ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductee

• Tina Arena

ARIA Outstanding Achievement

• Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the Anzacs

Album Of The Year

• Tame Impala – Currents
• Flight Facilities – Down to Earth
• Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
• Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think,
      and Sometimes I Just Sit

Best Male Artist

• Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
• #1 Dads – Nominal
• Daniel Johns – Talk
• Guy Sebastian – Tonight Again
• Jarryd James – Do You Remember

Best Female Artist

• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit
     and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
• Jessica Mauboy – Can I Get a Moment?
• Meg Mac – MEGMAC EP
• Megan Washington – There There
• Sia – Elastic Heart

Best Group

• Tame Impala – Currents
•  5 Seconds of Summer – LiveSOS
• AC/DC – Rock or Bust
• Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
• The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes

Best Rock Album

• Tame Impala – Currents
• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit
     and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
• Dead Letter Circus – Aesthesis
• Gang of Youths – The Positions
• The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes

Best Independent Release

• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit
     and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
• Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
• Jarryd James – Do You Remember
• Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions
• Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away

Best Blues & Roots Album

• C. W. Stoneking – Gon’ Boogaloo
• Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams
• The Black Sorrows – Endless Sleep
• The Waifs – Beautiful You
• Tim Rogers & The Bamboos
     – The Rules of Attraction

Breakthrough Artist

• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit
     and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
• Conrad Sewell – Start Again
• Gang of Youths – The Positions
• Jarryd James – Do You Remember
• Meg Mac – Never Be

Best Pop Release

• Jarryd James – Do You Remember
• Conrad Sewell – Start Again
• Sia – Elastic Heart
• Tame Impala – Let It Happen
• Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away

Best Comedy Release

• Matt Okine – Live at the Enmore Theatre
• Bondi Hipsters – Fuhck the Bahnks
• Buddy Goode – Songs to Ruin Every Occasion
• Ronny Chieng – Chieng Reaction
• Sammy J & Randy – Live

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

• Northlane – Node
• Born Lion – Final Words
• In Hearts Wake – Skydancer
• King Parrot – Dead Set
• Thy Art Is Murder – Holy War

Best Children’s Album

• Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: BOO!
• Giggle and Hoot – Hootastic Tunes
• Play School – Favourite Things
     – Songs and Nursery Rhymes from Play School
• Rhys Muldoon – Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
• The Wiggles – Rock & Roll Preschool

Best Adult Contemporary Album

• Oh Mercy – When We Talk About Love
• John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John
     – Two Strong Hearts Live
• Megan Washington – There Therehere
• Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessionsions
• Szymon – Tigersapp

Best Country Album

• Shane Nicholson – Hell Breaks Loose
• Catherine Britt – Boneshaker
• Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the Anzacs
• Mustered Courage – White Lies and Melodies
• Troy Cassar-Daley – Freedom Ride

Best Urban Album

• Seth Sentry – Strange New Past
• Citizen Kay – Demokracy
• Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon
• The Meeting Tree – R U a Cop
• Tuka – Life Death Time Eternal

Best Dance Release

• RÜFÜS – You Were Right
• Alison Wonderland – Run
• Flight Facilities – Down to Earth
• Hayden James – Something About You
• Peking Duk feat. SAFIA – Take Me Over

Song Of The Year

• Conrad Sewell – Start Again
• Grace – You Don’t Own Me feat. G-Eazy
• Iggy Azalea – Trouble feat. Jennifer Hudson
• Jarryd James – Do You Remember
• Marlisa – Stand by You
• Nathaniel – Live Louder
• Peking Duk – Take Me Over feat. SAFIA
• Sia – Elastic Heart
• The Veronicas – You Ruin Me
• Vance Joy – Georgia

Best International Artist

• One Direction – Four
• Calvin Harris – Motion
• Ed Sheeran – X
• Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
• Hozier – Hozier
• James Bay – Chaos and the Calm
• Mark Ronson – Uptown Special
• Meghan Trainor – Title
• Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour
• Taylor Swift – 1989

Best Australian Live Act

• 5 Seconds of Summer – Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour
• Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour
• Gang of Youths – Gang of Youths National Tour
• Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light Tour
• Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater Australian Tour
• Nick Cave – Nick Cave Australian Tour
• Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions Tour
• Sheppard – The Bombs Away Tour
• The Preatures – The Cruel Tour
• Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away Tour

Best Video

• Matt Sharp & Daniel James for the Veronicas – You Ruin Me
• Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland – U Don’t Know feat. Wayne Coyne
• Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best
• Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns – Aerial Love
• Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem – Wings
• Clemens Habicht for Flume – Some Minds feat. Andrew Wyatt
• Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude – Through the Roof feat. Young Tapz
• Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the Anzacs
• Filmery for Shane Nicholson – Secondhand Man
• Luci Schroder for Vance Joy – Georgia

Best Classical Album

• Tamara-Anna Cislowska – Peter Sculthorpe: Complete Works for Solo Piano
• Amy Dickson – Island Songs
• Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Brandenburg Celebrates
• Grigoryan Brothers – This Time
• Sally Whitwell – I Was Flying

Best Jazz Album

• Barney McAll – Mooroolbark
• Allan Browne Quintet – Ithaca Bound
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Quarters!
• Paul Grabowsky – Solo
• Sarah McKenzie – We Could Be Lovers

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album

• Various Artists, Beat the Drum – Celebrating 40 Years of triple j
• Ed Kuepper – Last Cab to Darwin
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake – Paper Planes
• Opera Australia – Bliss
• Various Artists – The Water Diviner

Best World Music Album

• Gurrumul – The Gospel Album
• Baby et Lulu – Album Deux
• Christine Anu – Island Christmas
• Genevieve Lacey and James Crabb – Heard This and Thought of You
• Joseph Tawadros – Truth Seekers, Lovers and Warriors