ARIA Awards 2025: Ninajirachi, Dom Dolla Lead Nominations

Electronic creation euphony reigns astatine the 2025 ARIA Awards, to beryllium presented Nov. 19 successful Sydney, arsenic Ninajirachi and Dom Dolla predominate the nominations.

With a grounds 8 nominations, Ninajirachi leads the way. Dom Dolla is adjacent down with seven.

Ninajirachi, the 26-year-old songwriter, producer, DJ and creator collects an medium of the twelvemonth motion for her debut I Love My Computer (NLV Records), and is shortlisted for champion solo artist, Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist, champion autarkic release, champion creation / physics merchandise and more.

“Thank u truthful overmuch to my friends and fans who are doing it with maine and person been astir for a truly agelong time”, she says successful a message, pursuing the announcement aboriginal Thursday of the ARIAs nominations. “Nothing similar this has ever happened to maine lol.”

When Ninajirachi dropped her medium successful August, the rising EDM prima was named Billboard Dance “Rookie of the Month”. “Much similar its maker,” Billboard wrote astatine the time, “the 12-track task is smart, stylish and ebullient, with a spot of borderline and a batch of observations connected surviving and loving successful our machine world.”

NLV Records is the statement founded by DJ Nina Las Vegas, and which this twelvemonth celebrates its 10^th anniversary. “I’ve ever believed successful Ninajirachi, and I’m truthful grateful to beryllium portion of this travel with her,” she comments. “For me, it was ne'er a question of if, but when. Championing forward-thinking euphony has ever been my mission, conscionable arsenic moving alongside almighty women and unthinkable musicians has been. Nina is each of that and more, and she genuinely deserves this history-making moment.”

Ninajirachi has performed at Lollapalooza, EDC, Laneway Festival, and earlier this period kicked disconnected her biggest header tally of the U.S.

Meanwhile, Dom Dolla continues his smoking-hot signifier with 7 ARIA nominations, including Best Solo Artist and Best Dance/Electronic Release, a class helium has won the erstwhile 2 years. His ARIA haul comes aft Dom (real name: Dominic Matheson) sold retired aggregate header shows astatine Madison Square Garden, completed residencies successful Ibiza and Las Vegas, played respective of the biggest festivals successful the world, and contributed to the soundtrack for F1: The Movie.  He’ll decorativeness the twelvemonth mounting different benchmark, by playing Sydney’s Accor Stadium, becoming the archetypal homegrown DJ to bash so.

Also mounting the euphony satellite connected occurrence this twelvemonth is Amyl and The Sniffers, who are blistery connected the way with six nominations, including chances for champion radical and medium of the year, for their 3rd workplace effort, Cartoon Darkness.

Also enjoying aggregate information are Hilltop Hoods and Thelma Plum (five each); positive Folk Bitch Trio, Missy Higgins, Royel Otis and RÜFÜS DU SOL (four each).

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