Live: Troye Sivan, Amy Shark and G Flip among stars arriving at the ARIA awards

 We are now in our fourth year since the ARIAs combined best female act and best male act together.

Back in 2021 when the change was made ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the time for separating artist based on gender that excluded non-binary artists had passed.

“The music industry is demanding a more equal, inclusive, safe and supportive space for everyone and ARIA is working hard to achieve that across the ARIA Awards and everything we do.”

Last year the coveted prize went to Troye Sivan who is in the running once again.

This year’s nominees for Best Solo Artist are:

• Amy Shark — Sunday Sadness 
• Angie McMahon — Light, Dark, Light Again
• Dom Dolla — Saving Up 
• Emma Donovan — Till My Song Is Done 
• Kylie Minogue — Tension
• The Kid LAROI — THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION]
• Tkay Maidza — Sweet Justice 
• Tones And I — Beautifully Ordinary 
• Troy Cassar-Daley — Between The Fires
• Troye Sivan — Something To Give Each Other

Should Troye win again? Or is there someone else you have your eye on? Let us know with a comment!

We are preparing to get underway and some awards have already been announced!

Daniel Boyd has won the Best Cover Art award for 3%’s Kill the Dead

Bolster Group and Publicis Groupe have won Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement for Cancer Council and the Australian Government’s End the Trend ad

Midlife have won the Best Jazz Album award for Chorus

And Sophie Hutchings has won the Best Classical Album award for A World Outside

There are a stack of performances lined up this evening from local and international acts including:

• The Kid LAROI
• Missy Higgins
• CYRIL
• 3%
• Jessica Mauboy
• Julian Hamilton from The Presets
• Troy Cassar-Daley 
• Amy Shark  
• Angie McMahon 
• Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers
• Ava Max
• Kane Brown

Our little ARIAs birdies also tell us there’s some surprise guests in the mix, too. Who are you excited for? Let us know in the comments.

We’ll get into the who’s who, but here’s the nominees:

• Amy Shark — Sunday Sadness 
• Angie McMahon — Light, Dark, Light Again
• Kylie Minogue — Tension
• Royel Otis — PRATTS & PAIN
• Troye Sivan — Something To Give Each Other

Amy Shark seems like the one to beat. The Gold Coast-bred pop-rock artist has won eight ARIAs (from 29 career nods), including this category, where she’s back with her third album, Sunday Sadness. 

Kylie needs little introduction. Nor should Troye Sivan, the Perth-born pop star who’s made a big splash overseas in the past year.

Then you’ve got the indie acts: Angie McMahon, a sensitive singer-songwriter from Melbourne/Naarm, and Sydney duo Royel Otis, who are up for the most ARIA Awards this year, with eight nominations total.

Who’s your pick to win? Shoot us a comment. And you can bone up about all of tonight’s big names here:

Troye Sivan, Amy Shark and G Flip are all up for various awards tonight.

My colleague Georgie Hewson has all the latest form the red carpet here:

Hello and welcome to our 2024 ARIA Awards coverage.

I’m joined by my colleague Aoife Hilton along with Double J’s Al Newstead this evening as we take you through Australian music’s night of nights.

We’ll be bringing you the latest from tonight’s ceremony and talking performances, nominees and winners as they’re announced.

So stick around and send us who your picks are for the big awards tonight!

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