ARIA Award Winners 2017
Drum roll please! The winners are…
Breakthrough Artist
WINNER: Amy Shark — Night Thinker
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Dean Lewis — Waves
Tash Sultana — Notion
Tkay Maidza — TKAY
Best Independent Release
WINNER: AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Dan Sultan — Killer
Sia — The Greatest
Tash Sultana — Notion
Vance Joy — Lay It On Me
Best Female Artist
WINNER: Sia — The Greatest
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Jessica Mauboy — The Secret Daughter (Songs From The Original TV Series)
Julia Jacklin — Don’t Let The Kids Win
Meg Mac — Low Blows
Best Male Artist
WINNER: Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
Dan Sultan — Killer
Illy — Two Degrees
Vance Joy — Lay It On Me
Best Group
WINNER: Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In Lightness
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Flying Microtonal Banana
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
Song of the Year
WINNER: Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
Amy Shark — Adore
Bliss N Eso — Moments (feat. Gavin James)
Dean Lewis — Waves
Guy Sebastian — Set In Stone
Illy feat. Anne Marie — Catch 22
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
PNAU — Chameleon
Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar — The Greatest
Starley — Call On Me (Ryan Riback remix)
Album of the Year
WINNER: Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In Lightness
AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Illy — Two Degrees
Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
Best Video
WINNER: Bliss N Eso — Moments (feat. Gavin James)
Amy Shark — Drive You Mad
Client Liaison — A Foreign Affair
Client Liaison — Off White Limousine
Dean Lewis — Waves
Gang Of Youths — The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows
Illy — You Say When (feat. Marko Penn)
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
Kirin J Callinan — SAD
Sia — The Greatest
Best Australian Live Act
WINNER: Illy
Client Liaison
Flume
Gang Of Youths
Jessica Mauboy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Peking Duk
Tash Sultana
Violent Soho
Best International Artist
WINNER: Harry Styles — Harry Styles
Adele — 25
Bruno Mars — 24K Magic
Ed Sheeran — Divide and Loose Change
Kendrick Lamar — DAMN. and Untitled Unmastered.
Lorde — Melodrama
Metallica — Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
Shawn Mendes — Illuminate
The Rolling Stones — Blue & Lonesome
The Weeknd — Starboy
Best Pop Release
WINNER: Amy Shark — Night Thinker
Dean Lewis — Waves
Jessica Mauboy — Fallin
Sia — The Greatest
Vera Blue — Perennial
Best Dance Release
WINNER: PNAU — Chameleon
Dom Dolla & Torren Foot — Be Randy
Jagwar Ma — Every Now & Then
Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
The Kite String Tangle — The Kite String Tangle
Best Blues & Roots Album
WINNER: All Our Exes Live In Texas — When We Fall
Archie Roach — Let Love Rule
Busby Marou — Postcards From The Shell House
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen — Death’s Dateless Night
Tash Sultana — Notion
Best Children’s Album
WINNER: Jimmy Barnes — Och Aye The G’Nu!
Lah-Lah — Having Fun!
Peter Combe — Live It Up
The Idea Of North, Lior & Elena Kats Chernin — A Piece Of Quiet (The Hush Collection, Vol 16)
The Wiggles — The Wiggles Duets
Best Adult Contemporary Album
WINNER: Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine
Bernard Fanning — Brutal Dawn
DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
Pete Murray — Camacho
Best Country Album
WINNER: Kasey Chambers — Dragonfly
Lee Kernaghan — The 25th Anniversary Album
O’Shea — 61-615
Shane Nicholson — Love & Blood
The McClymonts — Endless
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
WINNER: Northlane — Mesmer
Airbourne — Breakin’ Outta Hell
Frenzal Rhomb — Hi-Vis High Tea
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Murder Of The Universe
Sleepmakeswaves — Made Of Breath Only
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In Lightness
Dan Sultan — Killer
Dune Rats — The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit
Polish Club — Alright Already
The Preatures — Girlhood
Best Urban Release
WINNER: AB Original — Reclaim Australia
Illy — Two Degrees
Remi — Divas & Demons
Thundamentals — Everyone We Know
Tkay Maidza — TKAY