# List of ARIA Music Awards and nominations received by Australian Idol contestants

The Australian Recording Industry Association holds the ARIA Music Awards each year to recognise excellence, innovation and achievement in Australian music. The awards have industry judged and highest selling categories, and since 2010 public vote categories. Award nominees and winners, excluding those for sales and public voted categories, are selected by an academy of judges from all sectors of the music industry, including retail, radio and TV, journalists, record companies and previous winners. Australian Idol contestants have been nominated for 105 ARIA Awards since 2004, with 24 highest selling nominations, 33 nominations in publicly voted categories and 48 industry judged nominations. However, up until 2009 the nominations were mainly in the Highest Selling categories, with only five industry judged nominations being given. Since 2009 industry judged nominations have come more frequently for some Idol contestants. To date there have been 11 wins in sales and publicly voted categories, and in 2013 Season One winner Guy Sebastian and Season Four runner up Jessica Mauboy became the first Idol contestants to win industry voted ARIA Awards, Sebastian for Best Pop Release and Mauboy for Best Female Artist.
Sebastian has received the most ARIA nominations with 34 including seven wins. Mauboy has had 28 nominations including two wins, and Season Five runner up Matt Corby has received ten nominations including two wins. Mauboy has the most industry judged ARIA nominations with 15 and Sebastian has received 14. Corby has six industry voted nominations, Season Four contestant Lisa Mitchell four, and Season One contestant Joel Turner three. Season Four winner Damien Leith has been nominated twice in industry judged categories, and Noll once.
The public vote categories were introduced in 2010, and are generally determined by the ten highest selling releases during the eligibility period, with the winner decided by the public. They replaced the Highest Selling Single and Album awards that year. All 2010 ARIA Award nominees were also automatically shortlisted for Most Popular Australian Artist, with the final five and winner chosen by public vote. In 2011 the ten nominees for Most Popular Australian Artist were the acts who had the highest selling albums or singles during the eligibility period. A Most Popular Live Performer category was also introduced in 2011. It had no original nominee list, and any Australian musician who had performed live in Australia during the eligibility period could be voted for. From 2012 this category was changed to Best Live Act and the nominees were chosen by ARIA, with public vote only deciding the winner. A Best Video category was also introduced with the same voting system. Also in 2012 the highest selling single and album categories were again removed. The peer voted Single of the Year was also removed, and replaced with a publicly voted Song of the Year award. Nominees for this award are the ten highest selling Australian single releases during the eligibility period. Artists are only allowed to be nominated for one song, even if they have more than one in the top ten, and songs must have been released as singles during the eligibility period.
ARIA Music Awards :
| Artist | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| Guy Sebastian | 2004 | Just As I Am | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2004 | "Angels Brought Me Here" | Highest Selling Single | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2005 | Beautiful Life | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2008 | The Memphis Album | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | Like It Like That | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | Like It Like That | Most Popular Australian Album | Final 5 |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | Himself for Like It Like That | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | Himself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Final 5 |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | "Like It Like That" | Most Popular Australian Single | Final 5 |
| Guy Sebastian | 2010 | "Art of Love" (featuring Jordin Sparks) | Most Popular Australian Single | Top 10 |
| Guy Sebastian | 2011 | "Who's That Girl" (featuring Eve) | Single of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2011 | "Who's That Girl" (featuring Eve) | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2011 | "Who's That Girl" (featuring Eve) | Highest Selling Single | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2011 | Himself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Top 10 |
| Guy Sebastian | 2012 | "Battle Scars" (featuring Lupe Fiasco) | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2012 | Himself for "Battle Scars" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2012 | "Don't Worry Be Happy" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2013 | Armageddon | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2013 | Himself for Armageddon | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2013 | Armageddon | Best Pop Release | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2013 | Himself for the Get Along Tour | Best Live Act | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2013 | "Get Along" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2014 | Himself for "Come Home With Me" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2014 | "Like a Drum" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2015 | Himself for "Tonight Again" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2016 | Himself for "Black & Blue" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2016 | "Black & Blue" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2017 | "Set in Stone" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2019 | Himself for "Choir" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2019 | "Choir" | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2019 | "Choir" | Song of the Year | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2019 | "Choir" | Best Video | Won |
| Guy Sebastian | 2020 | Himself for "Standing with You" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Guy Sebastian | 2020 | "Standing with You" | Video of the Year | Won |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | Been Waiting | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | Been Waiting | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | Been Waiting | Breakthrough Artist Album | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | "Running Back" (featuring Flo Rida) | Breakthrough Artist Single | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | "Running Back" (featuring Flo Rida) | Highest Selling Single | Won |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | Herself for Been Waiting | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2009 | "Burn" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2011 | "Saturday Night" (featuring Ludacris) | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2011 | Herself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Final 5 |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2012 | "Gotcha" | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2012 | Herself for "Gotcha" | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2012 | "Galaxy" (featuring Stan Walker) | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2013 | Herself for "To the End of the Earth" | Best Female Artist | Won |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2014 | Beautiful | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2014 | Herself for Beautiful | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2014 | "Never Be the Same" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2015 | Herself for "Can I Get a Moment?" | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2016 | Herself for "This Ain't Love" | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | Herself for The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | "Fallin'" | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | "Fallin'" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | "Fallin'" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2017 | Herself | Best Live Act | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2018 | The Secret Daughter Season Two: Songs from the Original 7 Series | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2019 | Herself for "Little Things" | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2019 | Best Video | Little Things | Nominated |
| Jessica Mauboy | 2020 | Herself for Hilda | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2012 | "Brother" | Breakthrough Artist Release | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2012 | Himself for Into the Flame (EP) | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2012 | "Brother" | Song of the Year | Won |
| Matt Corby | 2013 | Himself for "Resolution" | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2013 | "Resolution" | Song of the Year | Won |
| Matt Corby | 2013 | "Resolution" | Best video | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2013 | Himself for the Resolution Tour | Best Live Act | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2016 | Telluric | Best Adult Alternative Album | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2019 | Himself for Rainbow Valley | Best Male Artist | Nominated |
| Matt Corby | 2019 | Best Soul/R&B Release | Rainbow Valley | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2004 | That's What I'm Talking About | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2004 | "What About Me" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2006 | Lift | Best Pop Release | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2006 | "Shine" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2007 | "Don't Give Up" (with Natalie Bassingthwaighte) | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Shannon Noll | 2011 | Himself | Most Popular Live Performer | Nominated |
| Lisa Mitchell | 2009 | Wonder | Breakthrough Artist - Album | Nominated |
| Lisa Mitchell | 2009 | "Coin Laundry" | Breakthrough Artist – Single | Nominated |
| Lisa Mitchell | 2009 | Herself for Wonder | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Lisa Mitchell | 2010 | Herself for "Oh! Hark!" | Best Female Artist | Nominated |
| Lisa Mitchell | 2010 | Herself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Shortlisted |
| Stan Walker | 2010 | Introducing... Stan Walker | Most Popular Australian Album | Top 10 |
| Stan Walker | 2010 | "Black Box" | Most Popular Australian Single | Top 10 |
| Stan Walker | 2010 | Himself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Shortlisted |
| Stan Walker | 2011 | Himself | Most Popular Australian Artist | Top 10 |
| Stan Walker | 2012 | "Galaxy" (featured artist on Jessica Mauboy song) | Song of the Year | Nominated |
| Damien Leith | 2007 | The Winner's Journey | Highest Selling Album | Won |
| Damien Leith | 2007 | "Night of My Life" | Breakthrough Artist – Single | Nominated |
| Damien Leith | 2007 | "Night of My Life" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Damien Leith | 2011 | Roy | Best Adult Contemporary Album | Nominated |
| Anthony Callea | 2005 | "The Prayer" | Highest Selling Single | Won |
| Anthony Callea | 2005 | "Rain"/"Bridge over Troubled Water" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Anthony Callea | 2005 | Anthony Callea | Highest selling Album | Nominated |
| Joel Turner | 2005 | Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | Best Urban Release | Nominated |
| Joel Turner | 2005 | Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | Best Independent Release | Nominated |
| Joel Turner | 2005 | "These Kids" | Breakthrough Artist Single | Nominated |
| Casey Donovan | 2005 | For You | Highest Selling Album | Nominated |
| Casey Donovan | 2005 | "Listen with Your Heart" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Paulini | 2004 | "Angel Eyes" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Kate DeAraugo | 2006 | "Maybe Tonight" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Lee Harding | 2006 | "Wasabi"/"Eye of the Tiger" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Wes Carr | 2009 | "You" | Highest Selling Single | Nominated |
| Ricki-Lee Coulter | 2012 | "Do It Like That" | Song of the Year | Nominated |