Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:27 PM

The 2012 ARIA nominations are in, with Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy and Keith Urban all up for awards at the November ceremony!

While Guy Sebastian has been busy coaching the Over 25s on X-Factor, his hit collaboration with Lupe Fiasco, Battle Scars, has been going gangbusters and earned him a nomination for Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release. 



The former ARIA Award winner has also scored a nomination for Song of the Year with his single Don't Worry Be Happy.

Competing against him for Song of the Year is Jessica Mauboy, whose hit single Galaxy (with Stan Walker) is also nominated.



The Sapphires starlet has also received nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release for her song Gotcha.

Another reality tv judge to make the list is former The Voice and now American Idol judge Keith Urban, who has received a nomination for Best Male Artist, for For You.



Unsurprisingly, Gotye has received four nominations for his hit album Making Mirrors, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Release, Best Australian Live Act and Best Male Artist, while receiving the award for Best Cover Art.


2012 ARIA AWARD NOMINEES

Album of the Year
360 – Falling & Flying
Gotye – Making Mirrors
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazze
The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap

Best Male Artist
360 – Falling & Flying
Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Gotye – Making Mirrors
Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars
Keith Urban – For You
Matt Corby – Into The Flame

Best Female Artist
Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha
Kimbra – Vows
Lanie Lane – To The Horse
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle
Washington – Insomnia

Best Group
Boy & Bear – Big Man
Cold Chisel – No Plans
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun
The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap

Breakthrough Artist – Release
360 – Falling & Flying
Alpine – A Is For Alpine
Lanie Lane – To The Horses
Matt Corby – Brother
San Cisco – Awkward

Best Independent Release
Dappled Cities – Lake Air
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies
San Cisco – Awkward
The Bamboos – Medicine Man
The Jezabels - Prisoner

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Darren Hayes – Secret Codes And Battleships
Husky – Forever So
Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle

Best Blues & Roots Album
Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Jeff Lang – Carried In Mind
Lanie Lane – To The Horses
Mia Dyson – The Moment
Paul Green & The Other Colours – Behind The Stars

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Buried In Verona – Notorious
DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams
Frenzal Rhomb – Smoko at the Pet Food Factory
House Vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth
Sleepmakeswaves - …and so we destroyed everything

Best Pop Release
Gotye – Making Mirrors
Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars
Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha
Kimbra – Vows
San Cisco – Awkward

Best Rock Album
Children Collide – Monument
Cold Chisel – No Plans
Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap

Best Urban Album
360 – Falling & Flying
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun
Katalyst – Deep Impressions
The Bamboos – Medicine Man
The Herd – Future Shade

Best Children’s Album
Bananas In Pyjamas – Playtime
dirtgirlworld – dirtgirl rocks the planet
Hi-5 – Sing It Loud
Rhys Muldoon – I’m Not Singing
The Wiggles – Surfer Jeff

Best Comedy Release
Anthony Salame – Is This thing On?
Arj Barker – Joy Harvest
Buddy Goode – Unappropriate
Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World
The Beards – Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard

Best Country Album
Beccy Cole – Songs and Pictures
Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough
McAlister Kemp – Country Proud
The McClymonts – Two Worlds Collide
Troy Cassar-Daley – Home

Best Dance Release
Havana Brown – When The Lights Go Out
Hermitude – Hyperparadise
Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay – In My Mind
Knife Party – Rage Valley
Sneaky Sound System – From Here To Anywhere


2012 ARIA AWARD PUBLIC VOTED NOMINEES

ARIA Song of the Year
360 feat. Gossling – Boys Like You
Delta Goodrem – Sitting On Top Of The World
Guy Sebastian – Don’t Worry Be Happy
Hilltop Hoods Featuring Sia – I Love It
Jessica Mauboy & Stan Walker – Galaxy
Justice Crew – Boom Boom
Matt Corby – Brother
Reece Mastin – Good Night
Ricki-Lee – Do It Like That
Timomatic – Set It Off

Best International Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Florence + the Machine
LMFAO
Michael Buble
One Direction
The Black Keys

Best Australian Live Act
360
Cold Chisel
Dirty Three
Gotye
Hilltop Hoods
Hoodoo Gurus
Kate Miller-Heidke
The Bamboos
The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Living End

Best Video
Alex Weltlinger – 360, Boys Like you
Luci Schroder - Alpine – Hands
Animal Logic – Hilltop Hoods, I Love It
Brent “Quincy” Buchanan – The Grindhouse – Jackson Firebird, Cock Rockin’
Emma Tomelty – Hermitude, Speak Of The Devil
Darcy Prendergast - Kate Miller-Heidke – Kate Miller-Heidke – I’ll Change Your Mind
Josh Logue - Lanie Lane – Oh Well, That’s What You Get Falling In Love With a Cowboy
Natasha Pincus- Missy Higgins - Everyone’s Waiting
Sam Bennetts – Bluejuice, Act Yr Age
Josh Logue -The Rubens – My Gun


2012 ARIA FINE ARTS AWARD NOMINEES - WINNERS IN BOLD

Best Classical Album
Jose Carbo with Slava & Leonard Grigoryan – My Latin Heart
Orchestra of the Antipodes – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Sally Whitwell – The Good, The Bad and The Awkward
Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
William Barton – Kalkadungu

Best Jazz Album
Barney McAll – Graft
Grace Knight – Keep Cool Fool
James Morrison – Snappy Too
McGann – Wending
Sarah McKenzie – Close Your Eyes
Steven Rossitto – Night & Day

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Jane Rutter – An Australian In Paris
Jon English & The Original Cast of The Rock Show – The Rock Show
Rockwiz – Rockwiz Christmas Album
triple j – Straight To You: triple j’s Tribute To Nick Cave
Various Artists – The Sapphires – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Best World Music Album
Dead Can Dance – Anastasis
Joseph Tawadros – Concerts of the Greater Sea
Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento – Intrepid Adventures To The Lost Riddim Island
Sarah Calderwood – As Night Falls
Warren H Williams & The Warumungu Songmen – Winanjjara: The Song Peoples Sessions


2012 ARIA ARTISAN AWARD NOMINEES - WINNERS IN BOLD

Best Cover Art
Christopher Doyle – The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’
Debaser – 360, Falling & Flying
Frank De Backer (Artwork & Handwriting) & Wally De Backer– Making Mirrors
Rennie Ellis – Oh Mercy, Deep Heat

Engineer of the Year
Francois Tetaz for Gotye – Making Mirrors
Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’
Matt Fell – Tim Freedman, Australian Idel
Scott Horscroft & Phillip Threlfall – 360, Falling & Flying
Wayne Connolly - Josh Pyke, Only Sparrows

Producer of the Year
Chong Lim – Sarah McKenzie Close Your Eyes
Lachlan Mitchell –The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’
Lanie Lane – Lanie Lane To The Horses
Styalz Fuego – 360, Falling & Flying
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, The Good The Bad and The Awkward