Meet All The Winners And Grinners From The 2019 ARIA Awards

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The 2019 ARIA Awards has come and come gone and what a night for the Australian music industry!

Tones and I killed it at the 2019 ARIA Awards taking home a total of 4 ARIA Awards, including Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Independent Release, and Breakthrough Artist. Dean Lewis was also a huge winner, taking home the ARIA Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Artist for his debut album “A Place We Knew” and Taylor Swift was voted Best International Artist, following the release of her critically acclaimed album “Lover” earlier this year. If you want to find out who the winners and grinners were at the 2019 ARIA Awards then scroll down below:

Album Of The Year

Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew — WINNER

Best Male Artist

Guy Sebastian – Choir
Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
Hayden James – Between Us
Paul Kelly – Nature
Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew — WINNER

Best Female Artist

Amy Shark – Mess Her Up
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
Jessica Mauboy – Little Things
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
Tones And I – Dance Monkey — WINNER

Best Dance Release

Dom Dolla – Take It
Peking Duk & Jack River – Sugar
FISHER – You Little Beauty
PNAU – Solid Gold
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace — WINNER

Best Group

Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
Birds Of Tokyo – Good Lord
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow — WINNER

Breakthrough Artist

Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
G Flip – About Us
Stella Donnelly – Beware Of The Dogs
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Tones And I – Dance Monkey — WINNER

Best Hip Hop Release

Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
Baker Boy – Cool As Hell
Illy – Then What
Tkay Maidza – Awake feat. JPEGMAFIA
Sampa The Great – Final Form — WINNER

Best Soul/R&B Release

Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
Adrian Eagle – AOK
Genesis Owusu – WUTD + Vultures
Tash Sultana – Can’t Buy Happiness
Kaiit – Miss Shiney — WINNER

Best Pop Release

Guy Sebastian – Choir
Amy Shark – Mess Her Up
Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
Tones And I – Dance Monkey — WINNER

Best Independent Release

G Flip – About Us
Angie McMahon – Salt
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Tones And I – The Kids Are Coming — WINNER

Best Rock Album

Jimmy Barnes – My Criminal Record
Holy Holy – My Own Pool Of Light
Midnight Oil – Armistice Day: Live at The Domain, Sydney
Skegss – My Own Mess
Amyl and The Sniffers – Amyl and The Sniffers — WINNER

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Samantha Jade – The Magic of Christmas
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
Seeker Lover Keeper – Wild Seeds
The Paper Kites – On The Corner Where You Live
Paul Kelly – Nature — WINNER

Best Country Album

Sara Storer – Raindance
Charlie Collins – Snowpine
Felicity Urquhart – Frozen Rabbit
Lee Kernaghan – Backroad Nation
Morgan Evans – Things That We Drink To — WINNER

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

Clowns – Nature/Nurture
Dead Letter Circus – Dead Letter Circus
DZ Deathrays – Positive Rising: Part 1
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Infest The Rats’ Nest
Northlane – Alien — WINNER

Best Blues & Roots Album

John Butler Trio – HOME
Dan Sultan – Aviary Takes
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Fishing For Fishies
Paul Kelly – Live At Sydney Opera House
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow — WINNER

Best Children’s Album

Kamil Ellis and Ensemble Offspring – Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming
Regurgitator’s Pogogo Show – The Really Really Really Really Boring Album
The Beanies – Imagination Station
The Wiggles – Party Time!
Dan Sultan – Nali & Friends — WINNER

Best Comedy Release

Carl Barron – Drinking With A Fork
Chris Lilley – Lunatics (Official Soundtrack)
Sammy J – Symphony In J Minor
Veronica & Lewis – Sex Flex: A Rap Guide To Fornication
Arj Barker – Organic — WINNER

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Best Video

Jessica Mauboy – Little Things
Baker Boy – Cool As Hell
Briggs – Life Is Incredible feat. Greg Holden
G Flip – Drink Too Much
Hilltop Hoods – Exit Sign feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal
PNAU – Solid Gold
Sampa The Great – Final Form
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
Tones And I – Dance Monkey
Guy Sebastian – Choir — WINNER

Best Australian Live Act

Gang Of Youths – Say Yes To Life Tour
Amy Shark – Amy Shark Australian Tour
Baker Boy – Cool As Hell Tour
Electric Fields – 2000 And Whatever Tour
Keith Urban – Graffiti U Tour 2019
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Australian Tour 2019
Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil
Peking Duk – Peking Duk’s Biggest Tour Ever… So Far
The Teskey Brothers – The Teskey Brothers – Intimate Venue Tour
Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse World Tour — WINNER

Song Of The Year

Hilltop Hoods – Leave Me Lonely
5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
Amy Shark – Mess Her Up
Birds Of Tokyo – Good Lord
Dean Lewis – 7 Minutes
Kian – Waiting
Morgan Evans – Day Drunk
Ocean Alley – Confidence
Tones and I – Dance Monkey
Guy Sebastian – Choir — WINNER

Best International Artist

Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go
Ed Sheeran – No.6 Collaborations Project
George Ezra – Staying At Tamara’s
Khalid – Free Spirit
P!nk – Hurts 2B Human
Post Malone – Hollywood’s Bleeding
Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
Travis Scott – Astroworld
Taylor Swift – Lover — WINNER

Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year

Bel Skinner (North Regional TAFE, WA)
Julie Rennick (Gunnedah Conservatorium, NSW)
Lee Strickland (Narbethong State Special School, QLD)
Antonio Chiappetta (St Andrews College, Marayong, NSW) — WINNER