Amyl & The Sniffers dominate 2025 ARIA Awards: “Probably won’t have to work at IGA ever again!”

Amyl & The Sniffers have dominated the 2025 ARIA Awards, and quipped that the trophies mean that they “probably won’t have to work at IGA ever again”. Check out the full list of winners on the night below.

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This year’s instalment of the Australian awards ceremony was held at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, and saw the punk band go home as the biggest winners of the night for their latest album ‘Cartoon Darkness’.

At the awards, they won in categories including Album Of The Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group and Best Cover Art.

“I know you just like it because I was flashing my titties!” frontwoman Amy Taylor quipped while on stage, announced as the winner for the latter. She went on to get more laughs throughout the night as she took to the stage to accept trophies in other categories.

“We’re really not that good at speeches,” Taylor added, before going to shout “Fuck the world!”. She also joked that winning Album Of The Year made her feel like “the new Prime Minister of Australia”.

“I’d like to say: all immigrants welcome. I’d like to say: land back, the dole’s going up, and every pub gets a million dollars,” she added, before saying that the response to ‘Cartoon Darkness’ had undoubtedly changed the lives of her and her bandmates. “Probably won’t have to work at IGA ever again,” she said, referring to the Australian supermarket chain.

The band have taken home awards at the ARIAs before – including a Best Group win in 2022, and wins for Best Rock Album for their 2022 album ‘Comfort To Me’ and 2019 self-titled debut.

Behind Amyl & The Sniffers with the most wins on the night was Ninajirachi, who had eight nominations and won in the Best Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release categories. Fellow dance artist Dom Dolla was named as the recipient of the 2025 Inaugural Global Impact Award, and also won Best Dance/Electronic Release for the song ‘Dreamin’’.

Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker) won Best Engineered Release and Best Produced Release, taking his total number of ARIA wins up to 15. Other winners included The Teskey Brothers, The Kid Laroi, Kasey Chambers and Troye Sivan.

Find a full list of winners below (via ABC News)

ARIA Awards 2025 winners were:

Album of the Year

Amyl and The Sniffers — Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] – WINNER
Missy Higgins — The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL — Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Thelma Plum — I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]

Best Solo Artist

Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records] – WINNER
BARKAA — Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla — DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records]
Kylie Minogue — Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat — Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]
Missy Higgins — The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Paul Kelly — Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]
The Kid LAROI — How Does It Feel? [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Thelma Plum — I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia]
Young Franco — it’s Franky baby! [Neon Records]

Song of the Year

The Kid Laroi — Girls [Columbia Records / Sony Music] – WINNER
Cyril, Maryjo — Still Into You [Warner Music Australasia / Spinnin Records]
Dean Lewis — With You [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Dom Dolla Feat. Daya — Dreamin [Good Fortune Records]
FISHER — Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Gotye, FISHER, Chris Lake Feat. Kimbra, Sante Sansone — Somebody [Eleven: A Music Company / EMI Music Australia]
ONEFOUR, Nemzzz — Spinnin [ONEFOUR RECORDS / THE ORCHARD]
Royel Otis — Linger (SiriusXM Session) [Ourness]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy — Somedays [Solotoko / ADA]
Tobiahs — Angel of Mine [Mushroom Music]

Best Australian Live Act

Troye Sivan — Something To Give Each Other Tour [Live Nation] – WINNER
Amyl and The Sniffers — Cartoon Darkness World Tour
Ball Park Music — Like Love Tour
BARKAA — BIG TIDDA TOUR [Jackson Street & Bad Apples Music]
Confidence Man — 3AM (LA LA LA) Tour [I OH YOU]
Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla Australia 2024 [Untitled Group]
Hilltop Hoods — Hilltop Hoods 2025
Kylie Minogue — Tension Tour 2025
Miss Kaninna — Dawg In Me Tour [Astral People]
SPEED — SPEED Australia Tour ’25

Best Rock Album

Amyl and The Sniffers — Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] – WINNER
Ball Park Music — Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
King Stingray — For The Dreams [Civilians / The Orchard]
Royel Otis — hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Spacey Jane — If That Makes Sense [AWAL Recordings]

Best Soul / R&B Release

BOY SODA — Lil Obsession [Warner Music Australasia] – WINNER
JACOTÉNE – Why’d You Do That? [Epic Records / Sony Music]
Jerome Farah – CHLORINE [Sony Music]
Larissa Lambert – Cardio [New Levels / Virgin Music Group]
PANIA – Pity Party [Warner Music Australasia / Say Less]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist
Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records] — WINNER
Folk Bitch Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gut Health — Stiletto [AWAL Recordings]
Mia Wray — Hi, It’s Nice To Meet Me [Mushroom Music]
Young Franco — it’s Franky baby! [Neon Records]

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Missy Higgins — The Second Act [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia] – WINNER
Folk Bitch Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Gordi — Like Plasticine [Mushroom Music]
Meg Washington — GEM [OriGiN Distribution / ADA]
Paul Kelly — Fever Longing Still [EMI Music Australia]

Best World Music Album

Gurrumul — Banbirrngu — The Orchestral Sessions [Decca Australia & Skinnyfish / UMA] – WINNER
Electric Fields, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra — Live In Concert [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Joseph Tawadros — The Forgotten Path To Humanity [Independent / The Planet Company]
Tenzin Choegyal — Snow Flower [Warner Music Australasia / Rainbow Valley Records]
The Cat Empire — Bird in Paradise [BMG]

Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement

Fox League 2025: Our Greats — Fox Sports Australia, 3% – WINNER
Menulog: What’s Good in Your Hood — Thinkerbell, Bliss n Eso
Paramount+ Australia: Ballad of the GOATS — Paramount+ Australia, Briggs
Tooheys: I Feel Like a Tooheys — Thinkerbell, Dune Rats
Tourism & Events Queensland: That Holiday Feeling — Publicis Worldwide, Kita Alexander

Best Independent Release

Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records] — WINNER
Ball Park Music — Like Love [Prawn Records / Inertia Music]
Confidence Man — 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
Folk Bitch Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Miss Kaninna — Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

BARKAA — Big Tidda [Big Apples Music / Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia] — WINNER
Hilltop Hoods — Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Miss Kaninna — Kaninna EP [Soul Has No Tempo]
ONEFOUR — Look At Me Now [ONEFOUR Records / The Orchard]
The Kid LAROI — Baby I’m Back [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Best Children’s Album

Emma Memma — Dance Island Party [GYROstream] — WINNER
Justine Clarke — Mimi’s Symphony [ABC Music / The Orchard]
Teeny Tiny Stevies — Brain Fart [Love Your Records / Xelon]
The Vegetable Plot — Season Three [ABC Music / The Orchard]
The Wiggles — Wiggle Up, Giddy Up! [ABC Music / The Orchard]

Most Popular International Artist

Taylor Swift — [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia] — WINNER
Alex Warren — You’ll Be Alright Kid [Atlantic Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Calvin Harris — 96 Months [Columbia Records / Sony Music]
Gracie Abrams — The Secret of Us [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Kendrick Lamar — GNX [Interscope / Universal Music Australia]
Noah Kahan — Stick Season [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Post Malone — F-1Trillion [Republic Records / Universal Music Australia]
Sabrina Carpenter — Short n’ Sweet [Island Records USA / Universal Music Australia]
Tate McRae — So Close To What [RCA Records / Universal Music Australia]
Tyler, The Creator — Chromakopia [Columbia Records / Sony Music]

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

Various Artists — How To Make Gravy [Origin Recordings] — WINNER
Australian Chamber Orchestra — Memoir of a Snail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
François Tétaz — The Surfer [Impressed Recordings / Rubber Music Pty Ltd]
Michael Cassel Group — Michael Cassel Group Presents A (Very) Musical Christmas [The Orchard]
Vidya Makan — The Lucky Country (Original Cast Album) [ORiGiN Distribution / ADA]

Best Jazz Album

Lucy Clifford — Between Spaces of Knowing [ABC Jazz / The Orchard] — WINNER
Evans Robson Quartet — Zenith [Lamplight Records]
Lachlan McKenzie — Departures [ABC Jazz / The Orchard]
TL; DR & Peter Knight — Too Long; Didn’t Read [Earshift Music / The Planet Company-MGM]
Touch Sensitive — In Paradise [Future Classic]

Best Classical Album

Andrea Lam — Piano Diary [ABC Classic / The Orchard] — WINNER
Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti — Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings and Andante
Cantabile / Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor [ABC Classic / The Orchard]
Nat Bartsch — Forever Changed [Amica Records]
Simone Young & Sydney Symphony Orchestra — Mahler: Symphony No.2; Barton: Of The Earth
[Deutsche Grammophon Australia / Universal Music]
Sophie Hutchings — Become The Sky [Universal Music Australia / Mercury KX]

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

Thornhill — Bodies [UNFD / Community Music] — WINNER
Civic — Chrome Dipped [ATO Records / Inertia Music]
Press Club — To All The Ones I Love [Inertia Music]
RedHook — Mutation [RedHook Records]
The Amity Affliction — Let The Ocean Take Me Down (Redux) [GYROstream]

Producer — Best Produced Release

Kevin Parker/Tame Impala — End of Summer [Columbia Records / Sony Music] — WINNER
Alex Burnett for Thelma Plum — I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Waner Music Australasia]
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla — Dreamin [Good Fortune Records]
Nina Wilson p/k/a Ninajirachi for Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL for RÜFÜS DU SOL — Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]

Best Pop Release

Thelma Plum — I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Warner Music Australasia] — WINNER
G Flip — Disco Cowgirl [AWAL Recordings]
Kita Alexander — Press Pause [Warner Music Australasia]
Kylie Minogue — Tension II [Mushroom Music]
Mallrat – Light hit my face like a straight right [Dew Process / Universal Music Australia]

Best Cover Art

John Stewart for Amyl and The Sniffers — Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] — WINNER
Giulia McGauran for The Cat Empire — Bird in Paradise [BMG]
Kira Puru, Em Jensen for Thelma Plum — I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back [Waner Music Australasia]
Nina Wilson, John You, Aria Zarzycki for Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sarah McCloskey for Hilltop Hoods — Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]

Engineer — Best Engineered Release

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala — End of Summer [Columbia Records / Sony Music] — WINNER
Alice Ivy for Alice Ivy — Do What Makes You Happy [Kewpie Mayo Records / Independent]
Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla — DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records]
Eric J Dubowsky for Emma Louise & Flume — DUMB [Three Six Zero Recordings / ADA]
Thomas Purcell p/k/a Wave Racer for Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records]

Best Country Album

Kasey Chambers — Backbone [Essence Music Group / MGM] — WINNER
Dylan Wright — Half a World Away [Sony Music]
Imogen Clark — Choking on Fuel [Potts Entertainment / MGM]
Keith Urban — High [CAPITOL — NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia]
Taylor Moss — Firecracker [Taylor Moss / Ditto Music]

Best Music Festival

Laneway Festival — St Jerome’s Laneway / Laneway Festival — WINNER
Ability Fest — Dylan Alcott Foundation + Untitled Group
Beyond The Valley — Untitled Group / Beyond The Valley Music Festival
Bluesfest Byron Bay — Bluesfest Byron Bay
Yours and Owls Festival — Yours and Owls

Best Dance / Electronic Release

Dom Dolla — DREAMIN’ [Good Fortune Records] — WINNER
Confidence Man — 3AM (LA LA LA) [I OH YOU / Mushroom Music]
FISHER — Stay [etcetc Music Pty Ltd]
Ninajirachi — I Love My Computer [NLV Records]
Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Jazzy — Somedays [Solotoka / ADA]

Best Video

Dancing2 — Keli Holiday, Ryan Sauer [Keli Holiday / GYROstream] – WINNER
Break My Love — RÜFÜS DU SOL, Alexander George (Katzki) [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]
Craters — Missy Higgins, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [Eleven Music / EMI Music Australia]
Lordy Lordy — Emily Wurramara, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore [ABC Music / The Orchard]
All The Noise — Spacey Jane, Dan Lesser [AWAL Recordings]
Car — Royel Otis, Jamieson Kerr [Ourness / Capitol Records]
Big Dreams — Amyl and The Sniffers, John Stewart [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group]
Dreamin — Dom Dolla, Kyle Caulfield & Shevin Dissanayake [Good Fortune Records]
Don’t Happy, Be Worry — Hilltop Hoods, Roman Anastasios and Jordan Ruyi Blanch [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
WASSA — VV Pete, UTILITY, Formation Boyz, UTILITY [Trackwork]

Best Blues & Roots Album

The Teskey Brothers — Live At The Hammersmith Apollo [Mushroom Music] — WINNER
Dope Lemon — Golden Wolf [BMG]
Mama Kin Spender — Promises [Mama Kin Spender / MGM]
Sons Of The East — SONS [Sons Of The East Music / MGM]
Tash Sultana — Return to the Roots [Lonely Lands Records via Sony Music]

Best Group

Amyl and The Sniffers — Cartoon Darkness [Amyl and The Sniffers / Virgin Music Group] — WINNER
Folk Bitch Trio — Now Would Be A Good Time [Jagjaguwar]
Hilltop Hoods — Fall From The Light [Island Records Australia / Universal Music Australia]
Royel Otis — hickey [Ourness / Capitol Records]
RÜFÜS DU SOL — Inhale / Exhale [Rose Avenue Records / Warner Music Australasia]

Amyl & The Sniffers’ appearance at the Sydney ceremony comes just days after the band picked up bar tabs of $35,000 for fans in Melbourne, after their free show was cancelled at the last minute.

In 2026, the band will join Deftones at All Points East presents Outbreak Fest and appear with The Cure on the bill for Øya Festival.

Last year, Amyl & The Sniffers spoke to NME about their growing fanbase and how they found the inspiration for ‘Cartoon Darkness’.

“We’ve evolved in so many different ways,” said drummer Bryce Wilson. “Further than pub rock or punk rock kinda thing. Not better or worse or anything, just different branches of a tree.”

Speaking about how their latest album saw them tackle wider societal issues, including prejudice and sexism, Taylor added: “I was intimidated by politics. I didn’t grow up around it that much. I finished high school, but barely. It’s really easy to feel kind of ashamed of yourself for not being sure how to get your foot in it, or to get the confidence to speak out about stuff.

“I don’t just wanna be singing about crap. The world’s filled with junk – layers and layers and layers of junk. Pointless crap. I don’t wanna be contributing to that.”

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