En İyi Kadın Sanatçı ARIA Ödülü
Kazananlar ve adaylar

Kazananlar kalın punto ve farklı renkle ilk sırada gösterilmiştir. Diğer adaylar alfabetik dizilime göre sıralanmıştır.
| Year | Winner(s) | Album/Single Title |
| --- | --- | --- |
1987 (1st): 
| 1987 (1st) | Jenny Morris | "You're Gonna Get Hurt" |
| 1987 (1st) | Jean Stafford | Burning Bright |
| 1987 (1st) | Jo Kennedy | "The Pack of Women" |
| 1987 (1st) | Renée Geyer | Renée Live at the Basement |
| 1987 (1st) | Wendy Matthews | "Dancing Daze" |
1988 (2nd): 
| 1988 (2nd) | Jenny Morris | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Anne Kirkpatrick | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Kate Ceberano | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Sharon O'Neill | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Shona Laing | — |
1989 (3rd): 
| 1989 (3rd) | Kate Ceberano | You've Always Got the Blues |
| 1989 (3rd) | Marcia Hines | "The Lord's Prayer" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Wendy Matthews | You've Always Got the Blues |
| 1989 (3rd) | Kylie Minogue | Kylie |
| 1989 (3rd) | Sharon O'Neill | "We’re Only Human" |
1990 (4th): 
| 1990 (4th) | Kate Ceberano | — |
| 1990 (4th) | Robyne Dunn | — |
| 1990 (4th) | Gyan | — |
| 1990 (4th) | Kylie Minogue | — |
| 1990 (4th) | Jenny Morris | — |
1991 (5th): 
| 1991 (5th) | Wendy Matthews | Émigré |
| 1991 (5th) | Kate Ceberano | Like Now |
| 1991 (5th) | Grace Knight | Come in Spinner |
| 1991 (5th) | Jenny Morris | "Piece of My Heart" |
| 1991 (5th) | Margaret Urlich | Safety in Numbers |
1992 (6th): 
| 1992 (6th) | Deborah Conway | String of Pearls |
| 1992 (6th) | Jenny Morris | Honeychild |
| 1992 (6th) | Kate Ceberano | Think About It |
| 1992 (6th) | Kylie Minogue | Let's Get to It |
| 1992 (6th) | Wendy Matthews | Let's Kiss (Like the Angels) |
1993 (7th): 
| 1993 (7th) | Wendy Matthews | Lily |
| 1993 (7th) | Deborah Conway | "Release Me" |
| 1993 (7th) | Deni Hines | "That Word (L.O.V.E.)" |
| 1993 (7th) | Kate Ceberano | "I Don't Know How to Love Him" |
| 1993 (7th) | Margaret Urlich | Chameleon Dreams |
1994 (8th): 
| 1994 (8th) | Wendy Matthews | "Friday's Child" |
| 1994 (8th) | Anne Kirkpatrick | Game of Love |
| 1994 (8th) | Deborah Conway | Bitch Epic |
| 1994 (8th) | Kate Ceberano | "You've Got a Friend" |
| 1994 (8th) | Margaret Urlich | "Burnt Sienna" |
1995 (9th): 
| 1995 (9th) | Tina Arena | Don't Ask |
| 1995 (9th) | Christine Anu | Stylin Up |
1995 (9th): Kylie Minogue
| 1995 (9th) | Max Sharam | A Million Year Girl |
| 1995 (9th) | Merril Bainbridge | "Mouth" |
1996 (10th): 
| 1996 (10th) | Christine Anu | "Come On" |
| 1996 (10th) | Deni Hines | Imagination |
| 1996 (10th) | Kate Ceberano | "Change" |
| 1996 (10th) | Max Sharam | "Is It OK? / Huntinground" |
| 1996 (10th) | Tina Arena | "Wasn't It Good" |
1997 (11th): 
| 1997 (11th) | Monique Brumby | Mary |
| 1997 (11th) | Annie Crummer | Seventh Wave |
| 1997 (11th) | Deni Hines | "I'm Not in Love" |
| 1997 (11th) | Nikka Costa | "Get Off My Sunshine" |
| 1997 (11th) | Wendy Matthews | "Then I Walked Away" |
1998 (12th): 
| 1998 (12th) | Natalie Imbruglia | Left of the Middle |
| 1998 (12th) | Kate Ceberano | Pash |
| 1998 (12th) | Kylie Minogue | Impossible Princess |
| 1998 (12th) | Monique Brumby | Thylacine |
| 1998 (12th) | Tina Arena | In Deep |
1999 (13th): 
| 1999 (13th) | Natalie Imbruglia | "Wishing I Was There" |
| 1999 (13th) | Kasey Chambers | The Captain |
| 1999 (13th) | Kylie Minogue | "Cowboy Style" |
| 1999 (13th) | Lisa Miller | As Far As Life Goes |
| 1999 (13th) | Suze DeMarchi | Telelove |
2000 (14th): 
| 2000 (14th) | Kasey Chambers | "The Captain" |
| 2000 (14th) | Christine Anu | "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" |
| 2000 (14th) | Diana Ah Naid | I Don't Think I'm Pregnant |
| 2000 (14th) | Kylie Minogue | "Spinning Around" |
| 2000 (14th) | Vanessa Amorosi | "Absolutely Everybody" |
2001 (15th): 
| 2001 (15th) | Kylie Minogue | Light Years |
| 2001 (15th) | Christine Anu | Come My Way |
| 2001 (15th) | Jodi Phillis | In Dreams I Live |
| 2001 (15th) | Leah Haywood | "Takin' Back What's Mine" |
| 2001 (15th) | Vanessa Amorosi | The Power |
2002 (16th): 
| 2002 (16th) | Kasey Chambers | Barricades & Brickwalls |
| 2002 (16th) | Holly Valance | "Kiss Kiss" |
| 2002 (16th) | Kylie Minogue | Fever |
| 2002 (16th) | Lisa Miller | Car Tape |
| 2002 (16th) | Natalie Imbruglia | White Lillies Island |
2003 (17th): 
| 2003 (17th) | Delta Goodrem | Innocent Eyes |
| 2003 (17th) | Amiel | Audio Out |
| 2003 (17th) | Kylie Minogue | "Come into My World" |
| 2003 (17th) | Renée Geyer | Tenderland |
| 2003 (17th) | Sarah Blasko | Prelusive |
2004 (18th): 
| 2004 (18th) | Kasey Chambers | Wayward Angel |
| 2004 (18th) | Delta Goodrem | "Not Me, Not I" |
| 2004 (18th) | Kylie Minogue | Body Language |
| 2004 (18th) | Lisa Miller | Version Originale |
| 2004 (18th) | Missy Higgins | Scar |
2005 (19th): 
| 2005 (19th) | Missy Higgins | "Scar" |
| 2005 (19th) | Kylie Minogue | "I Believe in You" |
| 2005 (19th) | Mia Dyson | Parking Lots |
| 2005 (19th) | Natalie Imbruglia | Counting Down the Days |
| 2005 (19th) | Sarah Blasko | The Overture & the Underscore |
2006 (20th): 
| 2006 (20th) | Clare Bowditch | What Was Left |
| 2006 (20th) | Holly Throsby | Under the Town |
2006 (20th): Jade MacRae
| 2006 (20th) | Jen Cloher | Dead Wood Falls |
| 2006 (20th) | Kasey Chambers | "Nothing at All" |
2007 (21st): 
| 2007 (21st) | Missy Higgins | On a Clear Night |
| 2007 (21st) | Kasey Chambers | Carnival |
| 2007 (21st) | Kate Miller-Heidke | Little Eve |
| 2007 (21st) | Katie Noonan | "Time to Begin" |
| 2007 (21st) | Sarah Blasko | What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have |
2008 (22nd): 
| 2008 (22nd) | Gabriella Cilmi | Lessons to Be Learned |
| 2008 (22nd) | Clare Bowditch | The Moon Looked On |
| 2008 (22nd) | Holly Throsby | A Loud Call |
| 2008 (22nd) | Kylie Minogue | X |
| 2008 (22nd) | Missy Higgins | "Peachy" |
2009 (23rd): 
| 2009 (23rd) | Sarah Blasko | As Day Follows Night |
| 2009 (23rd) | Jessica Mauboy | Been Waiting |
| 2009 (23rd) | Kate Miller-Heidke | Curiouser |
2009 (23rd): Ladyhawke
| 2009 (23rd) | Lisa Mitchell | Wonder |
2010 (24th): 
| 2010 (24th) | Washington | I Believe You Liar |
| 2010 (24th) | Clare Bowditch | Modern Day Addiction |
| 2010 (24th) | Kylie Minogue | Aphrodite |
| 2010 (24th) | Lisa Mitchell | "Oh! Hark!" |
| 2010 (24th) | Sia | We Are Born |
2011 (25th): 
| 2011 (25th) | Kimbra | "Cameo Lover" |
2011 (25th): Adalita
| 2011 (25th) | Clare Bowditch | "Are You Ready Yet?" |
| 2011 (25th) | Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
| 2011 (25th) | Washington | "Holy Moses" |
2012 (26th): 
| 2012 (26th) | Kimbra | Vows |
| 2012 (26th) | Jessica Mauboy | "Gotcha" |
| 2012 (26th) | Lanie Lane | To the Horses |
| 2012 (26th) | Missy Higgins | The Ol' Razzle Dazzle |
| 2012 (26th) | Washington | Insomnia |
2013 (27th): 
| 2013 (27th) | Jessica Mauboy | "To the End of the Earth" |
| 2013 (27th) | Abbe May | Kiss My Apocalypse |
| 2013 (27th) | Emma Louise | vs Head vs Heart |
| 2013 (27th) | Missy Higgins | "Set Me on Fire" |
| 2013 (27th) | Sarah Blasko | I Awake |
2014 (28th): 
| 2014 (28th) | Sia | 1000 Forms of Fear |
| 2014 (28th) | Adalita | All Day Venus |
| 2014 (28th) | Iggy Azalea | The New Classic |
| 2014 (28th) | Jessica Mauboy | Beautiful |
| 2014 (28th) | Kasey Chambers | Bittersweet |