2019 ARIA Music Awards


The ARIA Music Awards of 2019 are the 33rd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards and consist of a series of awards, including the 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, and ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony were held on 27 November 2019 and broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney around Australia on the Nine Network. Guy Sebastian hosted the ceremony, he also performed his track, "Choir", and won two categories.
On 24 September 2019 the Fine Arts and Artisan Award nominees were announced and the winners were determined on 10 October. ARIA had revealed the nominees for the ARIA Awards on 10 October. New categories were created for Best Hip Hop Release and Best Soul/R&B Release, which had previously been combined as Best Urban Release.
Australian four-piece vocal group Human Nature were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. They performed a medley of their songs, "Don't Say Goodbye", "He Don't Love You", "Dancing in the Street" and "Everytime You Cry". Tones and I won the most awards, receiving four from eight nominations. The Teskey Brothers received seven nominations and won three categories; while Hilltop Hoods, also with seven nominations, obtained one trophy. Michael Chugg, a promoter and talent manager, received the ARIA Industry Icon Award.
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Performers

Performers for the ARIA Awards ceremony:
ArtistSong
Halsey"Graveyard"
Dua Lipa"Don't Start Now"
Guy Sebastian"Choir"
Hilltop Hoods"Exit Sign"
Human NatureMedley:
The Teskey Brothers"Rain"
Thelma Plum"Better in Blak"
Tones and I"Dance Monkey"
Khalid"Talk"
Morgan Evans"Day Drunk"

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

On 1 November an ARIA representative announced that Human Nature were to be inducted into their Hall of Fame. The group's members issued a joint statement, "All we have ever wanted to do for a career is to entertain people, and to have had the fans continually support us over the years both in our home of Australia and overseas, is really something we never dreamed of. To be inducted on the anniversary of our first ever performance as a group and in our 30th year since forming makes us so grateful."

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
Album of the YearBest Group

  • The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
  • *5 Seconds of Summer – "Easier"
  • *Birds of Tokyo – "Good Lord"
  • *Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
  • *Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace
    • Best Male ArtistBest Female Artist
  • Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
  • *Guy Sebastian – "Choir"
  • *Hayden James – Between Us
  • *Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
  • *Paul Kelly – Nature
  • Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
  • *Amy Shark – "Mess Her Up"
  • *Jessica Mauboy – "Little Things"
  • *Julia Jacklin – Crushing
  • *Thelma Plum – Better in Blak
    • Best Adult Contemporary AlbumBest Soul/R&B Release
  • Paul Kelly – Nature
  • *Julia Jacklin – Crushing
  • *Samantha Jade – The Magic of Christmas
  • *Seeker Lover Keeper – Wild Seeds
  • *The Paper Kites – On the Corner Where You Live
  • Kaiit – "Miss Shiney"
  • *Adrian Eagle – "AOK"
  • *Genesis Owusu – WUTD + Vultures
  • *Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
  • *Tash Sultana – "Can't Buy Happiness"
    • Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal AlbumBest Rock Album
  • Northlane – Alien
  • *Clowns – Nature/Nurture
  • *Dead Letter Circus – Dead Letter Circus
  • *DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising: Part 1
  • *King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Infest the Rats' Nest
  • Amyl and the Sniffers – Amyl and the Sniffers
  • *Holy Holy – My Own Pool of Light
  • *Jimmy Barnes – My Criminal Record
  • *Midnight Oil – Armistice Day: Live at the Domain, Sydney
  • *Skegss – My Own Mess
    • Best Blues & Roots AlbumBest Country Album
  • The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
  • *Dan Sultan – Aviary Takes
  • *John Butler Trio – Home
  • *King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Fishing for Fishies
  • *Paul Kelly – Live at Sydney Opera House
  • Morgan Evans – Things That We Drink To
  • *Charlie Collins – Snowpine
  • *Felicity Urquhart – Frozen Rabbit
  • *Lee Kernaghan – Backroad Nation
  • *Sara Storer – Raindance
    • Best Pop ReleaseBest Dance Release
  • Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
  • *Amy Shark – "Mess Her Up"
  • *Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
  • *Guy Sebastian – "Choir"
  • *Thelma Plum – Better in Blak
  • Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace
  • *Dom Dolla – "Take It"
  • *Fisher – "You Little Beauty"
  • *Peking Duk and Jack River – "Sugar"
  • *Pnau – "Solid Gold"
    • Breakthrough ArtistBest Independent Release
  • Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
  • *G Flip – About Us
  • *Stella Donnelly – Beware of the Dogs
  • *The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
  • *Thelma Plum – Better in Blak
  • Tones and I – The Kids Are Coming
  • *Angie McMahon – Salt
  • *G Flip – About Us
  • *Julia Jacklin – Crushing
  • *The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
    • Best Children's AlbumBest Comedy Release
  • Dan Sultan – Nali & Friends
  • *Kamil Ellis and Ensemble Offspring – Classic Kids: Music for the Dreaming
  • *Regurgitator's Pogogo Show – The Really Really Really Really Boring Album
  • *The Beanies – Imagination Station
  • *The Wiggles – Party Time!
  • Arj Barker – Organic
  • *Carl Barron – Drinking with a Fork
  • *Chris Lilley – Lunatics
  • *Sammy J – Symphony in J Minor
  • *Veronica and Lewis – Sex Flex: A Rap Guide to Fornication
    • Best Hip Hop ReleaseIcon Award
  • Sampa the Great – "Final Form"
  • *Baker Boy – "Cool as Hell"
  • *Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
  • *Illy – Then What
  • *Tkay Maidza – "Awake"
    		• Michael Chugg

    Fine Arts Awards

    Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
    Best Classical Album

    Best Jazz Album
  • Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky – Tryst
  • *Andrea Keller – Transients Vol.1
  • *Angela Davis – Little Did They Know
  • *Barney McAll – Zephyrix
  • *Phil Slater – The Dark Pattern
    • Best World Music Album
  • Melbourne Ska Orchestra – One Year of Ska
  • *Chaika – Arrow
  • *Joseph Tawadros – Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower
  • *Tara Tiba – Omid
  • *Zela Margossian Quintet – Transition
    • Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
  • Various Artists – The Recording Studio
  • *Burkhard Dallwitz – LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • *Gang of Youths – MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne)
  • *Luke Howard – The Sand That Ate the Sea
  • *Trials – Cargo

    • Artisan Awards

    Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.
    Producer of the Year

    Engineer of the Year
  • Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
  • *Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin – Crushing
  • *Kevin Parker for Tame Impala – "Patience"
  • *Konstantin Kersting for Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
  • *Plutonic Lab for Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
    • Best Cover Art
  • Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum – Better in Blak
  • *Ben Jones for Amyl and the Sniffers – Amyl and the Sniffers
  • *Jonathan Zawada for Flume – Hi This Is Flume
  • *Lucy Dyson for Paul Kelly – Nature
  • *Nick Mckk for Julia Jacklin – Crushing