The ARIA 2017 Nominees List Is Here

Hold onto your hats; the full list of ARIA Award nominees has arrived for the 2017 ceremony and some huge names are sweeping the run of categories. Stars like Amy Shark, A.B. Original and Tash Sultana hold several nominations in multiple categories along with a massive range of local talent to boot.

Paul Kelly was also a big name holding seven nods in multiple categories and Gang of Youths totally a huge eight nominations. Other notable mentions go to PNAU, Sia, Illy, Client Liaison and more.

The 2017 ARIA Awards will be held in Sydney on 28 November. See below for the full list of nominees.

Best Pop Release

Amy Shark — Night Thinker

Dean Lewis — Waves

Jessica Mauboy — Fallin

Sia — The Greatest

Vera Blue — Perennial

Best Independent Release

A.B. Original — Reclaim Australia

Dan Sultan — Killer

Sia — The Greatest

Tash Sultana — Notion

Vance Joy — Lay It On Me

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Bernard Fanning — Brutal Dawn

DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree

Paul Kelly — Life Is Fine

Pete Murray — Camacho

Breakthrough Artist

A.B. Original — Reclaim Australia

Amy Shark — Night Thinker

Dean Lewis — Waves

Tash Sultana — Notion

Tkay Maidza — TKAY

Best Video

Amy Shark  — Drive You Mad

Bliss N Eso — Moments (feat. Gavin James)

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  — S.A.D.

Sia — The Greatest

Best Country Album

Kasey Chambers — Dragonfly

Lee Kernaghan — The 25th Anniversary Album

O’Shea — 61-615

Shane Nicholson — Love & Blood

The McClymonts — Endless

Best Dance Release

Dom Dolla & Torren Foot — Be Randy

Jagwar Ma — Every Now & Then

Peking Duk — Stranger (feat. Elliphant)

PNAU — Chameleon

The Kite String Tangle — The Kite String Tangle

Best Female Artist

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

Sia — The Greatest

Best Male Artist

DD Dumbo — Utopia Defeated