Aria Awards – who are the Urban/Soul/funk category nominees?
Aria nominations are out!
It’s a Jessica Mauboy and Chet Faker kinda year at the Aria Awards – but what’s the Urban/Soul/funk category doing?
Well strictly, there is no category for Soul or Funk music in the Australian Recording Industry Associations list! Here are our Australian best for the category “Urban”
Best Urban Album – Aria nominations
1/ 360 – Utopia
2/ Hilltop Hoods – Walking under the stars
Iggy Azalea – The new Classic
Illy- Cinematic
Thundamentals – so we can remember
2014 ARIA NOMINEES
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chet Faker — Built On Glass
Dan Sultan — Blackbird
Jessica Mauboy — Beautiful
Sheppard — Bombs Away
Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Gossling — Harvest Of Gold
Kate Miller — Heidke — O Vertigo!
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly — Goin’ Your Way
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Live From KCRW
Tina Arena — Reset
BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Harry Hookey — Misdiagnosed
John Butler Trio — Flesh & Blood
Russell Morris — Van Diemen’s Land
The Audreys — ‘Til My Tears Roll Away
The Bamboos — Fever In The Road
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM
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!
The Wiggles — Apples & Bananas
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Adam Brand — My Side Of The Street
Emma Swift — Emma Swift
Kasey Chambers — Bittersweet
Keith Urban — Fuse
The McClymonts — Here’s To You & I
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Adalita — All Day Venus
Iggy Azalea — The New Classic
Jessica Mauboy — Beautiful
Kasey Chambers — Bittersweet
Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
BEST MALE ARTIST
Chet Faker — Built On Glass
Dan Sultan — Blackbird
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu — Gurrumul and the Sydney Symphony
Orchestra: His Life And Music
Guy Sebastian — Come Home With Me
Vance Joy — Mess Is Mine
BEST GROUP
5 Seconds Of Summer — 5 Seconds Of Summer
Hilltop Hoods — Walking Under Stars
RUFUS — Sundream
Sheppard — Bombs Away
Violent Soho — Saramona Said
Best Pop Release
5 Seconds Of Summer — 5 Seconds Of Summer
Andy Bull — Sea Of Approval
Justice Crew — Que Sera
Sheppard — Bombs Away
Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Chet Faker — Built On Glass
Dan Sultan — Blackbird
Sheppard — Bombs Away
Vance Joy — Mess Is Mine
Violent Soho — Saramona Said
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Angus & Julia Stone — Angus & Julia Stone
Ball Park Music — Puddinghead
Dan Sultan — Blackbird
Jimmy Barnes — 30:30 Hindsight
Kingswood — Microscopic Wars
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
5 Seconds Of Summer — 5 Seconds Of Summer
Andy Bull — Sea Of Approval
Chet Faker — Built On Glass
Iggy Azalea — The New Classic
The Kite String Tangle — Vessel EP
PUBLICLY VOTED AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR
5 Seconds of Summer — She Looks So Perfect — EMI
Guy Sebastian — Like A Drum — Sony Music Entertainment Australia
Havana Brown — Warrior — Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX — Fancy — Virgin/Universal Music Australia
Joel Fletcher feat. Savage — Swing — Hustle Recordings/Ministry of Sound
Justice Crew — Que Sera — Sony Music Entertainment Australia
Nathaniel — You — DNA Songs/Sony Music Entertainment Australia
Sheppard — Geronimo — Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution
Sia — Chandelier — Inertia Recordings
Taylor Henderson — Borrow My Heart — Sony Music Entertainment Australia
FINE ARTS AWARD WINNERS
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Lior / Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Westlake — Compassion — ABC
Classics/Universal Music Australia
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Paul Grabowsky Sextet — The Bitter Suite — ABC Jazz/UMA
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Gurrumul:
His Life And Music — ABC Music/UMA
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Joseph Tawadros — Permission to Evaporate — ABC Music/UMA
ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Eric J Dubowsky for Chet Faker — Built On Glass — Future Classic
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Nicholas Murphy for Chet Faker — Built On Glass — Future Classic
BEST COVER ART
Tin & Ed for Chet Faker — Built On Glass — Future Classic