It’s starting to feel like that time of that time of the year, no I’m not talking about Christmas, no I’m talking about something much more exciting (yes I love Christmas, and I’m not being sarcastic) …. The 2017 ARIA Awards.
On November 28, Australia’s best musicians and artists will congregate at The Star in Sydney to celebrate the Australian music industry’s night of nights, the ARIA Awards.
This year features a generous line-up of live performances, including the likes of Lorde, Amy Shark, Dan Sultan, Paul Kelly, Jessica Mauboy, A.B. Original, Gang of Youths, Peking Duk, PNAU, Darryl Braithwaite and Harry Styles.
From November 19, Sydney-siders will have the opportunity to embrace and enjoy the Australian music scene with a super-charged week of intimate one-off gigs, showcases, conferences and events taking place around the state. The jam-packed week will finish with the iconic ARIA Awards evening.
Globally-renowned music guru, Zane Lowe will also be making a special appearance at an invitation-only ARIA Masterclass on November 27th.
Mr Lowe will also be broadcasting his Beats 1 radio show from Sydney which will be live streamed to Apple Music’s worldwide audience.
And drum roll… there is a new award on the block.
This year, ARIA and The Song Room are giving fans the opportunity to vote for their favourite nominee to help decide who takes home the inaugural ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award sponsored by Telstra.
Here is a full list of all the 2017 ARIA Nominees:
Best pop release
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Dean Lewis — Waves
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
Sia — The Greatest
Vera Blue — Perennial
Best independent release
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Dan Sultan — Killer
Sia — The Greatest
Tash Sultana — Notion
Vance Joy — Lay It On Me
Best adult contemporary album
Bernard Fanning — Brutal Dawn
DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
Pete Murray — Camacho
Breakthrough artist nominees
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Dean Lewis — Waves
Tash Sultana — Notion
Tkay Maidza — TKAY
Best video
Amy Shark — Drive You Mad
Bliss N Eso — Moments (feat. Gavin James)
Client Liaison — A Foreign Affair
Client Liaison — Off White Limousine
Dean Lewis — Waves
Gang Of Youths — The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows
Illy — You Say When (feat. Marko Penn)
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
Kirin J Callinan — SAD
Sia — The Greatest
best country album
Kasey Chambers — Dragonfly
Lee Kernaghan — The 25th Anniversary Album
O’Shea — 61-615
Shane Nicholson — Love & Blood
The McClymonts — Endless
Best dance release
Dom Dolla & Torren Foot — Be Randy
Jagwar Ma — Every Now & Then
Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
PNAU — Chameleon
The Kite String Tangle — The Kite String Tangle
Best female artist
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Jessica Mauboy — The Secret Daughter (Songs From The Original TV Series)
Julia Jacklin — Don’t Let The Kids Win
Meg Mac — Low Blows
Sia — The Greatest
Best male artist
DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
Dan Sultan — Killer
Illy — Two Degrees
Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
Vance Joy — Lay It On Me
Best group nominees
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In The Lightness
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Flying Microtonal Banana
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
Best blues & roots album
All Our Exes Live In Texas — When We Fall
Archie Roach — Let Love Rule
Busby Marou — Postcards From The Shell House
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen — Death’s Dateless Night
Tash Sultana — Notion
Best children’s album
Jimmy Barnes — Och Aye The G’Nu!
Lah-Lah — Having Fun!
Peter Combe — Live It Up
The Idea Of North, Lior & Elena Kats Chernin — A Piece Of Quiet (The Hush Collection, Vol 16)
The Wiggles — The Wiggles Duets
Apple music song of the year
Amy Shark — Adore
Bliss N Eso — Moments (feat. Gavin James)
Dean Lewis — Waves
Guy Sebastian — Set In Stone
Illy feat. Anne Marie — Catch 22
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
PNAU — Chameleon
Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar — The Greatest
Starley — Call On Me (Ryan Riback remix)
Best Australian live act
Client Liaison
Flume
Gang Of Youths
Illy
Jessica Mauboy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peking Duk
Tash Sultana
Violent Soho
Best international artist
Adele — 25
Bruno Mars — 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran — Divide and Loose Change
Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. and Untitled Unmastered.
Harry Styles — Harry Styles
Lorde — Melodrama
Metallica — Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
Shawn Mendes — Illuminate
The Rolling Stones — Blue & Lonesome
The Weeknd — Starboy
Best hard rock/heavy metal album
Airbourne — Breakin’ Outta Hell
Frenzal Rhomb — Hi-Vis High Tea
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Murder Of The Universe
Northlane — Mesmer
Sleepmakeswaves — Made Of Breath Only
Best rock album
Dan Sultan — Killer
Dune Rats — The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In The Lightness
Polish Club — Alright Already
The Preatures — Girlhood
Best urban release
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Illy — Two Degrees
Remi — Divas & Demons
Thundamentals — Everyone We Know
Tkay Maidza — TKAY
Apple music album of the year
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In The Lightness
Illy — Two Degrees
Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
