News 5 October 2016

2016 Aria Nominated Artists Announced

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2016 Aria Nominated Artists Announced
With just seven weeks until the 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) today announced the nominees in all categories, with the winners to be announced at The Star, Sydney on Wednesday, November 23, 2016.

The 30th Anniversary of the ARIA Awards provides an opportunity for ARIA and the music industry to celebrate its incredible history, amazing artists and moments that have captured the nation’s imagination.
This year, the ARIA stage will feature stellar live performances, unforgettable collaborations, special guest appearances and a very worthy induction of Crowded House into the ARIA Hall Of Fame - the band having come full circle since receiving the very first ARIA Award ever presented for Best Video. ARIA is honoured that Crowded House founding member, Nick Seymour has created the captivating commemorative artwork for 2016.

The 2015 ARIA Awards delivered increased ratings, was the #1 show for 16-39 year olds on the night, and achieved the most social #ARIAs ever, generating 109 million Twitter impressions around the world.
ARIA Chairman and Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand & President, Asia, Denis Handlin, AM said:

“On behalf of the ARIA Board I would like to congratulate all of the winners announced today in the Fine Arts, Artisan & Best Comedy categories, as well as those artists nominated for The 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra. All of the artists nominated in all the categories, truly demonstrate the influence and wonderful creativity of Australian music .

We look forward to a very special ARIAs, at The Star Sydney, to commemorate the successes of the past year and also to celebrate the 30 incredible years of the ARIA Awards.”

At today's ARIA Nominations Ceremony, ARIA Awards were presented to the recipients of three ARIA Artisan Award categories (Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of The Year and Best Cover Art) and four ARIA Fine Arts Awards categories (Best World Music Album, Best Jazz Album, Best Classical Album and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album) and Best Comedy Release at the Nominations Event – they became the first of many artists to be acknowledged by their peers for their creative contributions over the last twelve months.
Highlights of the ceremony included Flume adding to his ARIA Award collection by winning all three Artisan ARIA Awards for Producer Of The Year, Engineer Of The Year (with Eric Dubowsky) and Best Cover Art (Jonathan Zawada) for his #1 ARIA album, ‘Skin’. He is also in line for a remarkable eight ARIA Awards at the ARIAs on November 23, making him the most highly nominated artist of 2016. Flume announced via video message, that featured a cameo from Best Cover Art designer, Jonathan Zawada,that he would be performing at the 30th Annual ARIA Awards.

It was also an exciting day for Flume's label-mates, Flight Facilities who won in the Best Classical Album category for ‘Flight Facilities - Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’.  Classically trained Grammy-award winning composer and violinist, Davide Rossi arranged and conducted the ARIA-Award winning album. This is the fourth time the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has received ARIA nominations in the Best Classical Album category and ARIA congratulates them on winning their first Best Classical Album ARIA Award today, 21 years since they won their first ARIA for 'Simple Gifts' with Yvonne Kenny in 1995. 


ARIA congratulates ABC Music whose artists were the proud recipients of the  ARIA Awards in the remaining Fine Arts and Comedy categories. Vince Jones and Paul Grabowsky (Best Jazz Album), Josh Pyke (Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album), Nicky Bomba from Melbourne Ska Orchestra (Best World Music Album) and Roy & HG (Best Comedy Release) were at the ceremony to collect their ARIA awards and to celebrate their Award winning day.

ARIA Chief Executive Officer, Dan Rosen, added:
“2016 has been a record breaking year for Australian music with 16 Australian artists reaching the top of the ARIA Charts and the likes of Flume, Sia and Troye Sivan featuring strongly on charts and festival stages around the world. This success is celebrated today with the winners of the Fine Arts, Artisan & Best Comedy Awards and the announcement of the nominated artists for the 2016 ARIA Awards Connected By Telstra.

“Congratulations to all of the artists honoured today as winners in the Fine Arts, Artisan & Best Comedy Categories. These winners show that the high quality of artistic achievement in the Australian music scene is spread across a wide range of genres. We can't wait to continue our celebrations of 30 glorious years of ARIA.”

NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said, “Congratulations to the ARIA Awards Fine Arts, Artisan and Comedy category winners and to each of the nominees announced today. The NSW Government, through Destination NSW, looks forward to welcoming the Australian music industry to Sydney this November to celebrate 30 years of the ARIAs."

The 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra will again give Australian music fans the chance to have their say in who takes home an ARIA Award, with four publicly voted awards: Best International Act, Best Australian Live Act, Best Video and Apple Music Song of the Year. For more information on the 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra publicly voted awards, visit ariaawards.com.au/public-voting

For the first time this year, fans can make history by voting for the Apple Music Song of the Year by playing your favourite song in Apple Music. This is in addition to being able to vote via ariaawards.com.au/public-voting. Listen to the nominated songs for more than 30 seconds in Apple Music for your vote to count, either from the Apple Music Song of the Year playlist or individual track plays; go to applemusic.com/arias. See voting terms and conditions for eligible Play votes*.

For the second year in a row, music fans will decide an ARIA winner exclusively via Twitter. Last year, more than 2.5 Million Tweets determined the Best Australian Live Act. This year, Twitter is giving fans the opportunity to vote exclusively for the Best International Artist category. Fans all over the world can start voting for their favourite International Artist now by heading to Twitter using the following hashtags:
#ARIASADELE, #ARIASBEYONCE, #ARIASCOLDPLAY, #ARIASDRAKE, #ARIASMEGHANTRAINOR, #ARIASJUSTINBIEBER, #ARIASONEDIRECTION, #ARIASTAYLORSWIFT, #ARIASTWENTYONEPILOTS, #ARIASTHEWEEKND
And that's not the only way to celebrate the #ARIAs on Twitter. Twitter Australia will be unveiling 10 custom Twitter emojis for this year's ARIA Awards. The first emoji is active today. Tweets with the hashtag #ARIAs will generate a custom 30th Anniversary emoji. The remaining 9 emojis will honour music artists and will be unveiled in coming weeks.

Stay tuned for further announcements of performers and presenters for the 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra in coming weeks, including the full program of events for ARIA Week, which is set to be its biggest and best year ever. Featuring the Crowded House Encore shows at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, MTV Beats And Eats, Hope Rocks at Hunter Valley, Electronic Music Conference (EMC), the popular ARIA Masterclass and curated showcases, ARIA Week ensures that music fans and venues around Sydney are going to be spoilt for musical choice in the week surrounding the 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra.
ARIA would like to thank NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events, Stuart Ayres, for his attendance at the Event and our Presenting Partner, Telstra for hosting the event at the Telstra Customer Insight Centre, Sydney.

ARIA would also like to take this opportunity to thank Hosts Scott Tweedie & Liv Phyland from Network Ten's The Loop and Presenters Robbie Buck from ABC 702, Andrew Hansen from The Chaser, Linda Marigliano & Dom Alessio from triple j, Smallzy from Smallzy's Surgery Nova, Rove & Sam from Hit Network, Ugly Phil from The Rubber Room on Triple M and Mike E & Emma from The Edge 96.1’s breakfast show.
2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra | Wednesday, November 23 The Star, Sydney | Broadcast on Ten
#ARIAs

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The ARIA Awards and ARIA Week are proudly supported by the NSW Government, through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW
*Eligible votes include those from Australian Apple Music members who play and listen to nominees’ song for a min. 30 seconds in Apple Music between 1pm AEDT 5 October - 11:59pm AEDT 18 November, 2016. Plays less than 30s or from curated playlists and radio stations, other than the Apple Music Song of the Year playlist, are excluded. Multiple plays of the same nominated song during one day is still counted as one vote for that song with maximum one vote per nominated song per day per member applicable.

 

THE 2016 ARIA AWARDS PRESENTED BY TELSTRA NOMINATIONS LEADER BOARD

ELEVEN NOMINATIONS
Flume
Producer Of The Year - WINNER
Engineer Of The Year - WINNER
Best Cover Art - WINNER
Telstra Album Of The Year 
Best Male Artist
Best Dance Release
Best Independent Release
Best Pop Release
Apple Music Song of the Year
Best Australian Live Act
Best Video
 
SEVEN NOMINATIONS
Troye Sivan
Telstra Album Of The Year
Best Male Artist
Best Pop Release
Apple Music Song Of The Year
Best Video
Engineer Of The Year
Producer Of The Year
 
SIX NOMINATIONS
Illy
Best Male Artist
Best Pop Release
Apple Music Song Of The Year
Best Video
Engineer Of The Year
Producer Of The Year
 
Sia
Telstra Album Of The Year
Best Female Artist
Best Independent Release
Best Pop Release
Apple Music Song Of The Year
Best Video
 
The Avalanches
Telstra Album Of The Year
Best Dance Release
Best Group
Engineer Of The Year
Producer Of The Year
Best Cover Art
 
FIVE NOMINATIONS
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Best Group
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Best Independent Release
Best Australian Live Act
Best Video
 
RÜFÜS
Telstra Album Of The Year
Best Dance Release
Best Group
Best Australian Live Act
Best Cover Art
 
Violent Soho
Best Group
Best Independent Release
Best Rock Album
Best Australian Live Act
Best Video
 
FOUR NOMINATIONS
Bernard Fanning
Best Male Artist
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Best Cover Art
Engineer Of The Year
 
THREE NOMINATIONS
Delta Goodrem
Best Female Artist
Best Video
Best Cover Art
 
Hilltop Hoods
Apple Music Song of the Year
Best Australian Live Act
Best Video
 
L D R U
Breakthrough Artist
Best Dance Release
Apple Music Song of the Year
 
Montaigne
Best Female Artist
Breakthrough Artist
Producer Of The Year
 
The Veronicas
Best Group
Best Pop Release
Apple Music Song of the Year
 
TWO NOMINATIONS
Courtney Barnett - Best Australian Live Act and Best Video, Gang Of Youths- Best Australian Live Act and Best Rock Album, Guy Sebastian - Best Male Artist and Best Video, Jarryd James - Best Adult Alternative Album and Best Independent Release, Kate Miller-Heidke - Best Comedy Release and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, Sarah Blasko - Best Adult Alternative Album and Best Female Artist, The Living End - Best Australian Live Act and Best Rock Album
 
ONE NOMINATION
Flight Facilities - Best Classical Album - WINNER
Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky - Best Jazz Album - WINNER
Josh Pyke & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album - WINNER
Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Best World Music Album - WINNER
Roy & HG - Best Comedy Release - WINNER
Adam Brand and the Outlaws - Best Country Album, Adele - Best International Artist, Ball Park Music - Best Rock Album, Beyonce - Best International Artist, Bill Chambers - Best Country Album, Bob Evans - Best Adult Contemporary Album, Boy & Bear - Best Rock Album, Citizen Kay- Best Urban Album, Coldplay - Best International Artist, DMA's - Breakthrough Artist, Don Burrows & James Morrison - Best Jazz Album, Drake - Best International Artist, Drapht - Best Urban Album, Emma Pask - Best Jazz Album, Fanny Lumsden - Best Country Album, Gawurra - Best World Music Album, Hayden James - Best Dance Release, Hellions - Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, Jessica Mauboy- Best Female Artist, Jimmy Barnes - Best Blues & Roots Album, Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black - Best Classical Album, Joseph Tawadros - Best World Music Album, Justin Bieber - Best International Artist, Justine Clarke- Best Children's Album, Katie Noonan & Brodsky Quartet - Best Classical Album, Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood - Apple Music Song of the Year, Kev Carmody - Best Blues & Roots Album, Koi Child - Best Urban Album, Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - Apple Music Song of the Year, L-FRESH The LION - Best Urban Album, Luke Heggie - Best Comedy Release, Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - Apple Music Song of the Year, Matt & Alex - Best Comedy Release, Matt Corby - Best Adult Alternative Album, Meghan Trainor - Best International Artist,  Nicole Car - Best Classical Album, Olympia - Breakthrough Artist, One Direction - Best International Artist, Parkway Drive - Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, Pat Davern - Best Children's Album, Paul Grabowsky | Monash Art Ensemble | David Ngukurr Boy Wilfred | David Yipininy Wilfred - Best World Music Album, Paul Kelly - Best Adult Contemporary Album, Peter Garrett - Best Adult Alternative Album, Play School - Best Children's Album, Queensland Symphony Orchestra - Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, Richard Tognetti | Australian Chamber Orchestra - Best Classical Album, Robert Forster - Best Adult Contemporary Album,  Russell Morris - Best Blues & Roots Album, Safia- Breakthrough Artist, Sam Moran - Best Children's Album, Sara Storer- Best Country Album, Seaman Dan - Best World Music Album, Stu Hunter- Best Jazz Album, Tame Impala - Best Australian Live Act, Taylor Swift- Best International Artist, The Amity Affliction - Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, The Cat Empire - Best Blues & Roots Album, The Idea of North - Best Jazz Album, The Temper Trap - Best Adult Alternative Album, The Weeknd - Best International Artist, The Wiggles - Best Children's Album, The Wilson Pickers - Best Blues & Roots Album, The Wolfe Brothers - Best Country Album, Tina Arena - Best Adult Contemporary Album, Twelve Foot Ninja - Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, twenty one pilots - Best International Artist, Urthboy - Best Urban Album, Various Artists - The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) - Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album,  Various Artists - Velvet (Original Cast Recording) - Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, You Am I- Best Australian Live Act

 

2016 ARIA AWARD NOMINATED ARTISTS

Winners to be announced Wednesday, November 23,The Star, Sydney
 
Telstra Album Of The Year
Flume - Skin (Future Classic) 
RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular/EMI)
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
 
Best Male Artist
Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
Guy Sebastian - Black & Blue (Sony Music)
Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
 
Best Female Artist
Delta Goodrem - Wings of the Wild (Sony Music)
Jessica Mauboy - This Ain't Love (Sony Music)
Montaigne - Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sarah Blasko - Eternal Return (EMI)
Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
 
Best Dance Release
Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
Hayden James - Just A Lover (Future Classic)
 L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)
RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular/EMI)
 
Best Group
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular/EMI)
The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)
Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)
 
Breakthrough Artist
DMA'S - Hills End (I Oh You)
L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)
Montaigne - Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Olympia - Self Talk (EMI)
Safia - Make Them Wheels Roll (Warner Music Australia/Parlophone)

 
 
Best Pop Release
Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)
Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
 
Best Urban Album
Citizen Kay - With The People (ASP/MGM)
Drapht - Seven Mirrors (The Ayems/Sony Music)
Koi Child - Koi Child (Pilerats Records)
L-FRESH The LION - Become (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Urthboy - The Past Beats Inside Me Like A Second Heartbeat (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
 
Best Independent Release
Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
Jarryd James - Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)

 
Best Rock Album
Ball Park Music - Every Night The Same Dream (Stop Start Music)
Boy & Bear - Limit Of Love (Boy & Bear/Universal Music)
Gang Of Youths - Let Me Be Clear (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
The Living End - Shift (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)
 
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Bob Evans - Car Boot Sale (EMI)
Paul Kelly - Seven Sonnets & A Song (Gawd Aggie Recordings/Universal Music)
Robert Forster - Songs To Play (EMI)
Tina Arena - Eleven (EMI)
 
Best Adult Alternative Album
 Jarryd James - Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)
Matt Corby - Telluric (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music)
Peter Garrett - A Version of Now (Sony Music)
Sarah Blasko - Eternal Return (EMI)
The Temper Trap - Thick As Thieves (Liberation Music)
 

 
Best Country Album
Adam Brand and the Outlaws - Adam Brand and the Outlaws (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Bill Chambers - Cold Trail (Checked Label Services)
Fanny Lumsden - Small Town Big Shot (Social Family Records/Universal Music)
Sara Storer - Silos (ABC Music/Universal Music)
The Wolfe Brothers - This Crazy Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)
 
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Hellions - Opera Oblivia (UNFD)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
Parkway Drive - Ire (Resist/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak (Roadrunner Records)
Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier (Volkanik/MGM)
 
Best Blues & Roots Album
Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin' (Liberation Music)
Kev Carmody - Recollections... Reflections... (A Journey) (One Louder Recordings/Universal Music)
Russell Morris - Red Dirt Red Heart (Chugg Music/MGM)
The Cat Empire - Rising With The Sun (Two Shoes Records)
The Wilson Pickers - You Can't Catch Fish From A Train (ABC Music/UMA)
 

 
Best Children's Album
Justine Clarke - Pyjama Jam! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Pat Davern - Alexander The Elephant In Zanzibar (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Play School - Famous Friends: Celebrating 50 Years of Play School (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Sam Moran - Play Along With Sam: BEST. DAY. EVER! (6 Degrees Records/MGM)
The Wiggles - Wiggle Town! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
 
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
Best Video
Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator (Milk!/Remote Control)
Delta Goodrem - Dear Life (Sony Music)
Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)
Guy Sebastian - Black & Blue (Sony Music)
Hilltop Hoods - 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - People-Vultures (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
Sia - Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Troye Sivan - YOUTH Acoustic (Sydney Session) (EMI)
Violent Soho - Like Soda (I Oh You)
 

 
Best Australian Live Act
Courtney Barnett - National Theatre Tour (Milk!/Remote Control)
Flume - St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2016 (Future Classic)
Gang Of Youths - Gang Of Youths National Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Hilltop Hoods - The Restrung Tour (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity Tour (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
RÜFÜS - Bloom Tour (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
Tame Impala - Australian Tour (Modular/Universal Music)
The Living End - Shift Tour (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Violent Soho - The WACO Tour (I Oh You)
You Am I - Bargain Bin Bon Vivants Tour (The You Am I Set/Inertia)
 
Apple Music Song of the Year
Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)
Hilltop Hoods - 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Thom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl (UNI/UMA)
Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter (Capital/EMI)
L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)
Marcus Marr & Chet Faker The Trouble With Us (Detail Records)
Sia - Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)
Troye Sivan - Youth (EMI)
Best International Artist
Adele - 25 (XL/Inertia)
Beyonce - Lemonade (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment)
Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (PLG/Warner)
Drake - Views & If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Universal/Universal Music Australia)
Meghan Trainor - Title & Thank You (Sony Music Entertainment)
Justin Bieber - Purpose (DEF/Universal Music Australia)
One Direction - Made in the A.M & Four (SYCO/Sony Music Entertainment)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (BIG/Universal Music Australia)
twenty one pilots - Blurryface (Atlantic/Warner) 
The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness (Universal/Universal Music Australia) 

 

FINE ARTS, ARTISAN AND BEST COMEDY RELEASE 2016 ARIA AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE ARIA NOMINATIONS EVENT

ARTISAN AWARDS | NOMINATED ARTISTS
Producer Of The Year
WINNER: Harley Streten for Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
M-Phazes for Illy - Papercuts (ft. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Tony Buchen for Montaigne - Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi for The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
Alex Hope for Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
 
Engineer Of The Year
WINNER: Eric J Dubowsky and Harley Streten for Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
Nick DiDia for Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal)
M-Phazes for Illy - 'Papercuts (ft. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
Tony Espie and Robbie Chater for The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
Alex Hope for Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
 
Best Cover Art
WINNER: Jonathan Zawada for Flume - Skin (Future Classic)
Karen Lynch for Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal)
Kristen Doyle for Delta Goodrem - Wings of the Wild (Sony Music Australia)
Jack Vanzet for RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out / Sony Music Australia)
Lost Art for The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular / EMI)
FINE ARTS AWARDS | NOMINATED ARTISTS
Best Classical Album
WINNER: Flight Facilities - Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Future Classic)
Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black - The New Goldberg Variations (AlFi Records / Planet)
Katie Noonan & Brodsky Quartet - With Love And Fury (Kin Music/Universal Music)
Nicole Car - The Kiss (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Richard Tognetti | Australian Chamber Orchestra - Mozart's Last Symphonies (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
 
Best Jazz Album
WINNER: Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky - Provenance (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
Don Burrows & James Morrison - In Good Company (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
Emma Pask - Cosita Divina (Independent/Emma Pask Music)
Stu Hunter - The Migration (The Habitat Productions)
The Idea of North - Ballads (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
 
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
WINNER: Josh Pyke & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Kate Miller-Heidke - The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording) (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra - Gallipoli Symphony (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Various Artists - The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) (Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists - Velvet : The Original Cast Recording (Social Family Records/Universal Music Australia)
 
Best World Music Album
WINNER: Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Sierra Kilo Alpha (FOUR FOUR/Universal Music)
Gawurra - Ratja Yaliyali (CAAMA Music/Rocket)
Joseph Tawadros - World Music (Independent / Planet)
Paul Grabowsky | Monash Art Ensemble | David Ngukurr Boy Wilfred | David Yipininy Wilfred - Nyilipidgi (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
Seaman Dan - An Old Man Of The Sea (Hot Records)
 
BEST COMEDY RELEASE | NOMINATED ARTISTS
WINNER: Roy & HG - This Sporting Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Kate Miller-Heidke - I'm Growing A Beard Downstairs For Christmas (feat. The Beards) (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Luke Heggie - You're Not Special/Anythink is Possible (Century Entertainment)
Matt & Alex - Play It Out (ABC Music/Universal Music)

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