UMPG Australia's local roster dominates the 2020 ARIA Award Nominations.
Lime Cordiale received #8 ARIA nominations, and are the most nominated this year. Their nominations include, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Independent Release, Best Video and Best Cover Art. This all comes after the release of their ARIA #1 album '14 Steps To A Better You'.
Ruel received #4 nominations; 'Song Of The Year', 'Best Male Artist', 'Engineer Of The Year' and umpg's M-Phazes for 'Producer Of The Year'. Troye Sivan received #3 nominations, 'Best Male Artist', 'Best Pop Release' and 'Best Video'. Jessica Mauboy also received #3 nominations for her album 'Hilda' including 'Album Of The Year', 'Best Cover Art' and umpg's DNA for 'Producer Of The Year'. The Chat's have #2 nominations, 'Best Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal Album' and 'Best Video' for their debut album 'High Risk Behaviour'. PNAU also received #2 nominations, 'Best Live Act', and 'Best Video'. Our Guy Sebastian also receiving #2 nominations, 'Best Male Artist' and 'Best Video'. Alex The Astronaut received a nomination for Breakthrough Artist, for her debut album 'The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing'.
Full list of UMPG Nominations here:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jessica Mauboy - Hilda (Sony Music)
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
BEST MALE ARTIST
Guy Sebastian - Standing With You (Sony Music)
Ruel - Free Time (RCA / Sony Music)
Troye Sivan - In A Dream (EMI Music Australia)
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Flume - Rushing Back feat. Vera Blue (Future Classic)
Alice Ivy - Don't Sleep (Dew Process/UMA) ft Boi (Anna Buckingham)
BEST GROUP
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST PRESENTED BY PPCA
Alex the Astronaut - The Theory of Absolutely Nothing (Minkowski / AWAL Recordings)
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
BEST POP RELEASE
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Troye Sivan - In A Dream (EMI Music Australia)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Travis Collins - Wreck Me (ABC Music / Universal)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY ALBUM
The Chats - High Risk Behaviour (Bargain Bin / Cooking Vinyl Australia)
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
The Wiggles - Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (ABC Music / Universal)
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS:
BEST VIDEO PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE MUSIC
Guy Sebastian - Standing With You (Sony Music)
Lime Cordiale - Robbery (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
PNAU feat. Vlossom - Lucky (etcetc Music)
The Chats - The Clap (Bargain Bin/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Troye Sivan - Easy (EMI Music Australia)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
PNAU - All Of Us Australian Tour (etcetc Music)
SONG OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE MUSIC
5 Seconds Of Summer - Teeth (Interscope/EMI)
Flume Feat. Vera Blue - Rushing Back (Future Classic)
Lime Cordiale - Robbery (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
Ruel - Painkiller (RCA / Sony Music)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By (Interscope/Universal Music Australia)
Halsey - Manic (Capitol/EMI Music Australia)
Harry Styles - Fine Line (Columbia/Sony Music)
Justin Bieber - Changes (Def Jam Recordings/Universal Music Australia)
Taylor Swift - Folklore (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)
ARTISAN AWARDS
BEST COVER ART
Jessica Mauboy - Hilda (Sony Music)
Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
DNA for Jessica Mauboy - Hilda (Sony Music)
M-Phazes for Ruel - Free Time (RCA / Sony Music)