Australian music’s biggest night of the year is almost here, with an all-star lineup of local and international nominees announced today. This year, artists will be celebrated across 29 categories with the winners crowned on Wednesday, 15 November at The Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land.
In a celebration of excellence in Australian music over the past year, the refreshed and revamped 2023 ARIA Awards will showcase the achievements of the best in our homegrown music community as well as the 2023 inductee to the ARIA Hall of Fame: Jet.
For the first time, the ARIA Awards will go live to air at 5.00pm AEDT on Stan. The live stream will be followed by a free-to-air broadcast across the Nine Network at 7.30pm AEDT with performances and moments available on the @ARIA.official YouTube channel.
Local superstar Genesis Owusu is closing a huge year with seven ARIA Award nominations for his highly anticipated and critically acclaimed album STRUGGLER, claiming nominations for Album Of The Year, Best Hip Hop/Rap Release, Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Solo Artist, Best Video presented by YouTube (Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore), Engineer – Best Engineered Release (Simon Cohen, Dave Hammer), and Producer – Best Produced Release presented by Neumann (Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer). With over 93 million streams and glowing endorsements from fans around the world, Owusu continues to impress with his exciting creative production and the biggest shows yet, here and globally.
Cementing themselves among the hottest Australian artists across the international music landscape are G Flip, Dom Dolla and Troye Sivan with six ARIA Award nominations each.
All three artists will compete for Best Solo Artist alongside Budjerah, Dan Sultan, Genesis Owusu, Jen Cloher, Kylie Minogue, Meg Mac and The Kid LAROI.
G Flip has ushered in a bold new era with sophomore album DRUMMER, securing their status as a force of nature after a year of rapid global audience growth. This year, they are nominated for Album of the Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Rock Album, Best Solo Artist and Best Video presented by YouTube (Kyle Caulfield).
Hailed as “the perfect popstar” by TIME thanks to his hit single Rush, Troye Sivan has firmly established himself as a global icon in the world of pop music and fashion. Sivan is nominated for Best Pop Release, Best Solo Artist, Song of the Year presented by YouTube, Engineer – Best Engineered Release (Styalz Fuego), Producer – Best Produced Release presented by Neumann (Styalz Fuego) and Best Dance/Electronic Release (PNAU and Troye Sivan).
Coming off a huge year after Eat Your Man, his collaboration with Grammy Award-winning pop icon Nelly Furtado, Dom Dolla scores six nominations for Best Australian Live Act, Best Solo Artist, Engineer – Best Engineered Release, Producer – Best Produced Release presented by Neumann, Best Dance/Electronic (MK and Dom Dolla) and Song of the Year presented by YouTube (MK and Dom Dolla).
This year the ARIA Awards will celebrate the 50th anniversary of global hip hop, showcasing this exciting genre and its history in Australia as well as this year’s five nominees for Best Hip Hop/Rap Release: Genesis Owusu with STRUGGLER, KAHUKX’s NOTHING TO SOMETHING, Kerser with A Gift & A Kers, ONEFOUR Ft. CG on Comma’s, and Tkay Maidza & Flume for Silent Assassin.
After winning back-to-back ARIA Awards in 2021 and 2022, and hard on the heels of supporting international star Ed Sheeran on his 2023 Australian Tour, Budjerah earns five nominations: Best Australian Live Act, Best Pop Release, Best Solo Artist, Song of the Year presented by YouTube and Best Video presented by YouTube (Murli Dhir; Made in Katana Studios).
This year, DMA’S are nominated for Album of the Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best Group presented by Stan, Best Rock Album and Best Video presented by YouTube (Joel Burrows). Their album How Many Dreams? was released to critical acclaim in March 2023 and marked the band's highest chart debuts to date, including #2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #3 on the UK Official Chart.
Australia's pop princess Kylie Minogue lands four nominations: Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Pop Release, Best Solo Artist and Song of the Year presented by YouTube. Kylie introduced her 16th studio album, Tension, with the smash hit Padam Padam, which has amassed over 17 million views on YouTube since it premiered in May.
The stats on King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s colourful career continue to stack up, as the band secures a total of four nominations: Best Group presented by Stan, Best Rock Album, Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album, Best Video presented by YouTube (Spod).
Acclaimed 2020 Grammy nominees, The Teskey Brothers, have amassed a legion of fans around the world with their timeless soulful recordings and stunning live shows. This year they land four nominations: Album of the Year, Best Blues and Roots Album, Best Group presented by Stan, Engineer – Best Engineered Release (Eric J Dubowsky, Sam Teskey, Wayne Connolly).
ARIA CEO, Annabelle Herd, said: “The countdown to this year’s ARIA Awards is officially on, and we’re absolutely thrilled to congratulate this year’s nominees, who represent the best of the best in Australia across a really wide range of artists from various genres and communities. With over 60% of this year’s nominees coming from independent labels, we’re excited to celebrate success stories from across the Australian music industry, and showcase exactly what we’ve got to the rest of the country and the world. Congratulations again to everyone nominated, we can’t wait to celebrate with you in November.”
NSW Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy and Minister for Jobs and Tourism, John Graham, said: “As NSW’s first Minister for Music, I am thrilled to join ARIA in congratulating all the nominees for the 2023 ARIA Awards. Every year these awards grow and showcase the incredible home-grown talent found in this country. We are determined to bring music back across NSW, and I want to thank ARIA for the leadership they have shown in supporting the music industry.”
Manager, Music Content Partnerships, YouTube Australia & New Zealand, Marion Goodman-Briand, Said: “I'm thrilled to see the incredible lineup of Australian artists nominated for the 2023 ARIA Awards! We cannot wait to celebrate these homegrown musicians and share their music with new fans around the world on YouTube. People are already getting to know their names through the globally live-streamed nominations announcement on the ARIAs YouTube channel -- if you missed it, you can catch-up now."
2023 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATED ARTISTS
Winners to be announced Wednesday, 15 November.
Album of the YearDMA’S - How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
G Flip - DRUMMER (Future Classic)
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Matt Corby - Everything’s Fine (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)
Best Solo Artist
Budjerah - 2step - Ed Sheeran (Feat. Budjerah) (Warner Music Australia)
Dan Sultan - Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)
Dom Dolla - Eat Your Man (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
G Flip - DRUMMER (Future Classic)
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Meg Mac - Matter Of Time (EMI Music Australia)
The Kid LAROI - Love Again (Columbia/Sony Music)
Troye Sivan - Rush (EMI Music Australia)
Best Group presented by Stan
Cub Sport - Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)
DMA’S - How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)
Parkway Drive - Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
Charley - TIMEBOMBS (EMI Music Australia)
grentperez - When We Were Younger (Fast Friends/AWAL Records)
Pacific Avenue - Flowers (BMG)
Royal Otis - Sofa Kings (OURNESS)
Teenage Dads - Midnight Driving (Chugg Music/MGM)
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark - Can I Shower At Yours (Sony Music)
Budjerah - Therapy (Warner Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Peach PRC - Perfect For You (Republic Records & Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Troye Sivan - Rush (EMI Music Australia)
Best Dance / Electronic Release
FISHER & Aatig - Take It Off (etcetc Music)
Golden Features - Sisyphus (Warner Music Australia)
Lastlings - Perfect World (Liberation Records)
MK and Dom Dolla - Rhyme Dust (Area 10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)
PNAU and Troye Sivan - You Know What I Need (etcetc Music)
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
KAHUKX - NOTHING TO SOMETHING (AURA Entertainment/ADA)
Kerser - A Gift & A Kers (ABK Records/ADA)
ONEFOUR Feat. CG - Comma’s (Independent Releases/Tunecore (AU/NZ)/Ditto (ROW)
TKay Maidza and Flume - Silent Assassin (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Soul / R&B Release
Chanel Loren - Rollin’ (Sony Music)
Forest Claudette - Mess Around (feat. EARTHGANG) (Sony Music)
Jada Weazel - Skin (EMI Music Australia)
KYE - Ribena (Sony Music)
PANIA - P STANDS 4 PLAYA (Say Less)
Best Independent Release presented by PPCA
Cub Sport - Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)
Dan Sultan - Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)
G Flip - DRUMMER (Future Classic)
Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Best Rock Album
Bad//Dreems - Hoo Ha! (BMG/ADA)
DMA’S - How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
G Flip - DRUMMER (Future Classic)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushroom and Lava (Virgin Music Australia)
Pacific Avenue - Flowers (BMG)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Alex Lahey - The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records)
Dan Sultan - Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)
Kate Ceberano - My Life Is A Symphony (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Mo’Ju - ORO, PLATA, MATA (Virgin Music Australia)
Tina Arena - Love Saves (Positive Dream/ADA)
Best Country Album
Brad Cox - Acres (Sony Music)Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley - Up, Down & Sideways (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Fanny Lumsden - Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)
Henry Wagons - South Of Everywhere (Cheatin’ Hearts Records/Spunk Records)
The Wolfe Brothers - Livin’ The Dream (BMG/ADA)
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
DZ Deathrays - R.I.F.F (DZ Worldwide/The Orchard)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)
Parkway Drive - Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
The Amity Affliction - Not Without My Ghosts (Warner Music Australia)
These New South Whales - TNSW (Damaged Records/Inertia Music)
Best Blues & Roots Album
Cash Savage and The Last Drinks - So This Is Love (Mistletone)
Katie Wighton - The End (ABC Music/The Orchard)
The Bamboos - Live At Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (BMG/ADA)
The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)
Ziggy Alberts - DANCING IN THE DARK (Commonfolk Records/Ingrooves)
Best Children's Album
Emma Memma - Emma Memma (GYROstream)
Peter Combe - Planet Earth 3rd From The Sun (Universal Music Australia)
Play School - Very Jazzy Street Party (ABC Music/The Orchard)The Wiggles - Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Whistle & Trick - Bananas And Other Delicious Things (ABC Kids/The Orchard)
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
Best Video presented by YouTube
Can I Shower At Yours - Amy Shark, Bolster and Amy Shark (Sony Music)
Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s The Weekend - DMA’S, Joel Burrows (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
Gila Monster - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Spod (Virgin Music Australia)
Give You Love - Jessica Mauboy (feat. Jason Derulo), Rowena Rasmussen; Joel Rasmussen (Warner Music Australia)
Good Enough - G Flip, Kyle Caulfield (Future Classic)
LOLA - MAY-A, Murli Dhir (Arcadia Music, Sony Music)
Lookin’ Out - King Stingray, Sam Brumby (Cooking Vinyl Australia, The Orchard)
Manic Dream Pixie - Peaches PRC, Kyle Caulfield (Republic Records and Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Stay Blessed - Genesis Owusu, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Therapy - Budjerah, Murli Dhir, Made In Katana Studios (Warner Music Australia)
Best Australian Live Act
Baker Boy - Regional Vic Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Brad Cox - ACRES TOUR (Sony Music)
Budjerah - Budjerah Australian Tour (Warner Music Australia)
DMA’S - DMA’S Live at Falls Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom)
Dom Dolla - Dom Dolla Australian Summer Festival Tour (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
G Flip - DRUMMER Australian Tour (Future Classic)
Julia Jacklin - PRE PLEASURE TOUR (Liberation Records)
King Stingray - That’s Where I Wanna Be Tour (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – RÜFÜS DU SOL AUSTRALIAN 2022 TOUR (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)
Tame Impala - Slow Rush Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Song of the Year presented by YouTube
Budjerah - Therapy (Warner Music Australia)
Day1 feat. KAHUKX - MBAPPÉ (db Music/Warner Music Australia)
Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Joji - Die For You (88rising/Warner Records)
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Luude and Mattafix - Big City Life (Sweat It Out/Warner Music Australia)
MK and Dom Dolla - Rhyme Dust (Area10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)
R3hab and Amy Shark - Sway My Way (Wonderlick/Kobalt Music Publishing)
The Kid LAROI - Love Again (Columbia/Sony Music)Troye Sivan - Rush (EMI Music Australia)
Most Popular International Artist
Beyonce - Renaissance (Columbia/Sony Music)
Drake and 21 Savage - Her Loss (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
Ed Sheeran - (Atlantic UK/Warner Music Australia)
Luke Combs - Gettin’ Old (Columbia Nashville/Sony Music)
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time (Mercury Nashville/Universal Music Australia)
Nicki Minaj - Queens Radio (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)
P!NK - Trustfall (RCA/Sony Music)
SZA - SOS (RCA/Sony Music)
Taylor Swift - Midnights (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)
Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award
Hank Lewerissa - Upper Coomera State College, Yugambeh Country, Gold Coast, QLD
Jessie Copeman - Ainslie School, Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, ACT
Peter Earl - The Music Guy, Dharug and Gundungurra Country, Blue Mountains, NSW
Sue Lowry - Southport Special School, Yugambeh Country, Gold Coast, QLD
ARTISAN AWARDS
Best Cover Art
Connor Dewhurst for Brad Cox - ACRES (Sony Music)
Harry Allan - Studio Balcony for Private Function - 370HSSV 0773H (Still on Top Records)
Jeremy Koren (Grey Ghost) & Michelle Grace Hunder - Everything Was Green - Forest Claudette (Sony Music)
Peach PRC, Billy Zammit for Manic Dream Pixie - Peach PRC (Republic Records & Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Sam Netterfiled, Mia Rankin - Jesus At The Gay Bar - Cub Sport (BLVE/RKT)
Engineer - Best Engineered Release
Dann Hume, Chris Collins, Matt Corby for Matt Corby - Everything’s Fine (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla - Eat Your Man (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
Eric J Dobowsky, Sam Teskey, Wayne Connelly for The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)
Simon Cohen, Dave Hammer for Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan - Rush (EMI Music Australia)
Producer - Best Produced Release presented by Neumann
Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer for Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla - Eat Your Man (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
Matt Corby, Chris Collins, Nat Dunn, Alex Henrikssen for Matt Corby - Everything’s Fine (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
M-Phazes for Ruel - 4th Wall (RCA/Sony Music)
Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan - Rush (EMI Music Australia)
FINE ARTS AWARD
Best Classical Album
Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti - Indies & Idols (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
Ensemble Offspring - To Listen, To Sing - Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet - Signs Of Life (Instrumental Recordings/Inertia Music)
Roger Benedict and Simon Tedeschi - Dubussy - Ravel (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
Various Artists - Genevieve Lacey: Breathing Space (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
Best Jazz Album
Lance Gurisik feat. Jeremy Rose - Cull Portal (33 Sides/Inertia Music)
Mike Nock - Hearing (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)
Sinj Clarke - The Height Of Love (Inertia Music)
Surprise Chef - Education & Recreation (Big Crown Records/Inertia Music)
The Vampires featuring Chris Abrahams - Nightjar (Earshift/Planet)
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by Stan
Brett Aplin and Burkhard Dallwitz - Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Independent)
Helena Czajka - Unseen Skies (Original Score Soundtrack) (BMG)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey - Blueback - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack By Nigel Westlake (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
Sophie Payton (GORDI), Jason Fernandez - RIDE - Music From the Film (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Various Artists - John Farnham: Finding The Voice (Music From The Feature Documentary) (Wheatley Records/Sony Music)
Best World Music Album
Byron Mark - Odyssey (Bug Sonic Records)
East of West - Moving Home (East of West Music)
Joseph Tawadros - Those Who Came Before Us (Independent/The Planet Company)
Mick Dick - Id of RA (Crusty Dub)
Songs of Disappearance - Australian Frog Calls (Bowerbird Collective/MGM)
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Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement (duration of 2 minutes or less)
Google: Helping You Help Others - 72andSunny, Baker Boy
Tourism Australia: Come and Say G’Day - M&C Saatchi Sydney, King Stingray
Tourism WA: Walking On A Dream - The Brand Agency, Empire Of The Sun
Wilk Turkey: Music 101 - BRING Agency, Matt Corby
Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement (over 2 minutes duration)
Australian Marine Conservation Society: Voice of the Sea - INNOCEAN Australia, John Williamson
Sim Sessions: Blessed - Bolster Group, Becca Hatch & Tentendo
Tourism Australian: G’day Short Film - M&C Saatchi Sydney, King Stingray
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