2023 ARIA Awards: How to watch, the winners & more

Check out this year’s ARIA Award nominees:

Album of the Year

• Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER – WINNER
• DMA’S – How Many Dreams?
• G Flip – DRUMMER
• Matt Corby – Everything’s Fine
• The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way

Best Solo Artist

• Troye Sivan – Rush – WINNER
• Budjerah – 2step – Ed Sheeran (Feat. Budjerah)
• Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan
• Dom Dolla – Eat Your Man
• Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER
• G Flip – DRUMMER
• Jen Cloher – I Am The River, The River Is Me
• Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
• Meg Mac – Matter Of Time
• The Kid LAROI – Love Again

Best Group presented by Stan

• DMA’S – How Many Dreams? – WINNER
• Cub Sport – Jesus At The Gay Bar
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth…
• Parkway Drive – Darker Still
• The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

• Teenage Dads – Midnight Driving – WINNER
• Charley – TIMEBOMBS
• grentperez – When We Were Younger
• Pacific Avenue – Flowers
• Royal Otis – Sofa Kings

Best Pop Release

• Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam – WINNER
• Amy Shark – Can I Shower At Yours
• Budjerah – Therapy
• Peach PRC – Perfect For You
• Troye Sivan – Rush

Best Dance / Electronic Release

• MK and Dom Dolla – Rhyme Dust – WINNER
• FISHER & Aatig – Take It Off
• Golden Features – Sisyphus
• Lastlings – Perfect World
• PNAU and Troye Sivan – You Know What I Need

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

• Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER – WINNER
• KAHUKX – NOTHING TO SOMETHING
• Kerser – A Gift & A Kers
• ONEFOUR Feat. CG – Comma’s
• TKay Maidza and Flume – Silent Assassin

Best Soul / R&B Release

• Forest Claudette – Mess Around (feat. EARTHGANG) – WINNER
• Chanel Loren – Rollin’ (Sony Music)
• Jade Weazel – Skin
• KYE – Ribena
• PANIA – P STANDS 4 PLAYA

Best Independent Release presented by PPCA

• Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER – WINNER
• Cub Sport – Jesus At The Gay Bar
• Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan
• G Flip – DRUMMER
• Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam

Best Rock Album

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushroom and Lava – WINNER
• Bad//Dreems – Hoo Ha!
• DMA’S – How Many Dreams?
• G Flip – DRUMMER
• Pacific Avenue – Flowers

Best Adult Contemporary Album

• Dan Sultan – Dan Sultan – WINNER
• Alex Lahey – The Answer Is Always Yes
• Kate Ceberano – My Life Is A Symphony
• Mo’Ju – ORO, PLATA, MATA
• Tina Arena – Love Saves

Best Country Album

• Fanny Lumsden – Hey Dawn – WINNER
• Brad Cox – Acres
• Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley – Up, Down & Sideways |
• Henry Wagons – South Of Everywhere
• The Wolfe Brothers – Livin’ The Dream

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

• Parkway Drive – Darker Still – WINNER
• 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…
• The Amity Affliction – Not Without My Ghosts
• These New South Whales – TNSW

Best Blues & Roots Album

• The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way – WINNER
• Cash Savage and The Last Drinks – So This IS Love
• Kate Wighton – The End
• The Bamboos – Live At Hammer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Ziggy Alberts – DANCING IN THE DARK

Best Children’s Album

• Emma Memma – Emma Memma – WINNER
• Peter Combe – Planet Earth 3rd From The Sun
• Play School – Very Jazzy Street Party
• The Wiggles – Ready, Steady, Wiggle!
• Whistle & Trick – Bananas And Other Delicious Things

Public Voted Awards

Best Video Presented By Youtube

• Good Enough – G Flip, Kyle Caufield – WINNER
• Can I Shower At Yours – Amy Shark, Mitch Green
• Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s The Weekend – DMA’s, Joel Burrows
• Gila Monster – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Spod
• Give You Love – Jessica Mauboy (feat. Jason Derulo), Rowena Rasmussen; Joel Rasmussen
• LOLA – MAY-A, Murli Dhir
• Lookin’ Out – King Stingray, Sam Brumby
• Manic Dream Pixie – Peaches PRC, Kyle Caulfield
• Stay Blessed – Genesis Owusu, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore
• Therapy – Budjerah, Murli Dhir, Made In Katana Studios

Best Australian Live Act

• G Flip – DRUMMER Australian Tour – WINNER
• Baker Boy – Regional Vic Tour
• Brad Cox – ACRES TOUR
• Budjerah – Budjerah Australian Tour
• DMA’S – DMA’S Live at Falls Festival
• Dom Dolla – Dom Dolla Australian Summer Festival Tour
• Julia Jacklin – PRE PLEASURE TOUR
• King Stingray – That’s Where I Wanna Be Tour
• RÜFÜS DU SOL – RÜFÜS DU SOL AUSTRALIAN 2022 TOUR
• Tame Impala – Slow Rush Tour

Song Of The Year Presented By Youtube

• Troye Sivan – Rush – WINNER
• Budjerah – Therapy
• Day1 feat. KAHUKX – MBAPPÉ
• Dean Lewis – How Do I Say Goodbye
• Joji – Die For You
• Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
• Luude and Mattafix – Big City Life
• MK and Dom Dolla – Rhyme Dust
• R3hab and Amy Shark – Sway My Way
• The Kid LAROI – Love Again

Most Popular International Artist

• Taylor Swift – Midnights – WINNER
• Beyonce – Renaissance
• Drake and 21 Savage – Her Loss
• Ed Sheeran
• Luke Combs – Gettin’ Old
• Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
• Morgan Wallen – One Thing At A Time
• Nicki Minaj – Queens Radio
• P!NK – Trustfall
• SZA – SOS

Artisan Awards

Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award

• Sue Lowry – Southport Special School, Yugambeh Country, Gold Coast, QLD – WINNER
• 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

 Best Cover Art

• Jeremy Koren (Grey Ghost) – Everything Was Green – Forest Claudette – WINNER
• Connor Dewhurst for Brad Cox – ACRES
• Harry Allen – Studio Balcony for Private Function – 370HSSV 0773H
• Peach PRC, Billy Zammit for Manic Dream Pixie – Peach PRC
• Sam Netterfiled, Mia Rankin – Jesus At The Gay Bar – Cub Sport

Engineer – Best Engineered Release

• Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan – Rush – WINNER
• Dann Hume, Chris Collins, Matt Corby for Matt Corby – Everything’s Fine
• Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Eat Your Man
• Eric J Dobowsky, Sam Teskey, Wayne Connelly for The Teskey Brothers – The Winding Way
• Simon Cohen, Dave Hammer for Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER

Producer – Best Produced Release presented by Neumann

• Styalz Fuego for Troye Sivan – Rush – WINNER
• Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer for Genesis Owusu – STRUGGLER
• Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Eat Your Man
• Matt Corby, Chris Collins, Nat Dunn, Alex Henrikssen for Matt Corby – Everything’s Fine
• M-Phazes for Ruel – 4th Wall

Fine Arts Awards

Best Classical Album

• Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti – Indies & Idols – WINNER
• Ensemble Offspring – To Listen, To Sing – Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers
• Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet – Signs Of Life
• Roger Benedict and Simon Tedeschi – Dubussy – Ravel
• Various Artists – Genevieve Lacey: Breathing Space

Best Jazz Album

• The Vampires featuring Chris Abrahams – Nightjar – WINNER
• Lance Gurisik – Cull Portal
• Mike Nock – Hearing
• Sinj Clarke – The Height Of Love
• Surprise Chef – Education & Recreation

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by Stan

• Various Artists – John Farnham: Finding The Voice (Music From The Feature Documentary) – WINNER
• Brett Aplin and Burkhard Dallwitz – Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
• Helena Czajka – Unseen Skies (Original Score Soundtrack)
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey – Blueback – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack By Nigel Westlake
• Sophie Payton (GORDI), Jason Fernandez – RIDE – Music From the Film

Best World Music Album

• Joseph Tawadros – Those Who Came Before Us – WINNER
• Byron Mark – Odyssey
• East of West – Moving Home
• Mick Dick – Id of RA
• Songs of Disappearance – Australian Frog Calls

Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement (duration of 2 minutes or less)

• Google: Helping You Help Others – 72andSunny, Baker Boy – WINNER
• 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 – WINNER
• Tourism Australian: G’day Short Film – M&C Saatchi Sydney, King Stingray
• Vodka Cruiser: The Solo Project – BRING Agency, The Veronicas

Now for arguably the most talked about part: “but what did they wear?!” Here’s a look at all the different looks at this year’s ARIA Awards: