ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album
| ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 2025 winner Missy Higgins | |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1987 |
| Currently held by | Missy Higgins, The Second Act (2025) |
| Most wins | Paul Kelly (5) |
| Most nominations | John Farnham and Paul Kelly (10 each) |
| Website | ariaawards |
The ARIA Music Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."[2]
Solo artists and groups are eligible if they are an Australian citizen, have resided in Australia for six months for two consecutive years prior to the awards, or signed to an Australian record label (if they have met the aforementioned criteria). Only album recordings in the adult contemporary genre are eligible. The nominees and winners are chosen by a judging academy which comprises 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.[3]
Paul Kelly has the most wins with five, and is also tied with John Farnham for the most nominations with 10 each. Farnham is the only artist with two consecutive wins, which he achieved for Whispering Jack as the inaugural winner in 1987 and "Touch of Paradise" in 1988. My Friend the Chocolate Cake won both of their nominations, becoming the only artist to achieve this feat. Welsh singer Tom Jones was nominated for the collaborative live album John Farnham & Tom Jones – Together in Concert in 2005, making him the only non-Australian nominee.
Winners and nominees
[edit]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.[4][5][6]
Artists with multiple wins
[edit]- 5 wins
- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations
[edit]- 10 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Jimmy Barnes
- David Campbell
- Stephen Cummings
- Paul Dempsey[g]
- Dragon
- Robert Forster
- The Go-Betweens
- Gordi
- Colin Hay
- Julia Jacklin
- Vince Jones
- Vance Joy
- Little Birdy[c]
- My Friend the Chocolate Cake
- Olivia Newton-John
- Katie Noonan
- Odette
- Andrew Pendlebury
- Mark Seymour
- Dan Sultan
- Holly Throsby[e]
- Anthony Warlow
- John Williamson
- John Paul Young[h]
Notes
[edit]- ^ ARIA lists "I've Got a Plan" as the winner of 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' category.[7] "I've Got a Plan" is an album track on Brood.
- ^ a b Including four as a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
- ^ a b c d e Including the various artists album She Will Have Her Way.
- ^ Including the various artists album Stairways to Heaven.
- ^ a b c Including the various artists album She Will Have Her Way and one nomination for the supergroup Seeker Lover Keeper.
- ^ Including two as a member of My Friend the Chocolate Cake.
- ^ a b Including The Deluge, a collaborative album credited to Fanning Dempsey National Park.
- ^ While never nominated for his own releases, Young appears on the various artists albums Stairways to Heaven and Strictly Ballroom, both nominated in 1993.
References
[edit]- ^ "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners By Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Awards 1987.mov". YouTube. ARIA Official YouTube Account. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "1991 Australian ARIA Award Nominations". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.