Stars hit red carpet for ARIAs
The Australian music industry's biggest stars have begun arriving on the red carpet for the 28th ARIA Awards in Sydney.
Among the early arrivals were dance/pop group Justice Crew, who have been nominated in the Best Pop Release category for their smash hit Que Sera and performed for the crowd who had gathered to see the stars.
Hot Aussie band 5 Seconds of Summer, who are set to open the show, hit the red carpet with comeback queens The Veronicas.
Other big names set to appear include One Direction and Katy Perry.
2014 ARIA Award nominations:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Chet Faker - Built on Glass
Dan Sultan - Blackbird
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful
Sheppard - Bombs Away
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Adalita
Iggy Azalea
Jessica Mauboy
Kasey Chambers
Sia
BEST MALE ARTIST
Chet Faker
Dan Sultan
Gurrumul
Guy Sebastian
Vance Joy
BEST GROUP
5 Seconds of Summer
Hilltop Hoods
RUFUS
Sheppard
Violent Soho
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Adam Brand - My Side of the Street
Emma Swift - Emma Swift
Kasey Chambers - Bittersweet
Keith Urban - Fuse
The McClymonts - Here's To You & I
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Flume & Chet Faker - Drop the Game
Nicky Night Time - Everybody Together
Peking Duk - High
RUFUS - Sundream
The Presets - No Fun
BEST ROCK ALBUM
Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone
Ball Park Music - Puddinghead
Dan Sultan - Blackbird
Jimmy Barnes: 30:30 Hindsight
Kingswood - Microscopic Wars
BEST URBAN ALBUM
360 - Utopia
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
Illy - Cinematic
Thundamentals - So We Can Remember
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
5 Seconds of Summer
Andy Bull
Chet Faker
Iggy Azalea
The Kite String Tangle
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Gossling - Harvest of Gold
Kate Miller-Heidke - O Vertigo!
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Live from KCRW
Tina Arena - Reset
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
Harry Hookey - Misdiagnosed
John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood
Russell Morris - Van Diemen's Land
The Audreys - `Til My Tears Roll Away
The Bamboos - Fever in the Road
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
High Tension - Death Beat
Shihad - FVEY
Sleepsmakewaves - Love of Cartography
The Amity Affliction - Let The Ocean Take Me
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Chet Faker - Built on Glass
Dan Sultan - Blackbird
Sheppard - Bombs Away
Vance Joy - Mess is Mine
Violent Soho - Saramona Said
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
Boy & Bear
Dan Sultan
John Butler Trio
Keith Urban
Melbourne SKA Orchestra
RUFUS
Tame Impala
The Preatures
The Presets
Violent Soho
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Avicii
Beyonce
Coldplay
Ed Sheeran
Eminem
Jason Derulo
Katy Perry
Lorde
One Direction
Pharrell Williams
SONG OF THE YEAR
5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect
Guy Sebastian - Like a Drum
Havana Brown - Warrior
Iggy Azalea - Fancy
Joel Fletcher - Swing
Justice Crew - Que Sera
Nathaniel - You
Sheppard - Geronimo
Sia - Chandelier
Taylor Henderson - Borrow My Heart
