ARIA Award for Producer of the Year
The ARIA Music Award for Producer of the Year, is an award presented within the Artisan Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association since 1987.
The award is given to the record producer who is from, or resides in Australia, and has overall responsibility for the work's production. The accolade is restricted to "A single track, multiple tracks, or an entire album may be submitted for each producer. DVD releases are not eligible. Only work released during the period of eligibility will be considered. International product is eligible but entrants must accord with the general eligibility criteria for artists. In the case of a co-production, all parties must individually meet the artist eligibility criteria." Producer of the Year is voted for by a judging school, which consists of between 40 and 100 representatives experienced with that genre of music.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Nominees for some years are not available in published sources.The years listed in the first column relate to the year and edition of the awards ceremony. The second column indicates the record producer responsible for the work. The "Work title and original recording artist" column names the work whose production has been nominated, and its original recording artist; the musician is not the nominee unless they were the producer.
| Year | Producer | Work title and original recording artist |
| 1987 | - | - |
| 1987 | Mark Opitz | Models' Media by Models |
| 1987 | Mark Opitz | "Bad Moon Rising" by The Reels |
| 1987 | Mark Opitz | "Good Times" by INXS and Jimmy Barnes |
| 1987 | Mark Opitz | "No Lies" by Noiseworks |
| 1987 | Mark Opitz | "Sex and Fame" by Jump Incorporated |
| 1987 | Alan Thorne | Gossip by Paul Kelly |
| 1987 | Brian Canham | "Funky Town" by Pseudo Echo |
| 1987 | Charles Fisher | "Blood Is the Colour" by Tango Bravo |
| 1987 | Charles Fisher | "Wait Up" by The Cockroaches |
| 1987 | Charles Fisher | Plaza Suite by Martin Plaza |
| 1987 | Ross Fraser | Whispering Jack by John Farnham |
| 1987 | Ross Fraser | "Flash King Cadillac" by John Justin |
| 1988 | Mark Opitz | |
| 1989 | - | - |
| 1989 | Ross Fraser | Age of Reason by John Farnham |
| 1989 | Ross Fraser | "When the Word Came Down" by Separate Tables |
| 1989 | Ross Fraser | "Real Love" by The State |
| 1989 | Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin | Hold On to Me by The Black Sorrows |
| 1989 | Charles Fisher | "That's When I Think of You" by 1927 |
| 1989 | Charles Fisher | "Fingertips" by The Cockroaches |
| 1989 | Simon Hussey | Edge by Daryl Braithwaite |
| 1989 | Les Karski, Guy Gray | "Dark Age" by The Hippos |
| 1989 | Les Karski, Guy Gray | "Clarity of Mind" by Spy vs Spy |
| 1990 | Andrew Farriss | |
| 1991 | - | - |
| 1991 | Ross Fraser | Work by John Farnham |
| 1991 | Ross Fraser | Work by Southern Sons |
| 1991 | Ross Fraser | Work by Girl Overboard |
| 1991 | Ross Fraser | Work by Skyhooks |
| 1992 | - | - |
| 1992 | Simon Hussey | "On My Own" by Craig McLachlan |
| 1992 | Simon Hussey | "The Horses", "Higher than Hope", "Don't Hold Back Your Love" by Daryl Braithwaite |
| 1992 | Simon Hussey | "Slave" by James Reyne |
| 1992 | Mark Moffatt, Gavin Campbell, Robert Goodge, Paul Main | "Treaty " by Yothu Yindi |
| 1992 | Nick Mainsbridge | "Water" by Def FX |
| 1992 | Nick Mainsbridge | "Blind Love Don't Go Now" by Ratcat |
| 1992 | Nick Mainsbridge | "Lifeboat" by Tall Tales and True |
| 1992 | Richard Pleasance | "Don't Cry" by Richard Pleasance |
| 1992 | Richard Pleasance | "It's Only the Beginning", "Release Me", "White Roses" by Deborah Conway |
| 1992 | Ross Fraser | "Hold Me in Your Arms" by Southern Sons |
| 1992 | Ross Fraser | "In Days to Come", "That's Freedom" by John Farnham |
| 1993 | - | - |
| 1993 | Simon Hussey | "Nothing to Lose" by Daryl Braithwaite |
| 1993 | Simon Hussey | "Motor City ", "Sweet Love", "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" by Company of Strangers |
| 1993 | David Hirschfelder | "Everything's Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens |
| 1993 | David Hirschfelder | "I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Kate Ceberano |
| 1993 | Joe Camilleri | "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing", "Better Times", "Come on, Come On" by The Black Sorrows |
| 1993 | Joe Camilleri | "Caribbean Wind" by The Revelators |
| 1993 | Rockmelons | "Form one Planet", "It's not Over" by Rockmelons |
| 1993 | Tony Cohen | This Is Not the Way Home by The Cruel Sea |
| 1993 | Tony Cohen | "Get Thee to a Nunnery" by TISM |
| 1994 | - | - |
| 1994 | Tony Cohen | The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea |
| 1994 | Angelique Cooper | "Last Train" by Christine Anu with Paul Kelly |
| 1994 | Angelique Cooper | "Holy Road" by Neil Murray |
| 1994 | Angelique Cooper | "World Turning" by Yothu Yindi |
| 1994 | James Black | "Rock this Boat", "Single Perfect Raindrop", "Heidelberg", "Barkley Street" by Things of Stone and Wood |
| 1994 | Joe Camilleri | "Stir It Up", "Come on, Come On" by The Black Sorrows |
| 1994 | Johnny Diesel | "I've Been Loving You Too Long", "Never Miss Your Water", "Masterplan" by Diesel |
| 1995 | - | - |
| 1995 | Tony Cohen | |
| 1995 | Daniel Denholm | |
| 1995 | David Bridie | |
| 1995 | Paul McKercher | |
| 1995 | Phil McKellar | |
| 1996 | - | - |
| 1996 | You Am I | Hourly, Daily by You Am I |
| 1996 | David Bridie | Fool for You by Monique Brumby |
| 1996 | The Badloves, Doug Roberts | Holy Roadside by The Badloves |
| 1996 | Magoo, Regurgitator | Tu-Plang by Regurgitator |
| 1996 | Victor Van Vugt | The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes |
| 1997 | - | - |
| 1997 | Charles Fisher | "Down on Me" by Hoodoo Gurus |
| 1997 | Charles Fisher | "I Am Australian" by Judith Durham, Russell Hitchcock, Mandawuy Yunupingu |
| 1997 | Charles Fisher | Savage Garden by Savage Garden |
| 1997 | Charles Fisher | Far Shore by The Seekers |
| 1997 | David Bridie | "Mary" by Monique Brumby |
| 1997 | Nick Launay | Freak Show by Silverchair |
| 1997 | Paul Begaud | Telling Everybody by Human Nature |
| 1997 | Tim Whitten | Furious by Fini Scad |
| 1997 | Tim Whitten | Double Allergic by Powderfinger |
| 1998 | - | - |
| 1998 | Magoo, Regurgitator | Unit by Regurgitator |
| 1998 | Paul Begaud | Whisper Your Name by Human Nature |
| 1998 | Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar | "Hard Times" by The Cruel Sea |
| 1998 | Charles Fisher | "Universe" by Savage Garden |
| 1998 | Charles Fisher | The Bush Girl by The Seekers |
| 1998 | Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman | Eternal Nightcap by The Whitlams |
| 1999 | - | - |
| 1999 | Bachelor Girl | Waiting for the Day by Bachelor Girl |
| 1999 | Paul Begaud | "We'll Never Get Along" by Felicity |
| 1999 | Paul Begaud | "Now that I've Found You", "Depend on Me", "Last to Know", "Be There with You" by Human Nature |
| 1999 | Nick Launay | "Supposed to Be Here", "24000", "This Is the Sound", "Come to Take You Home" by Primary |
| 1999 | Nick Launay | Neon Ballroom by Silverchair |
| 1999 | Magoo | "Pump it Up" by Automatic |
| 1999 | Magoo | "Loverama" by Custard |
| 1999 | Magoo | Sand on Seven by Not from There |
| 1999 | Phil McKellar | Grand Slam by Spiderbait |
| 2000 | - | - |
| 2000 | Steve James | "My Friend" by Oblivia |
| 2000 | Augie March, Richard Pleasance | "Asleep in Perfection" by Augie March |
| 2000 | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Affirmation by Savage Garden |
| 2000 | Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman | "You Gotta Love This City" by The Whitlams |
| 2000 | Andy Van, Cheyne Coates | "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue |
| 2001 | - | - |
| 2001 | Bobbydazzler | Since I Left You by The Avalanches |
| 2001 | Augie March, Paul McKercher, Richard Pleasance | Sunset Studies by Augie March |
| 2001 | Kalju Tonuma | The Prize Recruit by Superheist |
| 2001 | The Mark of Cain | This Is This... by The Mark of Cain |
| 2001 | Nick Launay | Roll On by The Living End |
| 2001 | Paul Kosky | "Superman Supergirl" by Killing Heidi |
| 2002 | - | - |
| 2002 | Daniel Johns | Diorama by Silverchair |
| 2002 | Alex Lloyd, Magnus Fiennes | Watching Angels Mend by Alex Lloyd |
| 2002 | Daniel Denholm | Torch the Moon by The Whitlams |
| 2002 | David Nicholas, george | Polyserena by george |
| 2002 | Gerling, Magoo | When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun by Gerling |
| 2002 | Phil McKellar | New Detention by Grinspoon |
| 2002 | Richard Pleasance, Paul Kelly | Sensual Being by Archie Roach |
| 2003 | - | - |
| 2003 | Chris Thompson | Up All Night by The Waifs |
| 2003 | David Nicholas | Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem |
| 2003 | Jonathan Burnside | Lovers by The Sleepy Jackson |
| 2003 | Magoo | Bad Blood by Gerling |
| 2003 | Paul McKercher | Feeler by Pete Murray |
| 2004 | - | - |
| 2004 | Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe | A Song Is a City by Eskimo Joe |
| 2004 | Andy Baldwin, The Cat Empire | The Cat Empire by The Cat Empire |
| 2004 | Daniel Johns, Paul Mac | The Dissociatives by The Dissociatives |
| 2004 | John Butler | Sunrise Over Sea by John Butler Trio |
| 2004 | Paul McKercher, Pete Murray | "So Beautiful" by Pete Murray |
| 2005 | - | - |
| 2005 | David Nicholas | The Way Out by Drag |
| 2005 | Chris Joannou, The Mess Hall | Notes from a Ceiling by The Mess Hall |
| 2005 | Harry Vanda, Glenn Goldsmith | "Evie Parts 1, 2 & 3" by The Wrights |
| 2005 | Paul McKercher | BigBigLove by Little Birdy |
| 2005 | Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe | "Older Than You" by Eskimo Joe |
| 2006 | - | - |
| 2006 | Eskimo Joe | Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe |
| 2006 | Lindsay Gravina, Magic Dirt | Snow White by Magic Dirt |
| 2006 | Nick Launay | State of Emergency by The Living End |
| 2006 | Paul McKercher | Various tracks on Moo, You Bloody Choir by Augie March |
| 2006 | Wayne Connolly | Casino Twilight Dogs by Youth Group |
| 2007 | - | - |
| 2007 | Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke | Memories & Dust by Josh Pyke |
| 2007 | Nash Chambers | Carnival by Kasey Chambers |
| 2007 | Magoo | Little Eve by Kate Miller-Heidke |
| 2007 | Angus McDonald, Peter Dolso | Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System |
| 2007 | Phillip McKellar | Perfect Distraction by Something with Numbers |
| 2008 | - | - |
| 2008 | The Presets | Apocalypso by The Presets |
| 2008 | Harry Vanda, Glenn Goldsmith | Thieves by British India |
| 2008 | Matt Lovell, Shihad | Beautiful Machine by Shihad |
| 2008 | Michael Hohnen | Gurrumul by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu |
| 2008 | Scott Horscroft | Cruel Guards by The Panics |
| 2009 | - | - |
| 2009 | Empire of the Sun, Jonathan "Donnie" Sloan, Peter Mayes | Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun |
| 2009 | Forrester Savell | Sound Awake by Karnivool |
| 2009 | Suffa | State of the Art by Hilltop Hoods |
| 2009 | Tim Powles | The Peaceful Atom Is a Bomb by Regular John |
| 2009 | Wayne Connolly, Paul Dempsey | Everything Is True by Paul Dempsey |
| 2010 | - | - |
| 2010 | Angus & Julia Stone | Various tracks on Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone |
| 2010 | Charles Fisher, Hoodoo Gurus | Purity of Essence by Hoodoo Gurus |
| 2010 | Forrester Savel | This Is the Warning by Dead Letter Circus |
| 2010 | Lisa Miller, Shane O'Mara | Car Tape 2 by Lisa Miller |
| 2010 | Scott Horscroft, Adam Spark | Birds of Tokyo by Birds of Tokyo |
| 2011 | - | - |
| 2011 | Wally De Backer | "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra |
| 2011 | Boy & Bear | Moonfire by Boy & Bear |
| 2011 | Daniel Denholm | Tangier by Billy Thorpe |
| 2011 | Eskimo Joe | Ghosts of the Past by Eskimo Joe |
| 2011 | Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke | "No One Wants a Lover" by Josh Pyke |
| 2012 | - | - |
| 2012 | Styalz Fuego | Falling & Flying by 360 |
| 2012 | Chong Lim | Close Your Eyes by Sarah McKenzie |
| 2012 | Lachlan Mitchell | Prisoner by The Jezabels |
| 2012 | Lanie Lane | To the Horses by Lanie Lane |
| 2012 | Virginia Read | The Good, the Bad and the Awkward by Sally Whitwell |
| 2013 | - | - |
| 2013 | Harley Streten aka Flume | Flume by Flume |
| 2013 | Kevin Parker | Lonerism by Tame Impala |
| 2013 | Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan | Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun |
| 2013 | Virginia Read | All Imperfect Things by Sally Whitwell |
| 2013 | Wayne Connolly, Boy & Bear | Harlequin Dream by Boy & Bear |
| 2014 | - | - |
| 2014 | Nicholas Murphy aka Chet Faker | Built on Glass by Chet Faker |
| 2014 | Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS | TRXYE by Troye Sivan |
| 2014 | Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume | Land of Pleasure by Sticky Fingers |
| 2014 | Stuart Stuart | Bombs Away by Sheppard |
| 2014 | Virginia Read | Gershwin: Take Two by Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie |
| 2015 | - | - |
| 2015 | Kevin Parker | Currents by Tame Impala |
| 2015 | Daniel Johns, Damn Moroda | Talk by Daniel Johns |
| 2015 | Garth Porter | Spirit of the Anzacs by Lee Kernaghan |
| 2015 | Luke Dubber, Angus Stuart | Dark Night Sweet Light by Hermitude |
| 2015 | Nick DiDia | Beautiful You by The Waifs |
| 2016 | - | - |
| 2016 | Harley Streten | Skin by Flume |
| 2016 | M-Phazes | "Papercuts" by Illy |
| 2016 | Tony Buchen | Glorious Heights by Montaigne |
| 2016 | Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi | Wildflower by The Avalanches |
| 2016 | Alex Hope | Blue Neighbourhood by Troye Sivan |
| 2017 | - | - |
| 2017 | Gang of Youths & Adrian Breakspear | Go Farther In Lightness by Gang of Youths |
| 2017 | Daniel Rankine | Reclaim Australia by A.B. Original |
| 2017 | Tom Iansek | Animal by Big Scary |
| 2017 | Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn | Utopia Defeated by D.D Dumbo |
| 2017 | Steven Schram & Paul Kelly | Life Is Fine by Paul Kelly |
| 2018 | - | - |
| 2018 | Dann Hume & M-Phazes | "I Said Hi" by Amy Shark |
| 2018 | Ball Park Music | Good Mood by Ball Park Music |
| 2018 | Courtney Barnett, Dan Luscombe & Burke Reid | Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett |
| 2018 | Michael Hohnen | Djarimirri by Gurrumul |
| 2018 | Tash Sultana | Flow State by Tash Sultana |
| 2019 | - | - |
| 2019 | Dann Hume | Rainbow Valley by Matt Corby |
| 2019 | Burke Reid | Crushing by Julia Jacklin |
| 2019 | Kevin Parker | "Patience" by Tame Impala |
| 2019 | Konstantin Kersting | "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I |
| 2019 | Paul Kelly and Steven Schram | Nature'' by Paul Kelly |