Nominations below and my predictions Red & Bold. Artisan awards, nominations and winners further below. As predicted Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala lead the race to the ARIA's and stay tuned for more tributes to Australian Music in the lead up to the 2015 ARIA Awards. You can view last years predictions on this very BLOG HERE
ARIA Awards 2015 Nominees
Album of the Year
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records/Remote Control)
Flight Facilities - Down To Earth (Future Classic)
Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks)
Tame Impala - Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away (Liberation Music)
Best Independent Release
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Jarryd James - Do You Remember (Jarryd James Music / Dryden Street Limited)
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions (Gawd Aggie Recordings)
Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away (Liberation Music)
Best Female Artist
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Jessica Mauboy - Can I Get A Moment? (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Meg Mac - MEGMAC EP (littleBIGMAN / Inertia)
Megan Washington - There There (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Sia - Elastic Heart (Inertia Recordings)
Best Male Artist
#1 Dads - 'Nominal' (Pieater / Inertia)
Daniel Johns - Talk (Eleven / EMI)
Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Jarryd James - 'Do You Remember' (Jarryd James Music / Dryden Street Limited)
Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away (Liberation Music)
Best Group
5 Seconds of Summer - LiveSOS (EMI)
AC/DC - Rock Or Bust (Alberts / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Tame Impala - Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Breakthrough Artist
Conrad Sewell - Start Again (300 Entertainment / Warner Music Australia)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Gang of Youths - The Positions (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Jarryd James - Do You Remember (Jarryd James Music / Dryden Street Limited)
Meg Mac - Never Be (littleBIGMAN / Inertia)
Best Dance Release
Alison Wonderland - Run (EMI)
Flight Facilities - Down To Earth (Future Classic)
Hayden James - Something About You (Future Classic)
Peking Duk - 'Take Me Over' feat. SAFIA (Vicious Bitch / Universal Music Australia)
Rüfüs - 'You Were Right' (Sweat It Out / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Born Lion - Final Words (FOUR|FOUR / Universal Music Australia)
In Hearts Wake - Skydancer (UNFD)
King Parrot - Dead Set (EVP Recordings / Rocket Distribution)
Northlane - Node (UNFD)
Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War (UNFD)
Best Pop Release
Conrad Sewell - 'Start Again' (300 Entertainment / Warner Music Australia)
Jarryd James - 'Do You Remember' (Jarryd James Music / Dryden Street Limited)
Sia - 'Elastic Heart' (Inertia Recordings)
Tame Impala - 'Let It Happen' (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Vance Joy - 'Dream Your Life Away' (Liberation Music)
Best Rock Album
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Dead Letter Circus - Aesthesis (UNFD)
Gang of Youths - The Positions (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Tame Impala - Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Best Urban Album
Citizen Kay - Demokracy (Asphalt Records / MGM)
Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon (Flying Buddha / Sony Music Masterworks)
Seth Sentry - Strange New Past (High Score Records / Inertia)
The Meeting Tree - R U A Cop (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Tuka - Life Death Time Eternal (EMI)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John - Two Strong Hearts (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Megan Washington - There There (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Oh Mercy - When We Talk About Love (EMI)
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions (Gawd Aggie Recordings / Universal Music Australia)
Szymon - Tigersapp (EMI / Eloper Music)
Best Blues And Roots Album
C.W. Stoneking - Gon' Boogaloo (King Hokum Records / Caroline Australia)
Marlon Williams - Marlon Williams (Caroline Australia)
The Black Sorrows - Endless Sleep (Head Records)
The Waifs - Beautiful You (Jarrah Records / MGM)
Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - The Rules of Attraction (Warner Music Australia)
Best Comedy Release
Bondi Hipsters - Fuhck The Bahnks (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Buddy Goode - Songs To Ruin Every Occasion (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Matt Okine - Live at the Enmore Theatre (Century Entertainment)
Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction (Century Entertainment)
Sammy J & Randy - Live (Head Records)
Publicly Voted Awards
Best Australian Live Act
5 Seconds Of Summer - Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour (EMI)
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Gang of Youths - Gang of Youths National Tour (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light Tour (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater Australian Tour (Golden Era Records / Universal Music Australia)
Nick Cave - Nick Cave Australian Tour (Bad Seed / Kobalt Label Services)
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions Tour (Gawd Aggie Recordings / Universal Music Australia)
Sheppard - The Bombs Away Tour (Chugg Music & Empire Of Song / MGM Distribution)
The Preatures - The Cruel Tour (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away Tour (Liberation Music)
Best International Artist
Calvin Harris - Motion (Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Ed Sheeran - X (Atlantic UK / Warner Music)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (RCA / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Hozier - Hozier (Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
James Bay - Chaos And The Calm (Universal / Universal Music Australia)
Mark Ronson - Uptown Special (Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Meghan Trainor - Title (Epic Records / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
One Direction - Four (Syco / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (Capitol / EMI)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (Big Machine Records / Universal Music Australia)
Best Video
Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland - U Don't Know feat. Wayne Coyne (EMI)
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns - Aerial Love (Eleven / EMI)
Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem - Wings (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Clemens Habicht for Flume - Some Minds feat. Andrew Wyatt (Future Classic)
Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude - Through The Roof feat. Young Tapz (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Filmery for Shane Nicholson - Secondhand Man (Lost Highway Australia)
Luci Schroder for Vance Joy - Georgia (Liberation Music)
Matt Sharp & Daniel James for The Veronicas - You Ruin Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Song Of The Year
Conrad Sewell - Start Again (300 Entertainment / Warner Music Australia)
Grace - You Don't Own Me feat. G-Eazy (RCA / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Iggy Azalea - Trouble feat. Jennifer Hudson (Mercury Australia / Universal Music Australia)
Jarryd James - Do You Remember (Jarryd James Music / Dryden Street Limited)
Marlisa - Stand By You (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nathaniel - Live Louder (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Peking Duk - Take Me Over feat. SAFIA (Vicious Bitch/Universal Music Australia)
Sia - Elastic Heart (Inertia Recordings)
The Veronicas - You Ruin Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Vance Joy - Georgia (Liberation Music)
ARIA Awards 2015 Fine Arts & Artisan Winners
Engineer Of The Year
WINNER: Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Virginia Read for Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Brandenburg Celebrates(ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Adrian Breakspear and Peter Holz for Gang of Youths - Radioface (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Mitch Kenny for Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Nick Didia for The Waifs - Beautiful You (Jarrah Records / MGM)
Producer Of The Year
WINNER: Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Currents (Modular / Universal Music Australia)
Daniel Johns and Damn Moroda for Daniel Johns - 'Preach' (Eleven / EMI)
Luke Dubber and Angus Stuart for Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks / Inertia Music)
Garth Porter for Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Nick Didia for The Waifs - Beautiful You (Jarrah Records / MGM)
Best Cover Art
WINNER: Courtney Barnett for Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk! Records / Remote Control)
Daniel Johns, Aref and Peter Salmon-Lomas for Daniel Johns - Talk (Eleven / EMI)
Timothy Lovett for Flight Facilities - Down To Earth (Future Classic)
Nathan Johnson for Gang of Youths - The Positions (Verge / Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Bjenny Montero for Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again (EMI)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
WINNER: Various Artists - Beat The Drum - Celebrating 40 Years of triple j(ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Ed Kuepper - Last Cab To Darwin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake - Paper Planes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Opera Australia - Bliss (Brett Dean / Amanda Holden / Peter Carey) (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists - The Water Diviner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Universal Music Australia)
Best World Music Album
WINNER: Gurrumul - The Gospel Album (Skinnyfish Music / MGM)
Baby et Lulu - Album Deux (Independent / MGM)
Christine Anu - Island Christmas (Social Family Records / Universal Music Australia / The Orchard)
Genevieve Lacey / James Crabb - Heard This and Thought of You (ABC Classics / Universal Music Australia)
Joseph Tawadros - Truth Seekers, Lovers and Warriors (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
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