ARIA Award Nominations

The ARIA Awards have become quite the gala event of the year for many Australian musicians and artists and nominations for this year's event were announced at a ceremony held in Sydney this morning. With every year that passes, the talent and competition continues to grow tighter. This year sees outstanding local produce going head to head, battling it out for the cream of the Australian Music Industry awards.

Single of the Year:

Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Plans (EMI)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)
Washington – How To Tame Lions (Mercury/UMA)

Album of the Year:

Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Best Female Artist:

Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction (Island/UMA)
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite (Mushroom Records/Warner Music)
Lisa Mitchell – Oh! Hark! (Warner Music Australia)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Best Male Artist:

Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream (Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That (Sony Music)
John Butler – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Paul Dempsey – Fast Friends (EMI)

Best Group:

Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Powderfinger – Golden Rule (UMA)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)

Breakthrough Artist:

Amy Meredith – Restless (Sony Music)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – Hope is for Hopers (Normal People Making Music/Boomtown/Shock)
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Best Independent Release:

Art vs Science – Magic Fountain (Green/MGM)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax (Suppression Records/Shock)
John Butler Trio – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Best Urban Album:

Bliss N Eso – Running on Air (Illusive Sounds)
Lowrider – Round the World (Illusive Sounds)
M-Phazes – Good Gracious (Obese Records)
Space Invadas – Soul-Fi (Invada/Inertia)
Urthboy – Spitshine (Elefant Traks/Inertia)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album:

Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory (EMI)
Dead Letter Circus – This is the Warning (Warner Music Australia)
Parkway Drive – Deep Blue (Resist Records/Shock)
The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods (Boomtown/Shock)
Violent Soho – Violent Soho (Liberation Music)

Best Pop Release:

Bluejuice – Head of the Hawk (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Empire of the Sun – Half Mast (EMI)
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That (Sony Music)
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite (Warner Music Australia)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Best Jazz Album:

Dick & Christa Hughes – Twenty First Century Blues (ABC Music)
James Morrison & The Idea Of North – Feels Like Spring (ABC Jazz)
Joe Chindamo – Another Place Some Other Time (Jazzhead/MGM)
Joseph Tawadros – The Hour of Separation (Independent/Planet)
The Necks – Silverwater (Fish of Milk/Shock)

Best Country Album:

Adam Harvey – Both Sides Now (Sony Music)
Catherine Britt – Catherine Britt (ABC Music)
Jason Walker – Ceiling Sun Letters (Laughing Outlaw/Inertia)
Lee Kernaghan – Planet Country (ABC Music)
The McClymonts – Wrapped Up Good (UMA)

Best Music DVD:

Birds of Tokyo – The Broken Strings Tour DVD (MGM)
Bliss N Eso- Flying Colours Live (Illusive Sounds)
Josh Pyke – The Lighthouse (Ivy League)
Various – Sound Relief (Liberation Music)
Various – Before Too Long: triple j’s Tribute to Paul Kelly (ABC Music)

Best Comedy:

Andrew Hanson, Chris Taylor & Craig Shuftan – The Blow Parade (ABC Music)
Arj Barker Forever (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
Heath Franklin – Heath Franklin’s Chopper: Make Deadsh*ts History (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
Jimeoin – Jimeoin on Ice Live (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
The Bedroom Philosopher – Songs from the 86 Tram (Nanpop Records/Shock)

Best Adult Alternative Album:

Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Basement Birds – Basement Birds (Basement Birds)
Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction (Island/UMA)
The Cat Empire – Cinema (EMI)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)
Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Best Dance Release:

Art vs Science – Magic Fountain (Green/MGM)
Miami Horror – Sometimes (EMI)
Midnight Juggernauts – The Crystal Axis (Siberia/Inertia)
Pendulum – Immersion (Warner Bros UK)
Yolanda Be Cool and Dcup – We No Speak Americano (Sweat it Out/Central

Best Rock Album:

Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax (Suppression Records/Shock)
Powderfinger – Golden Rule (UMA)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)

Breakthrough Artist:
Amy Meredith – Restless (Sony Music)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – Hope is for Hopers (Normal People Making Music/Boomtown/Shock)
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

This year's event will be staged at the Sydney Opera House on November 7, however, due to the extensive list of gongs included in the awards list this year, ARIA organisers will announce winners of the genre-specific awards at events leading up to the main event. With the competition so hot, it will be interesting to see who takes out the top spots!