Best Adult Contemporary Album
ARIA Awards
1987 – 2025
2025
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Missy Higgins
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Folk Bitch Trio
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Gordi
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Meg Washington
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Paul Kelly
2024
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Emily Wurramara
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Angus & Julia Stone
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Crowded House
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Emma Donovan
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FA
Fanning Dempsey National Park
2023
★
Dan Sultan
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Alex Lahey
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KA
Kate Ceberano
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Mo'Ju
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TI
Tina Arena
2022
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Julia Jacklin
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Alex the Astronaut
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Missy Higgins
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Vance Joy
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VI
Vika and Linda
2021
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Crowded House
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Big Scary
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Kylie Minogue
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NI
Nick Cave&Warren Ellis
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Odette
2020
★
Archie Roach
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DO
Donny Benét
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Gordi
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Josh Pyke
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2019
★
Paul Kelly
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Julia Jacklin
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Samantha Jade
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Seeker Lover Keeper
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The Paper Kites
2018
★
Vance Joy
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CO
Courtney BarnettandKurt Vile
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Dan Sultan
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Missy Higgins
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Odette
2017
★
Paul Kelly
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BE
Bernard Fanning
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D.D Dumbo
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NI
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Pete Murray
2016
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BE
Bernard Fanning
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Bob Evans
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Paul Kelly
●
RO
Robert Forster
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TI
Tina Arena
2015
★
OH
Oh Mercy
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JO
John FarnhamandOlivia Newton-John
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ME
Megan Washington
●
Paul Kelly
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SZ
Szymon(posthumously)
2014
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NE
Neil Finn&Paul Kelly
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GO
Gossling
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Kate Miller-Heidke
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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TI
Tina Arena
2013
★
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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Bob Evans
●
Clare Bowditch
●
Josh Pyke
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Sarah Blasko
2012
★
Missy Higgins
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DA
Darren Hayes
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Husky
●
Josh Pyke
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KA
Katie NoonanandKarin Schaupp
2011
★
BI
Billy Thorpe
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CO
Colin Hay
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DA
Damien Leith
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John Farnham
●
MA
Mark Seymour & the Undertow
2010
★
Crowded House
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AN
Angie Hart
●
Jimmy Barnes
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LI
Lisa Miller
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PE
Perry Keyes
2009
★
Josh Pyke
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Bob Evans
●
David Campbell
●
Little Birdy
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Paul Dempsey
2008
★
The Panics
●
Clare Bowditch
●
Jimmy Barnes
●
KA
Katie Noonan
●
RO
Robert Forster
2007
★
Josh Pyke
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AR
Art of Fighting
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LI
Lisa Miller
●
NE
New Buffalo
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Paul Kelly
2006
★
Bob Evans
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Human Nature
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TE
Tex, Don and Charlie
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The Whitlams
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VA
Various Artists
2005
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The Go-Betweens
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Architecture in Helsinki
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JO
John FarnhamandTom Jones
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RE
Renée Geyer
●
The Church
2004
★
Paul Kelly
●
DI
Diesel
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JI
Jimmy Little
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george
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LI
Lisa Miller
2003
★
John Farnham
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Blackeyed Susans
●
DA
David Bridie
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The Go-Betweens
●
RE
Renée Geyer
2002
★
Paul Kelly
●
Archie Roach
●
JI
Jimmy Little
●
LI
Lisa Miller
●
VI
Vika and Linda
2001
★
MA
Mark Seymour
●
JO
Jodi Phillis
●
John Farnham
●
ST
Stella One Eleven
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Wendy Matthews
2000
★
KA
Karma County
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MA
Marcia Hines
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IC
Icecream Hands
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MI
Michael Spiby
●
VI
Vika and Linda
1999
★
JI
Jimmy Little
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Frank Bennett
●
The Black Sorrows
●
JO
John Farnham,Olivia Newton-JohnandAnthony Warlow
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RE
Renée Geyer
1998
★
Archie Roach
●
David Campbell
●
CO
Colin Hay
●
TH
The Killjoys
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Wendy Matthews
1997
★
MY
My Friend The Chocolate Cake
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AN
Annie Crummer
●
TO
Tommy Emmanuel
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Ed Kuepper
●
VI
Vika and Linda
1996
★
John Farnham
●
KA
Kate Ceberano
●
ST
Stephen Cummings
●
TO
Tommy Emmanuel
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MI
Mick Harvey
1995
★
MY
My Friend the Chocolate Cake
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The Black Sorrows
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PH
Phil Emmanuel andTommy Emmanuel
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DA
Dave Hole
●
Wendy Matthews
1994
★
TO
Tommy Emmanuel
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JA
James Blundell
●
GR
Grace Knight
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RI
Rick PriceandMargaret Urlich
●
TH
The Seekers
1993
★
AN
Andrew Pendlebury
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MA
Marina Prior
●
VA
Various Artists
●
VA
Various Artists
●
AN
Anthony Warlow
1992
★
TO
Tommy Emmanuel
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DE
Debbie Byrne
●
GR
Grace Knight
●
MO
Monica& the Moochers
●
John Williamson
1991
★
VI
Vince JonesandGrace Knight
●
AN
Andrew Pendlebury
●
MA
Marc Hunter
●
OR
Original Cast Recording
●
TO
Tommy Emmanuel
1990
★
ST
Stephen Cummings
●
Dragon
●
NO
Not Drowning, Waving
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Paul Kelly & The Messengers
●
John Williamson
1989
★
Crowded House
●
The Black Sorrows
●
KA
Kate Ceberano&Wendy Matthews
●
John Farnham
●
LI
Little River Band
1988
★
John Farnham
1987
★
John Farnham
●
Dragon
●
MO
Mondo Rock
●
TH
The Reels
●
VI
Vince Jones