ARIA Award for Best New Talent

The ARIA Music Award for Best New Talent was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 1998.
The award for Best New Talent was first presented in 1987. Crowded House won the award with their single "Don't Dream It's Over". It was retired after the 1998 awards with Natalie Imbruglia winning the final award for her album Left of the Middle.

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.

Year	Winner	Album/single title
1987 (1st)	-	-
1987 (1st)	Crowded House	"Don't Dream It's Over"
1987 (1st)	Big Pig	"Hungry Town"
1987 (1st)	Boom Crash Opera	"Great Wall", "Hands Up in the Air"
1987 (1st)	Ups and Downs	"The Living Kind"
1987 (1st)	Wa Wa Nee	"Stimulation"
1988 (2nd)	-	-
1988 (2nd)	Weddings Parties Anything	Scorn of the Women
1988 (2nd)	Dave Dobbyn
1988 (2nd)	James Reyne
1988 (2nd)	Lime Spiders
1988 (2nd)	Painters and Dockers
1989 (3rd)	-	-
1989 (3rd)	Johnny Diesel & The Injectors	"Don't Need Love"
1989 (3rd)	Died Pretty	Lost
1989 (3rd)	Go 101	"Build It Up"
1989 (3rd)	Roaring Jack	The Cat Among the Pigeons
1989 (3rd)	The State	"Real Love"
1990 (4th)	-	-
1990 (4th)	Gyan	Gyan
1990 (4th)	The Hummingbirds	loveBUZZ
1990 (4th)	Martha's Vineyard	Martha's Vineyard
1990 (4th)	Tall Tales and True	Shiver
1990 (4th)	Tania Bowra	Heaven and Earth
1991 (5th)	-	-
1991 (5th)	Archie Roach	Charcoal Lane
1991 (5th)	Doug Anthony Allstars	Icon
1991 (5th)	Sea Stories	Miller's Pond
1991 (5th)	Mary-Jo Starr	Too Many Movies
1991 (5th)	The Screaming Jets	"C'mon"
1992 (6th)	-	-
1992 (6th)	Underground Lovers	Underground Lovers
1992 (6th)	Degenerates	Out Of My Head
1992 (6th)	Euphoria	"Love You Right"
1992 (6th)	Melissa	"Read My Lips"
1992 (6th)	Jo Beth Taylor	"99 Reasons"
1993 (7th)	-	-
1993 (7th)	Things of Stone and Wood	"Share This Wine"
1993 (7th)	Caligula	Caligula
1993 (7th)	Girlfriend	Make It Come True
1993 (7th)	Rick Price	"Not a Day Goes By"
1993 (7th)	Tiddas	Inside My Kitchen
1994 (8th)	-	-
1994 (8th)	The Badloves	Get On Board
1994 (8th)	Margot Smith	"Sleeping With The Lion"
1994 (8th)	The Robertson Brothers	"I Know Why"
1994 (8th)	Swoop	Thriller
1994 (8th)	Vincent Stone	"Sunshine"
1995 (9th)	-	-
1995 (9th)	Silverchair	Frogstomp
1995 (9th)	Magic Dirt	Life Was Better
1995 (9th)	Max Sharam	A Million Year Girl
1995 (9th)	Merril Bainbridge	"Mouth"
1995 (9th)	The Truth	"My Heavy Friend"
1996 (10th)	-	-
1996 (10th)	Monique Brumby	"Fool for You"
1996 (10th)	Fiona Kernaghan	Cypress Grove
1996 (10th)	Human Nature	"Got It Goin' On"
1996 (10th)	Rail	Bad Hair Life
1996 (10th)	Ute	Under The External
1997 (11th)	-	-
1997 (11th)	The Superjesus	Eight Step Rail
1997 (11th)	Fini Scad	"Coppertone" / "Testrider"
1997 (11th)	Frank Bennett	Five O'Clock Shadow
1997 (11th)	Jebediah	"Jerks of Attention"
1997 (11th)	Rani	"Always On My Mind"
1998 (12th)	-	-
1998 (12th)	Natalie Imbruglia	Left of the Middle
1998 (12th)	Bachelor Girl	"Buses and Trains"
1998 (12th)	Diana Ah Naid	"I Go Off"
1998 (12th)	Groove Terminator	"Losing Ground"
1998 (12th)	Marie Wilson	"Next Time"