Here's All The Winners of the 2015 ARIA Awards • Howl & Echoes

The annual ARIA Awards took place last night at the Star casino in Sydney. Musicians, celebs and industry folk sweated their way through the relentless 40 degree heat, to celebrate and enjoy the biggest night of the year for Australian music. Here’s all the winners and nominees of the 2015 event:

Song of the Year

WINNER: Conrad Sewell – Start Again
Grace – You Don’t Own Me ft. G-Eazy
Iggy Azalea – Trouble ft. Jennifer Hudson
Jarryd James – Do You Remember
Marlisa – Stand By You
Nathaniel – Live Louder
Peking Duk – Take Me Over ft. SAFIA
Sia – Elastic Heart
The Veronicas – You Ruin Me
Vance Joy – Georgia

Best Group

WINNER: Tame Impala – Currents
5 Seconds of Summer – LiveSOS
AC/DC – Rock Or Bust
Hermitude – Dark Night Sweet Light
The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes

Best Pop Release

WINNER: Jarryd James – Do You Remember
Conrad Sewell – Start Again
Sia – Elastic Heart
Tame Impala – Let It Happen
Vance Joy – Dream Your Life Away

Best Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: Oh Mercy – When We Talk About Love
John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John – Two Strong Hearts
Megan Washington – There There
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions – Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Session
Szymon – Tigersapp

Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Conrad Sewell – Start Again
Gang of Youths – The Positions
Jarryd James – Do You Remember
Meg Mac – Never Be

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: Northlane – Node
Born Lion – Final Words
In Hearts Wake – Skydancer
King Parrot – Dead Set
Thy Art Is Murder – Holy War

Best Country Album

WINNER: Shane Nicholson – Hell Breaks Loose
Catherine Britt – Boneshaker
Lee Kernaghan – Spirit Of The Anzacs
Mustered Courage – White Lies and Melodies
Troy Cassar-Daley – Freedom Ride

Best Urban Album

WINNER: Seth Sentry – Strange New Past
Citizen Kay –Democracy
Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon
The Meeting Tree – R U A Cop
Tuka – Life Death Time Eternal

Best Blues And Roots Album

WINNER: C.W. Stoneking — Gon’ Boogaloo
Marlon Williams — Marlon Williams
The Black Sorrows — Endless Sleep
The Waifs — Beautiful You
Tim Rogers & The Bamboos — The Rules of Attraction

Best Children’s AlbumWINNER: Sam Moran — Play Along With Sam: BOO!
Giggle and Hoot — Hootastic Tunes
Play School — Favourite Things — Songs and Nursery Rhymes from Play School
Rhys Muldoon — Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good
The Wiggles — Rock & Roll Preschool

Best Comedy Release

WINNER: Matt Okine — Live at the Enmore Theatre
Bondi Hipsters — Fuhck The Bahnks
Buddy Goode — Songs To Ruin Every Occasion
Ronny Chieng — Chieng Reaction
Sammy J & Randy — Live

Best Dance ReleaseWINNER: Rüfüs — You Were Right
Alison Wonderland — Run
Flight Facilities — Down To Earth
Hayden James — Something About You
Peking Duk — Take Me Over feat. SAFIA

Best Female Artist

WINNER: Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Jessica Mauboy — Can I Get A Moment?
Meg Mac — MEGMAC EP
Megan Washington — There There
Sia — Elastic Heart

Best Independent ReleaseWINNER: Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light
Jarryd James — Do You Remember
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions — Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

Best Male Artist

WINNER: Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away
#1 Dads — Nominal
Daniel Johns — Talk
Guy Sebastian — Tonight Again
Jarryd James — Do You Remember

Best Rock AlbumWINNER: Tame Impala – Currents
Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Dead Letter Circus — Aesthesis
Gang of Youths — The Positions
Tame Impala — Currents
The Preatures — Blue Planet Eyes

Best Australian Live ActWINNER: 5 Seconds Of Summer — Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour
Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour
Gang of Youths — Gang of Youths National Tour
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light Tour
Hilltop Hoods — Cosby Sweater Australian Tour
Nick Cave — Nick Cave Australian Tour
Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions — Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions Tour
Sheppard — The Bombs Away Tour
The Preatures — The Cruel Tour
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away Tour

Best International ArtistWINNER: One Direction — Four
Calvin Harris — Motion
Ed Sheeran — X
Foo Fighters — Sonic Highways
Hozier — Hozier
James Bay — Chaos And The Calm
Mark Ronson — Uptown Special
Meghan Trainor — Title
Sam Smith — In The Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift — 1989

Best VideoWINNER: Matt Sharp & Daniel James for The Veronicas — You Ruin Me
Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland — U Don’t Know ft. Wayne Coyne
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett — Pedestrian At Best
Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns — Aerial Love
Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem — Wings
Clemens Habicht for Flume — Some Minds ft. Andrew Wyatt
Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude — Through The Roof ft. Young Tapz
Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan — Spirit Of The Anzacs
Filmery for Shane Nicholson — Secondhand Man
Luci Schroder for Vance Joy — Georgia

Album of the Year

WINNER: Tame Impala — Currents
Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Flight Facilities — Down To Earth
Hermitude — Dark Night Sweet Light
Vance Joy — Dream Your Life Away

Congratulations to all the nominees and of course the winners, and a particularly special congratulations to Triple J Breakfast hosts Matt & Alex for this beast of an outfit: