Amy Shark, Courtney Barnett, Gurrumul & PNAU Lead 2018 ARIA Nominations

Amy Shark has led the charge at today’s ARIA Awards Nominations event, with the Gold Coast singer-songwriter picking up nine nods for this year’s event.

Shark has picked up nominations for Apple Music Album Of The Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Video, Apple Music Song Of The Year, Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of The Year and Best Cover Art. Shark was last year nominated for six awards, which saw her take home Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist.

To find out the winners of this year’s Artisan, Fine Arts and Best Comedy awards head here

Melbourne indie artist Courtney Barnett has been nominated for a total of eight awards for her second solo album Tell Me How You Really Feel and one nomination (Best Adult Contemporary Album) for her album with American artist Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice. Barnett’s nominations include Apple Music Album Of The Year, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release, Best Rock Album, Best Video, Best Australian Live Act, Engineer Of The Year and Producer Of The Year.   

Gurrumul has been posthumously honoured with a total of seven nominations for his album Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), including nominations for Apple Music Album Of The Year, Best Male Artist, Best Independent Release, Best Cover Art, Engineer Of The Year, Producer Of The Year and Best World Music Album.

Last year’s Best Dance Release winners PNAU have also been nominated for seven awards for their album Changa, including Apple Music Album Of The Year, Best Dance Release, Best Group, Best Independent Release, Apple Music Song Of The Year, Best Video and Best Live Act.

Tash Sultana has been nominated for a total of six awards off the back of debut album Flow State, while Dean Lewis and Peking Duk have picked up five nominations each and 5 Seconds Of Summer and Troye Sivan have four each. 

Angus & Julia Stone, Ball Park Music, DMA’S, Jack River, Mojo Juju and Vance Joy have been nominated for three awards each, while Alison Wonderland, Client Liaison, Dan Sultan, Gang Of Youths, Odette, RUFUS DU SOL and The Presets have scored two each.

This year sees the return of five publicly voted award categories, which include the Apple Music Song Of The Year, Best Video, Best Australian Live Act, Best International Artist and Music Teacher Of The Year. Head to the ARIA Awards website here to find out how you can vote.

The 2018 ARIA Awards, hosted by Keith Urban, will take place on Wednesday 28 November at The Star Event Centre in Sydney and will be shown on the Nine Network. Read the full list of categories and nominees below.

2018 ARIA Awards Nominees

Apple Music Album Of The Year
 Amy Shark - Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 Gurrumul - Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
 PNAU - Changa (etcetc Music)
 Troye Sivan - Bloom (EMI)

Best Female Artist

 Alison Wonderland - Awake (EMI)
 Amy Shark - Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 Sia - Flames (What A Music Ltd, Under Exclusive Licence to Warner Music Group)
 Tash Sultana - Flow State (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)

Best Male Artist

 Dan Sultan - Killer Under A Blood Moon (Liberation Records)
 Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Gurrumul - Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
 Troye Sivan - Bloom (EMI)
 Vance Joy - Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)

Best Dance Release
 Alison Wonderland - Awake (EMI)
 Fisher - Losing It (etcetc Music)
 Peking Duk - Fire (Sony Music)
 PNAU - Go Bang (etcetc Music)
 RÜFÜS DU SOL - No Place (Sony Music)

Best Group
 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
 DMA’s - For Now (I OH YOU)
 Peking Duk - Fire (Sony Music)
 PNAU - Go Bang (etcetc Music)
 RÜFÜS DU SOL - No Place (Sony Music)

Breakthrough Artist
 Alex Lahey - I Love You Like A Brother (Nicky Boy Records/Caroline Australia)
 Jack River - Sugar Mountain (I OH YOU)
 Mojo Juju - Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 Odette - To A Stranger (EMI)
 Ruel - Dazed & Confused (RCA Records/Sony Music)

Best Pop Release
 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
 Amy Shark - Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Jack River - Sugar Mountain (I OH YOU)
 Troye Sivan - Bloom (EMI)

Best Urban Release
 360 - Vintage Modern (Forthwrite/EMI)
 Esoterik - My Astral Plane (Flight Deck/Mushroom Group)
 Hilltop Hoods - Clark Griswold (feat. Adrian Eagle) (Hilltop Hoods/Universal Music Australia)
 Kerser - Engraved In The Game (ABK Records. Marketed & distributed by ADA, a division of Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
 Mojo Juju - Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

Best Independent Release
Angus & Julia Stone - Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)
 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 DMA’S - For Now (I OH YOU)
 Gurrumul - Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
 PNAU - Go Bang (etcetc Music)

Best Rock Album
 Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends (Poison City Records)
 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 DMA’S - For Now (I OH YOU)
 Luca Brasi - Stay (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
 Middle Kids - Lost Friends (EMI)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 Dan Sultan - Killer Under A Blood Moon (Liberation Records)
 Missy Higgins - Solastalgia (Eleven: A Music Company/EMI Music)
 Odette - To A Stranger (EMI)
 Vance Joy - Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)

Best Country Album
 Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont - Adam & Brooke (Lost Highway Australia /Universal Music Australia)
 Fanny Lumsden - Real Class Act (Red Dirt Road/AWAL)
 Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples - Campfire (Essence Group Entertainment. Marketed and distributed by Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
 The Wolfe Brothers - Country Heart (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 Travis Collins - Brave & The Broken (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
 DZ Deathrays - Bloody Lovely (I OH YOU)
 King Parrot - Ugly Produce (EVP Recordings/Rocket)
 Parkway Drive - Reverence (Resist Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
 Polaris - The Mortal Coil (Resist Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
 West Thebarton - Different Beings Being Different (Domestic La La/Sony Music Entertainment)

Best Blues & Roots Album
 Angus & Julia Stone - Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)
 Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra (Wantok Musik/MGM)
 Mama Kin Spender - Golden Magnetic (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 Ruby Boots - Don’t Talk About It (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Tash Sultana - Flow State (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
 Evelyn Ida Morris - Acute Misfortune (Original Soundtrack) (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 Jessica Mauboy - The Secret Daughter Season Two (Songs for the Original 7 Series) (Sony Music)
 Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Boy: The Soundtracks (BLOODLINES)
 LIARS - 1/1 (Original Soundtrack) (Mute/Inertia)
 Various Artists - Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical (The Original Cast Recording) (Global Creatures/Sony Music)

Best Children's Album
 Justine Clarke - The Justine Clarke Show! (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)
 Lah-Lah - 10th Birthday Party (Stella Projects/Sony Music)
 Sam Moran - Santa’s Coming! (Sony Music)
 Teeny Tiny Stevies - Helpful Songs For Little People (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)
 The Wiggles - Wiggle Pop! (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Apple Music Song Of The Year
 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
 Amy Shark - I Said Hi (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)
 Conrad Sewell - Healing Hands (Sony Music)
 Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Peking Duk - Fire/Reprisal (Sony Music)
 PNAU - Go Bang (etcetc Music)
 Sheppard - Coming Home (Chugg Music/MGM)
 Troye Sivan - My My My! (EMI)
 Vance Joy - Lay It On Me (Liberation Records)

Best Video
 Amy Shark - I Said Hi (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Client Liaison - Survival In The City (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
 Courtney Barnett - Need A Little Time (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Gang Of Youths - The Heart Is A Muscle (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
 Mojo Juju - Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
 Peking Duk - Fire (Sony Music)
 PNAU - Go Bang (etcetc Music)
 Tash Sultana - Salvation (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
 The Presets - Do What You Want (Modular/EMI)

Best Australian Live Act
 5 Seconds Of Summer - Meet You There Tour (Capitol UK/EMI)
 Amy Shark - Love Monster Tour (Wonderlick Recording Company)
 Client Liaison - Expo Liaison (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
 Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel National Tour (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
 Dean Lewis - 2017 National Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
 Gang Of Youths - 2017 National Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
 Paul Kelly - Life Is Fine Tour 2017 (EMI)
Peking Duk - The Wasted Tour (Sony Music)
PNAU - PNAU Changa Australian Tour (etcetc Music)

Tash Sultana - Homecoming Tour (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)

Best International Artist
 Camila Cabello - Camila (Syco/Epic/Sony Music)
 Drake - Scorpion & More Life (Republic/Universal Music)
 Ed Sheeran - ÷ (Warner Music)
 Eminem - Revival & Kamikaze (Interscope/Universal Music)
 Imagine Dragons - Evolve (Interscope/Universal Music)
 Khalid - American Teen (RCA/Sony Music)
 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma (RCA/Sony Music)
 Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys & Stoney (Universal Music)
 Sam Smith - The Thrill Of It All (Capitol/EMI)
 Taylor Swift - Reputation (Big Machine/Universal Music)

Music Teacher of the Year

 Becky Hall (Education Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne VIC 3052)
 Scott Maxwell (Grant High School, Mount Gambier SA 5209)

 Dean Harawira (Nerang State High School, Gold Coast QLD 4211)
 Deborah Skelton (Caladenia Primary School, Canning Vale WA 6155)