# ARIA Award for Best International Artist

The ARIA Music Award for Best International Artist, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises the public performance of international artists in Australia. It was first handed in the 2010 ceremony under the name Most Popular International Artist.
The nominee pool for Best International Artist will be drawn from the ten highest selling artists, based on aggregated ARIA album and related single sales statistics for the charts published between the eligibility period.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; other nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
| Year | Winner(s) | Associated album(s) |
| 2010 (24th) |
| 2010 (24th) | Mumford & Sons | — |
| 2010 (24th) | Katy Perry | — |
| 2010 (24th) | Lady Gaga | — |
| 2010 (24th) | Michael Bublé | — |
| 2010 (24th) | Taylor Swift | — |
| 2011 (25th) | | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Pink | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Adele | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Chris Brown | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Jennifer Lopez | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Jessie J | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Ke$ha | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Lady Gaga | — |
| 2011 (25th) | LMFAO | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Pitbull | — |
| 2011 (25th) | Rihanna | — |
| 2012 (26th) | | — |
| 2012 (26th) | One Direction | Up All Night |
| 2012 (26th) | Adele | 21 |
| 2012 (26th) | The Black Keys | El Camino |
| 2012 (26th) | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
| 2012 (26th) | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto |
| 2012 (26th) | David Guetta | Nothing but the Beat |
| 2012 (26th) | Ed Sheeran | + |
| 2012 (26th) | Florence and the Machine | Ceremonials |
| 2012 (26th) | LMFAO | Sorry for Party Rocking |
| 2012 (26th) | Michael Bublé | Christmas |
| 2013 (27th) |
| 2013 (27th) | One Direction | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Birdy | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Bruno Mars | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Ed Sheeran | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Mumford & Sons | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Of Monsters and Men | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Pink | — |
| 2013 (27th) | Taylor Swift | — |
| 2014 (28th) | | — |
| 2014 (28th) | One Direction | Midnight Memories |
| 2014 (28th) | Avicii | True |
| 2014 (28th) | Beyoncé | Beyoncé |
| 2014 (28th) | Coldplay | Ghost Stories |
| 2014 (28th) | Ed Sheeran | x |
| 2014 (28th) | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
| 2014 (28th) | Jason Derulo | Tattoos |
| 2014 (28th) | Katy Perry | Prism |
| 2014 (28th) | Lorde | Pure Heroine |
| 2014 (28th) | Pharrell Williams | G I R L |
| 2015 (29th) |
| 2015 (29th) | One Direction | Four |
| 2015 (29th) | Calvin Harris | Motion |
| 2015 (29th) | Ed Sheeran | x |
| 2015 (29th) | Foo Fighters | Sonic Highways |
| 2015 (29th) | Hozier | Hozier |
| 2015 (29th) | James Bay | Chaos and the Calm |
| 2015 (29th) | Mark Ronson | Uptown Special |
| 2015 (29th) | Meghan Trainor | Title |
| 2015 (29th) | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour |
| 2015 (29th) | Taylor Swift | 1989 |
| 2016 (30th) |
| 2016 (30th) | One Direction | Made in the A.M. and Four |
| 2016 (30th) | Adele | 25 |
| 2016 (30th) | Beyoncé | Lemonade |
| 2016 (30th) | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams |
| 2016 (30th) | Drake | Views and If You're Reading This It's Too Late |
| 2016 (30th) | Justin Bieber | Purpose |
| 2016 (30th) | Meghan Trainor | Title and Thank You |
| 2016 (30th) | Taylor Swift | 1989 |
| 2016 (30th) | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface |
| 2016 (30th) | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness |
| 2017 (31st) |
| 2017 (31st) | Harry Styles | Harry Styles |
| 2017 (31st) | Adele | 25 |
| 2017 (31st) | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic |
| 2017 (31st) | Ed Sheeran | ÷ and Loose Change |
| 2017 (31st) | Kendrick Lamar | Damn. and Untitled Unmastered |
| 2017 (31st) | Lorde | Melodrama |
| 2017 (31st) | Metallica | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct |
| 2017 (31st) | The Rolling Stones | Blue & Lonesome |
| 2017 (31st) | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate |
| 2017 (31st) | The Weeknd | Starboy |
| 2018 (32nd) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Camila Cabello | Camila |
| 2018 (32nd) | Drake | Scorpion and More Life |
| 2018 (32nd) | Ed Sheeran | ÷ |
| 2018 (32nd) | Eminem | Revival and Kamikaze |
| 2018 (32nd) | Imagine Dragons | Evolve |
| 2018 (32nd) | Khalid | American Teen |
| 2018 (32nd) | Pink | Beautiful Trauma |
| 2018 (32nd) | Post Malone | Beerbongs & Bentleys and Stoney |
| 2018 (32nd) | Sam Smith | The Thrill of It All |
| 2018 (32nd) | Taylor Swift | Reputation |
| 2019 (33rd) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Taylor Swift | Lover |
| 2019 (33rd) | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next |
| 2019 (33rd) | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? |
| 2019 (33rd) | Ed Sheeran | No.6 Collaborations Project |
| 2019 (33rd) | George Ezra | Staying at Tamara's |
| 2019 (33rd) | Khalid | Free Spirit |
| 2019 (33rd) | Pink | Hurts 2B Human |
| 2019 (33rd) | Post Malone | Hollywood's Bleeding |
| 2019 (33rd) | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes |
| 2019 (33rd) | Travis Scott | Astroworld |
| 2020 (34th) |
| 2020 (34th) | Harry Styles | Fine Line |
| 2020 (34th) | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia & Dua Lipa |
| 2020 (34th) | Eminem | Music to Be Murdered By |
| 2020 (34th) | Halsey | Manic |
| 2020 (34th) | Juice Wrld | Legends Never Die |
| 2020 (34th) | Justin Bieber | Changes |
| 2020 (34th) | Lewis Capaldi | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent |
| 2020 (34th) | Lizzo | Cuz I Love You |
| 2020 (34th) | Taylor Swift | Folklore |
| 2020 (34th) | The Weeknd | After Hours |
| 2021 (35th) |
| 2021 (35th) | Taylor Swift | Evermore |
| 2021 (35th) | Ariana Grande | Positions |
| 2021 (35th) | Doja Cat | Planet Her |
| 2021 (35th) | Justin Bieber | Justice |
| 2021 (35th) | Kanye West | Donda |
| 2021 (35th) | Luke Combs | What You See Ain't Always What You Get |
| 2021 (35th) | Machine Gun Kelly | Tickets to My Downfall |
| 2021 (35th) | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts |
| 2021 (35th) | Olivia Rodrigo | Sour |
| 2021 (35th) | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon |
| 2022 (36th) |
| 2022 (36th) | Harry Styles | Harry's House |
| 2022 (36th) | ABBA | Voyage |
| 2022 (36th) | Adele | 30 |
| 2022 (36th) | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever |
| 2022 (36th) | Drake | Certified Lover Boy |
| 2022 (36th) | Ed Sheeran | = |
| 2022 (36th) | Jack Harlow | Come Home the Kids Miss You |
| 2022 (36th) | Lil Nas X | Montero |
| 2022 (36th) | Post Malone | Twelve Carat Toothache |
| 2022 (36th) | Taylor Swift | Red (Taylor's Version) |
| 2023 (37th) |
| 2023 (37th) | Taylor Swift | Midnights |
| 2023 (37th) | Beyoncé | Renaissance |
| 2023 (37th) | Drake and 21 Savage | Her Loss |
| 2023 (37th) | Ed Sheeran | - |
| 2023 (37th) | Luke Combs | Gettin' Old |
| 2023 (37th) | Metro Boomin | Heroes & Villains |
| 2023 (37th) | Morgan Wallen | One Thing at a Time |
| 2023 (37th) | Nicki Minaj | Queen Radio |
| 2023 (37th) | Pink | Trustfall |
| 2023 (37th) | SZA | SOS |
| 2024 (38th) |
| 2024 (38th) | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department |
| 2024 (38th) | Ariana Grande | Eternal Sunshine |
| 2024 (38th) | Billie Eilish | Hit Me Hard and Soft |
| 2024 (38th) | Chappell Roan | The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess |
| 2024 (38th) | Charli XCX | Brat |
| 2024 (38th) | Drake | For All the Dogs |
| 2024 (38th) | Olivia Rodrigo | Guts |
| 2024 (38th) | Tate McRae | Think Later |
| 2024 (38th) | Travis Scott | Utopia |
| 2024 (38th) | Zach Bryan | Zach Bryan |