The 39th annual ARIA Awards took place on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land. Amyl and The Sniffers won Album of the Year for Cartoon Darkness; Ninajirachi collected three awards, and The Kid LAROI won Song of the Year for “Girls.”
What happened at the 2025 ARIA Awards?
The ceremony recognized winners across 29 categories and was presented in partnership with Spotify. Triple j Breakfast presenter Concetta Caristo and Nova presenter Tim Blackwell hosted the event. ARIA’s 2025 announcement named You Am I as the Hall of Fame inductee.
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The planned Australian viewing options were a live Paramount+ stream, announced to begin at 5pm, and a broadcast on 10. Those were event-day announcements; they do not establish whether a replay is available now. Paramount+’s event announcement covered the stream, while 10’s event page announced its broadcast.
Who won the major 2025 ARIA Awards?
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Album of the Year | Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
| Best Solo Artist | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
| Song of the Year | The Kid LAROI, “Girls” |
| Best Australian Live Act | Troye Sivan, Something To Give Each Other Tour |
| Best Group | Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
| Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
| Best Independent Release | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
The awards list, reported by ABC News / Double J, shows the night’s biggest multi-category outcomes: Amyl and The Sniffers took three awards, while Ninajirachi won three.
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Full list of 2025 ARIA Award winners
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Album of the Year | Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
| Best Solo Artist | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
| Song of the Year | The Kid LAROI, “Girls” |
| Best Australian Live Act | Troye Sivan, Something To Give Each Other Tour |
| Best Rock Album | Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
| Best Soul / R&B Release | BOY SODA, Lil Obsession |
| Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
| Best Adult Contemporary Album | Missy Higgins, The Second Act |
| Best World Music Album | Gurrumul, Banbirrngu — The Orchestral Sessions |
| Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement | Fox League 2025: “Our Greats,” by Fox Sports Australia and 3% |
| Best Independent Release | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer |
| Best Hip Hop / Rap Release | BARKAA, Big Tidda |
| Best Children’s Album | Emma Memma, Dance Island Party |
| Most Popular International Artist | Taylor Swift |
| Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album | Various Artists, How To Make Gravy |
| Best Jazz Album | Lucy Clifford, Between Spaces of Knowing |
| Best Classical Album | Andrea Lam, Piano Diary |
| Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album | Thornhill, Bodies |
| Producer — Best Produced Release | Kevin Parker for Tame Impala, “End of Summer” |
| Best Pop Release | Thelma Plum, I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back |
| Best Cover Art | John Stewart for Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
| Engineer — Best Engineered Release | Kevin Parker for Tame Impala, “End of Summer” |
| Best Country Album | Kasey Chambers, Backbone |
| Best Music Festival | Laneway Festival |
| Best Dance / Electronic Release | Dom Dolla, “DREAMIN’” |
| Best Video | Keli Holiday and Ryan Sauer, “Dancing2” |
| Best Blues & Roots Album | The Teskey Brothers, Live At The Hammersmith Apollo |
| Best Group | Amyl and The Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness |
Who led the nominations, and who won?
Ninajirachi led the nominations with eight and converted that lead into three wins: Best Solo Artist, Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release. Dom Dolla had seven nominations; Amyl and The Sniffers had six. Hilltop Hoods and Thelma Plum each had five, while Folk Bitch Trio, Missy Higgins, Royel Otis and RÜFÜS DU SOL each had four, according to ARIA’s nominations announcement.
Nomination totals are not a forecast of wins: Dom Dolla’s seven nominations, for example, resulted in the listed Best Dance / Electronic Release win for “DREAMIN’.” Amyl and The Sniffers’ three awards included Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Group.
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How were the awards decided?
The categories did not all use the same selection method. ARIA’s 2025 eligibility document distinguishes Voting Academy decisions, genre or specialist judging schools, and public-vote categories. Five awards were publicly voted in 2025; the public-voting method could be set by ARIA each year.
For Song of the Year, the nominee pool came from eligible singles and was based on the ten highest-selling qualifying singles, using ARIA chart sales statistics for charts published from 27 August 2024 through 25 August 2025. That category-specific rule is not a description of how every ARIA winner was chosen.
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