ARIA Music Awards of 2015

The 29th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2015 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.

The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 7 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. ARIA opened the public-voted categories Song of the Year, Best International Act, Best Australian Live Act and Best Video, which includes Twitter live vote for Best Australian Live Act. Tame Impala won the most awards with five trophies from six nominations, while Courtney Barnett received the most final nominations with eight categories and won four. Tina Arena was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ceremony.

Performers
The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards:
 * Conrad Sewell
 * Flight Facilities
 * Hermitude
 * Jarryd James
 * Jessica Mauboy
 * Nathaniel
 * Peking Duk
 * The Veronicas
 * Vance Joy
 * Tina Arena
 * Ed Sheeran

Presenters
The following presenters handed out trophies at the ceremony:


 * Ed Sheeran presented Song Of The Year
 * Joel Creasey presented Best Children's Album and Best Comedy Release
 * Guy Sebastian presented Best Pop Release
 * Sheppard presented Best Group
 * Catherine Britt presented Best Adult Contemporary Album
 * Adam Brand and Jasmine Rae presented Best Country Album
 * Iva Davies presented Album Of The Year
 * Veronica & Lewis presented Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
 * Ian Moss presented Best Rock Album
 * Rove McManus presented Best Female Artist
 * Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland presented Best Australian Live Act
 * Kylie Minogue inducts Tina Arena into the ARIA Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
On 25 October ARIA announced that Tina Arena was due to be inducted into their Hall of Fame. To further honour her, and previous inductees, the ARIA Hall of Fame Walk was established on 6 November with Arena as the first artist to be featured. At the ceremony she was introduced by Kylie Minogue, also a Hall of Fame inductee, and was presented the trophy by cyclist, Cadel Evans. Arena performed a new version of her 1994 song, "Chains", which featured Jessica Mauboy and the Veronicas on co-lead vocals. Arena released the performance as a single, which debuted at No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

In her acceptance speech Arena wanted to "acknowledge that ladies over 40 are still in the game" she specifically named Minogue, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Annie Lennox; she continued "Keep doing what you're doing, ladies, because we will decide when it's time for us to stop." She also voiced her concern about support for local artists by broadcasters, "Radio please don't try and meet your Australian quotas because you have to, exceed them because you really want to".
 * Tina Arena

Multiple winners and nominees

 * Tame Impala – 5 wins from 6 nominations
 * Courtney Barnett – 4 wins from 8 nominations
 * Vance Joy – 1 win from 7 nominations
 * Jarryd James – 1 win from 5 nominations
 * Hermitude – 7 nominations
 * Gang of Youths – 5 nominations

ARIA Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.

Fine Arts Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.

Artisan Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.