Jessica Mauboy, Empire of the Sun and AC/DC have been nominated for ARIA Awards.
Mauboy has the lead with seven nominations while Empire Of The Sun are up for six gongs.AC/DC have also made the nominations list for the very first time with a potentially four ARIA’s going to the band if they win this year.
AC/DC were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988 but have never won an award.
2009 ARIA Awards Nominees
Highest Selling Australian Single
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Evermore - Hey Boys and Girls (Warner Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Running Back (Sony Music Entertainment)
Jessica Mauboy - Burn (Sony Music Entertainment)
Wes Carr - You (Sony Music Entertainment)
Highest Selling Australian Album
AC/DC - Black Ice (Albert Productions/Sony Music Entertainment)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - State Of The Art (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Been Waiting (Sony Music Entertainment)
The Presets - Apocalypso (Std Edition) (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
Best Blues and Roots Album
Ash Grunwald - Fish Out Of Water (Delta Groove/Shock Entertainment)
C.W. Stoneking - Jungle Blues (King Hokum/Shock Entertainment)
Pete Murray - Chance To Say Goodbye (Sony Music Entertainment)
The Waifs - Live From The Union Of Soul (Jarrah Records/MGM)
The Wilson Pickers - The Land Of The Powerful Owl (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Best Children’s Album
Bindi - Bindi Kidfitness 2 - Jungle Dance Party (EMI Music Australia)
Georgie Parker - Here Comes The Sun (ABC Music/Roadshow)
The Fairies - Princess Perfect (ABC Music/Roadshow)
The Saddle Club - Best Friends (Shock Entertainment)
The Wiggles - Go Bananas! (ABC Music/Roadshow)
Best Dance Release
Hook N Sling - The Best Thing (2008) (Hussle/Universal Music Australia)
Sneaky Sound System - 2 (Whack Records/MGM)
The Presets - Talk Like That (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
Tommy Trash Feat. Mr Wilson - Need Me To Stay (Hussle/Universal Music Australia)
Zoe Badwi - Release Me (Warner Music Australia)
Best Urban Album
Astronomy Class - Pursuit Of Happiness (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Hilltop Hoods - State Of The Art (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
Horrorshow - The Grey Space (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
Pez - A Mind Of My Own (Soulmate Records/Inertia)
Phrase - Clockwork (Universal Music Australia)
Best Independent Release
Bertie Blackman - Secrets and Lies (Forum 5/MGM)
C.W. Stoneking - Jungle Blues (King Hokum/Shock Entertainment)
Dappled Cities - Zounds (Speak N Spell/Inertia)
Sneaky Sound System - 2 (Whack Records/MGM)
The Drones - Havilah (ATP Recordings/MGM)
Best Music DVD
Jimmy Barnes - Live At The Enmore (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin’ Bones Max Sessions (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Sia - TV Is My Parent (Monkey Puzzle Records/Inertia)
The Cat Empire - Live At The Bowl (Virgin/EMI Music Australia)
Various - Rockwiz - Salutes the Bowl (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Best Rock Album
AC/DC - Black Ice (Albert Productions/Sony Music Entertainment)
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
Jet - Shaka Rock (Virgin/EMI Music Australia)
The Drones - Havilah (ATP Recordings/MGM)
The Temper Trap - Conditions (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Bob Evans - Goodnight, Bull Creek! (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
David Campbell - Good Lovin! (Sony Music Entertainment)
Josh Pyke - Chimney’s Afire (Ivy League/Universal Music Australia)
Little Birdy - Confetti (Eleven Music/Universal Music Australia)
Paul Dempsey - Everything Is True (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Best Pop Release
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Been Waiting (Sony Music Entertainment)
Kate Miller-Heidke - Curiouser (Sony Music Entertainment)
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Comedy Release
Dave Hughes - Dave Hughes Is Handy (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Hamish & Andy - Unessential Listening (Roadshow/Sony Music Entertainment)
Rodney Rude - Goes The Growl (DVD) (EMI Music Australia)
The BBQ Kings - The Fellowship Of The Grill (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Tripod - For The Love Of God! (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Best Country Album
Felicity Urquhart - Landing Lights (Shock Entertainment)
Jasmine Rae - Look It Up (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Keith Urban - Defying Gravity (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Shane Nicholson - Familiar Ghosts (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Troy Cassar-Daley - I Love This Place (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Breakthrough Artist - Single
Art Vs Science - Art Vs Science (Green/MGM)
Bluejuice - Broken Leg (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Running Back Feat. Flo Rida (Sony Music Entertainment)
Ladyhawke - My Delirium (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
Lisa Mitchell - Coin Laundry (Scorpio Music/Warner Music Australia)
Breakthrough Artist - Album
C.W. Stoneking - Jungle Blues (King Hokum/Shock Entertainment)
Jessica Mauboy - Been Waiting (Sony Music Entertainment)
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
Lisa Mitchell - Wonder (Scorpio Music/Warner Music Australia)
The Temper Trap - Conditions (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Best Group
AC/DC - Black Ice (Albert Productions/Sony Music Entertainment)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - State Of The Art (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
The Drones - Havilah (ATP Recordings/MGM)
Best Male Artist
Bob Evans - Goodnight, Bull Creek! (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
C.W. Stoneking - Jungle Blues (King Hokum/Shock Entertainment)
Daniel Merriweather - Love & War (Universal Music Australia)
Josh Pyke - Chimney’s Afire (Ivy League/Universal Music Australia)
Paul Dempsey - Everything Is True (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Best Female Artist
Jessica Mauboy - Been Waiting (Sony Music Entertainment)
Kate Miller-Heidke - Curiouser (Sony Music Entertainment)
Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
Lisa Mitchell - Wonder (Scorpio Music/Warner Music Australia)
Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Single of the Year
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods - Chase That Feeling (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
Kate Miller-Heidke - The Last Day On Earth (Sony Music Entertainment)
Ladyhawke - My Delirium (Modular Records/Universal Music Australia)
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
Album of the Year
AC/DC - Black Ice (Albert Productions/Sony Music Entertainment)
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
The Temper Trap - Conditions (Liberation/Universal Music Australia)
2009 ARIA Awards - Artisan Nominees
Best Cover Art
Aaron Hayward & David Homer - Debaser - Empire Of The Sun, Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
C.W. Stoneking - C.W. Stoneking, Jungle Blues (King Hokum/Shock Entertainment)
Mathematics - Eskimo Joe, Inshalla (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
Sarah Larnach - Ladyhawke, Ladyhawke (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
Sharon Chai - Sarah Blasko, As Day Follows Night (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Video
Head Pictures, Damon Escott & Stephen Lance - Sarah Blasko, All I Want (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Josh Logue for Mathematics - Empire Of The Sun, Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Josh Logue for Mathematics - Empire Of The Sun, We Are The People (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Mark Alston - Kate Miller-Heidke, The Last Day On Earth (Sony Music Entertainment)
Sam Bennetts - Bluejuice, Broken Leg (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Engineer of the Year
DJ Debris - Hilltop Hoods, State Of The Art (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
Greg Wales - You Am I, Dilettantes (Virgin/EMI Music Australia)
Jimi Maroudas - Eskimo Joe, Inshalla (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
Peter Mayes - Empire Of the Sun, Walking On A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Steve Schram - Little Birdy, Confetti (Eleven/Universal Music Australia)
Producer of the Year
Empire Of The Sun and Donnie Sloan with Peter Mayes - Empire Of The Sun, Walking on A Dream (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Forrester Savell - Karnivool, Sound Awake (Cymatic Records/Sony Music Entertainment)
Suffa - Hilltop Hoods, State Of The Art (Golden Era/Universal Music Australia)
Tim Powles - Regular John, The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb (DIFRNT Music (Universal Music Australia)
Wayne Connolly & Paul Dempsey - Paul Dempsey, Everything Is True (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
2009 ARIA Fine Arts Awards - Nominees
Best Classical Album
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer - Handel: Concerti Grossi Opus 6 (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
Australian Chamber Orchestra - Classical Destinations II (DECCA/Universal Music Australia)
Emma Matthews - Emma Matthews in Monte Carlo (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
Slava and Leonard Grigoryan - Distance (Which Way Music/Fuse Music Group)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes/David Hobson - You’ll Never Walk Alone (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
The Goldner String Quartet - Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
Best Jazz Album
Dale Barlow, George Coleman Jr, Mark Fitzgibbon, Sam Anning - Treat Me Gently (Jazz Head/MGM)
Kate Ceberano/Mark Isham - Bittersweet (ABC Jazz/Universal Music Australia)
Katie Noonan - Blackbird (Sony Music Entertainment)
Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band - Tell It Like It Is (ABC Jazz/Universal Music Australia)
Michelle Nicolle - The Loveliest Night (ABC Jazz/Universal Music Australia)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Amanda Brown - Son Of A Lion - Original Soundtrack (THINK/Fuse Music Group)
Soundtrack - Balibo (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Soundtrack - Samson & Delilah (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Soundtrack - East Of Everything Series Two Soundtrack Album (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Tex Perkins and Murray Paterson - Beautiful Kate (Level Two Music/Shock Entertainment)
Best World Music Album
Fiona Joy Hawkins - Blue Dream (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Kamerunga - The Push (Kamerunga Records/Planet Distribution)
Seaman Dan - Sailing Home (Steady Steady Music/MGM)
Warren Fahey - Australia: Folk Songs & Bush Verse (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Wicked Beat Soundsystem - Dreaming (Wicked Beat Records/Inertia)
