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Full list of nominees including Ninajirachi, Dom Dolla, Amyl and the Sniffers and more
The 2025 ARIA Awards kick off with first winners announced
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By Bronte Gossling
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Warning: This story contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died.
Keli Holiday has set the tone for Australian music’s night of nights, kicking off the 2025 ARIA Awards ceremony at with an electrifying performance of Dancing2.
Keli Holiday with his Best Video gong at the 2025 ARIA Awards in Sydney.Credit: Getty Images
The musician’s signature sway stole the show inside Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion almost as much as Baker Boy’s cameo with his yidaki, or didgeridoo, and G Flip on the saxophone.
He soon had his hands on an ARIA award, after winning the gong for Best Video for the very same song.
Grammy-nominated rockers Amyl and the Sniffers were the first winners for the night after they were named Best Group. They arrived at the ceremony with six nominations.
Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers on the red carpet. The Grammy-nominated band won the first award of the night, for Best Group.Credit: Getty Images
Self-taught artist Ninajirachi leading the pack of nominees ahead of the ceremony with a record eight ARIA Award nominations, followed by Dom Dolla with seven nominations. The 33-year-old house music producer is formally receiving the ARIAS’ inaugural Global Impact Award presented by Spotify.
Here is the full list of 2025 ARIA Awards nominees, and the winners so far:
Best Country Album
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- WINNER: Kasey Chambers – Backbone (Essence Music Group/MGM)
- Dylan Wright – Half a World Away (Sony Music)
- Imogen Clark – Choking on Fuel (Potts Entertainment/MGM)
- Keith Urban – High (CAPITOL – NASHVILLE/EMI Music Australia)
- Taylor Moss – Firecracker (Taylor Moss/Ditto Music)
Josh Teskey and Sam Teskey of The Teskey Brothers with their ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.Credit: Getty Images
Best Music Festival
- WINNER: Laneway Festival – St Jerome’s Laneway/Laneway Festival
- Ability Fest – Dylan Alcott Foundation/Untitled Group
- Beyond the Valley – Untitled Group/Beyond the Valley Music Festival
- Bluesfest Byron Bay – Bluesfest Byron Bay
- Yours and Owls Festival – Yours and Owls
Best Dance/Electronic Release
- WINNER: Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ (Good Fortune Records)
- Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
- FISHER – Stay (etcetc Music Pty Ltd)
- Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays (Solotoko/ADA)
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Best Group
- WINNER: Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
- Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be a Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
- Hilltop Hoods – Fall From the Light (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
- Royel Otis – hickey (Ourness/Capitol Records)
- RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music Australasia)
Best Blues & Roots Album
- WINNER: The Teskey Brothers – Live at the Hammersmith Apollo (Mushroom Music)
- Dope Lemon – Golden Wolf (BMG)
- Mama Kin Spender – Promises (Mama Kin Spender/MGM)
- Sons Of The East – SONS (Sons Of The East Music/MGM)
- Tash Sultana – Return to the Roots (Lonely Lands Records via Sony Music)
Self-taught electronic music producer Ninajirachi leads the pack with a record-breaking eight nominations.Credit: Steven Siewert
Best Video
- WINNER: Dancing2 – Keli Holiday, Ryan Sauer (Keli Holiday/GYROstream)
- Break My Love – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Alexander George (Katzki) (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music Australasia)
- Craters – Missy Higgins, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore (Eleven Music/EMI Music Australia)
- Lordy Lordy – Emily Wurramara, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore (ABC Music/The Orchard)
- All the Noise – Spacey Jane, Dan Lesser (AWAL Recordings)
- Car – Royel Otis, Jamieson Kerr (Ourness/Capitol Records)
- Big Dreams – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Stewart (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
- Dreamin – Dom Dolla, Kyle Caulfield & Shevin Dissanayake (Good Fortune Records)
- Don’t Happy, Be Worry – Hilltop Hoods, Roman Anastasios and Jordan Ruyi Blanch (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
- WASSA – Vv Pete, UTILITY, Formation Boyz, UTILITY (Trackwork)
Singer-songwriter Thelma Plum has been nominated five times, as have Hilltop Hoods.Credit: Cordula Ditz
Album of the Year
- Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
- Missy Higgins – The Second Act (Eleven Music/EMI Music Australia)
- Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music Australasia)
- Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say it Back (Warner Music Australia)
Best Solo Artist
- BARKAA – Big Tidda (Big Apples Music/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
- Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ (Good Fortune Records)
- Kylie Minogue – Tension II (Mushroom Music)
- Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
- Missy Higgins – The Second Act (Eleven Music/EMI Music Australia)
- Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (EMI Music Australia)
- The Kid LAROI – How Does It Feel? (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
- Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say it Back (Warner Music Australia)
- Young Franco – it’s Franky baby! (Neon Records)
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
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- Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be a Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
- Gut Health – Stiletto (AWAL Recordings)
- Mia Wray – hi, it’s nice to meet me (Mushroom Music)
- Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- Young Franco – it’s Franky baby! (Neon Records)
Best Pop Release
- G Flip – Disco Cowgirl (AWAL Recordings)
- Kita Alexander – Press Pause (Warner Music Australia)
- Kylie Minogue – Tension II (Mushroom Music)
- Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
- Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say it Back (Warner Music Australia)
Best Hip Hop/Rap Release
- BARKAA – Big Tidda (Big Apples Music/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
- Hilltop Hoods – Fall From the Light (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
- Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP (Soul Has No Tempo)
- ONEFOUR – Look at Me Now (ONEFOUR Records/The Orchard)
- The Kid LAROI – Baby I’m Back (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Best Soul/R&B Release
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- BOY SODA – Lil Obsession (Warner Music Australia)
- JACOTÉNE – Why’d You Do That? (Epic Records/Sony Music)
- Jerome Farah – CHLORINE (Sony Music)
- Larissa Lambert – Cardio (New Levels/Virgin Music Group)
- PANIA – Pity Party (Warner Music Australia/Say Less)
Best Independent Release
- Ball Park Music – Like Love (Prawn Records/Inertia Music)
- Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
- Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be a Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
- Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP (Soul Has No Tempo)
- Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
Folk Bitch Trio has landed four nominations, alongside Missy Higgins, Royel Otis, and Rüfüs Du Sol.Credit: Richard Clifford
Best Rock Album
- Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
- Ball Park Music – Like Love (Prawn Records/Inertia Music)
- King Stingray – For the Dreams (Civilians/The Orchard)
- Royel Otis – hickey (Ourness/Capitol Records)
- Spacey Jane – If That Makes Sense (AWAL Recordings)
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Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be a Good Time (Jagjaguwar)
- Gordi – Like Plasticine (Mushroom Music)
- Meg Washington – GEM (OriGiN Distribution/ADA)
- Missy Higgins – The Second Act (Eleven Music/EMI Music Australia)
- Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (EMI Music Australia)
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
- Civic – Chrome Dipped (ATO Records/Inertia Music)
- Press Club – To All the Ones I Love (Inertia Music)
- RedHook – Mutation (RedHook Records)
- The Amity Affliction – Let the Ocean Take Me (Redux) (G.Y.R.O.)
- Thornhill – Bodies (UNFD/Community Music)
Best Children’s Album
- Emma Memma – Dance Island Party (G.Y.R.O.)
- Justine Clarke – Mimi’s Symphony (ABC Music/The Orchard)
- Teeny Tiny Stevies – Brain Fart (Love Your Records/Xelon)
- The Vegetable Plot – Season Three (ABC Music/The Orchard)
- The Wiggles – Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! (ABC Music/The Orchard)
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Best Australian Live Act
- Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness World Tour
- Ball Park Music – Like Love Tour
- BARKAA – BIG TIDDA TOUR (Jackson Street & Bad Apples Music)
- Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) Tour (I OH YOU)
- Dom Dolla – Dom Dolla Australia 2024 (Untitled Group)
- Hilltop Hoods – Hilltop Hoods 2025
- Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour 2025
- Miss Kaninna – Dawg In Me Tour (Astral People)
- SPEED – SPEED Australia Tour ’25
- Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other Tour (Live Nation)
Grammy nominees Amyl and the Sniffers (pictured here is Amy Taylor) have been nominated in the Best Australian Live Act category and five others at this year’s ARIA Awards.Credit: Richard Clifford
Song of the Year
- Cyril, Maryjo – Still Into You (Warner Music Australia/Spinnin Records)
- Dom Dolla Feat. Daya – Dreamin (Good Fortune Records)
- FISHER – Stay (etcetc Music Pty Ltd)
- Gotye, FISHER, Chris Lake Feat. Kimbra, Sante Sansone – Somebody (Eleven: A Music Company/EMI Music Australia)
- ONEFOUR, Nemzzz – Spinnin (ONEFOUR RECORDS/The Orchard)
- Royel Otis – Linger (SiriusXM Session) (Ourness)
- Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays (Solotoko/ADA)
- The Kid LAROI – Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
- Tobiahs – Angel of Mine (Mushroom Music)
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Most Popular International Artist
- Alex Warren – You’ll Be Alright Kid (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australasia)
- Calvin Harris – 96 Months (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
- Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us (Interscope/Universal Music Australia)
- Kendrick Lamar – GNX (Interscope/Universal Music Australia)
- Noah Kahan – Stick Season (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
- Post Malone – F-1Trillion (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
- Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet (Island Records USA/Universal Music Australia)
- Tate McRae – So Close to What (RCA Records/Universal Music Australia)
- Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
- Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Best Cover Art
- Giulia McGauran for The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise (BMG)
- John Stewart and Thomas Rennie for Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (Amyl and The Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
- Kira Puru, Thelma Plum and Em Jensen for Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say it Back (Warner Music Australasia)
- Nina Wilson, John You and Aria Zarzycki for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- Sarah McCloskey for Hilltop Hoods – Fall From the Light (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Engineer – Best Engineered Release
- Alice Ivy for Alice Ivy – Do What Makes You Happy (Kewpie Mayo Records/Independent)
- Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ (Good Fortune Records)
- Eric J Dubowsky for Emma Louise & Flume – DUMB (Three Six Zero Recordings/ADA)
- Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – End of Summer (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
- Thomas Purcell (Wave Racer) for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
Producer – Best Produced Release
- Alex Burnett for Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say it Back (Warner Music Australia)
- Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Dreamin (Good Fortune Records)
- Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – End of Summer (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
- Nina Wilson (Ninajirachi) for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer (NLV Records)
- RÜFÜS DU SOL for RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music Australasia)
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Best Classical Album
- Andrea Lam – Piano Diary (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
- Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings and Andante Cantabile/Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
- Nat Bartsch – Forever Changed (Amica Records)
- Simone Young & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No.2; Barton: of the Earth (Deutsche Grammophon Australia/Universal Music)
- Sophie Hutchings – Become the Sky (Universal Music Australia/Mercury KX)
Best Jazz Album
- Evans Robson Quartet – Zenith (Lamplight Records)
- Lachlan McKenzie – Departures (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)
- Lucy Clifford – Between Spaces of Knowing (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)
- TL; DR & Peter Knight – Too Long; Didn’t Read (Earshift Music/The Planet Company-MGM)
- Touch Sensitive – In Paradise (Future Classic)
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
- Australian Chamber Orchestra – Memoir of a Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (ABC Classic/The Orchard)
- François Tétaz – The Surfer (Impressed Recordings/Rubber Music Pty Ltd)
- Michael Cassel Group – Michael Cassel Group Presents a (Very) Musical Christmas (ABC Music)
- Various Artists – How to Make Gravy (Original Soundtrack) (Origin Recordings)
- Vidya Makan – The Lucky Country (Original Cast Album) (ORiGiN Distribution/ADA)
Best World Music Album
- Electric Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Live in Concert (ABC Music/The Orchard)
- Gurrumul – Banbirrngu – The Orchestral Sessions (Decca Australia & Skinnyfish/UMA)
- Joseph Tawadros – The Forgotten Path to Humanity (Independent/The Planet Company)
- Tenzin Choegyal – Snow Flower (Warner Music Australasia/Rainbow Valley Records)
- The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise (BMG)
Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement
- Fox League 2025: Our Greats – Fox Sports Australia, 3%
- Menulog: What’s Good in Your Hood – Thinkerbell, Bliss n Eso
- Paramount+ Australia: Ballad of the GOATS – Paramount+ Australia, Briggs and Kobie Dee
- Tooheys: I Feel Like a Tooheys – Thinkerbell, Dune Rats
- Tourism & Events Queensland: That Holiday Feeling – Publicis Worldwide, Kita Alexander
Bronte Gossling is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday and Brisbane Times.Connect via email.
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