The nominees for the 2024 ARIA Awards have been revealed, showcasing the standout talents in Australian music and celebrating both established stars and emerging artists.
Key points:
- Royel Otis leads with a massive eight nominations
- Dom Dolla scores six nominations
- Angie McMahon and Kylie Minogue claim five nominations
- 3%, Amy Shark, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid LAROI, Tones And I and Troye Sivan each land four nominations
- Confidence Man, FISHER, Mildlife, Miss Kaninna, SPEED and Troy Cassar-Daley nominated for three ARIA Awards a piece.
Winners will be crowned on Wednesday, 20 November at the iconic Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land. Artists will be celebrated across 29 categories, including the 2024 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee: Missy Higgins.
Sydney’s sensational guitar-pop duo, Royel Otis, will close a mammoth year with a stunning eight ARIA Award nominations for their acclaimed album PRATTS & PAIN. Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic were named as one of the 25 artists to watch this year by the GRAMMYs, and with over 300 million in DSP streams, Royel Otis take the crown as 2024’s most-nominated.
Their nominations include Album of The Year, Best Group presented by Stan, Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Rock Album, Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW, Song of the Year presented by YouTube, Engineer – Best Engineered Release (Chris Collins) and Producer – Best produced Release (Chris Collins).
With his latest global hit single, Saving Up, delivering his most massive year to date, Dom Dolla comes into 2024 ARIA Awards with six nominations for Best Solo Artist, Best Dance/Electronic Release, Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW, Song of the Year presented by YouTube, Engineer – Best Engineered Release, Producer – Best Produced Release.
Australia’s pop princess Kylie Minogue lands five nominations: Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist, Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Pop Release and Song of the Year presented by YouTube. Kylie introduced her 16th studio album, Tension, with smash hit Padam Padam earning Kylie her 17th ARIA Award and the 2024 GRAMMY Award for Best Pop Dance Recording, cementing her status as Australia’s highest-selling female artist at over 80 million albums worldwide.
Sitting alongside Kylie is Melbourne-born, international star Angie McMahon, who scores a record five nominations with her 2023 album Light, Dark, Light Again including Album of the Year, Best Solo Artist, Best Independent Release presented by PPCA, Best Rock Album, Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW.
2024 continues to go from strength to strength for Australia’s global wavemakers with 3%, Amy Shark, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid LAROI, Tones And I and Troye Sivan each landing four nominations for this year.
Amy Shark, The Kid LAORI, Tones And I, and Troye Sivan are all up for Best Solo Artist, competing alongside Angie McMahon, Dom Dolla, Emma Donovan, Kylie Minogue, Tkay Maidza and Troy Cassar-Daley.
ARIA CEO, Annabelle Herd, said:
“Everyone at ARIA is absolutely thrilled to celebrate such an incredible list of commercially successful nominees for 2024, across a huge breadth of genres.”
“It is a list that covers global megastars, touring acts on the brink of world domination and a genuinely exciting group of up-and-coming stars with plenty of buzz.”
“Personally, I’m really excited by the stars dominating stages across the world in this year’s hotly-contested Best Dance Release, but it’s certainly not isolated to one genre.”
“This year we get to celebrate a deep list of household names in Australian music that span all genres, highlighting the huge shift in positive momentum that the Australian music industry experienced this year.”
“It’s a time to acknowledge those who are achieving amazing things, and spotlight those who are about to, to ensure we continue this momentum forward into 2025.”
“Congratulations to all of the nominees, their teams, and of course the fans. See you in November!”
Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy and Minister for Jobs and Tourism, John Graham, said:
“As a huge fan of Australian music, I want to join ARIA in congratulating all the nominees for 2024. This year’s ARIAs demonstrate just how many talented musicians we have, across such a wide range of genres.”
“In NSW the government has been working to revive our live music scene, because it is such an important breeding ground for musical talent.”
“We will continue backing musicians, producers, events and venues to keep Australian music going strong.”
Marion Goodman-Briand, Manager, Music Content Partnerships, YouTube Australia & New Zealand, said:
“Congratulations to the 2024 ARIA nominees!”
“You’ve earned this recognition, and we’re proud to share your music with the world on YouTube.”
“See you at the ARIA Awards on November 20.”
More announcements for the 2024 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube are coming soon.
ARIA Awards is supported proudly by the NSW Government through its tourism and events agency, Destination NSW.
