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."
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, while Kylie Minogue has the most nominations without a win with four. 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 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 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!
References
Artists with multiple nominations 5 nominations The Kid Laroi
4 nominations Kylie Minogue
3 nominations Budjerah
2 nominations
External links The ARIA Awards Official website