ARIA Award 2024 Winners
Sydney guitar-pop duo Royel Otis took home a whopping four ARIA Awards while pop singer Troye Sivan scored three awards.
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Royel Otis have swept the ARIA Awards 2024, claiming four gongs on the star-studded night at Hordern Pavillion on Gadigal land. The duo won Best Group, Best Rock Album, Engineer - Best Engineered Release (Chris Collins), and Producer - Best Produced Release (Chris Collins).
The Sydney duo's recognition comes after their debut album, PRATTS & PAIN, cracked the ARIA Album Chart top ten and received rave reviews from critics worldwide.
Also winning big at this year’s event was Troye Sivan, who is currently touring Australia after supporting Charli XCX on her US Sweat tour. Sivan won Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist and Best Pop Release, taking his total collection of ARIA Awards to nine.
Other notable winners on the night included Troy Cassar-Daley taking home a statue for Best Country Album, hellraisers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers winning their first ARIA for Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist, Dom Dolla taking out Best Dance/Electronic Release with his hit ‘Saving Up’ and Nathaniel Miller of Bulman School, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory was awarded the ARIA Music Teacher Award.
Australian music’s night of nights also saw incredible performances from Angie McMahon, who also took home Best Independent Release, Troy Cassar-Daley dueting alongside US country superstar Kane Brown and Aussie great Kasey Chambers, Jessica Mauboy, 3% and Julian Hamilton from The Presets performing stunning renditions of ‘Won’t Stop’ and ‘Our People’ and hometown hero Kid LAROI making his mark with an electrifying live performance.
Closing out the show was 2024 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Missy Higgins, who performed alongside good friends Amy Shark, Angie McMahon, Gretta Ray, and G Flip.
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ARIA CEO, Annabelle Herd, said: “All of us at ARIA are so proud of this genuinely global-facing industry that proved tonight exactly how much Australia has to be proud of when it comes to homegrown music. I’m beyond excited for the future of Australian music after seeing the incredible talent of the winners, performers, and nominees at this year’s Awards. Thank you to YouTube, DNSW, all of our partners, and the incredible ARIAs team, especially broadcast EP Craig Campbell and Event Producer Brendan Maher. Here’s to another incredible year of Ausmusic in 2025!”
Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy and Minister for Jobs and Tourism, John Graham, said: “Congratulations to all the outstanding recipients of the 2024 ARIA Awards. The depth of Australia’s music talent again shines through the prism of the ARIAs. The NSW Government is committed to bringing live music back across NSW, which we know is a vital breeding ground for Australian musicians. We’re changing the rules that have stymied live performance, we’re providing direct financial support, we’re backing the artists and the sector. I want to thank ARIA for the leadership they have shown in supporting the industry.”
Mel Silva, VP, Google Australia on behalf of YouTube said: “Year after year, the ARIA Awards prove to be an incredible celebration of Australian music. Huge congratulations to all of this year's winners and nominees - you're absolutely crushing it! YouTube is honored to continue our partnership with ARIA, and to help connect fans around the world with their favourite artists - from the Red Carpet mirror-selfies, to the incredible content created by artists, to showcasing unforgettable performances and amazing talent like Missy Higgins' Hall of Fame induction. You can check it all out on YouTube."
Check out the full list of ARIA Award 2024 winners below.
ARIA Award 2024 Winners
Album of the Year
WINNER Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]
Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)
Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]
Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music]
Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]
Best Solo Artist
WINNER Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]
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 [CIVILIANS / The Orchard]
Kylie Minogue - Tension [Mushroom Music]
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]
Best Group presented by Stan
WINNER Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]
3% - KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]
Hiatus Kaiyote - Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Inertia]
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Music is Better [Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia]
SPEED - Only One Mode [Last Ride Records/ADA]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
WINNER Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - I Love You [Domestic La La]
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]
Best Pop Release
WINNER Troye Sivan - Something To Give Each Other (EMI Music Australia)
Amy Shark - Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)
Jessica Mauboy - Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)
The Kid LAROI - Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Best Dance / Electronic Release
WINNER Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
Confidence Man - I CAN’T LOSE YOU (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
CYRIL - Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Music is Better (Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia)
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
WINNER 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
WINNER Tkay Maidza - Sweet Justice (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
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)
Best Independent Release presented by PPCA
WINNER Angie McMahon - Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)
Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)
Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)
Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
Best Rock Album
WINNER Royel Otis - PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
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)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
WINNER Emily Wurramara - NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier (Sony Music)
Crowded House - Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)
Emma Donovan - Til My Song Is Done (Civilians)
Fanning Dempsey National Park - The Deluge (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Country Album
WINNER Troy Cassar-Daley - Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)
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)
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
WINNER SPEED - Only One Mode (Last Ride Records/ADA)
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)
Teenage Jones - The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)
Best Blues & Roots Album
WINNER Mia Dyson - Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants)
Checkerboard Lounge - SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)
Dope Lemon - Kimosabè (BMG/ADA)
Georgia Mooney - Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group)
The Paper Kites - At The Roadhouse (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Best Children's Album
WINNER 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
WINNER Dance With Me - Tones And I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)
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)
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
WINNER Missy Higgins - The Second Act Tour 2024 (Eleven/EMI Music Australia)
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)
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)
Song of the Year presented by YouTube
WINNER G Flip - The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic)
CYRIL - Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)
Dom Dolla - Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander - Atmosphere (etcetc Music)
Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo - Give You Love (Warner Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue - Tension (Mushroom Music)
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
WINNER Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
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)
Travis Scott - Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (Warner Records/Warner Music Australia)
ARIA Music Teacher Award
WINNER Nathaniel Miller - Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NT
Casey Allen - PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSW
Hayley Wedding - Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SA
Susan Sukkar - Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW
ARTISAN AWARDS
Best Cover Art
WINNER 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
WINNER 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
WINNER 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)
FINE ARTS AWARD
Best Classical Album
WINNER Sophie Hutchings - A World Outside (Mercury KX/UMA)
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)
Veronique Serret - Migrating Bird (Migrating Bird Records/The Planet Company)
Best Jazz Album
WINNER Mildlife - Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)
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)
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
WINNER Various Artists - Faraway Downs (DTS Productions/Sony Music)
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)
Best World Music Album
WINNER DOBBY - Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Christine Anu - Waku (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)
OUR SOUNDTRACK OUR ADS
Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement
WINNER Cancer Council & The Australian Government: End The Trend - Bolster Group & Publicis Groupe
NRL & AFL: WARRIORS & STORYTELLERS - Fox Sports Australia, Kobie Dee
Qantas Olympics & Paralympics Campaign 'Already Proud' - Howatson+Company
realestate.com.au: Keep Moving - 72andSunny, Eurogliders
Speedo International: Go Full Speedo - Collider/Mirimar, The Beefs
