List of winners of the ARIA Awards 2018

The biggest stars of the Australian music industry have gathered today for the 2018 ARIA Award in extremely stormy conditions – and yes, we are talking about the crazy time.

Despite everything, a little wind and rain has never hurt anyone and certainly has not prevented the stars from celebrating this day.

Singer-songwriter born on the Gold Coast Amy Shark leads the appointments to nine, followed by Melbourne Courtney Barnett.

And Kasey Chambers will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame for his contribution to Australian music.

Keep up to date with the names of tonight's winners as they are announced below.

Best female artist
Alison Wonderland – Wake up (EMI)
WINNER: Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you really feel (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

Sia – Flames (What A Music Ltd., under the exclusive license of Warner Music Group)

Tash Sultana – Streaming State (Lonely Lands Records / Sony Music)

Best video
Amy Shark – I said hello (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Customer Liaison – Survival In The City (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)

Courtney Barnett – Need Some Time (Milk Records / Remote Control Records)
WINNER: Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Australia Island Records / Universal Music Australia)

Gang Of Youths – The heart is a muscle (Mosy Recordings / Sony Music)

Mojo Juju – Mother tongue (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Beijing Duk – Fire (Sony Music)

Pnau – Go Bang (music etcetc)

Tash Sultana – Salvation (Lonely Lands Records / Sony Music)

The Presets – Do What You Want (Modular / EMI)

Best children's album
WINNER: Justine Clarke – The Justine Clarke Show! (ABC KIDS / Universal Music Australia)

Lah-Lah – 10th Anniversary (Stella Projects / Sony Music)

Sam Moran – Santa Claus is coming! (Sony Music)

Teeny Tiny Stevies – Useful Songs for Little People (ABC KIDS / Universal Music Australia)

The Wiggles – Pop Wiggle! (ABC KIDS / Universal Music Australia)

Best male artist
Dan Sultan – A killer under a blood moon (Liberation Records)

Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Australia Island Records / Universal Music Australia)
WINNER: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM / MGM)

Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)

Vance Joy – Nation Of Two (release discs)

Best Blues & Roots album
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd / EMI)

Emily Wurramara – Milyakburra (Wantok Musik / MGM)

Mama Kin Spender – Golden Magnetic (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Ruby Boots – Do not Talk About It (Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)
WINNER: Tash Sultana – Stream Status (Lonely Lands Records / Sony Music)

Best hard rock / heavy metal album
DZ Deathrays – Lovely Bloody (I OH YOU)

King Parrot – Ugly Produce (Recorder / Rocket Executive Vice President)
WINNER: Parkway Drive – Reverence (Vinyl Resist Records / Cooking Vinyl)

Polaris – The Mortal Coil (Resistance Records / Vinyl Cooking Australia)

West Thebarton – Different Beings Different (Domestic La / Sony Music Entertainment)

Best independent release
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd / EMI)

Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you really feel (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

DMA & # 39; S – For the moment (I OH YOU)
WINNER: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM / MGM)

Pnau – Go Bang (music etcetc)

Breakthrough artist
Alex Lahey – I love you as a brother (Nicky Boy Records / Caroline Australia)

Jack River – Mountain Sugar (I OH YOU)

Mojo Juju – Mother tongue (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Odette – To a stranger (EMI)
WINNER: Ruel – Dazed & Confused (RCA Records / Sony Music)

Best urban version
360 – Vintage Modern (Forthwrite / EMI)

Esoterik – My Astral Plan (flying group / flying group)
WINNER: Hilltop Hoods – Clark Griswold (Adrian Eagle) (Hilltop Hoods / Universal Music Australia)

Kerser – Engraved in the game (ABK Records, marketed and distributed by ADA, a division of Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)

Mojo Juju – Mother tongue (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Best soundtrack album of movie or musical theater
Evelyn Ida Morris – Acute Unhappiness (Soundtrack) (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Jessica Mauboy – The secret girl of season two (songs from the original series 7) (Sony Music)
WINNER: Jimmy Barnes – Working Clbad: Soundtracks (BLOODLINES)

LIARS – 1/1 (Original Soundtrack) (Mute / Inertia)

Various Artists – Muriel's Wedding: The Musical (Global Creatures / Sony Music)

Best dance release
Alison Wonderland – Wake up (EMI)

Fisher – Losing It (Music etcetc)

Beijing Duk – Fire (Sony Music)
WINNER: Pnau – Go Bang (music etcetc)

RÜFÜS DU SOIL – No Place (Sony Music)

Best international artist
WINNER: Camila Cabello – Camila (Syco / Epic / Sony Music)

Drake – Scorpion & More Life (Republic / Universal Music)

Ed Sheeran – ÷ (Warner Music)

Eminem – Revival & Kamikaze (Interscope / Universal Music)

Imagine Dragons – Evolve (Interscope / Universal Music)

Khalid – American Teen (RCA / Sony Music)

P! Nk – Beautiful Trauma (RCA / Sony Music)

Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys & Stoney (Universal Music)

Sam Smith – The thrill of everything (Capitol / EMI)

Taylor Swift – Reputation (Big Machine / Universal Music)

Best adult contemporary album
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

Dan Sultan – A killer under a blood moon (Liberation Records)

Missy Higgins – Solastalgia (Onze: a music company / EMI Music)

Odette – To a stranger (EMI)
WINNER: Vance Joy – Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)

Best country album
Adam Eckersley and Brooke McClymont – Adam and Brooke (Lost Highway Australia / Universal Music Australia)

Fanny Lumsden – Clbad Action (Red Dirt Road / AWAL)
WINNER: Kasey Chambers and The Fireside Disciples – Campfire (Essence Group Entertainment) Distributed and Distributed by Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd

The Wolfe Brothers – Country Heart (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Travis Collins – Brave & The Broken (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)

Best group
WINNER: 5 seconds of summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK / EMI)

DMA & # 39; S – For the moment (I OH YOU)

Beijing Duk – Fire (Sony Music)

Pnau – Go Bang (music etcetc)

RÜFÜS DU SOIL – No Place (Sony Music)

Best rock album
Camp Cope – How to Socialize and Make Friends (Poison City Records)
WINNER: Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you really feel (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

DMA & # 39; S – For the moment (I OH YOU)

Luca Brasi – Stay (Vinyl Cooking Australia)

Middle Children – Lost Friends (EMI)

Best release Pop
5 seconds of summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK / EMI)
WINNER: Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Australia Island Records / Universal Music Australia)

Jack River – Mountain Sugar (I OH YOU)

Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)

Best live Australian
WINNER: 5-Second Summer Tour – Rendez-vous là-bas (Capitol UK / EMI)

Amy Shark – Visit the Lover Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Customer Liaison – Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd

Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you feel really national tour (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

Dean Lewis – 2017 National Tour (Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia)

Gang Of Youths – National Tour 2017 (Mosy Recordings / Sony Music)

Paul Kelly – Life is beautiful tour 2017 (EMI)

Beijing Duk – The Wasted Tour (Sony Music)

Pnau – Pnau Changa Australian Tour (music etcetc)

Tash Sultana – Return Tour (Lonely Lands Records / Sony Music)

Apple Music Album of the Year
Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you really feel (Milk! Records / Remote Control Records)

Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM / MGM)

Pnau – Changa (music etcetc)

Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)

Apple Music Song of the year
5 seconds of summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK / EMI)

Amy Shark – I said hello (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Angus & Julia Stone – Castle (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd / EMI)

Conrad Sewell – Healing Hands (Sony Music)

Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Australia Island Records / Universal Music Australia)

Beijing Duk – Fire / Retaliation (Sony Music)

Pnau – Go Bang (music etcetc)

Sheppard – Coming Home (Chugg Music / MGM)

Troye Sivan – Mon mon mon! (EMI)

Vance Joy – Lay It On Me

Music teacher of the year
Becky Hall (Institute of Education, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne VIC 3052)

Scott Maxwell (Grant High School, Mount Gambier SA 5209)

Dean Harawira (Nerang State High School, Gold Coast QLD 4211)

Deborah Skelton (Caladenia Elementary School, Canning Vale WA 6155)