Album of the Year:
- How Many Dreams? — DMA’S
- DRUMMER — G Flip
- WINNER: STRUGGLER — Genesis Owusu
- Everything’s Fine — Matt Corby
- The Winding Way — The Teskey Brothers
Song of the Year:
- Therapy — Budjerah
- MBAPPE — Day1 (ft KAHUKX)
- How Do I Say Goodbye — Deal Lewis
- Die For You — Joji
- Padam Padam — Kylie Minogue
- Big City Life — Luude and Mattafix
- Rhyme Dust — MK and Dom Dolla
- Sway My Way — R3hab and Amy Shark
- Love Again — The Kid LAROI
- WINNER: Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Solo Artist:
- Budjerah
- Dan Sultan
- Dom Dolla
- G Flip
- Genesis Owusu
- Jen Cloher
- Kylie Minogue
- Meg Mac
- The Kid LAROI
- WINNER: Troye Sivan
Best Group:
- Cub Sport
- WINNER: DMA’s
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
- Parkway Drive
- The Teskey Brothers
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist:
- Charley
- grentperez
- Pacific Avenue
- Royel Otis
- WINNER: Teenage Dads
Best Independent Release:
- Jesus At The Gay Bar — Cub Sport
- Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan
- DRUMMER — G Flip
- WINNER: STRUGGLER — Genesis Owusu
- Padam Padam — Kylie Minogue
Best Adult Contemporary Album:
- The Answer Is Always Yes — Alex Lahey
- WINNER: Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan
- My Life Is A Symphony — Kate Ceberano
- ORO, PLATA, MATA — Mo’Ju
- Love Saves — Tina Arena
Best Blues & Roots Album:
- So This Is Love — Cash Savage and the Last Drinks
- The End — Katie Wighton
- Live at Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony — The Bamboos
- WINNER: The Winding Way — The Teskey Brothers
- DANCING IN THE DARK — Ziggy Alberts
Best Children’s Album:
- WINNER: Emma Memma — Emma Memma
- Planet Earth 3rd From The Sun — Peter Combe
- Very Jazzy Street Party — Play School
- Ready, Steady, Wiggle! — The Wiggles
- Bananas and Other Delicious Things — Whistle & Trick
Best Country Album:
- Acres — Brad Cox
- Up, Down & Sideways — Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley
- WINNER: Hey Dawn — Fanny Lumsden
- South of Everywhere — Henry Wagons
- Livin’ The Dream — The Wolfe Brothers
Best Dance/Electronic Release:
- Take It Off — FISHER & Aatig
- Sisyphus — Golden Features
- Perfect World — Lastlings
- WINNER: Rhyme Dust — MK & Dom Dolla
- You Know What I Need — PNAU & Troye Sivan
Best Pop Release:
- Can I Shower At Yours — Amy Shark
- Therapy — Budjerah
- WINNER: Padam Padam — Kylie Minogue
- Perfect For You — Peach PRC
- Rush — Troye Sivan
Best Rock Album:
- Hoo Ha! — Bad//Dreems
- How Many Dreams? — DMA’S
- DRUMMER — G Flip
- WINNER: Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushroom and Lava — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Flowers — Pacific Avenue
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album:
- R.I.F.F. — DZ Deathrays
- PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- WINNER: Darker Still — Parkway Drive
- Not Without My Ghosts — The Amity Affliction
- TNSW — These New South Whales
Best Hip Hop/Rap Release:
- WINNER: STRUGGLER — Genesis Owusu
- NOTHING TO SOMETHING — KAHUKX
- A Gift & A Keys — Kerser
- Comma’s — ONEFOUR (ft CG)
- Silent Assassin — Tkay Maidza, Flume
Best Soul/R&B Release:
- Rollin’ — Chanel Loren
- WINNER: Mess Around — Forest Claudette (ft EARTHGANG)
- Skin — Jada Weazel
- Ribena — KYE
- P STANDS 4 PLAYA — PANIA
Best Video:
- Can I Shower At Yours — Amy Shark
- Everybody’s Saying Thursday’s The Weekend — DMA’S
- Gila Monster — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Give You Love — Jessica Mauboy & Jason Derulo
- WINNER: Good Enough — G Flip
- LOLA — MAY-A
- Lookin’ Out — King Stingray
- Manic Dream Pixie — Peach PRC
- Stay Blessed — Genesis Owusu
- Therapy — Budjerah
Best Australian Live Act:
- Baker Boy
- Brad Cox
- Budjerah
- DMA’S
- Dom Dolla
- WINNER: G Flip
- Julia Jacklin
- King Stingray
- RÜFÜS DU SOL
- Tame Impala
Best Classical Album:
- WINNER: Indies & Idols — Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti
- To Listen, To Sing – Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers — Ensemble Offspring
- Signs Of Life — Neil Gaiman & FourPlay String Quartet
- Debussy — Ravel — Roger Benedict & Simon Tedeschi
- Genevieve Lacey: Breathing Space — Various Artists
Best Jazz Album:
- Cull Portal — Lance Gurisik feat. Jeremy Rose
- Hearing — Mike Nock
- The Height of Love — Sinj Clarke
- Education & Recreation — Surprise Chef
- WINNER: Nightjar — The Vampires (ft Chris Abrahams)
Best World Music Album:
- Odyssey — Byron Mark
- Moving Home — East of West
- WINNER: To Those Who Came Before Us — Joseph Tawadros
- Id of RA — Mick Dick
- Australian Frog Calls — Songs of Disappearance
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album:
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — Brett Aplin & Burkhard Dallwitz
- Unseen Skies (Original Score Soundtrack) — Helena Czajka
- Blueback – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Nigel Westlake — Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey
- RIDE — Music From the Film — Sophie Payten (GORDI), Jason Fernandez
- WINNER: John Farnham: Finding The Voice (Music from the Feature Documentary) — Various Artists
Best Cover Art:
- 370HSSV 0773H — Private Function — Harry Allan — Studio Balcony
- Acres — Brad Cox — Connor Dewhurst
- WINNER: Everything Was Green — Forest Claudette — Jeremy Koren (Grey Ghost) & Michelle Grace Hunder
- Jesus At The Gay Bar — Cub Sport — Sam Netterfield, Mia Rankin
- Manic Dream Pixie — Peach PRC — Peach PRC, Billy Zammit
Producer — Best Produced Release:
- 4th Wall — Ruel — M-Phazes
- Eat Your Man — Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla
- Everything’s Fine — Matt Corby — Matt Corby, Chris Collins, Nat Dunn, Alex Henriksson
- WINNER: Rush — Troye Sivan — Styalz Fuego
- STRUGGLER — Genesis Owusu — Andrew Klippel & Dave Hammer
Engineer — Best Engineered Release:
- Eat Your Man — Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla
- Everything’s Fine — Matt Corby — Dann Hume, Chris Collins, Matt Corby
- WINNER: Rush — Troye Sivan — Styalz Fuego
- STRUGGLER — Genesis Owusu — Simon Cohen, Dave Hammer, Julian Sudek
- The Winding Way — The Teskey Brothers — Eric J Dubowsky, Sam Teskey, Wayne Connolly
Most Popular International Artist:
- Beyonce
- Drake & 21 Savage
- Ed Sheeran
- Luke Combs
- Metro Boomin
- Morgan Wallen
- Nicki Minaj
- P!nk
- SZA
- WINNER: Taylor Swift
ARIA Music Teacher Award:
- Hank Lewerissa — Upper Coomera State College, Upper Coomera, Qld
- Jessie Copeman — Ainslie School, Braddon, ACT
- Peter Earl — Numerous schools in the Blue Mountains/Western Sydney region, Bullaburra, NSW
- WINNER: Sue Lowry — Southport Special School, Southport, Qld
