The 2022 ARIA Music Awards were the 36th Annual
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival Records (Australia), Festival, Sony Music ...
Music Awards (generally known as
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards, including the 2022 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony occurred on 24 November 2022, broadcast on
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
and live-streamed via
YouTube
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from
Hordern Pavilion
Hordern Pavilion (known locally as The Hordern) is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. Now known as a sports venue, dance party and music concert venue, the Hordern ...
, Sydney.
Modifications were Best Artist became Best Solo Artist, Best Dance/Electronic Release replaced Best Dance Release, Mix Engineer – Best Mixed Album instead of Engineer of the Year and Producer – Best Produced Album changed from Producer of the Year.
Entries for all categories closed on 12 August 2022 and final nominees were announced on 12 October.
Hosts for the show were announced as
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia ( , ; born 4 February 1975) is an Australian and British singer and actress.
Born and raised in New South Wales, Imbruglia became widely known in the early 1990s playing Beth Brennan in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. A ...
and
Lewis Capaldi
Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" (2018) topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number ...
on 14 October, however on 2 November Capaldi withdrew "due to unforeseen scheduling issues". His replacements
G Flip
Georgia Claire Flipo (born 22 September 1993), known professionally as G Flip, is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Their debut studio album, '' About Us'', was released on 30 August ...
and
Ruel were announced on 14 November.
Brooke Boney
Brooke Kathleen Boney (born ) is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent.
Boney has previously been a news and entertainment presenter of Nine Network's breakfast program '' Today'' and newsreader on th ...
hosted the ''Pre-Show'' and also presented 15 trophies.
Ceremony performers were named on 16 November, included were tributes for
ARIA Hall of Fame
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has inducted artists into its annual ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone ceremo ...
inductees who had died during the year:
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million record ...
(1948–2022),
Archie Roach
Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian (Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalung) singer-songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach wa ...
(1956–2022) and
Judith Durham
Judith Mavis Durham (née Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962.
The group became the first Australian pop mus ...
(1943–2022).
Due to those tributes this year's ceremony had no new ARIA Hall of Fame inductions, for the second consecutive year.
Baker Boy
Danzal James Baker (born 10 October 1996), known professionally as Baker Boy, is a Yolngu rapper, dancer, and artist. Baker Boy is known for performing original hip-hop songs incorporating both English language, English and Yolŋu languages, ...
won the most trophies with five from six nominations, while
Rüfüs Du Sol
Rüfüs Du Sol (stylised in all caps) is an Australian alternative dance group from Sydney, that consists of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt.
The band was known simply as Rüfüs (stylised in all caps) from their inception until Ja ...
had the most nominations at seven taking home one.
Performers
The tribute performance for
Archie Roach
Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian (Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalung) singer-songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach wa ...
was introduced by
Peter Garrett
Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician.
In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his sign ...
and
Briggs.
Presenters
Nominees and winners
Nominations were announced on 12 October 2022 by Nine Network's entertainment reporter
Brooke Boney
Brooke Kathleen Boney (born ) is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent.
Boney has previously been a news and entertainment presenter of Nine Network's breakfast program '' Today'' and newsreader on th ...
via ARIA's YouTube channel.
Winners of awards during the ''Pre-Show'' were also announced by Boney.
Winners shown bolded and at top of category, other final nominees are shown in plain.
ARIA Awards
Public voted
Fine Arts Awards
Artisan Awards
References
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