The sold-out 2018 ARIA Awards with Apple Music, held at The Star Event Centre, Sydney and broadcast nationally only on the Nine Network, capped off an extraordinary year for the Australian music industry and showcased the talent and diversity of this year’s nominated artists.
What a night for Gold Coast’s Amy Shark, taking home a total of four ARIA Awards. This includes the prestigious Apple Music Album Of The Year Award for Amy’s ARIA #1 album, “Love Monster”, as well as ARIA Awards for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release. This adds to her win earlier this year at the 2018 ARIA Awards Nominations Event when her Double Platinum hit single ‘I Said Hi’ picked up the Producer Of The Year Award.
Guests at The Star Event Centre, Sydney and the fans watching on the Nine Network were treated to an epic performance from Amy, cementing her as one of Australia’s emerging stars.
2018 ARIA AWARDS WITH APPLE MUSIC RECIPIENTS
APPLE MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
BEST MALE ARTIST
WINNER: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
WINNER: Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
BEST DANCE RELEASE
WINNER: Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
BEST GROUP
WINNER: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST PRESENTED BY PPCA
WINNER: Ruel – Dazed & Confused (RCA Records/Sony Music)
BEST POP RELEASE
WINNER: Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
BEST URBAN RELEASE
WINNER: Hilltop Hoods – Clark Griswold (feat. Adrian Eagle) (Hilltop Hoods/Universal Music Australia)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
WINNER: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
WINNER: Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
WINNER: Vance Joy – Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
WINNER: Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples – Campfire (Essence Group Entertainment. Marketed and distributed by Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
WINNER: Parkway Drive – Reverence (Resist Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
WINNER: Tash Sultana – Flow State (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OR MUSICAL THEATRE CAST ALBUM
WINNER: Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Boy: The Soundtracks (BLOODLINES)
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
WINNER: Justine Clarke – The Justine Clarke Show! (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
APPLE MUSIC SONG OF THE YEAR
WINNER: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
BEST VIDEO
WINNER: Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
WINNER: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Meet You There Tour (Capitol UK/EMI)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
WINNER: Camila Cabello – Camila (Syco/Epic/Sony Music)
MUSIC TEACHER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Scott Maxwell (Grant High School, Mount Gambier SA 5209)
2018 ARTISAN AWARDS
BEST COVER ART
WINNER: Caiti Baker for Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child Of The Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Burke Reid For Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Dann Hume & M Phazes for Amy Shark – I Said Hi (Wonderlick Recording Company)
2018 FINE ARTS AWARDS
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
WINNER: Slava Grigoryan – Bach Cello Suites Volume II (ABC Classics/Universal)
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
WINNER: Jonathan Zwartz – Animarum (Jonathan Zwartz/Planet/MGM)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
WINNER: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow (SFM/MGM)
BEST COMEDY RELEASE
WINNER: Bridie and Wyatt, Tonightly With Tom Ballard – Sex Pest (ABC Music/Universal)
Apple Music Song Of The Year Winner
Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer