2020 has been a batshit year where nothing feels normal, but the biggest night in Australian music – the 2020 ARIA Awards – is still going ahead.
Taking place in front of no audience in an effort to be COVID-safe, the Delta Goodrem-hosted ceremony will see performances from the likes of Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, Lime Cordiale, Amy Shark, Sampa The Great and more.
Lime Cordiale lead this year’s nominations with eight, having Tame Impala trail close behind with seven and Sampa The Great with six.
The live ARIA Awards broadcast airs from 7:30pm tonight (Wednesday, 25th November) on Nine.
Stay tuned to Music Feeds as we continue to update you on all the winners throughout the night.
2020 ARIA Award winners full list (winners in bold):
Album Of The Year
DMA’s – THE GLOW
Jessica Mauboy – Hilda
Lime Cordiale – 14 Steps To A Better You
Sampa The Great – The Return
Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
Best Male Artist
Archie Roach – ‘Tell Me Why’
Guy Sebastian – ‘Standing With You’
Ruel – ‘Free Time’
The Kid LAROI – ‘F*ck Love’
Troye Sivan – ‘In A Dream’
Best Female Artist
Amy Shark – ‘Everybody Rise’
Miiesha – ‘Nyaaringu’
Sampa The Great – ‘The Return’
Sia – ‘Together’
Tones And I – ‘Bad Child / Can’t Be Happy All the Time’
Best Dance Release
Alice Ivy – ‘Don’t Sleep’
Dom Dolla – ‘San Frandisco’
Flume – ‘Rushing Back feat. Vera Blue’
Northeast Party House – ‘Shelf Life’
Stace Cadet & KLP – ‘Energy’
Best Group
5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘CALM’
DMA’S – ‘THE GLOW’
Lime Cordiale – ’14 Steps To A Better You’
Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’
The Teskey Brothers – ‘Live At The Forum’
Breakthrough Artist
Alex the Astronaut – ‘The Theory of Absolutely Nothing’
Lime Cordiale – ’14 Steps To A Better You’
Mallrat – ‘Driving Music’
Miiesha – ‘Nyaaringu’
The Kid LAROI – ‘F*ck Love’
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark – ‘Everybody Rise’
Lime Cordiale – ’14 Steps To A Better You’
Sia – ‘Together’
Tame Impala – ‘Lost In Yesterday’
Troye Sivan – ‘In A Dream’
Best Hip Hop Release
Baker Boy – ‘Meditjin feat. JessB’
Briggs – ‘Always Was EP’
Illy – ‘Last Laugh’
Sampa The Great – ‘The Return’
The Kid LAROI – ‘F*ck Love’
Best Soul/R&B Release
Genesis Owusu – ‘Don’t Need You’
KIAN – ‘Every Hour’
Miiesha – ‘Nyaaringu’
Tash Sultana – ‘Pretty Lady’
Tkay Maidza – ‘Last Year Was Weird, Vol.2’
Best Independent Release
Archie Roach – ‘Tell Me Why’
DMA’S – ‘THE GLOW’
Lime Cordiale – ’14 Steps To A Better You’
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Ghosteen’
Sampa The Great – ‘The Return’
Best Rock Album
Cold Chisel – ‘Blood Moon’
DMA’S – ‘THE GLOW’
Ocean Alley – ‘Lonely Diamond’
Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’
Violent Soho – ‘Everything Is A-OK’
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Archie Roach – ‘Tell Me Why’
Donny Benét – ‘Mr Experience’
Gordi – ‘Our Two Skins’
Josh Pyke – ‘Rome’
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Ghosteen’
Best Country Album
Casey Barnes – ‘Town of A Million Dreams’
Fanny Lumsden – ‘Fallow’
Jasmine Rae – ‘Lion Side’
The McClymonts – ‘Mayhem To Madness’
Travis Collins – ‘Wreck Me’
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – ‘Chunky Shrapnel’
Parkway Drive – ‘Viva The Underdogs’
Polaris – ‘The Death Of Me’
The Amity Affliction – ‘Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them’
The Chats – ‘High Risk Behaviour’
Best Blues & Roots Album
The Teskey Brothers – ‘Live At The Forum’
Busby Marou – ‘The Great Divide’
Frank Yamma – ‘Tjukurpa: The Story’
Lucky Oceans – ‘Purple Sky (Songs Originally By Hank Williams)’
Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife – ‘You Be The Lightning’
Best Children’s Album
Teeny Tiny Stevies – ‘Thoughtful Songs for Little People’
Diver City – ‘Welcome to Diver City’
The Vegetable Plot – ‘Season Two’
The Wiggles – ‘Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!’
Tiptoe Giants – ‘Colour the World’
Best Comedy Release
Anne Edmonds – ‘What’s Wrong With You?’
Bev Killick – ‘Crummy Mummy’
Celia Pacquola – ‘All Talk’
Megan Washington – ‘Just Jesus (feat. Chris Ryan)’
Tom Gleeson – ‘Joy’
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
Best Video
Baker Boy – ‘Meditjin feat. JessB’
Guy Sebastian – ‘Standing With You’
Lime Cordiale – ‘Robbery’
PNAU feat. Vlossom – ‘Lucky’
Sampa The Great – ‘Time’s Up (feat. Krown)’
Tame Impala – ‘Is It True’
The Chats – ‘The Clap’
Tones And I – ‘Ur So F**kInG cOoL’
Troye Sivan – ‘Easy’
Violent Soho – ‘Pick It Up Again’
Best Australian Live Act
Amy Shark – Amy Shark Regional Tour
Baker Boy – Falls Festival
Cold Chisel – Blood Moon Tour
DMA’S – Unplugged & Intimate | Laneway Festival
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Paul Kelly – Paul Kelly – Making Gravy 2019
PNAU – All Of Us Australian Tour
RÜFÜS DU SOL – 2019 Summer Festival Tour
Sampa The Great – The Return Australian Tour 2019
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Song of the Year
5 Seconds Of Summer – ‘Teeth’
Flume Feat. Vera Blue – ‘Rushing Back’
Hilltop Hoods Feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal – ‘Exit Sign’
Lime Cordiale – ‘Robbery’
Mallrat – ‘Charlie’
Ruel – ‘Painkiller’
Sam Fischer – ‘This City’
The Jungle Giants – ‘Heavy Hearted’
The Rubens – ‘Live In Life’
Tones and I – ‘Never Seen the Rain’
Best International Artist
Dua Lipa – ‘Future Nostalgia’
Eminem – ‘Music To Be Murdered By’
Halsey – ‘Manic’
Harry Styles – ‘Fine Line’
Juice WRLD – ‘Legends Never Die’
Justin Bieber – ‘Changes’
Lewis Capaldi – ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’
Lizzo – ‘Cuz I Love You’
Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’
The Weekend – ‘After Hours’
Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award
CJ Shaw – Palmerston District Primary School, Canberra ACT
Kathryn McLennan – Virginia State School, Virginia QLD
Sarah Donnelley – Wilcannia Central School, Wilcannia NSW
Thomas Fienberg – Evans High School, Blacktown, NSW
ARTISAN AWARDS
Best Cover Art
Donny Benét – ‘Mr Experience’
Jessica Mauboy – ‘Hilda’
Lime Cordiale – ’14 Steps To A Better You’
Violent Soho – ‘Everything Is A-OK’
WASHINGTON – ‘Batflowers’
Engineer Of The Year
Alice Ivy – ‘Don’t Sleep’
IAMMXO (aka Mohamed Komba) for Miiesha – ‘Nyaaringu’
Eric J Dubowsky for Ruel – ‘Free Time’
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’
Greg Wales for Violent Soho – ‘Everything Is A-OK’
Producer Of The Year
Kevin Shirley for Cold Chisel – ‘Blood Moon’
DNA & Louis Schoorl for Jessica Mauboy – ‘Hilda’
IAMMXO (aka Mohamed Komba) for Miiesha – ‘Nyaaringu’
M-Phazes for Ruel – ‘Free Time’
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’
FINE ARTS AWARDS
Best Classical Album
Alicia Crossley – ‘Muse’
David Greco & Erin Helyard – ‘Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin’
Jayson Gillham, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Carter – ‘Beethoven Piano Concertos’
Richard Tognetti & Erin Helyard – ‘Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas’
Slava & Sharon Grigoryan – ‘Our Place: Duets For Cello And Guitar’
Best Jazz Album
Katie Noonan – ‘The Sweetest Taboo’
Luke Howard – ‘All That Is Not Solid (Live At Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020)’
Mike Nock; Hamish Stuart; Julien Wilson; Jonathan Zwartz – ‘This World’
Nat Bartsch – ‘Forever More’
Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky – ‘Please Leave Your Light On’
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Chelsea Cullen – ‘I Am Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’
Dan Golding – ‘Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack)’
Grigoryan Brothers – ‘A Boy Called Sailboat’
Matteo Zingales & Antony Partos – ‘Mystery Road (Original Score: Seasons 1-2)’
Sally Seltmann & Darren Seltmann – ‘The Letdown (Music from Seasons 1+2)’
Best World Music Album
Grace Barbe – ‘FANM:WOMAN’
Joseph Tawadros – ‘Live At The Sydney Opera House’
Melbourne Ska Orchestra – ‘Live At The Triffid’
The Crooked Fiddle Band – ‘Another Subtle Atom Bomb’
Xylouris White – ‘The Sisypheans’
