The ARIA Award for Best Solo Artist, is an award first presented at the 2021 ARIA Music Awards as ARIA Award for Best Artist. 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."
| ARIA Award for Best Solo Artist | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 2021 |
| Currently held by | Ninajirachi, I Love My Computer (2025) |
| Most wins | Troye Sivan (2) |
| Most nominations | The Kid Laroi (5) |
| Website | ariaawards |
In 2021, the previous categories of Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist were combined to ensure that the ARIA Awards reflect and embrace equality and the true diversity of the music industry. In making this change the number of final nominees for Best Artist was ten.
The category was renamed to Best Solo Artist in 2022, still with ten final nominees.
Troye Sivan became the first artist to win multiple times with his second consecutive win in 2024. The Kid Laroi has the most nominations with five, having been nominated at every ceremony since the award's inception. Canadian singer Justin Bieber, one of the inaugural winners along with The Kid Laroi as a co-lead artist on "Stay", is the only non-Australian nominee.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Winner(s) | Album/single title |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 (35th) | ||
| The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber | "Stay" | |
| Amy Shark | Cry Forever | |
| Budjerah | Budjerah (EP) | |
| Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth | |
| Keith Urban | The Speed of Now Part 1 | |
| Kylie Minogue | Disco | |
| Masked Wolf | "Astronaut in the Ocean" | |
| Ngaiire | 3 | |
| Tones and I | Welcome to the Madhouse | |
| Vance Joy | "Missing Piece" | |
| 2022 (36th) | ||
| Baker Boy | Gela | |
| Budjerah | Conversations | |
| Courtney Barnett | Things Take Time, Take Time | |
| Daniel Johns | FutureNever | |
| Flume | Palaces | |
| Julia Jacklin | Pre Pleasure | |
| Ruel | "Growing Up Is ___" | |
| The Kid Laroi | "Thousand Miles" | |
| Thelma Plum | Meanjin | |
| Vance Joy | In Our Own Sweet Time | |
| 2023 (37th) | ||
| Troye Sivan | "Rush" | |
| Budjerah | "2step" by Ed Sheeran (Feat. Budjerah) | |
| Dan Sultan | Dan Sultan | |
| Dom Dolla | "Eat Your Man" ft. Nelly Furtado | |
| G Flip | Drummer | |
| Genesis Owusu | Struggler | |
| Jen Cloher | I Am the River, the River Is Me | |
| Kylie Minogue | "Padam Padam" | |
| Meg Mac | Matter Of Time | |
| The Kid Laroi | "Love Again" | |
| 2024 (38th) | ||
| Troye Sivan | Something to Give Each Other | |
| Amy Shark | "Sunday Sadness" | |
| Angie McMahon | "Light, Dark, Light Again" | |
| Dom Dolla | Saving Up | |
| Emma Donovan | Till My Song Is Done | |
| Kylie Minogue | Tension | |
| The Kid Laroi | The First Time [Deluxe Version] | |
| Tkay Maidza | Sweet Justice | |
| Tones and I | "Beautifully Ordinary" | |
| Troy Cassar-Daley | Between the Fires | |
| 2025 (39th) | ||
| Ninajirachi | I Love My Computer | |
| Barkaa | Big Tidda | |
| Dom Dolla | "Dreamin'" | |
| Kylie Minogue | Tension II | |
| Mallrat | Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right | |
| Missy Higgins | The Second Act | |
| Paul Kelly | Fever Longing Still | |
| The Kid Laroi | "How Does It Feel?" | |
| Thelma Plum | I'm Sorry, Now Say It Back | |
| Young Franco | It's Franky Baby! |
Artists with multiple nominations
- 5 nominations
- The Kid Laroi
- 4 nominations
- Kylie Minogue
- 3 nominations
- Budjerah
- 2 nominations
- Dom Dolla
- Vance Joy
- Genesis Owusu
- Thelma Plum
- Amy Shark
- Troye Sivan
- Tones and I
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