# ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release

The ARIA Music Award for Best Comedy Release, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. 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."

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
| Year | Winner(s) | Album/single title |
| 1987 (1st) |
| 1987 (1st) | Kevin "Bloody" Wilson | Kev's Back |
| 1987 (1st) | Austen Tayshus | Do the Poh |
| 1987 (1st) | Mary Kenneally and Steve Blackburn | Australia You're Standing In It |
| 1987 (1st) | Rodney Rude | Rude Rides Again |
| 1987 (1st) | Vince Sorrenti | Unbelievable |
| 1988 (2nd) | The 12th Man | Wired World of Sports |
| 1989 (3rd) | The Comedy Company | The Comedy Company Album |
| 1989 (3rd) | Austen Tayshus | "Highway Corroboree" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Club Veg | "Members & Guests & Things" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Con the Fruiterer | "A Cuppla Days" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Kylie Mole | "So Excellent" / "I Go I Go" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Rodney Rude | Not Guilty |
| 1990 (4th) |
| 1990 (4th) | The D-Generation | The Satanic Sketches |
| 1990 (4th) | The Comedy Company | Comedy Company Classics |
| 1990 (4th) | Fast Forward | Fast Forward - Take One |
| 1990 (4th) | Kevin Bloody Wilson | My Australian Roots |
| 1990 (4th) | Roy Slaven | Rampaging Roy... The Life and Times of Roy Slaven |
| 1991 (5th) |
| 1991 (5th) | John Clarke and Bryan Dawe | Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century |
| 1991 (5th) | The 12th Man | The 12th Man Again |
| 1991 (5th) | The D-Generation | The Breakfast Tapes |
| 1991 (5th) | Doug Anthony All Stars | Icon |
| 1991 (5th) | HG Nelson & Roy Slaven | Wicket to Wicket |
| 1992 (6th) |
| 1992 (6th) | John Clarke and Bryan Dawe | The Annual Report |
| 1992 (6th) | Agro | Agro Too |
| 1992 (6th) | Rodney Rude | A Legend |
| 1992 (6th) | Rubbery Figures | Recession Rap |
| 1992 (6th) | Kevin Bloody Wilson | Let's Call Him Kev |
| 1993 (7th) |
| 1993 (7th) | Various | Stairways to Heaven |
| 1993 (7th) | The 12th Man | Still the 12th Man |
| 1993 (7th) | Agro | Agro Kids Dance Album |
| 1993 (7th) | Andrew Denton and the Cast of Live & Sweaty | "I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand" |
| 1993 (7th) | Norman Gunston featuring Effie | "Amigos Para Siempre"/"Venereal Girl (Tribute to Madonna)" |
| 1994 (8th) |
| 1994 (8th) | Steady Eddy | Ready Steady Go |
| 1994 (8th) | Rolf Harris | Rolf Rules OK |
| 1994 (8th) | Jimeoin | Goin' Off |
| 1994 (8th) | Doug Mulray | Nice Legs Shame About the Fez |
| 1994 (8th) | Double Take | Hercules Returns |
| 1995 (9th) |
| 1995 (9th) | The 12th Man | Wired World of Sports II |
| 1995 (9th) | Austen Tayshus | Alive and Schticking |
| 1995 (9th) | Jimeoin | Crack |
| 1995 (9th) | Kevin Bloody Wilson | Let Loose Live in London |
| 1995 (9th) | Scared Weird Little Guys | Scared |
| 1996 (10th) |
| 1996 (10th) | Martin/Molloy | The Brown Album |
| 1996 (10th) | Austen Tayshus | I'm Jacques Chirac |
| 1996 (10th) | Bucko & Champs | Aussie Christmas |
| 1996 (10th) | Silverpram | Frogstamp |
| 1996 (10th) | The Vaughans | "Who Farted?" |
| 1997 (11th) |
| 1997 (11th) | Martin/Molloy | Poop Chute |
| 1997 (11th) | Bob Downe | Jazzy! |
| 1997 (11th) | Elle McFeast | Breasts |
| 1997 (11th) | Ian Turpie | Talk of the Town |
| 1997 (11th) | John Clarke & Bryan Dawe | Secret Men's Business |
| 1998 (12th) |
| 1998 (12th) | Paul McDermott | Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1 |
| 1998 (12th) | The 12th Man | Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life |
| 1998 (12th) | Jimeoin | Forklift Truck |
| 1998 (12th) | John Safran | "Not the Sunscreen Song" |
| 1998 (12th) | The Squirrel Grippers | Nine Inch Males |
| 1999 (13th) |
| 1999 (13th) | Martin/Molloy | Eat Your Peas |
| 1999 (13th) | Judith Lucy | King of the Road |
| 1999 (13th) | Merrick and Rosso | Teenage Mullet Fury |
| 1999 (13th) | Pauline Pantsdown | "I Don't Like It" |
| 1999 (13th) | Rodney Rude | More Grunt |
| 2000 (14th) |
| 2000 (14th) | Guido Hatzis | Do Not Talk Over Me |
| 2000 (14th) | Greg Champion | Stand Back Australia |
| 2000 (14th) | Club Veg | We Suck - The Best of Sucked In Calls |
| 2000 (14th) | Chris Franklin | "Bloke" |
| 2000 (14th) | Elliot Goblet | Internally Berserk |
| 2001 (15th) |
| 2001 (15th) | Guido Hatzis | Whatever... |
| 2001 (15th) | The 12th Man | "Bruce 2000" |
| 2001 (15th) | Chris Franklin | "Mullet Head" |
| 2001 (15th) | The Drugs | The Only Way Is Up |
| 2001 (15th) | Rodney Rude | Ya Mum's Bum |
| 2002 (16th) |
| 2002 (16th) | The 12th Man | The Final Dig? |
| 2002 (16th) | The Drugs | "The Bold and the Beautiful" |
| 2002 (16th) | Kevin Bloody Wilson | The Second Kumin' of Kev |
| 2002 (16th) | Sam Kekovich | You Know It Makes Sense |
| 2002 (16th) | The Umbilical Brothers | "Don't Dance to This" |
| 2003 (17th) |
| 2003 (17th) | Merrick and Rosso | From Us to Youse |
| 2003 (17th) | Dave Hughes | Whatever |
| 2003 (17th) | The Drugs | Music's in Trouble |
| 2003 (17th) | Rodney Rude | Rude Bastard |
| 2003 (17th) | Tripod | About an Hour of Song in an Hour |
| 2004 (18th) |
| 2004 (18th) | Scared Weird Little Guys | Bits and Pieces |
| 2004 (18th) | Lee Perry & Gary Eck | The Hollywood Motel |
| 2004 (18th) | Reg Reagan | Am I Ever Gonna See the Biff Again? |
| 2004 (18th) | Tripod | About an Hour of Song in an Hour...Again |
| 2004 (18th) | Tripod | Live - Fegh Maha |
| 2005 (19th) |
| 2005 (19th) | Tripod | Middleborough Rd |
| 2005 (19th) | Jimeoin | Third Drawer Down |
| 2005 (19th) | Rodney Rude | Twice As Rude |
| 2005 (19th) | Shane Dundas & Dave Collins | The Umbilical Brothers |
| 2005 (19th) | Various | Classic Skithouse |
| 2006 (20th) |
| 2006 (20th) | Lano and Woodley | Sing Songs |
| 2006 (20th) | Carl Barron | Whatever Comes Next DVD |
| 2006 (20th) | Matt Tilley | Cereal Pest |
| 2006 (20th) | The Shambles | Best of Series One & Two |
| 2007 (21st) |
| 2007 (21st) | Dave Hughes | Live |
| 2007 (21st) | Lano and Woodley | Goodbye |
| 2007 (21st) | Rodney Rude | Frog Sack |
| 2007 (21st) | The Twelfth Man | Boned! |
| 2007 (21st) | Tripod | Songs from Self Saucing |
| 2008 (22nd) |
| 2008 (22nd) | Shaun Micallef | The Expurgated Micallef Tonight |
| 2008 (22nd) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live and Uncensored |
| 2008 (22nd) | Matt Tilley | Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls - Three's a Crowd |
| 2008 (22nd) | Merrick and Rosso | Live and Totally Wrong! |
| 2008 (22nd) | The Umbilical Brothers | Don't Explain |
| 2009 (23rd) |
| 2009 (23rd) | Hamish & Andy | Unessential Listening |
| 2009 (23rd) | Dave Hughes | Dave Hughes Is Handy |
| 2009 (23rd) | Rodney Rude | Rodney Rude Goes the Growl |
| 2009 (23rd) | The BBQ Kings (Pat Drummond, Tony Williams & Chris O'Leary) | The Fellowship of the Grill |
| 2009 (23rd) | Tripod | For the Love of God! |
| 2010 (24th) |
| 2010 (24th) | Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor and Craig Shuftan | The Blow Parade |
| 2010 (24th) | Arj Barker | Arj Barker Forever |
| 2010 (24th) | Heath Franklin | Heath Franklin's Chopper: Make Deadsh*ts History |
| 2010 (24th) | Jimeoin | Jimeoin on Ice Live |
| 2010 (24th) | The Bedroom Philosopher | Songs from the 86 Tram |
| 2011 (25th) |
| 2011 (25th) | Hamish & Andy | Celebrating 50 Glorious Years |
| 2011 (25th) | Adam Hills | Inflatable |
| 2011 (25th) | Buddy Goode | The One and Only Buddy Goode |
| 2011 (25th) | Josh Thomas | Josh Thomas Surprise Warehouse Comedy Festival |
| 2011 (25th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin & the Heritage Orchestra |
| 2012 (26th) |
| 2012 (26th) | Buddy Goode | Unappropriate |
| 2012 (26th) | Anthony Salame | Is This thing On? |
| 2012 (26th) | Arj Barker | Joy Harvest |
| 2012 (26th) | Sammy J | Skinny Man, Modern World |
| 2012 (26th) | The Beards | Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard |
| 2013 (27th) |
| 2013 (27th) | Tom and Alex | The Bits We're Least Ashamed of |
| 2013 (27th) | Colin Buchanan | The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan |
| 2013 (27th) | Housos | Live |
| 2013 (27th) | Sammy J and Randy | Bin Night |
| 2013 (27th) | Pauly Fenech | Pauly's Shorts |
| 2014 (28th) |
| 2014 (28th) | Buddy Goode | It's a Buddy Goode Christmas |
| 2014 (28th) | Franky Walnut | The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster |
| 2014 (28th) | Ja'mie (Chris Lilley) | "Learning to Be Me" |
| 2014 (28th) | Ronny Chieng | The Ron Way |
| 2014 (28th) | The Beards | The Beard Album |
| 2015 (29th) |
| 2015 (29th) | Matt Okine | Live at the Enmore Theatre |
| 2015 (29th) | Bondi Hipsters | "Fuhck the Bahnks" |
| 2015 (29th) | Buddy Goode | Songs to Ruin Every Occasion |
| 2015 (29th) | Ronny Chieng | Chieng Reaction |
| 2015 (29th) | Sammy J & Randy | Live |
| 2016 (30th) |
| 2016 (30th) | Roy & HG | This Sporting Life |
| 2016 (30th) | Kate Miller-Heidke | "I'm Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas" (feat. The Beards) |
| 2016 (30th) | Luke Heggie | "You're Not Special/Anythink is Possible" |
| 2016 (30th) | Matt & Alex | Play It Out |
| 2017 (31st) |
| 2017 (31st) | John Clarke | Clarke's Classics |
| 2017 (31st) | Arj Barker | Get In My Head |
| 2017 (31st) | Buddy Goode | More Rubbish |
| 2017 (31st) | Kitty Flanagan | Seriously? |
| 2017 (31st) | Rhys Nicholson | Rhys Nicholson Live at The Eternity Playhouse |
| 2018 (32nd) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Bridie and Wyatt (with Tom Ballard) | "Sex Pest" |
| 2018 (32nd) | Akmal Saleh | Transparent |
| 2018 (32nd) | Aunty Donna | Aunty Donna The Album |
| 2018 (32nd) | Lawrence Mooney | Moonman |
| 2018 (32nd) | Luke Heggie | Tiprat |
| 2019 (33rd) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Arj Barker | Organic |
| 2019 (33rd) | Carl Barron | Drinking with a Fork |
| 2019 (33rd) | Chris Lilley | Lunatics (Official Soundtrack) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Sammy J | Symphony in J Minor |
| 2019 (33rd) | Veronica and Lewis | "Sex Flex: A Rap Guide to Fornication" |
| 2020 (34th) |
| 2020 (34th) | Anne Edmonds | What's Wrong with You |
| 2020 (34th) | Bev Killick | Crummy Mummy |
| 2020 (34th) | Celia Pacquola | All Talk |
| 2020 (34th) | Megan Washington | "Just Jesus" (featuring Chris Ryan) |
| 2020 (34th) | Tom Gleeson | Joy |