The 2017 ARIA Awards are set to launch in Sydney next week and the celebration will also see the first set of winners announced in the Fine Arts, Artisan and Best Comedy categories.
Among the nominees are a slew of some of Australia's best and up-and-coming acts including Paul Kelly, Gang Of Youths, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Jessica Mauboy and DD Dumbo.
ARIA Chairman and Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand and President, Asia, Denis Handlin AO, said of the news, "ARIA is delighted to present these awards and to recognise the highly talented Australian musicians and artisans across the diversity of the eight award categories".
The 2017 ARIAs will be held in Sydney on 28 November.
Check out all the newly-announced nominees below.
best cover art
Lee McConnell — Dune Rats (The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit)
Nathan Cahyadi — Gang Of Youths (Go Farther In The Lightness)
Nick McKinlay — Julia Jacklin (Don't Let The Kids Win)
Mitchell Stock — Midnight Oil (The Overflow Tank)
Peter Salmon-Lomas — Paul Kelly (Life Is Fine)
engineer of the year
Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn — DD Dumbo (Utopia Defeated)
John Castle — Dean Lewis (Lose My Mind)
Adrian Breakspear — Gang Of Youths (Go Farther In The Lightness)
Bob Scott — Kate Miller-Heidke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Live At The Sydney Opera House)
Steven Schram — Paul Kelly (Life Is Fine)
producer of the year
Daniel Rankine — AB Original (Reclaim Australia)
Tom Iansek — Big Scary (Animal)
Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn — DD Dumbo (Utopia Defeated)
Gang Of Youths & Adrian Breakspear — Gang Of Youths (Go Farther In The Lightness)
Steven Schram — Paul Kelly (Life Is Fine)
best classical album
Grigoryan Brothers — Songs Without Words
Jayson Gillham, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey — Medtner: Piano Concerto No 1 | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2
Kate Miller-Heidke & Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Live At The Sydney Opera House
Slava Grigoryan — Bach: Cello Suites Volume I
Tamara-Anna Cislowska — Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters - Meditations on Erik Satie
best jazz album
Australian Art Orchestra — Water Pushes Sand
James Morrison & James Morrison Academy Jazz Orchestra — James Morrison With His Academy Jazz Orchestra
James Morrison, BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Harry Morrison & William Morrison — The Great American Songbook
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Sketches Of Brunswick East
The Vampires — The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Australian Cast Recording featuring David Campbell — Dream Lover
Cezary Skubiszewski — Red Dog: True Blue OST
Jessica Mauboy — The Secret Daughter (Songs from the Original TV Series)
Nigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony Orchestra, with Joseph Tawadros, Slava Grigoryan & Lio — Ali's Wedding
Richard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra — Mountain
best world music album
Joseph Tawadros — Live at Abbey Road
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp — Songs of the Latin Skies
Melbourne Ska Orchestra — Saturn Return
Slava Grigoryan & Australian String Quartet — Migration
Xylouris White — Black Peak
best comedy release
Arj Barker — Get In My Head
Buddy Goode — More Rubbish
John Clarke — Clarke's Classics
Kitty Flanagan — Seriously?
Rhys Nicholson — Rhys Nicholson Live at The Eternity Playhouse
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