The 2021 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music, was broadcast live from Sydney’s iconic Taronga on Cammeraigal country and streamed around the world on YouTube, and broadcast on 9Now.

Tonight we celebrated the incredible talent and diversity of this year’s nominated artists, in what has been an extremely difficult year. Throughout the challenges and uncertainty 2021 has brought upon the music industry, Australian artists have continued to prove their extraordinary abilities to connect people through music.

What a night it was for Independent artist Genesis Owusu, who performed an amazing medley of latest hits while also taking home a total of four ARIA Awards, winning the biggest accolades in Australian music Album Of The Year, Best Hip Hop Release Presented By Menulog, and Best Independent Release Presented by PPCA. The album Smiling With No Teeth impressed critics this year, entering the ARIA chart at #27, reached worldwide acclaim and won Album Of The Year at the 2021 J Awards. Best Cover Art was also awarded to Kofi Ansah & Bailey Howard for Genesis Owusu’s Smiling With No Teeth album.

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It’s been a groundbreaking year for The Kid LAROI, not only in his homeland but across the globe, with over 3 billion global streams across his catalogue. The Sydney-born international superstar performed his hit single “Stay” at the 2021 ARIA Awards and won Best Artist and Best Pop Release for his 3x platinum single “Stay” a track that quickly hit #1 on both the Billboard 100 and the ARIA Charts for 14 weeks (the third highest weeks at #1 in ARIA Charts history) as well as a number of other countries. The Kid LAROI is nominated for Best New Artist at the 64th Grammy Awards.

It was a night of many firsts! Budjerah performed his recent single “Missing You” and won his first ARIA Award for Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist for his debut EP Budjerah, which kicked off at number 72 on the ARIA Albums Chart after its physical release. Pop megastar Ed Sheeran and Vance Joy presented the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist award in a special video tribute to the late Michael Gudinski.

Gretta Ray, who was also nominated for the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist, performed her recently released single “Love Me Right,” which was an absolute highlight of the evening, following the release of her highly anticipated debut studio album, Begin To Look Around.

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Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper Tkay Maidza came back this year to stake her claim as the Best Soul/R&B Release, for the third release in her EP trilogy, Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3. This win adds to a stellar year for Tkay Maidza who performed to sold out headline shows in New York City and Los Angeles and went on to support Emotional Oranges along their Sad Fruit US tour. Keeping the momentum, Tkay also hit mega US festivals All Things Go (alongside HAIM, Charli XCX + more) and Day N Vegas (Doja Cat, SZA + more).

Lime Cordiale won Best Australian Live Act presented by Heaps Normal for their 2021 Relapse Tour. The band played their biggest shows since the pandemic halted live music. This is the Sydney sibling duo’s second ARIA Award after winning Best Breakthrough Artist in 2020.

Taking home one of the biggest awards of the evening for Song of the Year presented by YouTube Music was indie rock band Spacey Jane, for their ARIA platinum single “BoosterSeat.” Their 2020 debut album Sunlight debuted at #2 on the ARIA Album Charts, while “Booster Seat” was voted as number 2 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown in 2020.

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This year’s ARIA Award for Best Video presented by YouTube Music went to Vance Joy for his outstandingly powerful video for his ARIA platinum single “Missing Piece” released earlier this year and directed by Annelise Hickey.

RÜFÜS DU SOL were successful in both of their nominated categories, taking the ARIAs for Best Dance Release and Best Group for their single “Alive” and gave a stunning performance of the track from LA. “Alive” is nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Recording at the 64th Grammy Awards. The Grammy-nominated trio released their fourth full length studio album Surrender in October, which peaked at #1 on the ARIA Album charts, #2 on the US Billboard Music Top Dance/Electronic album charts.

Taylor Swift fans delivered for the second time, voting her the recipient of this year’s Most Popular International. Following the release of her critically acclaimed ninth album Evermore, released late last year, Taylor has since released her re-recorded version of her albums Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and RED (Taylor’s Version) this year. Swift also won the Award in 2019 for her seventh studio album Lover.

Middle Kids won their first ARIA for Best Rock Album for their second studio album Today We’re The Greatest, which peaked at #5 on the ARIA Album charts. As always it was a pleasure to welcome back a household name in the Australian music industry, Crowded House, as they won Best Adult Contemporary Album for Dreamers Are Waiting. Tropical F**k Storm won their first ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album, for their album Deep States, which debuted at #7 on the ARIA charts.

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Troy Cassar-Daley, won Best Country Album with The World Today. The World Today debuted at #3 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #1 on the Australian and Country Albums Chart. This is Troy’s fifth time winning the Best Country Album award, after first winning in 1995 with Beyond The Dancing.

Last year’s ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Archie Roach won Best Blues & Roots Album for his album The Songs Of Charcoal Lane, which featured re-recordings from his own home of the 10 impassioned songs that formed his landmark first studio album in 1990.

Bluey won her first ARIA Award for Best Children’s Album with Bluey: The Album, the first soundtrack of the animated television series. The soundtrack was composed and performed by Joff Bush, the composer for the television program, alongside a team of musicians. Bluey: The Album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart in February 2021. It was the first children’s album to reach the #1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Kofi Ansah & Bailey Howard won the Best Cover Art award for their work on Genesis Owusu’s Smiling With No Teeth. The album itself has earned recognition by ARIA, and it’s the combined talent of Bailey Howard’s and Kofi Ansah that has created the iconic album cover. The ARIA Award winning artwork features the Ghanaian-Australian singer from Canberra, Genesis Owusu.

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Konstantin Kersting made a comeback this year with success in both of his nominated categories. Konstantin took home the ARIA for Engineer of the Year for his body of work with The Jungle Giants “Love Signs”, and The Rubens “Masterpiece” and “202”, and also shared the Producer of the Year Award with The Rubens for their combined efforts on The Rubens “Masterpiece” release. Konstantin was previously nominated for the two awards in 2019 for his work with Tones and I on “Dance Monkey.” His work for the past 6 years with a variety of Australia’s musical talents has led up to this moment.

The winners of the Fine Arts Awards included Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire for Best Classical Album for their critically acclaimed album Bower, in which the recorder virtuoso and harpist collaborated in order to put together timeless pieces of music from different composers. Mildlife won Best Jazz Album for their album Automatic, a euphoric work of art that lives up to the expectations of those that are familiar with the Melbourne group’s talent and vision after their powerful debut.

Angus & Julia Stone returned to the music scene together after almost four years and won Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album for their unexpected, unguarded, and unforgettable soundtrack to the Life Is Strange: True Colors video game. The sibling’s hiatus allowed them to explore their own artistic endeavours, but their reunion on this soundtrack produced a piece that’s a mix of their old and new work. For a second consecutive year, Joseph Tawadros won Best World Music Album for Hope In An Empty City. This brings his ARIAAward count for Best World Music Album to a total of five, previously having won the award three consecutive years from 2012-2014.

Earlier this morning, Nine Network’s Brooke Boney announced the winner of the Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award, and Zoë Barry from Sacred Heart School, Melbourne VIC was the proud recipient.

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Annabelle Herd, ARIA Chief Executive, said: “The 2021 ARIA Awards have shown once again what incredible world class music talent we have in Australia. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for your outstanding success and achievement even through a really difficult time. Our artists are smashing it here and overseas and we can’t wait to see them bringing the joy of live music back to audiences in 2022. The ARIAs would not happen without the amazing support of our partners YouTube Music, Destination NSW, PPCA, Telstra, Menulog and Heaps Normal and a special thank you to Taronga for providing the wild backdrop to this year’s Awards. Congratulations and a huge thank you to the amazing ARIAs team for putting on an incredible awards show during a pandemic – a wonderful group of passionate people dedicated to recognising and showcasing our homegrown artists. The ARIA Awards will be back bigger and better than ever in 2022.”

Natalie Waller, ARIA Chair, said: “This year’s ARIA Awards, in partnership with YouTube Music, has been a truly special event to support and celebrate those in the Australian music community who have given so much through their strength and tenacity in 2021. On behalf of everyone at ARIA, I would love to honour all of the talented winners and nominees with the gratitude and appreciation they deserve. There is no denying that the past 18 months have been exceptionally challenging, particularly in the arts sector, though our artists have soldiered on to give Australian’s a token of hope. I’d especially like to thank our partners who allowed this event to go ahead, we couldn’t have done it without them.”

Marion Briand, Manager, Music Content Partnerships (AU/NZ), YouTube, said: “What an incredible celebration – congratulations to all the winners, nominees and performers! We are so proud of the partnership between YouTube Music and ARIA, and to be able to showcase amazing homegrown talent through a YouTube stream, to fans across the country and around the world. I’m absolutely blown away by the immense impact local artists have both here and globally, and look forward to another massive year for our industry.”

NSW Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said: “Sydney and NSW have been the birthplace of many outstanding Australian artists, so what better way to showcase the convergence of culture and nature in NSW than by honouring our nation’s finest musical talent against the spectacular backdrop of Sydney Harbour from Taronga Zoo. The NSW Government joins ARIA in congratulating the recipients of this year’s ARIA Awards and celebrating the dedication and innovation in music that they represent. The ARIA Awards underscores the importance of music to the NSW visitor economy. We look forward to supporting large-scale music events and providing opportunities for our musicians to get back out and performing in front of their fans.”

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Music fans around the world joined the conversation around the ARIA Awards using the hashtag #ARIAs.

ARIA wishes to thank its partners and sponsors, without whom the ARIA Awards would not be possible: YouTube Music, NSW Government, Destination NSW, Menulog, Taronga Zoo, Heaps Normal, Elwood, 9Now, Telstra and PPCA.

ARIA extends its thanks and gratitude to host Brooke Boney, as well as the wonderful presenters at the 2021 ARIA Awards: Baker Boy, Charli XCX, Ebony & Bryce, Ed Sheeran, Lime Cordiale, Peach PRC, Ruel, Troye Sivan, Vera Blue and The Wiggles.

As we bid goodnight to this year’s celebration of the 2021 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music, we are grateful for the opportunity for ARIA and the music industry to commemorate its incredible history, amazing artists and moments that have captured the nation’s imagination. We look forward to doing it all again in 2022!

Official photos from the 2021 ARIA Awards presented by YouTube Music will be uploaded to a Dropbox folder, which can be found here.

2021 ARIA AWARD RECIPIENTS

Album Of The Year

WINNER: GENESIS OWUSU

Amy Shark – Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)
Midnight Oil & First Nations Collaborators – The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You  (Modular / EMI Music Australia)
Tones and I – Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Best Artist

WINNER: THE KID LAROI

Amy Shark – Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Budjerah – Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)
Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)
Keith Urban – The Speed Of Now Part 1 (CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue – Disco (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Masked Wolf  – Astronaut In The Ocean (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)
Ngaiire – 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)
The Kid LAROI – Stay (with Justin Bieber) (Columbia/Sony Music)
Tones and I – Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
Vance Joy – Missing Piece (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: BUDJERAH

Budjerah – Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)
Gretta Ray – Begin To Look Around (EMI Music Australia)
Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)
MAY-A -Don’t Kiss Ur Friends (Arcadia Music / Sony Music)
Ngaiire – 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)

Best Pop Release

WINNER: THE KID LAROI

Amy Shark – Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company) 
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia) 
The Kid LAROI – Stay (with Justin Bieber) (Columbia/Sony Music)
Tones and I – Fly Away (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
Vance Joy – Missing Piece (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)

Best Hip Hop Release
Presented By Menulog

WINNER: GENESIS OWUSU

B Wise – jamie (Semi Pro Sound)
Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)
Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)
The Kid LAROI – WITHOUT YOU (Columbia/Sony Music)
Youngn Lipz – Area Baby (Biordi Music/Virgin Music)

Best Independent Release
Presented by PPCA

WINNER: GENESIS OWUSU

Archie Roach – The Songs Of Charcoal Lane  (Bloodlines/Mushroom)
Ball Park Music – Ball Park Music (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music)
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover (Hopestreet Recordings/The Planet Company)
Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)
Vance Joy – Missing Piece (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group

Best Soul/R&B Release

WINNER: TKAY MAIDZA

Budjerah – Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)
Hiatus Kaiyote – Mood Valiant (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune)
Ngaiire – 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)
Tash Sultana – Terra Firma (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music
Tkay Maidza – Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Dance Release

WINNER: RÜFÜS DU SOL

Cosmo’s Midnight – Yesteryear (Nite High/Sony Music)
Dom Dolla – Pump The Brakes (Sweat It Out/Warner)
Jolyon Petch – Dreams (TMRW Music)
KLP & Stace Cadet – People Happy (Medium Rare Recordings / Sony Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Alive (Rose Avenue Records/Reprise/Warner Music)

Best Group

WINNER: RÜFÜS DU SOL

AC/DC – Power Up (Leidseplein Presse / Sony Music)
Gang Of Youths – The Angel of 8th Ave. (Mosy Recordings / Sony Music)
Midnight Oil & First Nations Collaborators – The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Alive (Rose Avenue Records/Reprise/Warner Music)
The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

Best Rock Album

WINNER: MIDDLE KIDS

AC/DC – Power Up (Leidseplein Presse / Sony Music)
Ball Park Music – Ball Park Music (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music)
Holy Holy – Hello My Beautiful World (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Middle Kids – Today We’re The Greatest (EMI Music Australia)
Midnight Oil & First Nations Collaborators – The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: CROWDED HOUSE

Big Scary – Daisy (Pieater/Inertia)
Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting (EMI Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue – Disco (Liberator Music/Mushroom)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Carnage (Goliath / AWAL)
Odette – Herald (EMI Music Australia)

Best Country Album

WINNER: TROY CASSAR-DALEY

Brad Cox – My Mind’s Projection (Sony Music)
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham – The Song Club (ABC Music)
Shane Nicholson – Living In Colour (Lost Highway Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Wolfe Brothers – Kids On Cassette (BMG/WMG)
Troy Cassar-Daley – The World Today (Tarampa Music / Sony Music)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: TROPICAL F**K STORM

Alpha Wolf – A Quiet Place To Die (Greyscale Records / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound What Reality? (TFS Records/Virgin Music)
Tropical F**k Storm – Deep States (TFS Records/Virgin Music)
Yours Truly – Self Care (UNFD/The Orchard)
A. Swayze & the Ghosts – Paid Salvation (IVY LEAGUE/MUSHROOM)

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: ARCHIE ROACH

Archie Roach – The Songs Of Charcoal Lane (Bloodlines/Mushroom)
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover (Hopestreet Recordings/The Planet Company)
Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald – Push The Blues Away(Ivy League/Mushroom)
Martha Marlow – Medicine Man (Independent/The Planet Company)
Ziggy Alberts  Searching For Freedom (Commonfolk Records / The Orchard)

Best Children’s Album

WINNER: BLUEY

Amber Lawrence – The Kid’s Gone Country 2 (Fun For All The Family ABC Music)
Bluey – Bluey The Album – (Ludo Studios / Demon Music Group / BBC Studios / Rocket)
Diver City – Dance Silly (ABC Music / Universal) 
The Wiggles – Lullabies With Love (ABC Music)
Various Artists – The Moon, The Mouse & The Frog: Lullabies from Northern Australia (ABC Music)

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PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Best Video
presented by YouTube Music

WINNER: MISSING PIECE – VANCE JOY, ANNELISE HICKEY

24k – Tkay Maidza, Nicholas Muecke (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf, Daniele Cernera (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)
could cry just thinkin about you (Full Version) – Troye Sivan & Jesse Gohier-Fleet (EMI Music Australia)
Dance – Julia Stone, Jessie Hill (BMG/WMG)
First Nation – Midnight Oil (featuring Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith), Robert Hambling (Sony Music)
Higher – Budjerah, Mick Soiza (Warner Music Australia)    
Love Songs Ain’t for Us – Amy Shark, James Chappell (Wonderlick Recording Company)       
Missing Piece – Vance Joy, Annelise Hickey (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)
The Divine Chord – The Avalanches, Jonathan Zawada (Modular / EMI Music Australia)
Won’t Sleep – Tones and I, Nick Kozakis, Liam Kelly (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Best Australian Live Act
presented by Heaps Normal

WINNER: LIME CORDIALE

Amy Shark – Cry Forever Tour 2021 (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Ball Park Music – The Residency (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music) 
Budjerah – Budjerah 2021 Aus Tour (Warner Music Australia)
Genesis Owusu – Smiling With No Teeth Album Tour (OURNESS / AWAL)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Micro Tour (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard/Virgin Music)
Lime Cordiale – Relapse Tour (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Midnight Oil & First Nations Collaborators – Makarrata Live (Sony Music)
The Avalanches – The Avalanches Live (Modular / EMI Music Australia) 
The Teskey Brothers – The Teskey Brothers (Headline Shows + Festivals) (IVY LEAGUE/MUSHROOM)

Song of the Year
presented by YouTube Music

WINNER: SPACEY JANE

Amy Shark Feat. Keith Urban – Love Songs Ain’t For Us (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Dean Lewis – Falling Up (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Hooligan Hefs – Send It! (db Music / Warner Music Australia)
Keith Urban & P!nk – One Too Many (CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia)
Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)
Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato – What Other People Say (Sony Music)
Spacey Jane – Booster Seat (AWAL Recordings)
The Kid LAROI with Miley Cyrus – Without You (Columbia/Sony Music)
Tones and I – Fly Away (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)
Vance Joy – Missing Piece (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)

Most Popular International

WINNER: TAYLOR SWIFT

Ariana Grande – Positions (Universal Records USA / Universal Music Australia)
Doja Cat – Planet Her (RCA Records / Sony Music)
Justin Bieber – Justice (Def Jam / Universal Music Australia)
Kanye West – Donda (Def Jam / Universal Music Australia)
Luke Combs – What You See Ain’t Always What You Get (Columbia Nashville / Sony Music)
Machine Gun Kelly – Tickets To My Downfall (Interscope / Universal Music Australia)
Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts (RCA Records / Sony Music)
Olivia Rodrigo – Sour (Geffen / Universal Music Australia)
Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon (Universal Records USA / Universal Music Australia)
Taylor Swift – Evermore (Universal Music Australia)

Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award

WINNER: ZOË BARRY – SACRED HEART SCHOOL, MELBOURNE VIC

Aaron Silver – Wodonga Primary School, Regional VIC
Ashley Baxter – Pimlico State High School, Townsville QLD
Daniel Wilson – Star Struck, Newcastle NSW
Zoë Barry – Sacred Heart School, Melbourne VIC

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ARTISAN AWARDS

Best Cover Art

WINNER: KOFI ANSAH & BAILEY HOWARD for GENESIS OWUSU

Ngaiire Joseph & Dan Segal for Ngaiire – 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)      
Eben Ejdne for Odette – Herald (EMI Music Australia)
Kofi Ansah & Bailey Howard for Genesis Owusu – Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)
Jonathan Zawada for The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)
Giulia Giannini McGauran & Mitchell Eaton for Tones and I – Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Engineer Of The Year

WINNER: KONSTANTIN KERSTING

Chris Collins
Eric J Dubowsky
Konstantin Kersting
Matt Corby
Tony Espie

Producer Of The Year

WINNER: KONSTANTIN KERSTING & THE RUBENS

Andrew Klippel, Dave Hammer
Konstantin Kersting & The Rubens
M-Phazes
Matt Corby
Robert Chater

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FINE ARTS AWARDS

Best Classical Album

WINNER: GENEVIEVE LACEY and MARSHALL MCGUIRE

Christian Li – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Decca Records Australia/Universal Music Australia
Emily Sun & Andrea Lam – Nocturnes  (ABC Classic)
Genevieve Lacey and Marshall McGuire – Bower (ABC Classic / Universal)
Grigoryan Brothers – This is Us: A Musical Reflection of Australia (ABC Classic / Universal)
Nat Bartsch – Hope  (ABC Classic / Universal)

Best Jazz Album

WINNER: MILDLIFE

Australian Art Orchestra, Reuben Lewis, Tariro Mavondo & Peter Knight – Closed Beginnings (AAO Recordings/The Planet Company)
Kristen Beradi, Sean Foran & Rafael Karlen – Haven (Earshift Music / The Planet Company)
Mildlife – Automatic (Inertia Music / [PIAS])
Petra Haden & The Nick Haywood Quintet – Songs from my Father (ABC Jazz / Universal)
Vazesh – The Sacred Key (Earshift Music / The Planet Company)

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

WINNER: ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Angus & Julia Stone – Life Is Strange (BMG/WMG)
Antony Partos – Rams (Original Motion Picture Score) (ABC Music)
Caitlin Yeo, Maria Alfonsine, Damian de Boos-Smith – Wakefield Season One Official Soundtrack (MADBS Composing Palace)
Sia – Music Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Atlantic Records / Warner Music
Yve Blake – Fangirls  (ADA/Warner Music)    

Best World Music Album

WINNER: JOSEPH TAWADROS

Bob Weatherall & Halfway, with William Barton – Restless Dream (ABC Music)
Bukhu – Bukhchuluun Ganburged – The Journey (Bukhu/Distrokid)
Eishan Ensemble – Project Masnavi (Earshift Music / The Planet Company)
Joseph Tawadros  – Hope In An Empty City  (Independent / The Planet Company)
Kuya James – ISA (Settle Down Records / MGM Distribution)

We acknowledge First Nations people as the Traditional Owners and sovereign custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We recognise their continuing connection to Country and their respective nations across this continent and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We also celebrate the unique and inspiring creativity and songlines of the world’s oldest living culture and give thanks for the immeasurable influence First Nations people continue to have over the music and art we all enjoy.