Kylie Minogue Troye Sivan, Tones and I and the Kid Laroi lead 2024 ARIA Award nominations
Queen of pop Kylie Minogue leads the 2024 ARIA Awards after bagging five nominations. See the other artists on the list and see the video.
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The ARIA Awards are courting Kylie Minogue to be their Queen at this year’s celebration with the pop superstar one of the leading nominees for 2024.
Minogue has been approached to come home for the November 20 awards in Sydney where she is up for five awards, including Album of the Year for Tension, the first time she has received a nod in the prestigious category since 2002.
“‘This is beyond! I’m overwhelmed with the news that I am nominated in five categories at this year’s ARIA Awards. Wow! And thrilled to be amongst such wonderful company,” she said.
Minogue is on fire in Australia right now with extra shows being added to her Tension tour next year after huge pre-sale demand and the pop phenomenon gearing up for a No.1 record when she releases her new Tension II album on October 18.
Leading the field for the 2024 ARIAs with eight nominations is Sydney duo Royel Otis who have blown up worldwide this year with their debut album Pratts and Pain, and caught fire on American and UK radio with their indie rock covers of Sophie Ellis Bextor’ Murder on the Dancefloor and The Cranberries’ Linger.
Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic have become one of Australia’s biggest music exports this year with more than 500 million streams worldwide and are on their second sold-out tour of America before heading to Europe.
“It’s overwhelming and super weird; how the f... does anyone in Chicago know who we are?” Maddell said.
“We are so grateful for those songs because we love them and they have brought a larger audience to our own originals.”
The pair are huge Kylie fans and will be competing with their Queen for the Album of the Year prize.
“Every time she has been on the ARIAs I have been in awe,” Pavlovic said. “We saw her play at a festival in Budapest last month and I was dancing my arse off. I think I would vomit from the excitement of meeting her.”
The 2024 ARIAs nominations list reflects the diversity of Australian talent from global stars including Troye Sivan, Tones and I, Dom Dolla, the Kid Laroi and Rufus Du Sol through to exciting emerging artists including hip hop trio 3% and pop singer songwriter Kita Alexander.
Alexander is up for the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist award and nominated alongside Australian DJ superstar Fisher in two categories for their track Atmosphere.
“I didn’t believe it … am I really nominated? It feels surreal … last year I just loved meeting Troye Sivan and I love the whole red carpet drama,” she said.
It is a watershed year for beloved country music star Troy Cassar-Daley who will contest three awards – it is the first time in his 30-year recording history where he has been nominated for ARIAs outside of the Best Country Album category.
He still treasures the memory of his first ARIAs in 1995 when he won Best Country Album with his debut record Beyond The Dancing.
“My first ARIAs I went in a Vinnies jacket I bought in Manly and it was so humbling to get there, and only have that sort of thing to wear and then to win, it’s something I’ll never forget,” he said.
Amy Shark will contest four awards this year, having previously won eight trophies from 32 nods and cites the Album of the Year, which she won with her debut album Love Monster in 2018, as her most prized nomination.
“I’m honestly always surprised because you really don’t know. You put out the best art you can and because everyone is always changing, you never know if you’re still hitting the spot with other people,” she said.
Exciting hip hop artist Kobie Dee is one of this year’s first-time nominees who dreamt of being recognised by his peers when he attended last year as a guest.
“Last year I came down to the ARIAs and remember telling a few people ‘Next year I’m going to be get nominated’,” he said.
“I remember when I was young, hip hop in this country wasn’t as big and when I told people I was going to be a rapper, they laughed. Now to be nominated for an award, that just shows that following your dreams will take you to the ARIAs.”
The 2024 ARIA Awards will be held in Sydney on November 20 and broadcast on Stan and Nine.
2024 ARIA Awards nominations
Album of the Year
Amy Shark, Sunday Sadness
Angie McMahon, Light, Dark, Light Again
Kylie Minogue, Tension
Royel Otis, Pratts & Pain
Troye Sivan, Something To Give Each Other
Best Solo Artist
Amy Shark
Angie McMahon
Dom Dolla
Emma Donovan
Kylie Minogue
The Kid LAROI
Tkay Maidza
Tones And I
Troy Cassar-Daley
Troye Sivan
Best Group
3%
Hiatus Kaiyote
Royel Otis
RÜFÜS DU SOL
SPEED
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
3%
Becca Hatch
Kita Alexander
Sycco
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark, Sunday Sadness
Jessica Mauboy, Yours Forever
Kylie Minogue, Tension
The Kid LAROI, Girls
Troye Sivan, Something To Give Each Other
Best Dance / Electronic Release
Confidence Man, I CAN’T LOSE YOU
CYRIL, Stumblin’ In
Dom Dolla, Saving Up
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander, Atmosphere
RÜFÜS DU SOL, Music is Better
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
3%, KILL THE DEAD
Kobie Dee, Chapter 26
Lithe, Fall Back
ONEFOUR, Natural Habitat
The Kid LAROI, THE FIRST TIME (Deluxe Version)
Best Soul / R&B Release
Forest Claudette, Jupiter
Milan Ring, Mangos
Miss Kaninna, Blak Britney
PANIA, WE STILL YOUNG
Tkay Maidza, Sweet Justice
Best independent Release
Angie McMahon, Light, Dark, Light Again
Emily Wurramara, NARA
Kylie Minogue, Tension
Miss Kaninna, Blak Britney
Royel Otis, Pratts & Pain
Best Rock Album
Angie McMahon, Light, Dark, Light Again
Grinspoon, whatever, whatever
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Flight b741
Middle Kids, Faith Crisis Pt 1
Royel Otis, Pratts & Pain
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Angus & Julia Stone, Cape Forestier
Crowded House, Gravity Stairs
Emily Wurramara, NARA
Emma Donovan, Til My Song Is Done
Fanning Dempsey National Park, The Deluge
Best Country Album
Casey Barnes, Mayday
Henry Wagons, The Four Seasons
James Johnston, Raised Like That
Tori Forsyth, All We Have Is Who We Are
Troy Cassar-Daley, Between the Fires
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
C.O.F.F.I.N, Australia Stops
Dune Rats, If It Sucks, Turn It Up
Polaris, Fatalism
SPEED, Only One Mode
Teenage Joans, The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest
Best Blues and Roots Album
Checkerboard Lounge, SUN Sessions
Dope Lemon, Kimosabè
Georgia Mooney, Full Of Moon
Mia Dyson, Tender Heart
The Paper Kites, At the Roadhouse
Best Children’s Album
Bluey, Dance Mode!
Emma Memma, Twirly Tunes
Josh Pyke, It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day!
The Wiggles, Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children
Zindzi & The Zillionaires, Zindzi & the Zillionaires
Public Voted Awards
Best Video
REAL LIFE LOVE – SPEED
Cold Treatment – Lime Cordiale
U Should Not Be Doing That – Amyl and The Sniffers
Time Of My Life – Peach PRC
Lately – RÜFÜS DU SOL
Beautiful Eyes – Amy Shark
Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense – Budjerah
Dance With Me – Tones And I
Blak Britney – Miss Kaninna
I CAN’T LOSE YOU – Confidence Man
Best Australian Live Act
Angie McMahon, Making It Through Tour
Barkaa, BARKAA
Confidence Man, Laneway Festival
Dirty Three, Love Changes Everything Tour
Dom Dolla, Dom Dolla Australian Tour
King Stingray, Regional Run 2024
Missy Higgins, The Second Act Tour 2024
Royel Otis, Pratts & Pain Tour
RÜFÜS DU SOL, 2024 Australian Summer Tour Dates
Tones And I, P!nk Supported by Tones And I
Song of the Year
CYRIL, Stumblin’ In
Dom Dolla, Saving Up
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander, Atmosphere
G Flip, The Worst Person Alive
Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo, Give You Love
Kylie Minogue, Tension
Lithe, Fall Back
Royel Otis, Murder on the Dance Floor
The Kid LAROI, Nights Like This
Troye Sivan, Got Me Started
Most Popular International Artist
Ariana Grande
Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
Charli XCX
Drake
Olivia Rodrigo
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Travis Scott
Zach Bryan
ARIA Music Teacher of the Year
Casey Allen, PLC Sydney, NSW
Hayley Wedding, Seaview High School, SA
Nathaniel Miller, Bulman School, NT
Susan Sukkar, Petersham Public School, NSW
Best Classical Album
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti, Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’
Grigoryan Brothers, Amistad – Music For Two Guitars
Orava Quartet, ORAWA
Sophie Hutchings, A World Outside
Veronique Serret, Migrating Bird
Best Jazz Album
Audrey Powne, From the Fire
Elixir (feat. Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann), A Small Shy Truth
Mildlife, Chorus
Tourismo, Torque
Vanessa Perica Orchestra, The Eye is the First Circle
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Ack Kinmonth, Scarygirl
Harlow, This is HARLOW (Music From Paper Dolls)
Helena Czajka, Nemesis (Original Series Soundtrack)
Jackson Milas, The Way, My Way
Various Artists, Faraway Downs
Best World Music
Christine Anu, Waku
DOBBY, Warrangu; River Story
Joseph Tawadros, The Virtue of Signals
Radical Son, Bilambiyal
Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator, History of House
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