ARIA Award for Best Adult Alternative Album

The ARIA Music Award for Best Adult Alternative Album is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",^[1] and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.^[2]

ARIA Award for Best Adult Alternative Album
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded	1994
Currently held by	Sarah Blasko, Eternal Return (2016)
Website	ariaawards.com.au

To be eligible for this award the album must be of an Adult Alternative genre by solo artists and groups; only album recordings are eligible; recordings must be directed toward Adult Alternative formats; the recording cannot be entered in any other genre category. Best Adult Alternative Album is judged by a specialist judging school of representatives experienced with the genre.^[3]

Best Adult Alternative Album was first handed out in 1994. Up until 2001 it was called Best Alternative Release, which was awarded for an album or single release. From 2002 to 2009 the award was discontinued before being reinstated in 2010 under its current name. Again, from 2012 to 2015 the award was not presented until 2016 awards, the most recent ceremony.

You Am I and Regurgitator have won the most awards in this category with two each. You Am I have received the most nominations with five followed by Dirty Three, Regurgitator and Spiderbait with three and Magic Dirt, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Something for Kate with two. Martyn P. Casey, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis and Jim Sclavunos have earned three nominations each as members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Since the award's inception only six solo acts have been nominated with one artist, Sarah Blasko, winning in 2016 for her album Eternal Return.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per the ARIA Award ceremony.

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

You Am I won the award twice in 1994 and 1995. They have also received the most nominations with five.

Regurgitator won the award twice in 1996 and 1998.

Spiderbait were the winners in 1997 for their album Ivy and the Big Apples.

Dirty Three won the award in 2000 for their album Whatever You Love, You Are.

Art of Fighting received the award in 2001 for their album Wires.

Sarah Blasko is the only solo artist to win. She received the award in 2016 for her album Eternal Return.

Year	Artist	Album title	Ref.
1994 (8th)	You Am I‡	Sound as Ever	[4]
	The Clouds	Thunderhead
	Crow	My Kind of Pain
	The Cruel Sea	The Honeymoon Is Over
	Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes	Night of the Wolverine
1995 (9th)	You Am I‡	Hi Fi Way	[5]
	Custard	Wahooti Fandango
	Magic Dirt	Life Was Better
	Regurgitator	Regurgitator
	Silverchair	Frogstomp
1996 (10th)	Regurgitator‡	Tu-Plang	[6]
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Murder Ballads
	Pollyanna	Long Player
	Spiderbait	The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
	You Am I	Hourly, Daily
1997 (11th)	Spiderbait‡	Ivy and the Big Apples	[7]
	Dirty Three	Horse Stories
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	The Boatman's Call
	The Fauves	Future Spa
	Powderfinger	Double Allergic
1998 (12th)	Regurgitator‡	Unit	[8]
	Dirty Three	Ocean Songs
	The Living End	"Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
	The Paradise Motel	Flight Paths
	You Am I	#4 Record
1999 (13th)	Not from There‡	Sand on Seven	[9]
	Gerling	Children of Telepathic Experiences
	Tim Rogers	What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
	Something for Kate	Beautiful Sharks
	Spiderbait	Grand Slam
	Tendrils	Soaking Red
2000 (14th)	Dirty Three‡	Whatever You Love, You Are	[10]
	28 Days	"Rip It Up"
	David Bridie	Act of Free Choice
	Nokturnl	"Neva Mend"
	Tumbleweed	Mumbo Jumbo
2001 (15th)	Art of Fighting‡	Wires	[11]
	Big Heavy Stuff	Size of the Ocean
	Magic Dirt	What Are Rockstars Doing Today
	Something for Kate	Echolalia
	You Am I	Dress Me Slowly
2002 - 2009	No award given.[12]
2010 (24th)	Angus & Julia Stone‡	Down the Way	[13]
	Basement Birds	Basement Birds
	Clare Bowditch	Modern Day Addiction
	The Cat Empire	Cinema
	Washington	I Believe You Liar
	Whitley	Go Forth, Find Mammoth
2011 (25th)	Boy & Bear‡	Moonfire	[14]
	Grinderman	Grinderman 2
	Little Red	Midnight Remember
	Seeker Lover Keeper	Seeker Lover Keeper
	The Panics	Rain on the Humming Wire
2012 - 2015	No award given.[12]
2016 (30th)	Sarah Blasko‡	Eternal Return	[15]
	Jarryd James	Thirty One
	Matt Corby	Telluric
	Peter Garrett	A Version of Now
	The Temper Trap	Thick as Thieves

References

1. "ARIA Awards 2011 overview". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 April 2012.
2. "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
3. "ARIA Awards 2016 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
4. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1994: 8th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 January 2017.
5. "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
6. "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
7. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
8. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1998: 12th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
9. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
10. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2000". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
11. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2001: 15th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
12. "ARIA Music Awards - History - Winners by year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 January 2017. The Adult Alternative Album Award was not given from 2002 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2015, according to the individual yearly award pages.
13. "ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Year 2010: 24th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 January 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
14. "2011 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
15. Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016). "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches". The Age. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

• Official website