During the week 2025 ARIA nominations, were announced! Well done to Central Coast legend, Ninajirachi, topping the nods! That is eight nominations for the awesome, I Love My Computer record, from NLV records.
Here are my picks/predictions/guesses in red & bold as below. The ARIA Awards will be held on Wednesday, 19 November, at the Hordern Pavilion, in iconic Sydney.
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
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]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
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]
Best Group
Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
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]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
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]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Young Franco – it's Franky baby! [Neon Records]
Best Pop Release
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]
Thelma Plum – I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Best Dance / Electronic Release
Confidence Man – 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
Dom Dolla – DREAMIN' [Good Fortune Records]
FISHER – Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy – Somedays [Solotoka / ADA]
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
BARKAA – Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
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 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 Independent Release
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]
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
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
Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gordi – Like Plasticine [Mushroom Music]
Meg Washington – GEM [OriGiN Distribution / ADA]
Missy Higgins – The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
Best Country Album
Dylan Wright – Half a World Away [Sony Music]
Imogen Clark – Choking on Fuel [Potts Entertainment / MGM]
Kasey Chambers – Backbone [Essence Music Group / MGM]
Keith Urban – High [CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia]
Taylor Moss – Firecracker [Taylor Moss / Ditto Music]
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
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]
Thornhill – Bodies [UNFD / Community Music]
Best Blues & Roots Album
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]
The Teskey Brothers – Live At The Hammersmith Apollo [Mushroom Music]
Best Children’s Album
Emma Memma – Dance Island Party [GYROstream]
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]
Best Music Festival
Ability Fest – Dylan Alcott Foundation + Untitled Group
Beyond The Valley – Untitled Group / Beyond The Valley Music Festival
Bluesfest Byron Bay – Bluesfest Byron Bay
Laneway Festival – St Jerome’s Laneway / Laneway Festival
Yours and Owls Festival – Yours and Owls
Public Voted Awards
Best Video
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]
Dancing2 – Keli Holiday, Ryan Sauer [Keli Holiday / GYROstream]
WASSA – VV Pete, UTILITY, Formation Boyz, UTILITY [Trackwork]
Best Australian Live Act
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
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other Tour [Live Nation]
Song of the Year
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]
The Kid LAROI – Girls [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Tobiahs – Angel of Mine [Mushroom Music]
Most Popular International Artist
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]
Taylor Swift – [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Artisan Awards
Best Cover Art
Giulia McGauran for The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise [BMG]
John Stewart for Amyl and The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music
Group]
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]
Fine Arts Awards
Best Classical Album
Andrea Lam – Piano Diary [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
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 Jazz Album
Evans Robson Quartet – Zenith [Lamplight Records]
Lachlan McKenzie – Departures [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]
Lucy Clifford – Between Spaces of Knowing [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 Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
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]
Various Artists – How To Make Gravy [Origin Recordings]
Vidya Makan – The Lucky Country (Original Cast Album) [ORiGiN Distribution / ADA]
Best World Music Album
Electric Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Live In Concert [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Gurrumul – Banbirrngu – The Orchestral Sessions [Decca Australia & Skinnyfish / UMA]
Joseph Tawadros – The Forgotten Path To Humanity [Independent / The Planet Company]
Tenzin Choegyal – Snow Flower [Warner Music Australasia / Rainbow Valley Records]
The Cat Empire – Bird in Paradise [BMG]
Our Soundtrack Our Ads (Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement)
Fox League 2025: Our Greats – Fox Sports Australia, 3%
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
