The 39th Annual ARIA Music Awards have already started to kick off – here’s when and where you can watch all the big winners.
The ARIA 2025 Awards have kicked off, so we’re here updating all the winners from Australian music’s biggest night of the year for you.
Nominations for the 39th annual ARIA Music Awards were released back in September, and threw in some interesting left-field choices. EDM producer Ninjaraichi would receive the most nominations for her debut album, scoring eight nods across categories like Album of the Year and Best Solo Artist.
Amyl & the Sniffers, along with Dom Dolla, have also netted a respectable amount of nominations across the awards’ 29 categories.
Where to watch the ARIA awards
The 39th annual ARIA Awards kicked off earlier this evening at 5pm. If you’re not already, you can stream the event live on Paramount+.
You can also watch the ceremony on free-to-air televesion on Channel 10 later tongiht, with the red-carpet show starting at 7pm AEDT.
So, without further ado, here are the big winners from the night:
ARIA Music Awards 2025 Winners:
Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement
Fox League 2025: Our Greats – Fox Sports Australia, 3% – WINNER
Menulog: What’s Good in Your Hood – Thinkerbell, Bliss n Eso
Paramount+ Australia: Ballad of the GOATS – Paramount+ Australia, Briggs
Tooheys: I Feel Like a Tooheys – Thinkerbell, Dune Rats
Tourism & Events Queensland: That Holiday Feeling – Publicis Worldwide, Kita Alexander
Best Independent Release
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records] — WINNER
Ball Park Music –Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
BARKAA – Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia] – WINNER
Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Miss Kaninna – Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]
ONEFOUR – Look At Me Now [ONEFOUR Records / The Orchard]
The Kid LAROI – Baby I’m Back [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Best Children’s Album
Emma Memma – Dance Island Party [GYROstream] – WINNER
Justine Clarke – Mimi’s Symphony [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Teeny Tiny Stevies – Brain Fart [Love Your Records / Xelon]
The Vegetable Plot – Season Three [ABC Music / The Orchard]
The Wiggles – Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Most Popular International Artist
Taylor Swift – [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia] – WINNER
Alex Warren – You’ll Be Alright Kid [Atlantic Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Calvin Harris – 96 Months [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Kendrick Lamar – GNX [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Noah Kahan – Stick Season [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Post Malone – F-1Trillion [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet [Island Records USA / Universal Music Australia]
Tate McRae – So Close To What [RCA Records / Universal Music Australia]
Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Various Artists – How To Make Gravy [Origin Recordings] – WINNER
Australian Chamber Orchestra – Memoir of a Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
François Tétaz – The Surfer [Impressed Recordings / Rubber Music Pty Ltd]
Michael Cassel Group – Michael Cassel Group Presents A (Very) Musical Christmas [The Orchard]
Vidya Makan – The Lucky Country (Original Cast Album) [ORiGiN Distribution / ADA]
Best Jazz Album
Lucy Clifford – Between Spaces of Knowing [ABC Jazz / The Orchard] – WINNER
Evans Robson Quartet – Zenith [Lamplight Records]
Lachlan McKenzie – Departures [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]
TL; DR & Peter Knight – Too Long; Didn’t Read [Earshift Music / The Planet Company-MGM]
Touch Sensitive – In Paradise [Future Classic]
Best Classical Album
Andrea Lam – Piano Diary [ABC Classic / The Orchard] – WINNER
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti – Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings and Andante
Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
Nat Bartsch – Forever Changed [Amica Records]
Simone Young & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No.2; Barton: Of The Earth [Deutsche Grammophon Australia / Universal Music]
Sophie Hutchings – Become The Sky [Universal Music Australia / Mercury KX]
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
Thornhill – Bodies [UNFD / Community Music] — WINNER
Civic – Chrome Dipped [ATO Records / Inertia Music]
Press Club – To All The Ones I Love [Inertia Music]
RedHook – Mutation [RedHook Records]
The Amity Affliction – Let The Ocean Take Me Down (Redux) [GYROstream]
Producer – Best Produced Release
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – End of Summer [Columbia Records / Sony Music] – WINNER
Alex Burnett for Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Waner Music Australasia]
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Dreamin [Good Fortune Records]
Nina Wilson p/k/a Ninajirachi for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL for RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Best Pop Release
Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia] — WINNER
G Flip – Disco Cowgirl [AWAL Recordings]
Kita Alexander – Press Pause [Warner Music Australasia]
Kylie Minogue – Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]
Best Cover Art
John Stewart for Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] – WINNER
Giulia McGauran for The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise [BMG]
Kira Puru, Em Jensen for Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Waner Music Australasia]
Nina Wilson, John You, Aria Zarzycki for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sarah McCloskey for Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Engineer — Best Engineered Release
Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – End of Summer [Columbia Records / Sony Music] – WINNER
Alice Ivy for Alice Ivy – Do What Makes You Happy [Kewpie Mayo Records / Independent]
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records]
Eric J Dubowsky for Emma Louise & Flume – DUMB [Three Six Zero Recordings / ADA]
Thomas Purcell p/k/a Wave Racer for Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Best Country Album
Kasey Chambers – Backbone [Essence Music Group / MGM] – WINNER
Dylan Wright – Half a World Away [Sony Music]
Imogen Clark – Choking on Fuel [Potts Entertainment / MGM]
Keith Urban – High [CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia]
Taylor Moss – Firecracker [Taylor Moss / Ditto Music]
Best Music Festival
Laneway Festival – St Jerome’s Laneway / Laneway Festival – WINNER
Ability Fest – Dylan Alcott Foundation + Untitled Group
Beyond The Valley – Untitled Group / Beyond The Valley Music Festival
Bluesfest Byron Bay – Bluesfest Byron Bay
Yours and Owls Festival – Yours and Owls
Best Dance / Electronic Release
Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records] – WINNER
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
FISHER – Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays [Solotoka / ADA]
Best Video
Dancing2 – Keli Holiday, Ryan Sauer [Keli Holiday / GYROstream] – WINNER
Break My Love – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Alexander George (Katzki) [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Craters – Missy Higgins, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Lordy Lordy – Emily Wurramara, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [ABC Music / The Orchard]
All The Noise – Spacey Jane, Dan Lesser [AWAL Recordings]
Car – Royel Otis, Jamieson Kerr [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Big Dreams – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Stewart [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Dreamin – Dom Dolla, Kyle Caulfield & Shevin Dissanayake [Good Fortune Records]
Don’t Happy, Be Worry – Hilltop Hoods, Roman Anastasios and Jordan Ruyi Blanch [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
WASSA – VV Pete, UTILITY, Formation Boyz, UTILITY [Trackwork]
Best Blues & Roots Album
The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo [Mushroom Music] – WINNER
Dope Lemon – Golden Wolf [BMG]
Mama Kin Spender – Promises [Mama Kin Spender / MGM]
Sons Of The East – SONS [Sons Of The East Music / MGM]
Tash Sultana – Return to the Roots [Lonely Lands Records via Sony Music]
Best Group
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] – WINNER
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Hilltop Hoods – Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Royel Otis – hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Album of the Year
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Best Solo Artist
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
BARKAA – Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla – DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records]
Kylie Minogue – Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
The Kid LAROI – How Does It Feel? [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Thelma Plum – I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Young Franco – it’s Franky baby! [Neon Records]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gut Health – Stiletto [AWAL Recordings]
Mia Wray – Hi, It’s Nice To Meet Me [Mushroom Music]
Young Franco – it’s Franky baby! [Neon Records]
Best Soul / R&B Release
BOY SODA – Lil Obsession [Warner Music Australasia]
JACOTÉNE – Why’d You Do That? [Epic Records / Sony Music]
Jerome Farah – CHLORINE [Sony Music]
Larissa Lambert – Cardio [New Levels / Virgin Music Group]
PANIA – Pity Party [Warner Music Australasia / Say Less]
Best Rock Album
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Ball Park Music – Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
King Stingray – For The Dreams [Civilians / The Orchard]
Royel Otis – hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Spacey Jane – If That Makes Sense [AWAL Recordings]
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gordi – Like Plasticine [Mushroom Music]
Meg Washington – GEM [OriGiN Distribution / ADA]
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
Best Australian Live Act
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other Tour [Live Nation]
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness World Tour
Ball Park Music – Like Love Tour
BARKAA – BIG TIDDA TOUR [Jackson Street & Bad Apples Music]
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) Tour [I OH YOU]
Dom Dolla – Dom Dolla Australia 2024 [Untitled Group]
Hilltop Hoods – Hilltop Hoods 2025
Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour 2025
Miss Kaninna – Dawg In Me Tour [Astral People]
SPEED – SPEED Australia Tour ’25
Song of the Year
The Kid LAROI – Girls [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Cyril, Maryjo – Still Into You [Warner Music Australasia / Spinnin Records]
Dean Lewis – With You [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla Feat. Daya – Dreamin [Good Fortune Records]
FISHER – Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Gotye, FISHER, Chris Lake Feat. Kimbra, Sante Sansone – Somebody [Eleven: A Music Company / EMI Music Australia]
ONEFOUR, Nemzzz – Spinnin [ONEFOUR RECORDS / THE ORCHARD]
Royel Otis – Linger (SiriusXM Session) [Ourness]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays [Solotoko / ADA]
Tobiahs – Angel of Mine [Mushroom Music]
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