The 29th Annual

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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) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2015 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is o ...

. The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 7 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. ARIA opened the public-voted categories Song of the Year, Best International Act, Best Australian Live Act and Best Video, which includes Twitter live vote for Best Australian Live Act.

Tame Impala Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker (musician), Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring a ...

won the most awards with five trophies from six nominations, while Courtney Barnett received the most final nominations with eight categories and won four.

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ceremony.

Performers

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards: *

Conrad Sewell Conrad Ignatius Mario Maximilian Sewell (born 31 March 1988) is an Australian singer and songwriter. He is best known for his vocals on Kygo's single "Firestone (song), Firestone" and his number-one single "Start Again (Conrad Sewell song), Sta ...

Flight Facilities Flight Facilities is an Australian electronic music production duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lye ...

* Hermitude *

Jarryd James Jarryd James Klapper (born December 1984, in Brisbane) is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer who performs as Jarryd James. He released his debut single "Do You Remember (Jarryd James song), Do You Remember" on 30 January 2015, ...

Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the Australian Idol (season 4), fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and s ...

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* Peking Duk *

The Veronicas The Veronicas are an Australian pop music, pop duo from Brisbane. The group was formed in 2004 by identical twin sisters Lisa Origliasso, Lisa and Jessica Origliasso. In 2005, the Veronicas released their debut studio album, titled ''The Secr ...

* Vance Joy *

Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran ( ; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...

Presenters

The following presenters handed out trophies at the ceremony: *

presented Song Of The Year * Joel Creasey presented Best Children's Album and Best Comedy Release * Guy Sebastian presented Best Pop Release * Sheppard presented Best Group * Catherine Britt presented Best Adult Contemporary Album * Adam Brand and Jasmine Rae presented Best Country Album * Iva Davies presented Album Of The Year * Veronica & Lewis presented Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album * Ian Moss presented Best Rock Album * Rove McManus presented Best Female Artist * Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland presented Best Australian Live Act *

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...

inducts Tina Arena into the ARIA Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

On 25 October ARIA announced that

was due to be inducted into their

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. To further honour her, and previous inductees, the ARIA Hall of Fame Walk was established on 6 November with Arena as the first artist to be featured. At the ceremony she was introduced by

, also a Hall of Fame inductee, and was presented the trophy by cyclist, Cadel Evans. Arena performed a new version of her 1994 song, " Chains", which featured

and

the Veronicas The Veronicas are an Australian pop music, pop duo from Brisbane. The group was formed in 2004 by identical twin sisters Lisa Origliasso, Lisa and Jessica Origliasso. In 2005, the Veronicas released their debut studio album, titled ''The Secr ...

on co-lead vocals. Arena released the performance as a single, which debuted at No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In her acceptance speech Arena wanted to "acknowledge that ladies over 40 are still in the game" she specifically named Minogue, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Annie Lennox; she continued "Keep doing what you're doing, ladies, because we will decide when it's time for us to stop." She also voiced her concern about support for local artists by broadcasters, "Radio please don't try and meet your Australian quotas because you have to, exceed them because you really want to". *

Multiple winners and nominees

– 5 wins from 6 nominations * Courtney Barnett – 4 wins from 8 nominations * Vance Joy – 1 win from 7 nominations *

– 1 win from 5 nominations * Hermitude – 7 nominations * Gang of Youths – 5 nominations

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.

Fine Arts Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.

Artisan Awards