2014 ARIA Music Awards


The 28th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2014 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre, and was telecast by Network Ten.
The final nominees for ARIA Awards categories were announced on 10 October, as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. Public votes were used for the categories, Song of the Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best International Artist and Best Video.
Also on 26 November, ARIA inducted Molly Meldrum and his TV series, Countdown, into their Hall of Fame. Denis Handlin, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand, and ARIA Chairman, was presented with the second ARIA Industry Icon Award. In October 2021 the Board of ARIA withdrew Handlin's award. Handlin had left Sony in June 2021 amid "multiple allegations of toxic culture" at the company while he was CEO.

Performers

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards.

Presenters

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees

In late October 2014 ARIA announced their Hall of Fame inductees:

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
Album of the YearBest Group

  • Sheppard – Bombs Away
  • *5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer
  • *Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
  • *RÜFÜS – "Sundream"
  • *Violent Soho – "Saramona Said"
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Chet Faker – Built on Glass
  • *Dan Sultan – Blackbird
  • *Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra – His Life and Music
  • *Guy Sebastian – "Come Home with Me"
  • *Vance Joy – "Mess Is Mine"
  • Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
  • *Adalita – All Day Venus
  • *Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
  • *Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful
  • *Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet
    • Breakthrough ArtistBest Independent Release
  • Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
  • *5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer
  • *Andy Bull – Sea of Approval
  • *Chet Faker – Built on Glass
  • *The Kite String Tangle – Vessel EP
  • Chet Faker – Built on Glass
  • *Dan Sultan – Blackbird
  • *Sheppard – Bombs Away
  • *Vance Joy – "Mess Is Mine"
  • *Violent Soho – "Saramona Said"
    • Best Adult Contemporary AlbumBest Blues & Roots Album
  • Neil Finn & Paul Kelly – Goin' Your Way
  • *Gossling – Harvest of Gold
  • *Kate Miller-Heidke – O Vertigo!
  • *Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Live from KCRW
  • *Tina Arena – Reset
  • John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood
  • *Harry Hookey – Misdiagnosed
  • *Russell Morris – Van Diemen's Land
  • *The Audreys – 'Til My Tears Roll Away
  • *The Bamboos – Fever in the Road
    • Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal AlbumBest Rock Album
  • DZ Deathrays – Black Rat
  • *High Tension – Death Beat
  • *Shihad – FVEY
  • *Sleepmakeswaves – Love of Cartography
  • *The Amity Affliction – Let the Ocean Take Me
  • Dan Sultan – Blackbird
  • *Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & [Julia Stone (album)|Angus & Julia Stone]
  • *Ball Park Music – Puddinghead
  • *Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight
  • *Kingswood – Microscopic Wars
    • Best Urban AlbumBest Country Album
  • Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
  • *360 – Utopia
  • *Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
  • *Illy – Cinematic
  • *Thundamentals – So We Can Remember
  • Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet
  • *Adam Brand – My Side of the Street
  • *Emma Swift – Emma Swift
  • *Keith Urban – Fuse
  • *The McClymonts – Here's to You & I
    • Best Children's AlbumBest Comedy Release
  • The Wiggles – Apples & Bananas
  • *Alex Papps – Let's Put the Beat in Our Feet
  • *Ali McGregor – Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz
  • *Jay Laga'aia – Christmas at Jay's Place
  • *Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: We're Gonna Dance!
  • Buddy Goode – It's a Buddy Goode Christmas
  • *Frank Walnut – The Frank Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster
  • *Ja'mie – "Learning to Be Me"
  • *Ronny Chieng – The Ron Way
  • *The Beards – The Beard Album
    • Best Pop ReleaseBest Dance Release
  • Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
  • *5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer
  • *Andy Bull – Sea of Approval
  • *Justice Crew – "Que Sera"
  • *Sheppard – Bombs Away
  • Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar – "High"
  • *Flume & Chet Faker – "Drop the Game"
  • *Nicky Night Time – Everybody Together
  • *RÜFÜS – "Sundream"
  • *The Presets – "No Fun"
    • Song of the YearBest Australian Live Act
  • 5 Seconds of Summer – "She Looks So Perfect"
  • *Guy Sebastian – "Like a Drum"
  • *Havana Brown – "Warrior"
  • *Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX – "Fancy"
  • *Joel Fletcher featuring Savage – "Swing"
  • *Justice Crew – "Que Sera"
  • *Nathaniel – "You"
  • *Sheppard – "Geronimo"
  • *Sia – "Chandelier"
  • *Taylor Henderson – "Borrow My Heart"
  • Keith Urban - Light The Fuse Tour
  • *Boy & Bear - National Tour
  • *Dan Sultan - Blackbird Album Tour
  • *John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood Tour
  • *Melbourne SKA Orchestra - The Diplomat Tour
  • *RÜFÜS - Worlds Within Worlds Tour
  • *Tame Impala - Big Day Out 2014
  • *The Preatures - Two Tone Medley Tour
  • *The Presets - The National Tour
  • *Violent Soho - National Tour
    • Best International ArtistBest Video
  • One Direction – Midnight Memories
  • *Avicii – True
  • *Beyoncé – Beyoncé
  • *Coldplay – Ghost Stories
  • *Ed Sheeran – x
  • *Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  • *Jason Derulo – Tattoos
  • *Katy Perry – Prism
  • *Lorde – Pure Heroine
  • *Pharrell Williams – G I R L
  • Sia – "Chandelier" – Sia Furler, Daniel Askill
  • *Bluejuice – "SOS" – Christian J Henrich, Nicholas Rabone
  • *Busby Marou – "My Second Mistake" – Renny Wijeyamohan
  • *Chet Faker – "Talk Is Cheap" – Toby & Pete
  • *Courtney Barnett – "Avant Gardener" – Charlie Ford
  • *Jessica Mauboy – "Never Be the Same" – Lawrence Lim
  • *John Butler Trio – "Only One" – Ben Young
  • *Justice Crew – "Que Sera" – Lawrence Lim
  • *Sheppard – "Geronimo" – Toby Morris
  • *Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome" – Dan Graetz

    • Fine Arts Awards

    Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
    Best Classical Album

    Best Jazz Album
  • Paul Grabowsky Sextet – The Bitter Suite
  • *Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider
  • *Emma Pask – Season of My Heart
  • *Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd – The Hunters & Pointers
  • *Vince Jones – The Monash Sessions
    • Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
    Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Gurrumul: His Life and Music
  • *Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd – The Story of Sharky and The Caddman
  • *Katie Noonan – Fierce Hearts: The Music of Love-Song-Circus
  • *Various Artists– Spirit of Akasha
  • *Various Artists – triple j's One Night Stand: Mildura
    • Best World Music Album
  • Joseph Tawadros – Permission to Evaporate
  • *Astronomy Class – Mekong Delta Sunrise
  • *Jane Rutter – Flute Spirit: Dreams and Improvisations
  • *The Barons of Tang – Into the Mouths of Hungry Giants
  • *William Barton – Birdsong at Dusk

    • Artisan Awards

    Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
    Best Cover Art

    • Tin & Ed – Chet Faker – Built on Glass
    • *Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone
    • *Celeste Potter – DZ Deathrays – Black Rat
    • *Sia Furler – Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
    • *The Leonard Brothers – 360 – Utopia
    Engineer of the Year
  • Eric J Dubowsky – Chet Faker – Built on Glass
  • *Dustin Tebbutt – Dustin Tebbutt – Bones EP
  • *Paul McKercher – Andy Bull – Sea of Approval
  • *Matthew Lambert, Barry Francis – Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars
  • *Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume – Sticky Fingers – Land of Pleasure
  • *Virginia Read – Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie – Gershwin: Take Two
    • Producer of the Year
  • Nicholas Murphy – Chet Faker – Built on Glass
  • *Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS – Troye Sivan – TRXYE
  • *Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume – Sticky Fingers – Land of Pleasure
  • *Stuart Stuart – Sheppard – Bombs Away
  • *Virginia Read – Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie – Gershwin: Take Two