ARIA Award for Best Female Artist

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ARIA Award for Best Female Artist
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded1987
Last awarded2020
Websiteariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] 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."[2]

To be eligible, the female artist must meet one of the following criteria: be an Australian citizen; be born in Australia; be a permanent resident or have applied for permanent residency (having lived in Australia for at least six months for two consecutive years prior to the awards and signed to an Australian record label in the case of an applicant); if they are from New Zealand they must have lived in Australia for at least six months for two consecutive years prior to the awards and signed to an Australian record label.[3]

The ARIA Award for Best Female Artist is given to a female artist who have had a single or an album 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.[3]

The award for Best Female Artist was first presented to Jenny Morris in 1987. Wendy Matthews, Sia and Kasey Chambers hold the record for the most wins, with three each, followed by Morris, Kate Ceberano, Natalie Imbruglia, Missy Higgins and Kimbra with two. Kylie Minogue has received 14 nominations, more than any other artist, winning one in 2001 for her album Light Years (2000).

This, and the ARIA Award for Best Male Artist was merged in 2021 to form a single award for ARIA Award for Best Artist.This change is designed to ensure that the ARIA Awards reflect and embrace equality and the true diversity of the music industry in 2021. In making this change the number of nominees for Best Artist will be ten.[4]


Jenny Morris won twice for "You're Gonna Get Hurt" in 1987 and in 1988 for Body and Soul (1987).
Deborah Conway won in 1992 for String of Pearls (1991).
Tina Arena won in 1995 for Don't Ask (1994).
Christine Anu won in 1996 for "Come On".
Monique Brumby won in 1997 for "Mary".
Natalie Imbruglia won twice for Left of the Middle (1997) in 1998 and "Wishing I Was There" in 1999.
Along with Wendy Matthews, Kasey Chambers has the most wins with three in 2000, 2002 and 2004 for "The Captain", Barricades & Brickwalls (2001) and Wayward Angel (2004), respectively.
Kylie Minogue has been nominated the most in this category with 14, winning once for Light Years (2001).
Delta Goodrem won this award for Innocent Eyes (2003).
Missy Higgins won twice for The Sound of White (2004) and On a Clear Night (2007).
Clare Bowditch won in 2006 for What Was Left (2005).
Gabriella Cilmi received the award in 2008 for Lessons to Be Learned (2008).
Sarah Blasko won for As Day Follows Night (2009).
Megan Washington won for I Believe You Liar (2010).

Winners and nominees[]

In the following table: the years in the "Year" column are listed as per the ARIA Award ceremony; in the "Winner" column the winner for that particular year is always listed first and highlighted in a separate colour, in bold face and with a double dagger (Award winner); the nominees are placed alphabetically beneath the winner and are not highlighted or in bold face; the "Album/single title" column lists the title of the album or single that the artist was nominated for (no reliable sources lists the works that Kate Ceberano, Sharon O'Neill and Shona Laing were nominated for in 1988).

Table key
Award winner Indicates the winner
Year Winner Album/single title Ref.
1987
(1st)
Jenny MorrisAward winner "You're Gonna Get Hurt" [5]
Jean Stafford Burning Bright
Jo Kennedy The Pack of Women
Renée Geyer Renée Live at the Basement
Wendy Matthews "Dancing Daze"
1988
(2nd)
Jenny MorrisAward winner Body and Soul [6]
Anne Kirkpatrick Come Back Again
Kate Ceberano N/A
Sharon O'Neill N/A
Shona Laing N/A
1989
(3rd)
Kate CeberanoAward winner You've Always Got the Blues [7]
Marcia Hines "The Lord's Prayer"
Wendy Matthews You've Always Got the Blues
Kylie Minogue Kylie
Sharon O'Neill "We’re Only Human"
1990
(4th)
Kate CeberanoAward winner Brave [8]
Robyne Dunn Labour of Liberty
Gyan Gyan
Kylie Minogue Enjoy Yourself
Jenny Morris Shiver
1991
(5th)
Wendy MatthewsAward winner Émigré [9]
Kate Ceberano Like Now
Grace Knight Come in Spinner
Jenny Morris "Piece of My Heart"
Margaret Urlich Safety in Numbers
1992
(6th)
Deborah ConwayAward winner String of Pearls [10]
Jenny Morris Honeychild
Kate Ceberano Think About It!
Kylie Minogue Let's Get to It
Wendy Matthews "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)"
1993
(7th)
Wendy MatthewsAward winner Lily [11]
Deborah Conway "Release Me"
Deni Hines "That Word (L.O.V.E.)"
Kate Ceberano "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
Margaret Urlich Chameleon Dreams
1994
(8th)
Wendy MatthewsAward winner ""Friday's Child"" [12]
Anne Kirkpatrick Game of Love
Deborah Conway Bitch Epic
Kate Ceberano "You've Got a Friend"
Margaret Urlich "Burnt Sienna"
1995
(9th)
Tina ArenaAward winner Don't Ask [13]
Christine Anu Stylin Up
Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue
Max Sharam A Million Year Girl
Merril Bainbridge "Mouth"
1996
(10th)
Christine AnuAward winner "Come On" [14]
Deni Hines Imagination
Kate Ceberano "Change"
Max Sharam "Is It OK?/Huntinground"
Tina Arena "Wasn't It Good"
1997
(11th)
Monique BrumbyAward winner "Mary" [15]
Annie Crummer Seventh Wave
Deni Hines "I'm Not in Love"
Nikka Costa "Get Off My Sunshine"
Wendy Matthews "Then I Walked Away"
1998
(12th)
Natalie ImbrugliaAward winner Left of the Middle [16]
Kate Ceberano Pash
Kylie Minogue Impossible Princess
Monique Brumby Thylacine
Tina Arena In Deep
1999
(13th)
Natalie ImbrugliaAward winner "Wishing I Was There" [17]
Kasey Chambers The Captain
Kylie Minogue "Cowboy Style"
Lisa Miller As Far As Life Goes
Suze DeMarchi Telelove
2000
(14th)
Kasey ChambersAward winner "The Captain" [18]
Christine Anu "Sunshine on a Rainy Day"
Diana Ah Naid I Don't Think I'm Pregnant
Kylie Minogue "Spinning Around"
Vanessa Amorosi "Absolutely Everybody"
2001
(15th)
Kylie MinogueAward winner Light Years [19]
Christine Anu Come My Way
Jodi Phillis In Dreams I Live
Leah Haywood "Takin' Back What's Mine"
Vanessa Amorosi The Power
2002
(16th)
Kasey ChambersAward winner Barricades & Brickwalls [20]
Holly Valance "Kiss Kiss"
Kylie Minogue Fever
Lisa Miller Car Tape
Natalie Imbruglia White Lilies Island
2003
(17th)
Delta GoodremAward winner Innocent Eyes [21]
Amiel Audio Out
Kylie Minogue "Come into My World"
Renée Geyer Tenderland
Sarah Blasko Prelusive
2004
(18th)
Kasey ChambersAward winner Wayward Angel [22]
Delta Goodrem "Not Me, Not I"
Kylie Minogue Body Language
Lisa Miller Version Originale
Missy Higgins "Scar"
2005
(19th)
Missy HigginsAward winner The Sound of White [23]
Kylie Minogue "I Believe in You"
Mia Dyson Parking Lots
Natalie Imbruglia Counting Down the Days
Sarah Blasko The Overture & the Underscore
2006
(20th)
Clare BowditchAward winner What Was Left [24]
Holly Throsby Under the Town
Jade MacRae Jade MacRae
Jen Cloher Dead Wood Falls
Kasey Chambers "Nothing at All"
2007
(21st)
Missy HigginsAward winner On a Clear Night [25]
Kasey Chambers Carnival
Kate Miller-Heidke Little Eve
Katie Noonan "Time to Begin"
Sarah Blasko What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have
2008
(22nd)
Gabriella CilmiAward winner Lessons to Be Learned [26]
Clare Bowditch The Moon Looked On
Holly Throsby A Loud Call
Kylie Minogue X
Missy Higgins "Peachy"
2009
(23rd)
Sarah BlaskoAward winner As Day Follows Night [27]
Jessica Mauboy Been Waiting
Kate Miller-Heidke Curiouser
Ladyhawke Ladyhawke
Lisa Mitchell Wonder
2010
(24th)
WashingtonAward winner I Believe You Liar [28]
Clare Bowditch Modern Day Addiction
Kylie Minogue Aphrodite
Lisa Mitchell "Oh! Hark!"
Sia We Are Born
2011
(25th)
KimbraAward winner "Cameo Lover" [29]
Adalita Adalita
Clare Bowditch "Are You Ready Yet?"
Kasey Chambers Little Bird
Washington "Holy Moses"
2012
(26th)
KimbraAward winner Vows [30]
Jessica Mauboy "Gotcha"
Lanie Lane To the Horses
Missy Higgins The Ol' Razzle Dazzle
Washington Insomnia
2013
(27th)
Jessica MauboyAward winner "To the End of the Earth" [31]
Abbe May Kiss My Apocalypse
Emma Louise vs Head vs Heart
Missy Higgins "Set Me on Fire"
Sarah Blasko I Awake
2014
(28th)
SiaAward winner 1000 Forms of Fear [32]
Adalita All Day Venus
Iggy Azalea The New Classic
Jessica Mauboy Beautiful
Kasey Chambers Bittersweet
2015
(29th)
Courtney BarnettAward winner Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit [33]
Jessica Mauboy "Can I Get a Moment?"
Meg Mac MegMac EP
Megan Washington There There
Sia "Elastic Heart"
2016
(30th)
SiaAward winner This Is Acting [34]
Delta Goodrem Wings of the Wild
Jessica Mauboy "This Ain't Love"
Montaigne Glorious Heights
Sarah Blasko Eternal Return
2017
(31st)
SiaAward winner "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
Amy Shark Night Thinker
Jessica Mauboy The Secret Daughter (Songs from the Original TV Series)
Julia Jacklin Don’t Let the Kids Win
Meg Mac Low Blows
2018
(32nd)
Amy SharkAward winner Love Monster
Alison Wonderland Awake
Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel
Sia "Flames"
Tash Sultana Flow State
2019
(33rd)
Tones and IAward winner "Dance Monkey"
Amy Shark "Mess Her Up"
Jessica Mauboy "Little Things"
Julia Jacklin Crushing
Thelma Plum Better in Blak
2020
(34th)
Sampa the Great The Return
Amy Shark "Everybody Rise"
Miiesha Nyaaringu
Sia "Together"
Tones and I "Bad Child"/"Can't Be Happy All the Time"

Multiple wins and nominations[]

See also[]

  • List of music awards honoring women

References[]

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