Royel Otis, Dom Dolla Lead Finalists for 2024 ARIA Awards

With eight nominations, Royel Otis is all set to reign at the 2024 ARIA Awards.

The Sydney-formed indie act bags nods for album of the year, best group, best independent release, best rock album, best Australian live act and more, following their debut full-length album release, Pratts & Pain, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart.

Royel Otis has been in sparkling form heading into the ARIAs. Led by Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, and developed by Ourness, the music company behind Genesis Owusu, Royel Otis made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover of The Cranberries’ “Linger” reaching No. 94, and impacted Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart with another cover, hitting No. 2 with their rendition of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder On The Dancefloor,” which they covered for triple j’s Like A Version.

They’ve accumulated 9 million followers on Spotify, and more than 318 million combined streams on the streaming platform in the past year. Royel Otis wrapped a tour of the U.K. and Europe last month, and their currently stateside on a trek that runs until Oct. 22.

At the ARIAs, EDM star Dom Dolla is close behind with six nominations, while Angie McMahon and Kylie Minogue score five nods each.

Amy Shark, 3%, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid LAROI, Tones And I and Troye Sivan each land four chances, while Confidence Man, FISHER, Mildlife, Miss Kaninna, SPEED and Troy Cassar-Daley are each finalists in three categories.

Awards in 29 categories will be presented Nov. 20 during a ceremony at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. On the night, Missy Higgins will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

“This year,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd, “we get to celebrate a deep list of household names in Australian music that span all genres, highlighting the huge shift in positive momentum that the Australian music industry experienced this year. It’s a time to acknowledge those who are achieving amazing things, and spotlight those who are about to, to ensure we continue this momentum forward into 2025.”

The Australian recording industry’s flagship awards night will air live on Stan, with a special broadcast on free-to-air Channel 9. Also, performances and moments will stream globally at the official ARIA YouTube channel.

The ARIA Awards is supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and events agency, Destination NSW, and partnered by YouTube.

Visit aria.com.au for the full list of nominations.

2024 ARIA Awards Nominations

Album of the Year
Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]
Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]
Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]
Troye Sivan – Something to Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

Best Solo Artist
Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]
Dom Dolla – Saving Up [Three Six Zero/Sony Music]
Emma Donovan – Till My Song Is Done [Mushroom Music/BMG]
Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]
The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] [Columbia Records/Sony Music]
Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice [Dew Process/Universal Music Australia]
Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary [Bad Batch Records/Sony Music]
Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires [Tarampa Music/Sony Music]
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]

Best Group presented by Stan
3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]
Hiatus Kaiyote – Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Inertia]
Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better [Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia]
SPEED – Only One Mode [Last Ride Records/ADA]

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]
Becca Hatch – MAYDAY [Forever Ever/SonyMusic
Kita Alexander – Young In Love [Warner Music Australia]
Sycco – Zorb [Future Classic]
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You [Domestic La La]

Best Pop Release
Amy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)
Jessica Mauboy – Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)
The Kid LAROI – Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other (EMI Music Australia)

Best Dance / Electronic Release
Confidence Man – I CAN’T LOSE YOU (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
CYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)
Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better (Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia)

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release
3% – KILL THE DEAD (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)
Kobie Dee – Chapter 26 (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)
Lithe – Fall Back (GSL/GYROstream)
ONEFOUR – Natural Habitat (ONEFOUR RECORDS)
The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] (Columbia Records/Sony Music)

Best Soul / R&B Release
Forest Claudette – Jupiter (Sony Music)
Milan Ring – Mangos (Astral People Recordings/[PIAS])
Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)
PANIA – WE STILL YOUNG (Say Less)
Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Independent Release presented by PPCA
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)
Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)
Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)
Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Rock Album
Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)
Grinspoon – whatever, whatever (Universal Music Australia)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741 (p(doom) records)
Middle Kids – Faith Crisis Pt 1 (EMI Music Australia)
Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)
Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)
Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Emma Donovan – Til My Song Is Done (Civilians)
Fanning Dempsey National Park – The Deluge (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Country Album
Casey Barnes – Mayday (Casey Barnes Entertainment/Chugg Music)
Henry Wagons – The Four Seasons (Cheatin’ Hearts Records/ADA)
James Johnston – Raised Like That (Warner Music Australia)
Tori Forsyth – All We Have Is Who We Are (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album
C.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops (Damaged Records/Inertia)
Dune Rats – If It Sucks, Turn It Up (BMG/ADA)
Polaris – Fatalism (Resist/Civilians)
SPEED – Only One Mode (Last Ride Records/ADA)
Teenage Jones – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)

Best Blues & Roots Album
Checkerboard Lounge – SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)
Dope Lemon – Kimosabè (BMG/ADA)
Georgia Mooney – Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group)
Mia Dyson – Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants)
The Paper Kites – At The Roundhouse (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Best Children’s Album
Bluey – Dance Mode! (Ludo Studios/Demon Demon Music Group/Rocket)
Emma Memma – Twirly Tunes (GYROstream)
Josh Pyke – It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day! (ABC Music/The Orchard)
The Wiggles – Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Zinzi & The Zillionaires – Zinzi & The Zillionaires (ABC Music/The Orchard)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
Best Video presented by YouTube
REAL LIFE LOVE – SPEED, Jack Rudder, Jem Siow, Thomas Elliot (Last Ride Records/ADA)
Cold Treatment – Lime Cordiale, Jack Shepherd (Chugg Music/MGM)
U Should Not Be Doing That – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Angus Stewart (Amyl and The
Sniffers/Virgin Music Group)
Time Of My Life – Peach PRC, Josh Harris (Island Records Australia)
Lately – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Katzki (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)
Beautiful Eyes – Amy Shark, Marcario De Souza (Sony Music)
Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense – Budjerah, Michael O’Halloran [ONYX FILM] (Warner Music Australia)
Dance With Me – Tones And I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)
Blak Britney – Miss Kaninna, Will Hamilton-Coates (Soul Has No Tempo)
I CAN’T LOSE YOU – Confidence Man, Zac Dov Wiesel (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)

Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSW
Angie McMahon – Making It Through Tour (AWAL Recordings)
Barkaa – BARKAA (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)
Confidence Man – Laneway Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything Tour (Anchor & Hope/Remote Control Records)
Dom Dolla – DOM DOLLA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
King Stingray – Regional Run 2024 (Civilians/The Orchard)
Missy Higgins – The Second Act Tour 2024 (Eleven/EMI Music Australia)
Royel Otis – Royel Otis PRATTS & PAIN Tour (Ourness/Believe)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – RÜFÜS DU SOL 2024 Australian Summer Tour Dates (Rose Avenue Records/Warner
Music)
Tones And I – P!nk Supported By Tones And I (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)

Song of the Year presented by YouTube
CYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)
Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)
G Flip – The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic)
Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo – Give You Love (Warner Music Australia)
Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)
Lithe – Fall Back (GSL, GYROstream)
Royel Otis – Murder on the Dance Floor – triple j Like A Version (ABC Music/The Orchard)
The Kid LAROI – Nights Like This (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Troye Sivan – Got Me Started (EMI Music Australia)

Most Popular International Artist
Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft (Darkroom/Interscope/Universal Music Australia)
Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Island Records USA/Universal Music
Australia)
Charli XCX – BRAT (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australia)
Drake – For All The Dogs (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
Olivia Rodrigo – Guts (Geffen/Universal Music Australia)
Tate McRae – Think Later (RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment)
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
Travis Scott – Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)
Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan (Warner Records/Warner Music Australia)

ARIA Music Teacher Award
Casey Allen – PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSW
Hayley Wedding – Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SA
Nathaniel Miller – Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NT
Susan Sukkar – Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW

ARTISAN AWARDS
Best Cover Art
Daniel Boyd and Nomad Create for KILL THE DEAD – 3% (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)
Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside for Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary (Better Batch Records/Sony
Music)
Louis Leimbach for Lime Cordiale – Enough Of Sweet Talk (Chugg Music/MGM)
Michael Bryers for Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)
Tomas Shanahan for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Engineer – Best Engineered Release
Chris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
Eric J. Dubowsky for Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI Music
Australia)
Tony Buchen for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)

Producer – Best Produced Release
Chris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
Crowded House & Steven Schram for Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)
FISHER for FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)
Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI Music
Australia)

FINE ARTS AWARD
Best Classical Album
Australian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’ (ABC
Classic/The Orchard)
Grigoryan Brothers – Amistad – Music For Two Guitars (Decca Australia/UMA)
Orava Quartet – ORAWA (Deutsche Grammophon Australia/UMA)
Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside (Mercury KX/UMA)
Veronique Serret – Migrating Bird (Migrating Bird Records/The Planet Company)

Best Jazz Album
Audrey Powne – From The Fire (Barely Breaking Even/The Orchard)
Elixir (feat. Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann) – A Small Shy Truth (ABC Jazz/The
Orchard)
Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)
Tourismo – Torque (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)
Vanessa Perica Orchestra – The Eye is the First Circle (Vanessa Perica)

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by Stan
Ack Kinmonth – Scarygirl (Independant)
Harlow – This is HARLOW (Music From Paper Dolls) (Helium/MGM)
Helena Czakja – Nemesis (Original Series Soundtrack) (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Jackson Milas – The Way, My Way (Ambition Records/MGM)
Various Artists – Faraway Downs (DTS Productions/Sony Music)

Best World Music Album
Christine Anu – Waku (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Dobby – Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard)
Joseph Tawadros – The Virtue of Signals (Independant/The Planet Company)
Radical Son – Bilambiyal (Wantok Musik/The Planet Company)
Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator – History of House (Xelon Entertainment)

OUR SOUNDTRACK OUR ADS
Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement
Cancer Council: End The Trend – Bolster Group, JK-47
NRL & AFL: WARRIORS & STORYTELLERS – Fox Sports Australia, Kobie Dee
Qantas Olympics: Already Proud – Howatson+Company, Tones And I
realestate.com.au: Keep Moving – 72andSunny, Eurogliders
Speedo International: Go Full Speedo – Collider/Mirimar, The Beefs