ARIA Award for Album of the Year

ARIA Award for Album of the Year
ARIA Award for Album of the Year
	2025 winner Amyl and the Sniffers
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First award	1987
Currently held by	Amyl and the Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness (2025)
Most wins	Powderfinger and Tame Impala (3 each)
Most nominations	John Farnham and Silverchair (5 each)
Website	ariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Album of the Year, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",^[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."^[2] The award is handed out to an Australian group or solo artist who have had an album appear in the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart between the eligibility period, and is voted for by a judging academy, which consists of 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.^[3] Both Powderfinger and Tame Impala have won the award three times, being the only artists with multiple wins.^[4] John Farnham and Silverchair are tied for the most nominations with five each.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Winner marked in a separate colour

Year	Winner(s)	Album Title
1987 (1st)
	John Farnham	Whispering Jack
	Crowded House	Crowded House
	Hunters & Collectors	Human Frailty
	Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls	Gossip
	Spy vs Spy	A.O. Mod. TV. Vers.
1988 (2nd)	Icehouse	Man of Colours
1989 (3rd)
	Crowded House	Temple of Low Men
	1927	...ish
	Big Pig	Bonk
	The Black Sorrows	Hold On To Me
	John Farnham	Age of Reason
1990 (4th)
	Ian Moss	Matchbook
	Kate Ceberano	Brave
	Stephen Cummings	A New Kind of Blue
	Hunters & Collectors	Ghost Nation
	Paul Kelly & The Messengers	So Much Water So Close To Home
1991 (5th)
	Midnight Oil	Blue Sky Mining
	The Black Sorrows	Harley and Rose
	John Farnham	Chain Reaction
	INXS	X
	Margaret Urlich	Safety in Numbers
1992 (6th)
	Baby Animals	Baby Animals
	Crowded House	Woodface
	Deborah Conway	String of Pearls
	Died Pretty	Doughboy Hollow
	Jimmy Barnes	Soul Deep
1993 (7th)
	Diesel	Hepfidelity
	Ed Kuepper	Black Ticket Day
	Hunters & Collectors	Cut
	Rockmelons	Form 1 Planet
	Wendy Matthews	Lily
1994 (8th)
	The Cruel Sea	The Honeymoon Is Over
	The Badloves	Get On Board
	Crowded House	Together Alone
	Diesel	The Lobbyist
	John Farnham	Then Again
1995 (9th)
	Tina Arena	Don't Ask
	Christine Anu	Stylin' Up
	The Cruel Sea	Three Legged Dog
	Silverchair	Frogstomp
	You Am I	Hi Fi Way
1996 (10th)
	You Am I	Hourly, Daily
	Finn	Finn
	John Farnham	Romeo's Heart
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Murder Ballads
	Regurgitator	Tu-Plang
1997 (11th)
	Savage Garden	Savage Garden
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	The Boatman's Call
	Powderfinger	Double Allergic
	Silverchair	Freak Show
	Spiderbait	Ivy and the Big Apples
1998 (12th)
	Regurgitator	Unit
	Kylie Minogue	Impossible Princess
	Natalie Imbruglia	Left of the Middle
	The Whitlams	Eternal Nightcap
	You Am I	#4 Record
1999 (13th)
	Powderfinger	Internationalist
	Ben Lee	Breathing Tornados
	The Living End	The Living End
	Silverchair	Neon Ballroom
	Spiderbait	Grand Slam
2000 (14th)
	Killing Heidi	Reflector
	Alex Lloyd	Black the Sun
	David Bridie	Act of Free Choice
	Savage Garden	Affirmation
	Shihad	The General Electric
2001 (15th)
	Powderfinger	Odyssey Number Five
	The Avalanches	Since I Left You
	Kylie Minogue	Light Years
	Something for Kate	Echolalia
	You Am I	Dress Me Slowly
2002 (16th)
	Kasey Chambers	Barricades & Brickwalls
	Alex Lloyd	Watching Angels Mend
	George	Polyserena
	Kylie Minogue	Fever
	Silverchair	Diorama
2003 (17th)
	Powderfinger	Vulture Street
	Delta Goodrem	Innocent Eyes
	The Sleepy Jackson	Lovers
	Something for Kate	The Official Fiction
	The Waifs	Up All Night
2004 (18th)
	Jet	Get Born
	The Dissociatives	The Dissociatives
	Eskimo Joe	A Song Is a City
	The John Butler Trio	Sunrise Over Sea
	Kasey Chambers	Wayward Angel
2005 (19th)
	Missy Higgins	The Sound of White
	Ben Lee	Awake Is the New Sleep
	Evermore	Dreams
	Keith Urban	Be Here
	Sarah Blasko	The Overture & the Underscore
2006 (20th)
	Bernard Fanning	Tea & Sympathy
	Augie March	Moo, You Bloody Choir
	Eskimo Joe	Black Fingernails, Red Wine
	The Sleepy Jackson	Personality – One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
	Wolfmother	Wolfmother
2007 (21st)
	Silverchair	Young Modern
	Gotye	Mixed Blood
	The John Butler Trio	Grand National
	Powderfinger	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence
	Sneaky Sound System	Sneaky Sound System
2008 (22nd)
	The Presets	Apocalypso
	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	Gurrumul
	Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson	Rattlin' Bones
	The Living End	White Noise
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
2009 (23rd)
	Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream
	AC/DC	Black Ice
	Eskimo Joe	Inshalla
	Sarah Blasko	As Day Follows Night
	The Temper Trap	Conditions
2010 (24th)
	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way
	Birds of Tokyo	Birds of Tokyo
	Sia	We Are Born
	Tame Impala	InnerSpeaker
	Washington	I Believe You Liar
2011 (25th)
	Boy & Bear	Moonfire
	Cut Copy	Zonoscope
	Eskimo Joe	Ghosts of the Past
	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	Rrakala
	Grinderman	Grinderman 2
2012 (26th)
	Gotye	Making Mirrors
	360	Falling & Flying
	Missy Higgins	The Ol' Razzle Dazzle
	The Jezabels	Prisoner
	The Temper Trap	The Temper Trap
2013 (27th)
	Tame Impala	Lonerism
	Birds of Tokyo	March Fires
	Flume	Flume
	Guy Sebastian	Armageddon
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Push the Sky Away
2014 (28th)
	Sia	1000 Forms of Fear
	Chet Faker	Built on Glass
	Dan Sultan	Blackbird
	Jessica Mauboy	Beautiful
	Sheppard	Bombs Away
2015 (29th)
	Tame Impala	Currents
	Courtney Barnett	Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
	Flight Facilities	Down to Earth
	Hermitude	Dark Night Sweet Light
	Vance Joy	Dream Your Life Away
2016 (30th)
	Flume	Skin
	RÜFÜS	Bloom
	Sia	This Is Acting
	The Avalanches	Wildflower
	Troye Sivan	Blue Neighbourhood
2017 (31st)
	Gang of Youths	Go Farther in Lightness
	A.B. Original	Reclaim Australia
	Amy Shark	Night Thinker
	Illy	Two Degrees
	Paul Kelly	Life Is Fine
2018 (32nd)
	Amy Shark	Love Monster
	Courtney Barnett	Tell Me How You Really Feel
	Gurrumul	Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
	Pnau	Changa
	Troye Sivan	Bloom
2019 (33rd)
	Dean Lewis	A Place We Knew
	Hilltop Hoods	The Great Expanse
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Solace
	The Teskey Brothers	Run Home Slow
	Thelma Plum	Better in Blak
2020 (34th)
	Tame Impala	The Slow Rush
	DMA's	The Glow
	Jessica Mauboy	Hilda
	Lime Cordiale	14 Steps to a Better You
	Sampa the Great	The Return
2021 (35th)
	Genesis Owusu	Smiling with No Teeth
	Amy Shark	Cry Forever
	Midnight Oil	The Makarrata Project
	The Avalanches	We Will Always Love You
	Tones and I	Welcome to the Madhouse
2022 (36th)
	Baker Boy	Gela
	Amyl and the Sniffers	Comfort to Me
	Gang of Youths	Angel in Realtime
	King Stingray	King Stingray
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Surrender
2023 (37th)
	Genesis Owusu	Struggler
	DMA's	How Many Dreams?
	G Flip	Drummer
	Matt Corby	Everything's Fine
	The Teskey Brothers	The Winding Way
2024 (38th)
	Troye Sivan	Something to Give Each Other
	Amy Shark	Sunday Sadness
	Angie McMahon	Light, Dark, Light Again
	Kylie Minogue	Tension
	Royel Otis	Pratts & Pain
2025 (39th)
	Amyl and the Sniffers	Cartoon Darkness
	Missy Higgins	The Second Act
	Ninajirachi	I Love My Computer
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Inhale / Exhale
	Thelma Plum	I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back

Artists with multiple nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes

↑ Two as a member of the Sleepy Jackson and one as a member of Empire of the Sun.
↑ One each as a member of Empire of the Sun and Pnau.

References

↑ "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 February 2012.
↑ "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ "ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
1 2 ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award - 25th ARIA Awards 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ "Aria Awards/2011 Album of the Year - 25th ARIA Awards 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ "ARIA Awards 1987.mov". 13 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013 – via YouTube. ARIA Official YouTube Account.
↑ "1991 Australian ARIA Award Nominations". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

Official website

[8] Two as a member of the Sleepy Jackson and one as a member of Empire of the Sun.

[9] One each as a member of Empire of the Sun and Pnau.

[1] "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 February 2012.

[2] "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[3] "ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

[AlbumotY-4] 1 2 ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award - 25th ARIA Awards 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[5] "Aria Awards/2011 Album of the Year - 25th ARIA Awards 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[ARIA_YouTube-6] "ARIA Awards 1987.mov". 13 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013 – via YouTube. ARIA Official YouTube Account.

[7] "1991 Australian ARIA Award Nominations". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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