ARIA Awards

2022 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube

The first live and in-person ARIA Awards since 2019 made a triumphant return with eight-time ARIA Award-winner Natalie Imbruglia as host alongside songwriter and drummer G Flip and ARIA Award-winner Ruel.

Broadcast across Australia on Channel 9 and 9Now, and around the world via YouTube, viewers were treated to a dazzling evening celebrating the best in Australian music with performances by Amyl and The Sniffers, Baker Boy, Budjerah, Casey Donovan, Dami Im, Flume (Ft. MAY-A), Jessica Mauboy, KYE, Natalie Imbruglia, Peking Duk, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Thelma Plum, Tones And I and Vance Joy.

Among the presenters handing out the big awards for the evening were Ayesha Madon, Becca Hatch, Briggs, Genesis Owusu, Illy, Jerome Farah, Josh Teskey, KYE, Lime Cordiale, Matt Gudinski, Montaigne, Peking Duk, Peter Garrett, Richard Wilkins, Ruel, The Wiggles, Tones And I, Troy Cassar-Daley and more.

The 2022 ARIA Awards also marked a momentous occasion to honour and celebrate the ARIA Hall of Fame greats lost in the past 12 months: Olivia Newton-John, Uncle Archie Roach and Judith Durham. ARIA Award-winner Budjerah, Thelma Plum and Jess Mauboy joined together on stage to perform One Song in memory of beloved Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder and singer, Archie Roach. Casey Donovan and Dami Im each performed a solo to commemorate the career of former singer of The Seekers, Judith Durham, with I’ll Never Find Another You and The Carnival Is Over.

To close out the evening, host Natalie Imbruglia paid tribute to beloved homegrown superstar Olivia Newton-John joined by KYE, ARIA Award-winners Peking Duk and ARIA Award-winning singer and musical director of the tribute, Tones And I. The group delivered a stunning performance of Hopelessly Devoted To YouXanadu and fan favourite You’re The One That I Want.

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