2018 ARIA Awards: The complete winners list

The 2018 ARIA Awards was yet another successful night of celebration for Australia’s music industry on Wednesday.

Local boy band 5 Seconds Of Summer came out on top, winning the ultimate Song Of The Year Award for their smash hit, Youngblood.

Sydney boys Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Michael Clifford, have taken the music world by storm in the past few years, and said there’s no chance of the group slowing down or splitting any time soon.

Meanwhile the winner of the Album Of The Year Award was Amy Shark for Love Monster.

“I really really wanted this,” the emotional 32-year-old said as she accepted the award on stage at The Star.

“Not just for me but for my whole team because there has been so much that’s gone into this and everyone’s just believed in me,” she explained.

The I Said Hi singer, who also won Best Pop Release and Best Female Artist, dedicated part of her speech to her husband Shane Billings, telling him, “You’re the reason I’m here”.

It was a big night for women in music, with country musician Kasey Chambers inducted into the ARIAs Hall of Fame.

“I am so proud to have become a strong woman in the music industry,” she said on stage.

“But I don’t think I am standing up here because I’m a strong woman. I don’t think I’m standing up here in spite of being a strong woman. I think I’m standing up here because I’m myself and that’s all we ever need to be.”

Keith Urban hosted Australian music’s night of nights, and had his wife Nicole Kidman in the audience cheering him on.

Complete winners list below:

Apple Music Song Of The Year
Winner: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
Amy Shark – I Said Hi
Angus & Julia Stone – Chateau
Conrad Sewell – Healing Hands
Dean Lewis – Be Alright
Peking Duk – Fire/Reprisal
Pnau – Go Bang
Sheppard – Coming Home (
Troye Sivan – My My My!
Vance Joy – Lay It On Me

Apple Music Album Of The Year
Winner: Amy Shark – Love Monster
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Gurrumul – Djarimirri
Pnau – Changa
Troye Sivan – Bloom

Music Teacher of the Year

Winner: Scott Maxwell (Grant High School, Mount Gambier SA 5209)
Becky Hall (Education Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne VIC 3052)
Dean Harawira (Nerang State High School, Gold Coast QLD 4211)
Deborah Skelton (Caladenia Primary School, Canning Vale WA 6155)

Best Female Artist

Winner: Amy Shark – Love Monster
Alison Wonderland – Awake
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Sia – Flames
Tash Sultana – Flow State

Best Video

Winner: Dean Lewis – Be Alright
Amy Shark – I Said Hi
Client Liaison – Survival In The City
Courtney Barnett – Need A Little Time
Gang Of Youths – The Heart Is A Muscle
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue
Peking Duk – Fire
Pnau – Go Bang
Tash Sultana – Salvation
The Presets – Do What You Want

Best Children’s Album
Winner: Justine Clarke – The Justine Clarke Show!
Lah-Lah – 10th Birthday Party
Sam Moran – Santa’s Coming!
Teeny Tiny Stevies – Helpful Songs For Little People
The Wiggles – Wiggle Pop!

Best Male Artist

Winner: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
Dan Sultan – Killer Under A Blood Moon
Dean Lewis – Be Alright
Troye Sivan – Bloom
Vance Joy – Nation Of Two

Best Blues & Roots Album

Winner: Tash Sultana – Flow State
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow
Emily Wurramara – Milyakburra
Mama Kin Spender – Golden Magnetic
Ruby Boots – Don’t Talk About It

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

Winner: Parkway Drive – Reverence
DZ Deathrays – Bloody Lovely
King Parrot – Ugly Produce
Polaris – The Mortal Coil
West Thebarton – Different Beings Being Different

Best Independent Release

Winner: Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
DMA’S – For Now
Pnau – Go Bang

Breakthrough Artist

Winner: Ruel – Dazed & Confused
Alex Lahey – I Love You Like A Brother
Jack River – Sugar Mountain
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue
Odette – To A Stranger

Best Urban Release

Winner: Hilltop Hoods – Clark Griswold (feat. Adrian Eagle)
360 – Vintage Modern
Esoterik – My Astral Plane
Kerser – Engraved In The Game
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

Winner: Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Boy: The Soundtracks
Evelyn Ida Morris – Acute Misfortune (Original Soundtrack)
Jessica Mauboy – The Secret Daughter Season Two
LIARS – 1/1 (Original Soundtrack)
Various Artists – Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical

Best Dance Release

Winner: Pnau – Go Bang
Alison Wonderland – Awake
Fisher – Losing It
Peking Duk – Fire
RÜFÜS DU SOL – No Place

Best International Artist
Winner: Camila Cabello – Camila
Drake – Scorpion & More Life
Ed Sheeran –
Eminem – Revival & Kamikaze
Imagine Dragons – Evolve
Khalid – American Teen
P!nk – Beautiful Trauma
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys & Stoney
Sam Smith – The Thrill Of It All
Taylor Swift – Reputation

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Winner: Vance Joy – Nation Of Two
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice
Dan Sultan – Killer Under A Blood Moon
Missy Higgins – Solastalgia
Odette – To A Stranger

Best Country Album

Winner: Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples – Campfire
Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont – Adam & Brooke
Fanny Lumsden – Real Class Act
The Wolfe Brothers – Country Heart
Travis Collins – Brave & The Broken

Best Group
Winner: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
DMA’S – For Now
Peking Duk – Fire
Pnau – Go Bang
RÜFÜS DU SOL – No Place

Best Rock Album

Winner: Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends
DMA’S – For Now
Luca Brasi – Stay
Middle Kids – Lost Friends

Best Pop Release

Winner: Amy Shark – Love Monster
5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
Dean Lewis – Be Alright
Jack River – Sugar Mountain
Troye Sivan – Bloom

Best Australian Live Act
Winner: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Meet You There Tour
Amy Shark – Love Monster Tour
Client Liaison – Expo Liaison
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel National Tour
Dean Lewis – 2017 National Tour
Gang Of Youths – 2017 National Tour
Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine Tour 2017
Peking Duk – The Wasted Tour
Pnau – Pnau Changa Australian Tour
Tash Sultana – Homecoming Tour