Royel Otis, Kylie Minogue, Dom Dolla & Angie McMahon Lead 2024 ARIA Award Nominations

This morning, ARIA unveiled the nominees for the upcoming ARIA Awards on YouTube, and it’s fair to say that Australian music is huge and thriving in 2024.

The 2023 Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist nominees Royel Otis lead this year’s ARIA Awards with a mind-boggling eight nominations after experiencing a massive year behind their debut album, Pratts & Pain. EDM icon Dom Dolla follows with six nominations.

Angie McMahon and Kylie Minogue, meanwhile, are tied for five nominations, 3%, Amy Shark, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid LAROI, Tones And I, and Troye Sivan have gathered four nominations apiece, and Confidence Man, FISHER, Mildlife, Miss Kaninna, SPEED, and Troy Cassar-Daley have amassed three nominations each.

Australian music will be celebrated across 29 categories, including Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist, Best Group, Song of the Year, the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist Award, Best Independent Release, and many more.

In terms of genre, acts including Kobie Dee and ONEFOUR have been nominated in the Best Hip-Hop/Rap Release category, Forest Claudette and PANIA make appearances in the Best Soul/R&B Release category, Grinspoon and Middle Kids have been nominated for Best Rock Album, Crowded House and Fanning Dempsey National Park in Best Adult Contemporary Album, Casey Barnes and Troy Cassar-Daley for Best Country Album, Polaris and Teenage Joans for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, and stacks of other artists have been recognised for their art.

You can find the full list of nominees below.

In a statement, ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said of this year’s nominees: “Everyone at ARIA is absolutely thrilled to celebrate such an incredible list of commercially successful nominees for 2024 across a huge breadth of genres. It is a list that covers global megastars, touring acts on the brink of world domination and a genuinely exciting group of up-and-coming stars with plenty of buzz. 

“Personally, I’m really excited by the stars dominating stages across the world in this year’s hotly contested Best Dance Release, but it’s certainly not isolated to one genre. This year, we get to celebrate a deep list of household names in Australian music that span all genres, highlighting the huge shift in positive momentum that the Australian music industry experienced this year.

“It’s a time to acknowledge those who are achieving amazing things, and spotlight those who are about to, to ensure we continue this momentum forward into 2025. Congratulations to all of the nominees, their teams, and, of course, the fans. See you in November!”

This year’s ARIA Awards will be held on Wednesday, 20 November, at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney/Gadigal land. They’ll be broadcast live from the Hordern Pavilion from 5 pm AEST on Wednesday, 20 November, on Stan.

A special presentation will also air on Channel Nine from 7:30 pm, with performances and other moments viewers may want to watch airing on the official ARIA YouTube channel.

In November, Missy Higgins will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

2024 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATED ARTISTS

Album of the Year 

Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music) 

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

Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG] 

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe] 

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

Best Solo Artist 

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 [Mushroom Music/BMG] 

Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG] 

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]

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

Best Group presented by Stan 

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

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

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe] 

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

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

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist 

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] 

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

Best Pop Release 

Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music) 

Jessica Mauboy - Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia) 

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG) 

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

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

Best Dance / Electronic Release 

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

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

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

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music) 

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

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release 

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 

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) 

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

Best Independent Release presented by PPCA 

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

Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard) 

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG) 

Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo) 

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe) 

Best Rock Album 

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) 

Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Adult Contemporary Album 

Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier (Sony Music) 

Crowded House - Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA) 

Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard) 

Emma Donovan - Til My Song Is Done (Civilians) 

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

Best Country Album 

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)

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

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album 

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) 

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

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

Best Blues & Roots Album 

Checkerboard Lounge - SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)

Dope Lemon - Kimosabè (BMG/ADA) 

Georgia Mooney - Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group) 

Mia Dyson - Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants) 

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

Best Children's Album 

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 

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)

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

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 

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) 

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

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 

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

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

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music) 

G Flip - The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic) 

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

Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG) 

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 

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) 

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

Travis Scott - Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) 

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

ARIA Music Teacher Award 

Casey Allen - PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSW 

Hayley Wedding - Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SA 

Nathaniel Miller - Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NT 

Susan Sukkar - Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW 

ARTISAN AWARDS 

Best Cover Art 

Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create for KILL THE DEAD - 3% (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  

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 

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 AWARD 

Best Classical Album 

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) 

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

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

Best Jazz Album 

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) 

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

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

Ack Kinmonth - Scarygirl (Independent) 

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) 

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

Best World Music Album 

Christine Anu - Waku (ABC Music/The Orchard) 

Dobby - Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard) 

Joseph Tawadros - The Virtue of Signals (Independent/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 

Cancer Council: End The Trend - Bolster Group, JK-47 

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

Qantas Olympics: Already Proud - Howatson+Company, Tones And I 

realestate.com.au: Keep Moving - 72andSunny, Eurogliders 

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