ARIA Music Awards of 2017


The 31st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2017 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony was held on 28 November 2017 and was broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney around Australia on the Nine Network. The Nine Network last broadcast the awards in 2013.
Final nominees were announced on 10 October 2017 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. ARIA also held the award ceremonies for both Artisan Awards winners and Fine Arts Awards winners at that time. Gang of Youths won four of eight nominations, while Paul Kelly won four from seven. The ARIA Awards ceremony introduced a new category: ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award, which is publicly voted. The category is open to any teacher working in a school, kindergarten, early childhood centre, youth centre or private tuition music school running a music program around the country. Daryl Braithwaite was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a solo artist; his band, Sherbet, was admitted in 1990.

Performers

ARIA listed the line-up of performers for the ceremony:
ArtistSong
Pnau"Chameleon"
Amy Shark"Adore"
Lorde"Liability"
"Green Light"
Gang of Youths"What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?"
Paul Kelly
A.B. Original
Dan Sultan		"Dumb Things"
Jessica Mauboy
Peking Duk		"Fallin'"
"Stranger"
Harry Styles"Kiwi"
Daryl Braithwaite
Guy Sebastian
Vera Blue		"The Horses"
Jimmy Barnes"High Voltage"

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

The following artist was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame:

ARIA Awards

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

Public voted

Fine Arts Awards

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

Best Jazz Album
  • James Morrison, BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Harry Morrison & William Morrison – The Great American Songbook
  • * Australian Art Orchestra – Water Pushes Sand
  • * James Morrison & James Morrison Academy Jazz Orchestra – James Morrison With His Academy Jazz Orchestra
  • * King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Sketches of Brunswick East
  • * The Vampires – The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke
    • Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
  • Nigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony Orchestra, with Joseph Tawadros, Slava Grigoryan & Lior – Ali's Wedding
  • * Australian Cast Recording featuring David Campbell – '
  • * Cezary Skubiszewski – '
  • * Jessica Mauboy – The Secret Daughter
  • * Richard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mountain
    • Best World Music Album
  • Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Latin Skies
  • * Joseph Tawadros – Live at Abbey Road
  • * Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Saturn Return
  • * Slava Grigoryan & Australian String Quartet – Migration
  • * Xylouris White – Black Peak
    • Best Comedy Release
  • John Clarke – Clarke's Classics
  • * Arj Barker – Get In My Head
  • * Buddy Goode – More Rubbish
  • * Kitty Flanagan – Seriously?
  • * Rhys Nicholson – Rhys Nicholson Live at The Eternity Playhouse

    • Artisan Awards

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

    • Gang of Youths & Adrian Breakspear for Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness
    • * Daniel Rankine for A.B. Original – Reclaim Australia
    • * Tom Iansek for Big Scary – Animal
    • * Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn for D.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
    • * Steven Schram & Paul Kelly for Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine
    Engineer of the Year
  • Steven Schram for Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine
  • * Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn for D.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
  • * John Castle for Dean Lewis – "Lose My Mind"
  • * Adrian Breakspear for Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness
  • * Bob Scott for Kate Miller-Heidke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Live at the Sydney Opera House
    • Best Cover Artist
  • Peter Salmon-Lomas for Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine
  • * Lee McConnell for Dune Rats – The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit
  • * Nathan Cahyadi for Gang of Youths – Go Farther in Lightness
  • * Nick McKinlay for Julia Jacklin – Don't Let The Kids Win
  • * Mitchell Storck for Midnight Oil – The Overflow Tank