The Nominees For The 2024 ARIA Awards Have Been Announced

ARIA have shared the full list of nominees for the 2024 ARIA Awards. Leading the list are Sydney duo Royel Otis, who have received eight nominations total – including Album Of The Year, Best Group and Best Rock Album for their debut album Pratts & Pain. The full list can be found below.

Dance producer Dom Dolla, meanwhile, has racked up six nominations for his platinum-certified top-10 hit ‘Saving Up’ – including for production and engineering, which were both handled by Dolla himself. Elsewhere, the unlikely pair of Kylie Minogue and Angie McMahon have both received five nominations apiece. Minogue’s nod for album of the year with Tension marks her first nomination in the category since 2002, while McMahon’s nomination in the same category is her first ever.

Royel Otis – ‘Til The Morning’

On the subject of first-timers, several Australian bands and artists are up for awards for the first time in their careers. This includes the likes of hardcore band Speed, hip-hop supergroup 3%, mulit-hyphenate Miss Kaninna and Sydney punk band C.O.F.F.I.N. In a press statement, ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said that the association was “absolutely thrilled to celebrate such an incredible list” of nominees for this year’s awards.

“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,” she said. “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.”

The 2024 ARIA Awards will take place at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney on Wednesday, November 20th.

The 2024 ARIA Awards Nominees

Album Of The Year

Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
Kylie Minogue – Tension
Royel Otis – Pratts & Pain
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other

Best Solo Artist

Amy Shark (for Sunday Sadness)
Angie McMahon (for Light, Dark, Light Again)
Dom Dolla (for ‘Saving Up’)
Emma Donovan (for Til My Song Is Done)
Kylie Minogue (for Tension)
The Kid LAROI (for The First Time [Deluxe Version])
Tkay Maidza (for Sweet Justice)
Tones & I (for Beautifully Ordinary)
Troy Cassar-Daley (for Between The Fires)
Troye Sivan (for Something To Give Each Other)

Best Group

3% (for Kill The Dead)
Hiatus Kaiyote (for Love Heart Cheat Code)
Royel Otis (for Pratts & Pain)
RÜFÜS DU SOL (for ‘Music Is Better’)
Speed (for Only One Mode)

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

3% (for Kill The Dead)
Becca Hatch (for ‘Mayday’)
Kita Alexander (for Young In Love)
Sycco (for Zorb)
Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers (for I Love You)

Best Pop Release

Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness
Jessica Mauboy – Yours Forever
Kylie Minogue – Tension
The Kid LAROI – ‘Girls’
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other

Best Dance/Electronic Release

Confidence Man – ‘I Can’t Lose You’
CYRIL – ‘Stumblin’ In’
Dom Dolla – ‘Saving Up’
Fisher feat. Kita Alexander – ‘Atmosphere’
RÜFÜS DU SOL – ‘Music Is Better’

Best Hip-Hop/Rap Release

3% – Kill The Dead
Kobie Dee – Chapter 26
Lithe – ‘Fall Back’
ONEFOUR – Natural Habitat
The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION]

Best Soul/R&B Release

Forest Claudette – Jupiter
Milan Ring – Mangos
Miss Kaninna – ‘Blak Britney’
PANIA – WE STILL YOUNG
Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice

Best Independent Release

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
Emily Wurramara – Nara
Kylie Minogue – Tension
Miss Kaninna – ‘Blak Britney’
Royel Otis – Pratts & Pain

Best Rock Album

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again
Grinspoon – Whatever, Whatever
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight B741
Middle Kids – Faith Crisis, Pt. 1
Royel Otis – Pratts & Pain

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier
Crowded House – Gravity Stairs
Emily Wurramara – Nara
Emma Donovan – Til My Song Is Done
Fanning Dempsey National Park – The Deluge

Best Country Album

Casey Barnes – Mayday
Henry Wagons – The Four Seasons
James Johnston – Raised Like That
Tori Forsyth – All We Have Is Who We Are
Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops
Dune Rats – If It Sucks, Turn It Up
Polaris – Fatalism
Speed – Only One Mode
Teenage Joans – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest

Best Blues & Roots Album

Checkerboard Lounge – SUN Sessions
Dope Lemon – Kimosabè
Georgia Mooney – Full Of Moon
Mia Dyson – Tender Heart
The Paper Kites – At The Roundhouse

Best Children’s Album

Bluey – Dance Mode!
Emma Memma – Twirly Tunes
Josh Pyke – It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day!
The Wiggles – Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children
Zinzi & The Zillionaires – Zinzi & The Zillionaires

Best Cover Art

Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside (for Tones & I’s Beautifully Ordinary)
Michael Bryers (for Troy Cassar-Daley’s Between The Fires)
Tomas Shanahan (for Mildlife‘s Chorus)
Louis Leimbach (for Lime Cordiale‘s Enough Of The Sweet Talk)
Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create (for 3%’s Kill The Dead)

ARIA Music Teacher Award*

Nathaniel Miller (Bulman School, Bulman Community, Arnhem Land NT)
Casey Allen (PLC Sydney, Croydon NSW)
Hayley Wedding (Seaview High School, Seacombe Heights SA)
Susan Sukkar (Petersham Public School, Lewisham NSW)

Best Video*

Speed – ‘Real Life Love’ (dir. Jack Rudder, Jem Siow and Thomas Elliot)
Lime Cordiale – ‘Cold Treatment’ (dir. Jack Shepherd)
Amyl and The Sniffers – ‘U Should Not Be Doing That’ (dir. John Angus Stewart)
Peach PRC – ‘Time Of My Life’ (dir. Josh Harris)
RÜFÜS DU SOL -Lately (dir. Katzki)
Amy Shark – ‘Beautiful Eyes’ (dir. Marcario De Souza)
Budjerah – ‘Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense’ (dir. Michael O’Halloran)
Tones And I – ‘Dance With Me’ (dir. Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai)
Miss Kaninna – ‘Blak Britney’ (dir. Will Hamilton-Coates)
Confidence Man – ‘I Can’t Lose You’ (dir. Zac Dov Wiesel)

Best Australian Live Act*

Angie McMahon
Barkaa
Confidence Man
Dirty Three
Dom Dolla
King Stingray
Missy Higgins
Royel Otis
RÜFÜS DU SOL
Tones And I

Song of the Year*

CYRIL – ‘Stumblin’ In’
Dom Dolla – ‘Saving Up’
Fisher feat. Kita Alexander – ‘Atmosphere’
G Flip – ‘The Worst Person Alive’
Jessica Mauboy feat. Jason Derulo – ‘Give You Love’
Kylie Minogue – ‘Tension’
Lithe – ‘Fall Back’
Royel Otis – ‘Murder On The Dance Floor’
The Kid LAROI – ‘Nights Like This’
Troye Sivan – ‘Got Me Started’

Best Engineered Release

Chris Collins (for Royel Otis’ Pratts & Pain)
Dom Dolla (for ‘Saving Up’)
Eric J. Dubowsky (for Angus & Julia Stone’s Cape Forestier)
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes (for Empire Of The Sun‘s Ask That God)
Tony Buchen (for Mildlife’s Chorus)

Best Produced Release

Chris Collins (for Royel Otis’ Pratts & Pain)
Crowded House and Steven Schram (for Gravity Stairs)
Dom Dolla (for ‘Saving Up’)
Fisher (for ‘Atmosphere’)
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes (for Empire Of The Sun’s Ask That God)

Best Classical Album

Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’
Grigoryan Brothers – Amistad – Music For Two Guitars
Orava Quartet – ORAWA
Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside
Veronique Serret – Migrating Bird