ARIA Awards 2024 nominees: Full list of nominees for the 2024 ARIA Music Awards

Australia’s reigning pop princess Kylie Minogue is once again in for a fight according to the Australian Recording Industry Association.

At tonight’s ARIA Awards, Minogue is up against Amy Shark, Dom Dolla, The Kid LAROI, Tones and I and Troye Sivan – to name a few – for Best Solo Artist.

It was only last year when Minogue won her first ARIA Award in 21 years, winning Best Pop Release for Padam Padam.

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She’s once again nominated in that category – this time for Tension – alongside Shark, Jessica Mauboy, LAROI and Sivan.

Sydney duo Royel Otis leads nominations with a stunning eight nods, with Dom Dolla trailing closely behind with six. Then comes Minogue and Angie McMahon with five, then 3%, Shark, RÜFÜS DU SOL, LAROI, Tones And I and Sivan with four, and Confidence Man, FISHER, Mildlife, Miss Kaninna, SPEED and Troy Cassar-Daley with three each.

The winners will be announced tonight at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, in a star-studded ceremony that will also see Missy Higgins inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Read on to see all the 2024 ARIA Award nominations.

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Album of the Year

Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]

Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]

Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]

Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

Best Solo Artist

Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]

Dom Dolla – Saving Up [Three Six Zero/Sony Music]

Emma Donovan – Till My Song Is Done [Mushroom Music/BMG]

Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]

The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] [Columbia Records/Sony Music]

Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice [Dew Process/Universal Music Australia]

Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary [Bad Batch Records/Sony Music]

Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires [Tarampa Music/Sony Music]

Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

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Best Group presented by Stan

3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]

Hiatus Kaiyote – Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Inertia]

Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]

RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better [Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia]

SPEED – Only One Mode [Last Ride Records/ADA]

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]

Becca Hatch – MAYDAY [Forever Ever/SonyMusic

Kita Alexander – Young In Love [Warner Music Australia]

Sycco – Zorb [Future Classic]

Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You [Domestic La La]

Best Pop Release

Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)

Jessica Mauboy – Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)

The Kid LAROI – Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other (EMI Music Australia)

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Best Dance / Electronic Release

Confidence Man – I CAN’T LOSE YOU (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

CYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)

Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better (Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia)

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

3% – KILL THE DEAD (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)

Kobie Dee – Chapter 26 (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)

Lithe – Fall Back (GSL/GYROstream)

ONEFOUR – Natural Habitat (ONEFOUR RECORDS)

The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Best Soul / R&B Release

Forest Claudette – Jupiter (Sony Music)

Milan Ring – Mangos (Astral People Recordings/[PIAS])

Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)

PANIA – WE STILL YOUNG (Say Less)

Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Independent Release presented by PPCA

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)

Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)

Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)

Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Rock Album

Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)

Grinspoon – whatever, whatever (Universal Music Australia)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741 (p(doom) records)

Middle Kids – Faith Crisis Pt 1 (EMI Music Australia)

Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)

Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)

Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Emma Donovan – Til My Song Is Done (Civilians)

Fanning Dempsey National Park – The Deluge (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

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Best Country Album

Casey Barnes – Mayday (Casey Barnes Entertainment/Chugg Music)

Henry Wagons – The Four Seasons (Cheatin’ Hearts Records/ADA)

James Johnston – Raised Like That (Warner Music Australia)

Tori Forsyth – All We Have Is Who We Are (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops (Damaged Records/Inertia)

Dune Rats – If It Sucks, Turn It Up (BMG/ADA)

Polaris – Fatalism (Resist/Civilians)

SPEED – Only One Mode (Last Ride Records/ADA)

Teenage Jones – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)

Best Blues & Roots Album

Checkerboard Lounge – SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)

Dope Lemon – Kimosabè (BMG/ADA)

Georgia Mooney – Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group)

Mia Dyson – Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants)

The Paper Kites – At The Roundhouse (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Best Children’s Album

Bluey – Dance Mode! (Ludo Studios/Demon Demon Music Group/Rocket)

Emma Memma – Twirly Tunes (GYROstream)

Josh Pyke – It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day! (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Wiggles – Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Zinzi & The Zillionaires – Zinzi & The Zillionaires (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Public Voted Awards

Best Video presented by YouTube

REAL LIFE LOVE – SPEED, Jack Rudder, Jem Siow, Thomas Elliot (Last Ride Records/ADA)

Cold Treatment – Lime Cordiale, Jack Shepherd (Chugg Music/MGM)

U Should Not Be Doing That – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Angus Stewart (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)

Time Of My Life – Peach PRC, Josh Harris (Island Records Australia)

Lately – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Katzki (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Beautiful Eyes – Amy Shark, Marcario De Souza (Sony Music)

Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense – Budjerah, Michael O’Halloran [ONYX FILM] (Warner Music Australia)

Dance With Me – Tones And I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Blak Britney – Miss Kaninna, Will Hamilton-Coates (Soul Has No Tempo)

I CAN’T LOSE YOU – Confidence Man, Zac Dov Wiesel (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW

Angie McMahon – Making It Through Tour (AWAL Recordings)

Barkaa – BARKAA (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)

Confidence Man – Laneway Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything Tour (Anchor & Hope/Remote Control Records)

Dom Dolla – DOM DOLLA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

King Stingray – Regional Run 2024 (Civilians/The Orchard)

Missy Higgins – The Second Act Tour 2024 (Eleven/EMI Music Australia)

Royel Otis – Royel Otis PRATTS & PAIN Tour (Ourness/Believe)

RÜFÜS DU SOL – RÜFÜS DU SOL 2024 Australian Summer Tour Dates (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Tones And I – P!nk Supported By Tones And I (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

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Song of the Year presented by YouTube

CYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)

Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

G Flip – The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic)

Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo – Give You Love (Warner Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)

Lithe – Fall Back (GSL, GYROstream)

Royel Otis – Murder on the Dance Floor – triple j Like A Version (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Kid LAROI – Nights Like This (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Troye Sivan – Got Me Started (EMI Music Australia)

Most Popular International Artist

Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft (Darkroom/Interscope/Universal Music Australia)

Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Island Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

Charli XCX – BRAT (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australia)

Drake – For All The Dogs (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Olivia Rodrigo – Guts (Geffen/Universal Music Australia)

Tate McRae – Think Later (RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment)

Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Travis Scott – Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)

Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan (Warner Records/Warner Music Australia)

ARIA Music Teacher Award

Casey Allen – PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSW

Hayley Wedding – Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SA

Nathaniel Miller – Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NT

Susan Sukkar – Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW

Artisan Awards

Best Cover Art

Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create for KILL THE DEAD – 3% (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)

Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside for Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary (Better Batch Records/Sony Music)

Louis Leimbach for Lime Cordiale – Enough Of Sweet Talk (Chugg Music/MGM)

Michael Bryers for Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)

Tomas Shanahan for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Engineer – Best Engineered Release

Chris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

Eric J. Dubowsky for Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)

Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI Music Australia)

Tony Buchen for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Producer – Best Produced Release

Chris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Crowded House & Steven Schram for Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)

Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

FISHER for FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)

Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI Music Australia)

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Fine Arts Awards

Best Classical Album

Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’ (ABC Classic/The Orchard)

Grigoryan Brothers – Amistad – Music For Two Guitars (Decca Australia/UMA)

Orava Quartet – ORAWA (Deutsche Grammophon Australia/UMA)

Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside (Mercury KX/UMA)

Veronique Serret – Migrating Bird (Migrating Bird Records/The Planet Company)

Best Jazz Album

Audrey Powne – From The Fire (Barely Breaking Even/The Orchard)

Elixir (feat. Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann) – A Small Shy Truth (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)

Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Tourismo – Torque (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)

Vanessa Perica Orchestra – The Eye is the First Circle (Vanessa Perica)

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by Stan

Ack Kinmonth – Scarygirl (Independant)

Harlow – This is HARLOW (Music From Paper Dolls) (Helium/MGM)

Helena Czakja – Nemesis (Original Series Soundtrack) (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Jackson Milas – The Way, My Way (Ambition Records/MGM)

Various Artists – Faraway Downs (DTS Productions/Sony Music)

Best World Music Album

Christine Anu – Waku (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Dobby – Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Joseph Tawadros – The Virtue of Signals (Independant/The Planet Company)

Radical Son – Bilambiyal (Wantok Musik/The Planet Company)

Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator – History of House (Xelon Entertainment)

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Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement

Cancer Council: End The Trend – Bolster Group, JK-47

NRL & AFL: WARRIORS & STORYTELLERS – Fox Sports Australia, Kobie Dee

Qantas Olympics: Already Proud – Howatson+Company, Tones And I

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Speedo International: Go Full Speedo – Collider/Mirimar, The Beefs

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