

Best Jazz Album

WINNER: Mildlife - Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Audrey Powne - From The Fire (Barely Breaking Even/The Orchard)

Elixir (feat. Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann) - A Small Shy Truth (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)

Tourismo - Torque (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)

Vanessa Perica Orchestra - The Eye is the First Circle (Vanessa Perica)

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by Stan

WINNER: Various Artists - Faraway Downs (DTS Productions/Sony Music)

Ack Kinmonth - Scarygirl (Independant)

Harlow - This is HARLOW (Music From Paper Dolls) (Helium/MGM)

Helena Czakja - Nemesis (Original Series Soundtrack) (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Jackson Milas - The Way, My Way (Ambition Records/MGM)

Best World Music Album

WINNER: DOBBY - Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Christine Anu - Waku (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Joseph Tawadros - The Virtue of Signals (Independant/The Planet Company)

Radical Son - Bilambiyal (Wantok Musik/The Planet Company)

Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator - History of House (Xelon Entertainment)

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Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement

WINNER: Cancer Council & The Australian Government: End The Trend - Bolster Group & Publicis Groupe

NRL & AFL: WARRIORS & STORYTELLERS - Fox Sports Australia, Kobie Dee

Qantas Olympics & Paralympics Campaign 'Already Proud' - Howatson+Company

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Speedo International: Go Full Speedo - Collider/Mirimar, The Beefs