ARIA 2019 Nominations | Predictions

My picks/predictions/guesses in red and bold as below. Award ceremony to be held Wednesday November 27...

Album Of The Year
Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace (Rose Avenue Records/Sony Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)

Best Male Artist
Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Guy Sebastian - Choir (Sony Music Australia)
Hayden James - Between Us (Future Classic)
Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley (Matt Corby/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia)  

Best Female Artist
Amy Shark - Mess Her Up (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Jessica Mauboy - Little Things (Sony Music Australia)
Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Best Dance Release
Dom Dolla - Take It (Sweat It Out/Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd
FISHER - You Little Beauty (etcetc Music)
Peking Duk & Jack River - Sugar (Sony Music Australia)
PNAU - Solid Gold (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace (Rose Avenue Records/Sony Music Australia)

Best Group
5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier (Interscope / EMI Music Australia)
Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord (EMI Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace (Rose Avenue Records/Sony Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)

Breakthrough Artist
G Flip - About Us (Future Classic)
Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs (Stella Music/MGM)
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Best Pop Release
Amy Shark - Mess Her Up (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Guy Sebastian - Choir (Sony Music Australia)
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music) 

Best Hip Hop Release
Baker Boy - Cool As Hell (Danzal Baker/Island Records Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Illy - Then What (Sony Music Australia)
Sampa The Great - Final Form (Ninja Tune/Inertia Music)
Tkay Maidza - Awake feat. JPEGMAFIA (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia) 

Best Soul/R&B Release
Kaiit - Miss Shiney (Alt. Music Group/Ditto Music)
Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley (Matt Corby/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Adrian Eagle - AOK (Adrian Eagle)
Genesis Owusu - WUTD + Vultures (Ourness/AWAL)
Tash Sultana - Can't Buy Happiness (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music Australia)

Best Independent Release
Angie McMahon - Salt (Independent/AWAL)
G Flip - About Us (Future Classic)
Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)
Tones And I - The Kids Are Coming (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Best Rock Album
Amyl and The Sniffers - Amyl and The Sniffers (Flightless Records)
Holy Holy - My Own Pool Of Light (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Jimmy Barnes - My Criminal Record (Bloodlines)
Midnight Oil - Armistice Day: Live at The Domain, Sydney (Sony Music Australia)
Skegss - My Own Mess (Ratbag Records) 

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Julia Jacklin - Crushing (Liberation Records)
Paul Kelly - Nature (EMI Music Australia)
Samantha Jade - The Magic of Christmas (Sony Music Australia)
Seeker Lover Keeper - Wild Seeds (Liberation Records)
The Paper Kites - On The Corner Where You Live (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Best Country Album
Charlie Collins - Snowpine (Mirror Music/Inertia Music)
Felicity Urquhart - Frozen Rabbit (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Lee Kernaghan - Backroad Nation (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Morgan Evans - Things That We Drink To (Warner Music Nashville)
Sara Storer - Raindance (Universal Music Australia)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Clowns - Nature/Nurture (Damaged Record Co./Caroline Australia)
Dead Letter Circus - Dead Letter Circus (BMG)
DZ Deathrays - Positive Rising: Part 1 (I OH YOU)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats’ Nest (Flightless Records/Inertia Music)
Northlane - Alien (UNFD) 

Best Blues & Roots Album
Dan Sultan - Aviary Takes (Liberation Records)
John Butler Trio - HOME (Jarrah Records/MGM)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies (Flightless Records/Inertia Music)
Paul Kelly - Live At Sydney Opera House (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow (Ivy League Records)

Best Children's Album
Dan Sultan - Nali & Friends (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Kamil Ellis and Ensemble Offspring - Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Regurgitator's Pogogo Show - The Really Really Really Really Boring Album (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
The Beanies - Imagination Station (Kinderling Kids Radio)
The Wiggles - Party Time! (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia) 

Best Comedy Release
Arj Barker - Organic (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
Carl Barron - Drinking With A Fork (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
Chris Lilley - Lunatics (Official Soundtrack) (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Sammy J - Symphony In J Minor (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
Veronica & Lewis - Sex Flex: A Rap Guide To Fornication (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS 

Best Video presented by YouTube Music
Baker Boy - Cool As Hell (Danzal Baker/Island Record Australia)
Briggs - Life Is Incredible feat. Greg Holden (Adam Briggs/Island Records Australia)
G Flip - Drink Too Much (Future Classic)
Guy Sebastian - Choir (Sony Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - Exit Sign feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Little Things (Sony Music Australia)
PNAU - Solid Gold (etcetc Music)
Sampa The Great - Final Form (Ninja Tune/Inertia Music)
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Tones And I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music Australia)  

Best Australian Live Act
Amy Shark - Amy Shark Australian Tour (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Baker Boy - Cool As Hell Tour (Danzal Baker/Island Records Australia)
Electric Fields - 2000 And Whatever Tour (Independent/Ditto)
Gang Of Youths - Say Yes To Life Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse World Tour (Hilltop Hoods/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Keith Urban - Graffiti U Tour 2019 (Capitol – Nashville/EMI Music Australia)
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Australian Tour 2019 (Flightless Records/Inertia Music)
Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil (Sony Music Australia)
Peking Duk - Peking Duk's Biggest Tour Ever… So Far (Sony Music Australia)
The Teskey Brothers - The Teskey Brothers - Intimate Venue Tour (Ivy League Records)

Song Of The Year presented by YouTube Music
5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier (Interscope/EMI Music Australia)
Amy Shark - Mess Her Up (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord (EMI Music Australia)
Dean Lewis - 7 Minutes (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Guy Sebastian - Choir (Sony Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely (Hilltop Hoods/Universal Music Australia)
Kian - Waiting (EMI Music Australia)
Morgan Evans - Day Drunk (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Ocean Alley - Confidence (The Orchard)
Tones and I - Dance Monkey (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music) 

Best International Artist
Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (UNI/UMA)
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go (INR/UMA)
Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project (ATL/WAR)
George Ezra - Staying At Tamara’s (COL/SME)
Khalid - Free Spirit (RCA/SME)
P!nk - Hurts 2B Human (RCA/SME)
Post Malone - Hollywood’s Bleeding (UNI/UMA)
Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes (ISL/UMA)
Taylor Swift - Lover (UNI/UMA)
Travis Scott - Astroworld (SME)