Country Australia Last awarded 2011 Instituted 1987 | First awarded 1987 Official website www.ariaawards.com.au Category of ARIA Music Awards | |
Currently held by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) Presented by Australian Recording Industry Association Winners Somebody That I Used to Know, I Don't Want to Be with Nobody But You People also search for ARIA Music Award for Album of the Year | ||
The ARIA Music Award for Single of the Year, 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 group or solo artist who have had a single or an extended play appear in the ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart between the eligibility period, and is voted for by a judging academy, which consists of 1000 members from different areas of the music industry. Artists which have won the award twice are Silverchair ("Tomorrow" in 1995, "Straight Lines" in 2007), Kylie Minogue ("Where the Wild Roses Grow" in 1996, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2002), and Powderfinger ("The Day You Come" in 1999, "My Happiness" in 2001).
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.