| Year | Winner(s) | Album title |
1987
(1st) |
| Robyn Archer | The Pack of Women |
| Martin Armiger | Dancing Daze |
| Nathan Waks | For Love Alone |
| Peter Best | "Crocodile" Dundee |
| Peter Carey, Martin Armiger | Illusion |
1988
(2nd) |
| Original Australian Cast Recording | Nine |
| Mario Millo | The Lighthorsemen |
1989
(3rd) |
| Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews | You've Always Got the Blues (songs from the ABC TV series Stringer) |
| Various Artists | Rikky and Pete |
| David Reeves | Seven Little Australians |
| Bruce Rowland | The Man from Snowy River II |
| Various Artists | Boulevard of Broken Dreams |
1990
(4th) |
| Original Australian Cast Recording | Anything Goes |
| Australian Cast Recording | 42nd Street |
| Various Artists | Sons of Steel |
| Various Artists | Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds |
| Various Artists | The Navigator |
1991
(5th) |
| Jon English and David Mackay | Paris |
| Brian May | Bloodmoon |
| Bruce Smeaton | Wendy Cracked a Walnut |
| Michael Askill & Nigel Westlake | Road to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China |
| Vince Jones & Grace Knight | Come in Spinner |
1992
(6th) |
| Mario Millo | Brides of Christ |
| Jan Castor | Red Express |
| Not Drowning, Waving | Proof |
| Original Australian Cast | Return to the Forbidden Planet |
| Philip Judd | Death in Brunswick |
1993
(7th) |
| John Clifford White | Romper Stomper |
| Australian Cast Recording | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Ricky Fataar & Others | Spotswood |
| Paul Grabowsky | The Last Days of Chez Nous |
| Various | Strictly Ballroom |
| Nigel Westlake | Antarctica[5] |
1994
(8th) |
| Original Cast Recording | Hot Shoe Shuffle |
| The Australian Opera, Giacomo Puccini | La bohème |
| Michael Easton, Michael Atkinson (original soundtrack) | Snowy |
| Carl Vine | Bedevil |
| John Waters, Lennon & McCartney | Looking Through a Glass Onion |
1995
(9th) |
| Cast Recording | The Pirates of Penzance |
| Martin Armiger | Fornicon |
| Guy Gross | The Priscilla Companion Original Score |
| Various | Heartland |
| Various | Metal Skin |
| Various | Once in a Blue Moon |
1996
(10th) |
| Australian Cast Recording | Beauty and the Beast |
| Australian Cast Recording | The Secret Garden |
| Iva Davies | The Berlin Tapes |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | Lilian's Story |
| Nigel Westlake | Babe |
1997
(11th) |
| Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey | To Have & to Hold |
| Mario Millo | G.P. |
| Various | Idiot Box |
| Various | Love and Other Catastrophes |
| Various | What I Have Written |
1998
(12th) |
| Original Cast Recording | The Boy From Oz |
| The Necks | The Boys |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | The Sound of One Hand Clapping |
| Various | A Little Bit of Soul |
| Various | To Hal and Bacharach |
1999
(13th)
Soundtrack |
| David Hirschfelder | Elizabeth |
| Felicity Fox | Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo |
| David Hirschfelder | The Interview |
| Various | Praise |
| Various | Two Hands |
1999
(13th)
Cast/Show |
| Judi Connelli & Suzanne Johnston | Perfect Strangers |
| Bananas in Pyjamas | It's Show Time! |
| Opera Australia, Christine Douglas & Suzanne Johnston | Hansel & Gretel |
| State Orchestra of Victoria | Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote |
2000
(14th)
Soundtrack |
| David Bridie | In a Savage Land |
| Iva Davies | The Ghost of Time |
| Paul Grabowsky | Siam Sunset |
| Various | Soft Fruit |
| Various | The Wog Boy |
| David Hirschfelder & Various Artists | What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? |
2000
(14th)
Cast/Show |
| Australian Cast Recording | The Sound of Music |
| John Farnham | Live at the Regent |
| State Orchestra of Victoria, John Lanchbery | The Merry Widow |
| Various | Happy Days - The Arena Mega Musical |
2001
(15th)
Soundtrack |
| Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Various | Music from the Motion Picture – The Dish |
| David Hirschfelder, Various | Better Than Sex - Original Soundtrack |
| Lisa Gerrard with Hans Zimmer | More Music from Gladiator |
| Richard Pleasance, Various | The Very Best of SeaChange |
| Single Gun Theory | The Monkey's Mask |
| Various | Sydney 2000 The Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony |
2001
(15th)
Cast/Show |
| Original Cast Recording | Shout! The Legend Of The Wild One |
| Australian Concert Orchestra, Queensland Pops Orchestra, Harper | Scotland the Brave |
| David Chesworth | Wicked Voice |
| Janet Seidel | Doris and Me |
| Various | Sydney 2000 The Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony |
2002
(16th)
Soundtrack |
| Paul Kelly, Shane O' Mara, Steve Hadley, Bruce Haymes, Peter Luscombe | Lantana |
| Graham Tardif & Rolf de Heer (composers), Archie Roach (performer) | The Tracker |
| David Thrussell | The Hard Word |
| Mario Millo | Changi |
| Various | Dirty Deeds |
2002
(16th)
Cast/Show |
| Various | The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular |
| Judi Connelli | Back to Before |
| Opera Australia, Simone Young | Verdi: Requiem |
| Original Australian Cast Recording | The Wizard of Oz |
| Play Act One | Story of Abbey |
2003
(17th)
Soundtrack |
| Mick Harvey | Australian Rules |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | After the Deluge (Original Television Mini-series Soundtrack) |
| Dave Graney & Clare Moore | Music from the Motion Picture - Bad Eggs |
| The Saddle Club | On Top of the World |
| Various Artists | The Secret Life of Us Volume 3 |
2003
(17th)
Cast/Show | Various | Long Way to the Top – Live in Concert |
2004
(18th) |
| David Bridie | Nautical Forlorn |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra | Musical Renegades |
| Decoder Ring | Somersault |
| Elizabeth Drake | Japanese Story |
| Various | Australian Idol Final 12 |
2005
(19th) |
| Severed Heads | The Illustrated Family Doctor |
| Art Phillips | Outback House |
| Ben Mingay & Deone Zanotto | Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage |
| Roger Mason | The Extra |
| Various Artists | Deck Dogz |
2006
(20th) |
| Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Katie Brianna & the Stormwater Boys | Jindabyne soundtrack |
| David Bridie | RAN – soundtrack |
| Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | The Proposition |
| Francois Tetaz | Wolf Creek – original motion picture soundtrack |
| Various | Little Fish – soundtrack |
2007
(21st) |
| Choir of Hard Knocks | Choir of Hard Knocks |
| David Bridie | Gone |
| Monsieur Camembert | Famous Blue Cheese |
| David Bridie | The Circuit |
| Various | The Countdown Spectacular Live |
2008
(22nd) |
| Chris Lilley | Summer Heights High soundtrack |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | Night – original soundtrack |
| Cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical | Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical |
| Ben Lee and Jessica Chapnik | The Square – original soundtrack |
| Various | Countdown Spectacular 2 |
2009
(23rd) |
| Soundtrack | Balibo |
| Amanda Brown | Son of a Lion – original soundtrack |
| Soundtrack | Samson and Delilah |
| Soundtrack | East of Everything – series two soundtrack album |
| Tex Perkins, Murray Paterson | Beautiful Kate |
2010
(24th) |
| Triple J | Before Too Long: Triple J's Tribute to Paul Kelly |
| Burkhard Dallwitz | Underbelly |
| Christopher Gordon & Various Artists | Mao's Last Dancer |
| Various Artists | Bran Nue Dae |
| Various Artists | Accidents Happen |
2011
(25th) |
| Chris Lilley | Angry Boys – Official Soundtrack Album |
| Jed Kurzel | Snowtown |
| Stephen Pigram, Alan Pigram, Alex Lloyd | Mad Bastards – Music from the Motion Picture |
| Sydney Symphony & cast, Alexander Briger (conductor) | Don John of Austria |
| Various Artists – Original Australian Cast Recording | Mary Poppins |
2012
(26th) |
| Triple J | Straight to You – Triple J's Tribute to Nick Cave |
| Jane Rutter | An Australian in Paris |
| RocKwiz | The RocKwiz Christmas Album |
| Jon English & the Original Cast of the Rock Show | The Rock Show |
| Various Artists | The Sapphires Original Soundtrack |
2013
(27th) |
| Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians | Conversations with Ghosts |
| David Bridie | Satellite Boy |
| Nick Cave and Warren Ellis | Lawless |
| Tina Arena | Symphony of Life |
| Various Artists | triple j's One Night Stand |
2014[6]
(28th) |
| Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Gurrumul: His Life And Music |
| Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd | The Story of Sharky and The Caddman |
| Katie Noonan | Fierce Hearts: The Music of Love-Song-Circus |
| Various Artists | Spirit Of Akasha |
| Various Artists | triple j's One Night Stand: Mildura |
2015
(29th) |
| Various Artists | Beat the Drum – Celebrating 40 Years of Triple J |
| Ed Kuepper | Last Cab to Darwin – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Nigel Westlake | Paper Planes – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Opera Australia (Brett Dean / Amanda Holden / Peter Carey) | Bliss |
| Various Artists | The Water Diviner – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
2016
(30th) |
| Josh Pyke & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Live at the Sydney Opera House |
| Kate Miller-Heidke | The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording) |
| Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Gallipoli Symphony |
| Various Artists | The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) |
| Various Artists | Velvet (The Original Cast Recording) |
2017
(31st) |
| Nigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony Orchestra, with Joseph Tawadros, Slava Grigoryan & Lior | Ali's Wedding (soundtrack) |
| Australian Cast Recording feat. David Campbell | Dream Lover |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | Red Dog: True Blue (original soundtrack) |
| Jessica Mauboy | The Secret Daughter (Songs from the Original TV Series) |
| Richard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra | Mountain |
2018
(32nd) |
| Jimmy Barnes | Working Class Boy: The Soundtracks |
| Evelyn Ida Morris | Acute Misfortune (Original Soundtrack) |
| Jessica Mauboy | The Secret Daughter Season Two (Songs for the Original 7 Series) |
| Liars | 1/1 (Original Soundtrack) |
| Various Artists | Muriel's Wedding: The Musical (The Original Cast Recording) |
2019
(33rd) |
| Various Artists | The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) |
| Burkhard Dallwitz | LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Gang of Youths | MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) |
| Luke Howard | The Sand That Ate the Sea |
| Trials | Cargo |
2020
(34th) |
| Chelsea Cullen | I Am Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Dan Golding | Untitled Goose Game (Original Soundtrack) |
| Grigoryan Brothers | A Boy Called Sailboat |
| Matteo Zingales & Antony Partos | Mystery Road (Original Score: Seasons 1-2) |
| Sally Seltmann & Darren Seltmann | The Letdown (Music from Seasons 1+2) |
2021
(35th) |
| Angus & Julia Stone | Life Is Strange |
| Antony Partos | Rams (Original Motion Picture Score) |
| Caitlin Yeo, Maria Alfonsine, Damian de Boos-Smith | Wakefield (Season One Official Soundtrack) |
| Sia | Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture |
| Yve Blake | Fangirls |
2022
(36th) |
| Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti | River (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Brett Aplin | No Mercy, No Remorse (Original Score) |
| In Hearts Wake | Green Is the New Black |
| Maria Alfonsine with Itunu Pepper | Akoni (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Matteo Zingales | A Fire Inside (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
2023
(37th) |
| Various Artists | John Farnham: Finding the Voice (Music from the Feature Documentary) |
| Brett Aplin and Burkhard Dallwitz | Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Helena Czajka | Unseen Skies (Original Score Soundtrack) |
| Nigel Westlake, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Benjamin Northey | Blueback (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Sophie Payton (Gordi), Jason Fernandez | Ride (Music from the Film) |
