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. Winners are only provided where reliable sources do not mention of nominees.[3]
{{clear}}{{legend|#FAEB86|Year | Winner(s) | Album/Single title |
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1989 {{small|(3rd)}} |
TISM | "Apathy" |
Eric Bogle | Something of Value |
Flederman | Flederman |
Larry Sitsky | Contemporary Australian Piano |
The Spliffs | "Sixteen" |
1990 {{small|(4th)}} |
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight | This Machine Is Made of People |
Dubrovniks | Dubrovnik Blues |
Girl Monstar | "Surfing on a Wave"/"He's Hell" |
Sirocco | Port of Call |
Various Artists | Rockin' Bethlehem |
1991 {{small|(5th)}} |
The Killjoys | Ruby |
Blue Ruin | I'm Gonna Smile |
Girl Monstar | "Joe Cool" |
Roaring Jack | Through the Smoke of Innocence |
Various Artists | The Second Coming |
1992 {{small|(6th)}} |
Not Drowning, Waving | Proof |
The Aints | Ascension |
Def FX | Water |
Ed Kuepper | Honey Steel's Gold |
Underground Lovers | Underground Lovers |
1993 {{small|(7th)}} |
Ed Kuepper | Black Ticket Day |
The Jackson Code | Strange Cargo |
Def FX | Blink (EP) |
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams | Welcome to Violet |
TISM | Beasts of Suburban |
1994 {{small|(8th)}} |
Ed Kuepper | Serene Machine |
The Jackson Code | Dragging the River |
Juice | Movin' On |
Dave Steel | Cross My Palm |
Brenda Webb | "Little Black Girl" |
1995 {{small|(9th)}} |
TISM | Machiavelli and the Four Seasons |
Def FX | Ritual Eternal |
Ed Kuepper | Character Assassination |
Magic Dirt | Life Was Better |
Single Gun Theory | Flow, River of My Soul |
1996 {{small|(10th)}} |
You Am I | Hourly, Daily |
Custard | Wisenheimer |
Ed Kuepper | The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper |
TISM | "Greg! The Stop Sign!!" |
Underground Lovers | Rushall Station |
1997 {{small|(11th)}} |
Savage Garden | Savage Garden |
Deadstar | "Don't it Get You Down" |
Dirty Three | Horse Stories |
Ed Kuepper | Frontierland |
Even | Less Is More |
1998 {{small|(12th)}} |
The Whitlams | Eternal Nightcap |
The Blackeyed Susans | Spin the Bottle |
Karma County | Olana |
The Living End | "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society" |
TISM | www.tism.wanker.com |
1999 {{small|(13th)}} |
Josh Abrahams | Sweet Distorted Holiday |
Crawlspace | "Away" |
Diana Ah Naid | "Oh No (Curbside Lullaby)" |
Pauline Pantsdown | "I Don't Like It" |
Pre-Shrunk | "Triple A Side" |
2000 {{small|(14th)}} |
S2S | "Sister" |
Diana Ah Naid | I Don't Thing I'm Pregnant |
iOTA | The Hip Bone Connection |
Skulker | Too Fat for Tahiti |
Stella One Eleven | "Only Good for Conversation" |
2001 {{small|(15th)}} |
John Butler Trio | Three |
Allan Browne's New Rascals | East St Kilda Toodleoo |
Nitocris | Manic |
Pre-Shrunk | Digital Sunrise |
Stella One Eleven | In Your Hands |
2002 {{small|(16th)}} |
1200 Techniques | "Karma" |
Icecream Hands | "Rain Hail Shine" |
Killing Heidi | Heavensent |
Lisa Miller | Car Tape |
The Waifs | London Still |
2003 {{small|(17th)}} |
The Waifs | Up All Night |
1200 Techniques | "Eye of the Storm" |
Diesel | Hear |
John Butler Trio | Living |
The Mess Hall | Feeling Sideways |
2004 {{small|(18th)}} |
John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea |
Butterfingers | Breakfast at Fatboys |
Jebediah | Braxton Hicks |
The Waifs | "Bridal Train" |
Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males | Sing the Tabloid Blues |
2005 {{small|(19th)}} |
Ben Lee | Awake Is the New Sleep |
Architecture in Helsinki | In Case We Die |
Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets |
Lior | Autumn Flow |
The Waifs | A Brief History... |
2006 {{small|(20th)}} |
Hilltop Hoods | The Hard Road |
Ben Lee | "We're All in This Together" |
Gotye | Like Drawing Blood |
The John Butler Trio | Live at St. Gallen |
Lior | Doorways of My Mind |
2007 {{small|(21st)}} |
The John Butler Trio | Grand National |
Gotye | Mixed Blood |
Hilltop Hoods | Restrung |
Sneaky Sound System | Sneaky Sound System |
Wolf & Cub | Vessels |
2008 {{small|(22nd)}} |
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Gurrumul |
Ben Lee | Ripe |
British India | Thieves |
Lior | Corner of an Endless Road |
Midnight Juggernauts | Dystopia |
2009 {{small|(23rd)}} |
Bertie Blackman | Secrets and Lies |
C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues |
Dappled Cities | Zounds |
Sneaky Sound System | 2 |
The Drones | Havilah |
2010 {{small|(24th)}} |
Sia | We Are Born |
Art vs. Science | Magic Fountain |
Dan Sultan | Get Out While You Can |
Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Rush to Relax |
John Butler Trio | April Uprising |
2011 {{small|(25th)}} |
Art vs. Science | The Experiment |
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Rrakala |
John Butler Trio | Live at Red Rocks |
Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses | Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses |
The Jezabels | "Dark Storm" |
2012 {{small|(26th)}} |
360 | Falling & Flying |
Alpine | A is for Alpine |
Lanie Lane | To the Horses |
Matt Corby | "Brother" |
San Cisco | Awkward |
2013 {{small|(27th)}} |
Flume | Flume |
Big Scary | Not Art |
RÜFÜS | Atlas |
The Rubens | The Rubens |
Vance Joy | God Loves You When You're Dancing |
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2014 {{small|(28th)}} |
Chet Faker | Built on Glass |
Dan Sultan | Blackbird |
Sheppard | Bombs Away |
Vance Joy | "Mess Is Mine" |
Violent Soho | "Saramona Said" |
2015 {{small|(29th)}} |
Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit |
Hermitude | Dark Night Sweet Light |
Jarryd James | "Do You Remember" |
Paul Kelly | The Merri Soul Sessions |
Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away |
2016 {{small|(30th)}} |
Flume | Skin |
Jarryd James | Thirty One |
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity |
Sia | This Is Acting |
Violent Soho | WACO |
2017 {{small|(31st)}} |
A.B. Original | Reclaim Australia |
Dan Sultan | Killer |
Sia | "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |
Tash Sultana | Notion |
Vance Joy | "Lay It on Me" |
2018 {{small|(32nd)}} |
Gurrumul | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) |
Angus & Julia Stone | Snow |
Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel |
DMA's | For Now |
Pnau | "Go Bang" |
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-awards.htm|title=ARIA Awards 2011 overview|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate=15 April 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |title=What We Do |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=15 April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/64xMmBl34?url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |archivedate=25 January 2012 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Independent-Release|title=ARIA Awards Best Independent Release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate=19 April 2012}}