Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) bekerja sama dengan YouTube Music baru saja menggelar ARIA AWARDS pada 27 November 2019 kemarin bertempat di Star Event Centre, Sydney. Ajang penghargaan bagi para musisi Australia yang dibawakan oleh Guy Sebastian tersebut turut dimeriahkan oleh penampilan sejumlah artis internasional seperti Halsey, Dua Lipa, dan Khalid. Selain itu, ARIA Music Awards 2019 juga menampilkan para musisi dari negara asal yakni Tones and I, Morgan Evans dan band yang dinobatkan sebagai ARIA Hall of Fame, Human Nature.
Dalam ajang tersebut, pencetak hit single ‘Dance Monkey’, Tones and I, berhasil menyabet 4 penghargaan sekaligus. Ia membawa piala untuk kategori Best Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist, Best Pop Release, dan Best Independent Release. Ia pun membawakan single andalan yang membuat namanya makin melambung tersebut ketika tampil di atas panggung ARIA Music Awards 2019.
Tak ketinggalan, sang pembawa acara, Guy Sebastian, juga turut membawa pulang 2 piala untuk dirinya sendiri yang berhasil memenangkan kategori Best Video presented by YouTube Music dan Song Of The Year presented by YouTube Music. Berikut daftar pemenang selengkapnya:
Album Of The Year
WINNER: Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
Best Male Artist
WINNER: Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
Guy Sebastian – Choir
Hayden James – Between Us
Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
Paul Kelly – Nature
Best Female Artist
Amy Shark – Mess Her Up
Jessica Mauboy – Little Things
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
WINNER: Tones And I – Dance Monkey
Best Dance Release
Dom Dolla – Take It
FISHER – You Little Beauty
Peking Duk & Jack River – Sugar
PNAU – Solid Gold
WINNER: RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
Best Group
5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
Birds Of Tokyo – Good Lord
Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
WINNER: The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Breakthrough Artist
G Flip – About Us
Stella Donnelly – Beware Of The Dogs
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
WINNER: Tones And I – Dance Monkey
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark – Mess Her Up
Dean Lewis – A Place We Knew
Guy Sebastian – Choir
Thelma Plum – Better In Blak
WINNER: Tones And I – Dance Monkey
Best Hip Hop Release
Baker Boy – Cool As Hell
Hilltop Hoods – The Great Expanse
Illy – Then What
WINNER: Sampa The Great – Final Form
Tkay Maidza – Awake (ft. JPEGMAFIA)
Best Soul/R&B Release
WINNER: Kaiit – Miss Shiney
Matt Corby – Rainbow Valley
Adrian Eagle – AOK
Genesis Owusu – WUTD + Vultures
Tash Sultana – Can’t Buy Happiness
Best Independent Release
Angie McMahon – Salt
G Flip – About Us
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
The Teskey Brothers – Run Home Slow
WINNER: Tones And I – The Kids Are Coming
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Amyl and The Sniffers – Amyl and The Sniffers
Holy Holy – My Own Pool Of Light
Jimmy Barnes – My Criminal Record
Midnight Oil – Armistice Day: Live at The Domain, Sydney
Skegss – My Own Mess
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Julia Jacklin – Crushing
WINNER: Paul Kelly – Nature
Samantha Jade – The Magic of Christmas
Seeker Lover Keeper – Wild Seeds
The Paper Kites – On The Corner Where You Live