Country Australia Official website ariaawards.com.au | First awarded 1987 Instituted 1987 Category of ARIA Music Awards | |
Winners & Nominees FlumeSkin, Flume, Winner, IllyPapercuts, Illy, Nominee, Vera BluePapercuts, Vera Blue, Nominee, Guy SebastianBlack & Blue, Guy Sebastian, Nominee, Bernard FanningCivil Dusk, Bernard Fanning, Nominee, Troye SivanBlue Neighbourhood, Troye Sivan, Nominee, Vance JoyDream your life away, Vance Joy, Winner, Jarryd JamesDo You Remember, Jarryd James, Nominee, Daniel JohnsTalk, Daniel Johns, Nominee, Guy SebastianTonight Again, Guy Sebastian, Nominee, 1 DadsNominal, 1 Dads, Nominee, Nick MurphyBuilt on Glass, Nick Murphy, Winner, Dan SultanBlackbird, Dan Sultan, Nominee, Geoffrey Gurrumul YunupinguHis Life and Music, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Nominee, Vance JoyMess Is Mine, Vance Joy, Nominee, Guy SebastianCome Home With Me, Guy Sebastian, Nominee, Sydney Symphony OrchestraHis Life and Music, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Nominee, GotyeMaking Mirrors, Gotye, Winner, Gotye, Gotye, Winner | ||
The ARIA Music Award for Best Male Artist, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", 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." The award is given to an Australian male artist who has had a single or an album appear in the ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart between the eligibility period, and is voted for by a judging academy, which comprises 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.
The award for Best Male Artist was first presented to John Farnham in 1987. Farnham, Diesel, Alex Lloyd and Gotye hold the record for the most wins, with three each, followed by Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Flume and Nick Cave with two.
Winners and nominees
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.