ARIA Music Awards of 2015


The 29th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2015 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.
The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 7 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. ARIA opened the public-voted categories Song of the Year, Best International Act, Best Australian Live Act and Best Video, which includes Twitter live vote for Best Australian Live Act. Tame Impala won the most awards with five trophies from six nominations, while Courtney Barnett received the most final nominations with eight categories and won four. Tina Arena was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ceremony.

Performers

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards:
The following presenters handed out trophies at the ceremony:
On 25 October ARIA announced that Tina Arena was due to be inducted into their Hall of Fame. To further honour her, and previous inductees, the ARIA Hall of Fame Walk was established on 6 November with Arena as the first artist to be featured. At the ceremony she was introduced by Kylie Minogue, also a Hall of Fame inductee, and was presented the trophy by cyclist, Cadel Evans. Arena performed a new version of her 1994 song, "Chains", which featured Jessica Mauboy and the Veronicas on co-lead vocals. Arena released the performance as a single, which debuted at No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
In her acceptance speech Arena wanted to "acknowledge that ladies over 40 are still in the game" she specifically named Minogue, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Annie Lennox; she continued "Keep doing what you're doing, ladies, because we will decide when it's time for us to stop." She also voiced her concern about support for local artists by broadcasters, "Radio please don't try and meet your Australian quotas because you have to, exceed them because you really want to".

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
Album of the YearBest Group

  • Tame Impala – Currents
  • *5 Seconds of Summer – LiveSOS
  • *AC/DC – Rock or Bust
  • *Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
  • *The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
  • *#1 Dads – "Nominal"
  • *Daniel Johns – Talk
  • *Guy Sebastian – "Tonight Again"
  • *Jarryd James – "Do You Remember"
  • Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • *Jessica Mauboy – "Can I Get a Moment?"
  • *Meg Mac – MegMac EP
  • *Megan Washington – There There
  • *Sia – "Elastic Heart"
    • Breakthrough ArtistBest Independent Release
  • Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • *Conrad Sewell – "Start Again"
  • *Gang of Youths – The Positions
  • *Jarryd James – "Do You Remember"
  • *Meg Mac – "Never Be"
  • Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • * Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
  • * Jarryd James – "Do You Remember"
  • * Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions
  • * Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
    • Best Adult Contemporary AlbumBest Blues & Roots Album
  • Oh Mercy – When We Talk About Love
  • *John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John – Two Strong Hearts Live
  • *Megan Washington – There There
  • *Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions
  • *Szymon – Tigersapp
  • C. W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo
  • *Marlon Williams – Marlon Williams
  • *The Black Sorrows – Endless Sleep
  • *The Waifs – Beautiful You
  • *Tim Rogers & The Bamboos – The Rules of Attraction
    • Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal AlbumBest Rock Album
  • Northlane – Node
  • *Born Lion – Final Words
  • *In Hearts Wake – Skydancer
  • *King Parrot – Dead Set
  • *Thy Art Is Murder – Holy War
  • Tame Impala – Currents
  • * Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • * Dead Letter Circus – Aesthetis
  • * Gang of Youths – The Positions
  • * The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes
    • Best Urban AlbumBest Country Album
  • Seth Sentry – Strange New Past
  • *Citizen Kay – Demokracy
  • *Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon
  • *The Meeting Tree – "R U a Cop"
  • *Tuka – Life Death Time Eternal
  • Shane Nicholson – Hell Breaks Loose
  • *Catherine Britt – Boneshaker
  • *Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the Anzacs
  • *Mustered Courage – White Lies and Melodies
  • *Troy Cassar-Daley – Freedom Ride
    • Best Pop ReleaseBest Dance Release
  • Jarryd James – "Do You Remember"
  • *Conrad Sewell – "Start Again"
  • *Sia – "Elastic Heart"
  • *Tame Impala – "Let It Happen"
  • *Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away
  • RÜFÜS – "You Were Right"
  • *Alison Wonderland – Run
  • *Flight Facilities – Down to Earth
  • *Hayden James – "Something About You"
  • *Peking Duk feat. SAFIA – "Take Me Over"
    • Best Children's AlbumBest Comedy Release
  • Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: BOO!
  • *Giggle and Hoot – Hootastic Tunes
  • *Play School – Favourite Things – Songs and Nursery Rhymes from Play School
  • *Rhys Muldoon – Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
  • *The Wiggles – Rock & Roll Preschool
  • Matt Okine – Live at the Enmore Theatre
  • *Bondi Hipsters – "Fuhck the Bahnks"
  • *Buddy Goode – Songs to Ruin Every Occasion
  • *Ronny Chieng – Chieng Reaction
  • *Sammy J & Randy – Live
    • Song of the YearBest Video
  • Conrad Sewell – "Start Again"
  • *Grace – "You Don't Own Me" feat. G-Eazy
  • *Iggy Azalea – "Trouble" feat. Jennifer Hudson
  • *Jarryd James – "Do You Remember"
  • *Marlisa – "Stand by You"
  • *Nathaniel – "Live Louder"
  • *Peking Duk – "Take Me Over" feat. SAFIA
  • *Sia – "Elastic Heart"
  • *The Veronicas – "You Ruin Me"
  • *Vance Joy – "Georgia"
  • Matt Sharp & Daniel James for the Veronicas – "You Ruin Me"
  • * Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland – "U Don't Know" feat. Wayne Coyne
  • * Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett – "Pedestrian at Best"
  • * Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns – "Aerial Love"
  • * Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem – "Wings"
  • * Clemens Habicht for Flume – "Some Minds" feat. Andrew Wyatt
  • * Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude – "Through the Roof" feat. Young Tapz
  • * Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan – "Spirit of the Anzacs"
  • * Filmery for Shane Nicholson – "Secondhand Man"
  • * Luci Schroder for Vance Joy – "Georgia"
    • Best Australian Live ActBest International Artist
  • 5 Seconds of Summer – Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour
  • * Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour
  • * Gang of Youths – Gang of Youths National Tour
  • * Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light Tour
  • * Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater Australian Tour
  • * Nick Cave – Nick Cave Australian Tour
  • * Paul Kelly – The Merri Soul Sessions Tour
  • * Sheppard – The Bombs Away Tour
  • * The Preatures – The Cruel Tour
  • * Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away Tour
  • One Direction – Four
  • *Calvin Harris – Motion
  • *Ed Sheeran – x
  • *Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways
  • *Hozier – Hozier
  • *James Bay – Chaos and the Calm
  • *Mark Ronson – Uptown Special
  • *Meghan Trainor – Title
  • *Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour
  • *Taylor Swift – 1989

    • Fine Arts Awards

    Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.
    Best Classical Album

    • Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Peter Sculthorpe: Complete Works for Solo Piano
    • *Amy Dickson, Island Songs
    • *Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Celebrates
    • *Grigoryan Brothers, This Time
    • *Sally Whitwell, I Was Flying
    Best Jazz Album
  • Barney McAll, Mooroolbark
  • *Allan Browne Quintet, Ithaca Bound
  • *King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Quarters!
  • *Paul Grabowsky, Solo
  • *Sarah McKenzie, We Could Be Lovers
    • Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
  • Various Artists, Beat the Drum – Celebrating 40 Years of Triple J
  • *Ed Kuepper, Last Cab to Darwin – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • *Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake, Paper Planes – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • *Opera Australia, Bliss
  • *Various Artists, The Water Diviner – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    • Best World Music Album
  • Gurrumul, The Gospel Album
  • *Baby et Lulu, Album Deux
  • *Christine Anu, Island Christmas
  • *Genevieve Lacey and James Crabb, Heard This and Thought of You
  • *Joseph Tawadros, Truth Seekers, Lovers and Warriors

    • Artisan Awards

    Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.
    Best Cover Artist

    • Courtney Barnett for Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    • *Bjenny Montero for Pond, Man It Feels Like Space Again
    • *Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas for Daniel Johns, Talk
    • *Nathan Johnson for Gang of Youths, The Positions
    • *Timothy Lovett for Flight Facilities, Down to Earth
    Engineer of the Year
  • Kevin Parker for Tame Impala, Currents
  • *Adrian Breakspear and Peter Holz for Gang of Youths, Radioface
  • *Mitch Kenny for Hermitude, Dark Night Sweet Light
  • *Nick Didia for The Waifs, Beautiful You
  • *Virginia Read for Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Celebrates
    • Producer of the Year
  • Kevin Parker for Tame Impala, Currents
  • *Daniel Johns and Damn Moroda for Daniel Johns, Talk
  • *Garth Porter for Lee Kernaghan, Spirit of the Anzacs
  • *Luke Dubber and Angus Stuart for Hermitude, Dark Night Sweet Light
  • *Nick Didia for The Waifs, Beautiful You