Adelaide hit maker Sia takes home four awards, with Chet Faker, Hilltop Hoods also scoring

Having just today being named the most influential female in Australian Music in the AMID Power 50 list, Aussie superstar Sia has taken out four awards at this evening’s ARIA Awards.

The international success gained by the Adelaide singer-songwriter has been recognised on home soil as she claims Album Of The Year, Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release and Best Video, all off the back of this year’s smashing 1000 Forms Of Fear album.

Electronic indie artist Chet Faker has also taken out multiple awards, walking away with Best Male Artist and Best Independent Release, while other globe-trotting outfits 5 Seconds Of Summer (Song Of The Year), Sheppard (Best Group) and Iggy Azalea (Breakthrough Artist) received accolades for a big year.

With Sheppard teaming up with Melbourne Ska Orchestra for their ARIA performance, as well as live music from Best Rock Album winner Dan Sultan, and Best Adult Contemporary Album winners Paul Kelly and Neil Finn, and guest presenter Katy Perry, the evening was massive.

2014 ARIA AWARDS WINNERS

album of the year

Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear (Inertia Recordings) - winner

Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan – Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard – Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

song of the year

5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (EMI) - winner

Guy Sebastian – Like A Drum (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Havana Brown – Warrior (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX – Fancy (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Joel Fletcher featuring Savage – Swing (Hustle Recordings/Ministry of Sound)
Justice Crew – Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nathaniel – You (DNA Songs/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard – Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia – Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Taylor Henderson – Borrow My Heart (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)

best female artist

Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings) - winner

Adalita – All Day Venus (Liberation Music)
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet (Essence Group)

best male artist

Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic) - winner

Dan Sultan – Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra: His Life And Music (ABC Music/UMA)
Guy Sebastian – Come Home With Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Vance Joy – Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)

best group

Sheppard – Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music) - winner

5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RÜFÜS – Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Violent Soho – Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

best international artist

One Direction – Midnight Memories (Syco Music) - winner

Avicii – True (PM:AM/Universal Music Australia)
Beyoncé – Beyoncé (Columbia)
Coldplay – Ghost Stories (Parlophone)
Ed Sheeran – X (Atlantic UK)
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Interscope Geffen/Universal Music Australia)
Jason Derulo – Tattoos (Warner Bros US)
Katy Perry – Prism (EMI)
Lorde – Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ/Universal Music Australia)
Pharrell Williams – G I R L (Columbia)

breakthrough artist

Iggy Azalea – The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia) - winner

5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer (Capitol/EMI)
Andy Bull – Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic)
The Kite String Tangle – Vessel EP (Warner Music Australia)

best independent release

Chet Faker – Built On Glass (Future Classic) - winner

Dan Sultan – Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Sheppard – Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Vance Joy – Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)
Violent Soho – Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

best australian live act

Keith Urban (EMI) - winner

Boy & Bear (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dan Sultan (Liberation Music)
John Butler Trio (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Melbourne SKA Orchestra (ABC Music/UMA)
RÜFÜS (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Tame Impala (Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Presets (Modular/Universal)
Violent Soho (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

best hard rock/heavy metal album

DZ Deathrays – Black Rat (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA) - winner

High Tension – Death Beat (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Shihad – FVEY (Warner Music NZ)
Sleepmakeswaves – Love Of Cartography (Bird's Robe Records/MGM)
The Amity Affliction – Let the Ocean Take Me (Roadrunner Records Inc)

best adult contemporary album

Neil Finn & Paul Kelly – Goin' Your Way (EMI) - winner

Gossling – Harvest Of Gold (Dew Process)
Kate Miller–Heidke – O Vertigo! (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Live From KCRW (Kobalt Label Services)
Tina Arena – Reset (EMI)

best blues and roots album

John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood (Jarrah Records/MGM) - winner

Harry Hookey – Misdiagnosed (Essence Group)
Russell Morris – Van Diemen's Land (Fanfare Records/EMI)
The Audreys – 'Til My Tears Roll Away (ABC Music/UMA)
The Bamboos – Fever In The Road (Pacific Theatre/Inertia)

best children's album

The Wiggles – Apples & Bananas (ABC Music/UMA) - winner

Alex Papps – Let's Put The Beat In Our Feet (ABC Music/UMA)
Ali McGregor – Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz (ABC Music/UMA)
Jay Laga'aia – Christmas At Jay's Place (ABC Music/UMA)
Sam Moran – Play Along With Sam: We're Gonna Dance! (6 Degrees Records)

best comedy release

Buddy Goode – It's A Buddy Goode Christmas (ABC Music/UMA) - winner

Franky Walnut – The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster (One Louder Recordings/Universal Music Australia)
Ja'mie – Learning To Be Me (ABC Music)
Ronny Chieng – The Ron Way (Century Entertainment)
The Beards – The Beard Album (Independent/MGM)

best country album

Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet (Essence Group) - winner

Adam Brand – My Side Of The Street (ABC Music/UMA)
Emma Swift – Emma Swift (Laughing Outlaw/Inertia)
Keith Urban – Fuse (Capitol/EMI)
The McClymonts – Here's To You & I (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

best dance release

Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar – High (Vicious Bitch/Universal) - winner

Flume & Chet Faker – Drop The Game (Future Classic)
Nicky Night Time – Everybody Together (ONELOVE/Xelon)
RÜFÜS – Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
The Presets – No Fun (Modular/Universal)

best pop release

Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings) - winner

5 Seconds Of Summer – 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Andy Bull – Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Justice Crew – Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard – Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

best rock album

Dan Sultan – Blackbird (Liberation Music) - winner

Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone (EMI)
Ball Park Music – Puddinghead (Stop Start Music)
Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight (Liberation Music)
Kingswood – Microscopic Wars (Dew Process)

best urban album

Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia) - winner

360 – Utopia (Forthwrite/EMI)
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Illy – Cinematic (Warner Music Australia)
Thundamentals – So We Can Remember (Obese Records)

best video

Sia Furler & Daniel Askill for Sia – Chandelier (Inertia Recordings) - winner

Ben Young for John Butler Trio – Only One (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener (Milk! Records/Inertia)
Dan Graetz for Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
Lawrence Lim for Jessica Mauboy – Never Be The Same (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Lawrence Lim for Justice Crew – Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Renny Wijeyamohan for Busby Marou – My Second Mistake (Warner Music Australia)
Christian J Henrich & Nicholas Rabone for Bluejuice – SOS (Dew Process)
Toby & Pete for Chet Faker – Talk Is Cheap (Future Classic)
Toby Morris for Sheppard – Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)