Album of the year
- Tame Impala – Currents (WINNER)
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Flight Facilities - Down To Earth
- Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away
Best adult contemporary album
- Oh Mercy - When We Talk About Love (WINNER)
- John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John - Two Strong Hearts
- Megan Washington - There There
- Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions
- Szymon –Tigersapp
Best blues and roots album
- CW Stoneking - Gon’ Boogaloo (WINNER)
- Marlon Williams - Marlon Williams
- The Black Sorrows - Endless Sleep
- The Waifs - Beautiful You
- Tim Rogers & The Bamboos
Best children’s album
- Sam Moran - Play Along With Sam: BOO! (WINNER)
- Giggle and Hoot - Hootastic Tunes
- Play School - Favourite Things - Songs and Nursery Rhymes from Play School
- Rhys Muldoon - Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good (ABC Music / Universal Music Australia)
- The Wiggles - Rock & Roll Preschool
Best comedy release
- Matt Okine - Live at the Enmore Theatre (WINNER)
- Bondi Hipsters - Fuhck The Bahnks
- Buddy Goode - Songs To Ruin Every Occasion
- Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction
- Sammy J & Randy – Live
Best country album
- Shane Nicholson - Hell Breaks Loose (WINNER)
- Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs
- Catherine Britt – Boneshaker Lee
- Mustered Courage - White Lies and Melodies
- Troy Cassar-Daley - Freedom Ride
Best dance release
- Rüfüs - You Were Right (WINNER)
- Alison Wonderland – Run
- Flight Facilities - Down To Earth
- Hayden James - Something About You
- Peking Duk - Take Me Over feat. SAFIA
Best female artist
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (WINNER)
- Jessica Mauboy - Can I Get A Moment?
- Meg Mac - MEGMAC EP
- Megan Washington - There There
- Sia - Elastic Heart
Best group
- Tame Impala – Currents (WINNER)
- 5 Seconds of Summer – LiveSOS
- AC/DC - Rock Or Bust
- Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light
- The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
Best hard rock/heavy metal album
- Northlane – Node (WINNER)
- Born Lion - Final Words
- In Hearts Wake – Skydancer
- King Parrot - Dead Set
- Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War
Best independent release
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (WINNER)
- Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember
- Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away
Best male artist
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away (WINNER)
- #1 Dads – Nominal
- Daniel Johns – Talk
- Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember
Best pop release
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember (WINNER)
- Conrad Sewell - Start Again
- Sia - Elastic Heart
- Tame Impala - Let It Happen
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away
Best rock album
- Tame Impala – Currents (WINNER)
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Dead Letter Circus – Aesthesis
- Gang of Youths - The Positions
- The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes
Best urban album
- Seth Sentry - Strange New Past (WINNER)
- Citizen Kay – Demokracy
- Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon
- The Meeting Tree - R U A Cop
- Tuka - Life Death Time Eternal
Breakthrough artist
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (WINNER)
- Conrad Sewell - Start Again
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Gang of Youths - The Positions
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember
- Meg Mac - Never Be
PUBLICLY VOTED AWARDS
Best Australian live act
- 5 Seconds Of Summer - Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour (WINNER)
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Gang of Youths - Gang of Youths National Tour
- Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light Tour
- Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater Australian Tour
- Nick Cave - Nick Cave Australian Tour
- Paul Kelly presents The Merri Soul Sessions - Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions Tour
- Sheppard - The Bombs Away Tour
- The Preatures - The Cruel Tour
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away Tour
Best international artist
- One Direction – Four (WINNER)
- Calvin Harris – Motion
- Ed Sheeran – X
- Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
- Hozier – Hozier
- James Bay - Chaos And The Calm
- Mark Ronson - Uptown Special
- Meghan Trainor – Title
- Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
- Taylor Swift – 1989
Best video
- Matt Sharp & Daniel James for The Veronicas - You Ruin Me (WINNER)
- Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland - U Don’t Know feat. Wayne Coyne
- Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best
- Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns - Aerial Love
- Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem – Wings
- Clemens Habicht for Flume - Some Minds feat. Andrew Wyatt
- Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude - Through The Roof feat. Young Tapz
- Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan - Spirit Of The Anzacs
- Filmery for Shane Nicholson - Secondhand Man
- Luci Schroder for Vance Joy – Georgia
Song of the year
- Conrad Sewell - Start Again (WINNER)
- Grace - You Don’t Own Me feat. G-Eazy
- Iggy Azalea - Trouble feat. Jennifer Hudson
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember
- Marlisa - Stand By You
- Nathaniel - Live Louder
- Peking Duk - Take Me Over feat. SAFIA
- Sia - Elastic Heart
- The Veronicas - You Ruin Me
- Vance Joy – Georgia
• This article was amended on 27 November 2015 to correct the winner of the best country album award from Lee Kernaghan to Shane Nicholson.
