ARIA Awards = Australian version of the Grammy awards and the BRITS.
Mess at Kylie getting snubbed.
And there is an international category so 97% of ATRLers can sort of care.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Adalita - All Day Venus (Liberation Music)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet (Essence Group)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
BEST MALE ARTIST
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)
Guy Sebastian - Come Home With Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: His Life And Music (ABC Music/UMA)
BEST GROUP
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RUFUS – Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (Capitol/EMI)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
The Kite String Tangle - Vessel EP (Warner Music Australia)
BEST POP RELEASE
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Flume & Chet Faker - Drop The Game (Future Classic)
Nicky Night Time - Everybody Together (ONELOVE/Xelon)
Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar – High (Vicious Bitch/Universal)
The Presets - No Fun (Modular/Universal)
RUFUS – Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
BEST URBAN ALBUM
360 – Utopia (Forthwrite/EMI)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/(Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Illy – Cinematic (Warner Music Australia)
Thundamentals - So We Can Remember (Obese Records)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Tina Arena - Reset (EMI)
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way (EMI)
Gossling - Harvest Of Gold (Dew Process)
Kate Miller-Heidke - O Vertigo! (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live From KCRW (Kobalt Label Services)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Adam Brand - My Side Of The Street (ABC Music/UMA)
Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet (Essence Group)
The McClymonts - Here's To You & I (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Emma Swift - Emma Swift (Laughing Outlaw/Inertia)
Keith Urban – (FuseCapitol/EMI)
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
The Audreys - 'Til My Tears Roll Away (ABC Music/UMA)
The Bamboos - Fever In The Road (Pacific Theatre/Inertia)
Harry Hookey – Misdiagnosed (Essence Group)
John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Russell Morris - Van Diemen's Land (Fanfare Records/EMI)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Ball Park Music – Puddinghead (Stop Start Music)
Jimmy Barnes - 30:30 Hindsight (Liberation Music)
Kingswood - Microscopic Wars (Dew Process)
Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone (EMI)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me (Roadrunner Records Inc)
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
High Tension - Death Beat (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Shihad – FVEY (Warner Music NZ)
Sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography (Bird's Robe Records/MGM)
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
Jay Laga'aia - Christmas at Jay's Place (ABC Music/UMA)
Ali McGregor - Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz (ABC Music/UMA)
Sam Moran - Play Along With Sam: We're Gonna Dance! (6 Degrees Records)
Alex Papps - Let's Put The Beat In Our Feet (ABC Music/UMA)
The Wiggles - Apples & Bananas (ABC Music/UMA)
BEST COMEDY RELEASE
The Beards - The Beard Album (Independent/MGM)
Ronny Chieng - The Ron Way (Century Entertainment)
Buddy Goode - It's A Buddy Goode Christmas (ABC Music/UMA)
Ja'mie - Learning To Be Me (ABC Music)
Franky Walnut - The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster (One Louder Recordings/Universal Music Australia)
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL SERVICE
iTunes
JB Hi Fi Now
Spotify
Vevo
YouTube
The Aussie public also gets to have their say, with voting in the public awards (Song Of The Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best International Act and Best Video - nominations below) to get underway shortly.
PUBLICLY VOTED AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR
5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (EMI)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Havana Brown – Warrior (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Joel Fletcher feat. Savage – Swing (Hustle Recordings/Ministry of Sound)
Taylor Henderson – Borrow My Heart (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Justice Crew – Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nathaniel – You (DNA Songs/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Guy Sebastian – Like A Drum (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard – Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia – Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
Boy & Bear (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
John Butler Trio (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Melbourne SKA Orchestra (ABC Music/UMA)
The Preatures (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Presets (Modular/Universal)
RUFUS (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Dan Sultan (Liberation Music)
Tame Impala (Universal Music Australia)
Keith Urban (EMI)
Violent Soho (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Avicii - True (PM:AM/Universal Music Australia)
Beyonce - Beyonce (Columbia)
Coldplay – Ghost Stories (Parlophone)
Jason Derulo - Tattoos (Warner Bros US)
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Interscope Geffen/Universal Music Australia)
Lorde – Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ/Universal Music Australia)
One Direction – Midnight Memories (Syco Music)
Katy Perry - Prism (EMI)
Ed Sheeran – X (Atlantic UK)
Pharrell Williams – G I R L (Columbia)
BEST VIDEO
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener (Milk! Records/Inertia)
Sia Furler and Daniel Askill for Sia – Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Dan Graetz for Violent Soho - Covered In Chrome (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
Christian J Henrich & Nicholas Rabone for Bluejuice - SOS (Dew Process)
Lawrence Lim for Jessica Mauboy - Never Be The Same (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Lawrence Lim for Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Toby Morris for Sheppard – Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Toby & Pete for Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap (Future Classic)
Renny Wijeyamohan for Busby Marou - My Second Mistake (Warner Music Australia)
Ben Young for John Butler Trio - Only One (Jarrah Records/MGM)
that's like when people say the logies are our version of the oscars 
