ARIA Award for Producer of the Year

The ARIA Music Award for Producer of the Year, is an award presented within the Artisan Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",^[1] and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.^[2]

ARIA Award for Producer of the Year
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded	1987
Currently held by	Styalz Fuego for "Rush" by Troye Sivan (2023)
Website	ariaawards.com.au

The award is given to the record producer(s) who is from, or resides in Australia, and has overall responsibility for the work's production. The accolade is restricted to "A single track, multiple tracks, or an entire album may be submitted for each producer. DVD releases are not eligible. Only work released during the period of eligibility will be considered. International product is eligible but entrants must accord with the general eligibility criteria for artists. In the case of a co-production, all parties must individually meet the artist eligibility criteria." Producer of the Year is voted for by a judging school, which consists of between 40 and 100 representatives experienced with that genre of music.^[3][4][5]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Nominees for some years are not available in published sources.

The years listed in the first column relate to the year and edition of the awards ceremony. The second column indicates the record producer(s) responsible for the work. The "Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)" column names the work(s) whose production has been nominated, and its original recording artist; the musician is not the nominee unless they were the producer.

Producer of the Year

  Winner marked in a separate colour

Year	Producer(s)	Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)
1987 (1st)
	Mark Opitz	Models' Media by Models
		"Bad Moon Rising" by The Reels
		"Good Times" by INXS and Jimmy Barnes
		"No Lies" by Noiseworks
		"Sex and Fame" by Jump Incorporated
	Alan Thorne	Gossip by Paul Kelly
	Brian Canham	"Funky Town" by Pseudo Echo
	Charles Fisher	"Blood Is the Colour" by Tango Bravo
		"Wait Up" by The Cockroaches
		Plaza Suite by Martin Plaza
	Ross Fraser	Whispering Jack by John Farnham
		"Flash King Cadillac" by John Justin
1988 (2nd)	Mark Opitz
1989 (3rd)
	Ross Fraser	Age of Reason by John Farnham
		"When the Word Came Down" by Separate Tables
		"Real Love" by The State
	Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin	Hold On to Me by The Black Sorrows
	Charles Fisher	"That's When I Think of You" by 1927
		"Fingertips" by The Cockroaches
	Simon Hussey	Edge by Daryl Braithwaite
	Les Karski, Guy Gray	"Dark Age" by The Hippos
		"Clarity of Mind" by Spy vs Spy
1990 (4th)	Andrew Farriss
1991 (5th)
	Ross Fraser	Work(s) by John Farnham
		Work(s) by Southern Sons
		Work(s) by Girl Overboard
		Work(s) by Skyhooks
1992 (6th)
	Simon Hussey	"On My Own" by Craig McLachlan
		"The Horses", "Higher than Hope", "Don't Hold Back Your Love" by Daryl Braithwaite
		"Slave" by James Reyne
	Mark Moffatt, Gavin Campbell, Robert Goodge, Paul Main	"Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi, remixed by Filthy Lucre
	Nick Mainsbridge	"Water" by Def FX
		"Blind Love Don't Go Now" by Ratcat
		"Lifeboat" by Tall Tales and True
	Richard Pleasance	"Don't Cry" by Richard Pleasance
		"It's Only the Beginning", "Release Me", "White Roses" by Deborah Conway
	Ross Fraser	"Hold Me in Your Arms" by Southern Sons
		"In Days to Come", "That's Freedom" by John Farnham
1993 (7th)
	Simon Hussey	"Nothing to Lose" by Daryl Braithwaite
		"Motor City (I Get Lost)", "Sweet Love", "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" by Company of Strangers
	David Hirschfelder	"Everything's Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens
		"I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Kate Ceberano
	Joe Camilleri	"Ain't Love the Strangest Thing", "Better Times", "Come on, Come On" by The Black Sorrows
		"Caribbean Wind" by The Revelators
	Rockmelons	"Form one Planet", "It's not Over" by Rockmelons
	Tony Cohen	This Is Not the Way Home by The Cruel Sea
		"Get Thee to a Nunnery" by TISM
1994 (8th)
	Tony Cohen	The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea^[6]
	Angelique Cooper	"Last Train" by Christine Anu with Paul Kelly
		"Holy Road" (Remix) by Neil Murray
		"World Turning" (Remix) by Yothu Yindi
	James Black	"Rock this Boat", "Single Perfect Raindrop", "Heidelberg", "Barkley Street" by Things of Stone and Wood
	Joe Camilleri	"Stir It Up", "Come on, Come On" by The Black Sorrows
	Johnny Diesel	"I've Been Loving You Too Long", "Never Miss Your Water", "Masterplan" by Diesel
1995 (9th)
	Tony Cohen	Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea^[7]
	Daniel Denholm
	David Bridie
	Paul McKercher
	Phil McKellar
1996 (10th)
	You Am I	Hourly, Daily by You Am I
	David Bridie	Fool for You by Monique Brumby
	The Badloves, Doug Roberts	Holy Roadside by The Badloves
	Magoo, Regurgitator	Tu-Plang by Regurgitator
	Victor Van Vugt^[nb 1]	The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes
1997 (11th)
	Charles Fisher	"Down on Me" by Hoodoo Gurus
		"I Am Australian" by Judith Durham, Russell Hitchcock, Mandawuy Yunupingu
		Savage Garden by Savage Garden
		Far Shore by The Seekers
	David Bridie	"Mary" by Monique Brumby
	Nick Launay	Freak Show by Silverchair
	Paul Begaud	Telling Everybody by Human Nature
	Tim Whitten	Furious by Fini Scad
		Double Allergic by Powderfinger
1998 (12th)
	Magoo, Regurgitator	Unit by Regurgitator
	Paul Begaud	Whisper Your Name by Human Nature
	Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar	"Hard Times" by The Cruel Sea
	Charles Fisher	"Universe" by Savage Garden
		The Bush Girl by The Seekers
	Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman	Eternal Nightcap by The Whitlams
1999 (13th)
	Bachelor Girl	Waiting for the Day by Bachelor Girl
	Paul Begaud	"We'll Never Get Along" by Felicity
		"Now that I've Found You", "Depend on Me", "Last to Know", "Be There with You" by Human Nature
	Nick Launay	"Supposed to Be Here", "24000", "This Is the Sound", "Come to Take You Home" by Primary
		Neon Ballroom by Silverchair
	Magoo	"Pump it Up" by Automatic
		"Loverama" by Custard
		Sand on Seven by Not from There
	Phil McKellar	Grand Slam by Spiderbait
2000 (14th)
	Steve James	"My Friend" by Oblivia
	Augie March, Richard Pleasance	"Asleep in Perfection" by Augie March
	Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones	Affirmation by Savage Garden
	Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman	"You Gotta Love This City" by The Whitlams
	Andy Van, Cheyne Coates	"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue
2001 (15th)
	Bobbydazzler (a.k.a. Darren Seltmann, Robbie Chater)	Since I Left You by The Avalanches
	Augie March, Paul McKercher, Richard Pleasance	Sunset Studies by Augie March
	Kalju Tonuma	The Prize Recruit by Superheist
	The Mark of Cain	This Is This... by The Mark of Cain
	Nick Launay	Roll On by The Living End
	Paul Kosky	"Superman Supergirl" by Killing Heidi
2002 (16th)
	Daniel Johns	Diorama by Silverchair
	Alex Lloyd, Magnus Fiennes	Watching Angels Mend by Alex Lloyd
	Daniel Denholm	Torch the Moon by The Whitlams
	David Nicholas, george	Polyserena by george
	Gerling, Magoo	When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun by Gerling
	Phil McKellar	New Detention by Grinspoon
	Richard Pleasance, Paul Kelly	Sensual Being by Archie Roach
2003 (17th)
	Chris Thompson	Up All Night by The Waifs
	David Nicholas	Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem
	Jonathan Burnside	Lovers by The Sleepy Jackson
	Magoo	Bad Blood by Gerling
	Paul McKercher	Feeler by Pete Murray
2004 (18th)
	Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe	A Song Is a City by Eskimo Joe
	Andy Baldwin, The Cat Empire	The Cat Empire by The Cat Empire
	Daniel Johns, Paul Mac	The Dissociatives by The Dissociatives
	John Butler	Sunrise Over Sea by John Butler Trio
	Paul McKercher, Pete Murray	"So Beautiful" by Pete Murray
2005 (19th)
	David Nicholas	The Way Out by Drag
	Chris Joannou, The Mess Hall	Notes from a Ceiling by The Mess Hall
	Harry Vanda, Glenn Goldsmith	"Evie Parts 1, 2 & 3" by The Wrights
	Paul McKercher	BigBigLove' by Little Birdy
	Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe	"Older Than You" by Eskimo Joe
2006 (20th)
	Eskimo Joe	Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe
	Lindsay Gravina, Magic Dirt	Snow White by Magic Dirt
	Nick Launay	State of Emergency by The Living End
	Paul McKercher	Various tracks on Moo, You Bloody Choir by Augie March
	Wayne Connolly	Casino Twilight Dogs by Youth Group
2007 (21st)
	Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke	Memories & Dust by Josh Pyke
	Nash Chambers	Carnival by Kasey Chambers
	Magoo	Little Eve by Kate Miller-Heidke
	Angus McDonald, Peter Dolso	Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System
	Phillip McKellar	Perfect Distraction by Something with Numbers
2008 (22nd)
	The Presets (Julian Hamilton, Kim Moyes)	Apocalypso by The Presets
	Harry Vanda, Glenn Goldsmith	Thieves by British India
	Matt Lovell, Shihad	Beautiful Machine by Shihad
	Michael Hohnen	Gurrumul by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
	Scott Horscroft	Cruel Guards by The Panics
2009 (23rd)
	Empire of the Sun, Jonathan "Donnie" Sloan, Peter Mayes	Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun
	Forrester Savell	Sound Awake by Karnivool
	Suffa	State of the Art by Hilltop Hoods
	Tim Powles	The Peaceful Atom Is a Bomb by Regular John
	Wayne Connolly, Paul Dempsey	Everything Is True by Paul Dempsey
2010 (24th)
	Angus & Julia Stone	Various tracks on Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone^[nb 2]
	Charles Fisher, Hoodoo Gurus	Purity of Essence by Hoodoo Gurus
	Forrester Savel	This Is the Warning by Dead Letter Circus
	Lisa Miller, Shane O'Mara	Car Tape 2 by Lisa Miller
	Scott Horscroft, Adam Spark	Birds of Tokyo by Birds of Tokyo
2011 (25th)
	Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)	"Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra
	Boy & Bear	Moonfire by Boy & Bear
	Daniel Denholm	Tangier by Billy Thorpe
	Eskimo Joe	Ghosts of the Past by Eskimo Joe
	Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke	"No One Wants a Lover" by Josh Pyke
2012 (26th)
	Styalz Fuego	Falling & Flying by 360
	Chong Lim	Close Your Eyes by Sarah McKenzie
	Lachlan Mitchell	Prisoner by The Jezabels
	Lanie Lane	To the Horses by Lanie Lane
	Virginia Read	The Good, the Bad and the Awkward by Sally Whitwell
2013 (27th)
	Harley Streten aka Flume	Flume by Flume
	Kevin Parker	Lonerism by Tame Impala
	Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, Jonathan Sloan	Ice on the Dune by Empire of the Sun
	Virginia Read	All Imperfect Things by Sally Whitwell
	Wayne Connolly, Boy & Bear	Harlequin Dream by Boy & Bear
2014 (28th)
	Nicholas Murphy aka Chet Faker	Built on Glass by Chet Faker
	Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS	TRXYE by Troye Sivan
	Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume	Land of Pleasure by Sticky Fingers
	Stuart Stuart	Bombs Away by Sheppard
	Virginia Read	Gershwin: Take Two by Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie
2015 (29th)
	Kevin Parker	Currents by Tame Impala
	Daniel Johns, Damn Moroda	Talk by Daniel Johns
	Garth Porter	Spirit of the Anzacs by Lee Kernaghan
	Luke Dubber, Angus Stuart	Dark Night Sweet Light by Hermitude
	Nick DiDia	Beautiful You by The Waifs
2016 (30th)
	Harley Streten	Skin by Flume
	M-Phazes	"Papercuts" (featuring Vera Blue) by Illy
	Tony Buchen	Glorious Heights by Montaigne
	Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi	Wildflower by The Avalanches
	Alex Hope	Blue Neighbourhood by Troye Sivan
2017 (31st)
	Gang of Youths & Adrian Breakspear	Go Farther In Lightness by Gang of Youths
	Daniel Rankine	Reclaim Australia by A.B. Original
	Tom Iansek	Animal by Big Scary
	Oliver Hugh Perry & Fabian Prynn	Utopia Defeated by D.D Dumbo
	Steven Schram & Paul Kelly	Life Is Fine by Paul Kelly
2018 (32nd)
	Dann Hume & M-Phazes	"I Said Hi" by Amy Shark
	Ball Park Music	Good Mood by Ball Park Music
	Courtney Barnett, Dan Luscombe & Burke Reid	Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett
	Michael Hohnen	Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) by Gurrumul
	Tash Sultana	Flow State by Tash Sultana
2019 (33rd)
	Dann Hume	Rainbow Valley by Matt Corby
	Burke Reid	Crushing by Julia Jacklin
	Kevin Parker	"Patience" by Tame Impala
	Konstantin Kersting	"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I
	Paul Kelly and Steven Schram	Nature by Paul Kelly
2020 (34th)
	Kevin Parker	The Slow Rush by Tame Impala
	Kevin Shirley	Blood Moon by Cold Chisel
	M-Phazes	Free Time by Ruel
	DNA & Louis Schoorl	Hilda by Jessica Mauboy
	IAMMXO (aka Mohamed Komba)	Nyaaringu by Miiesha
2021 (35th)
	Konstantin Kersting	0202 by The Rubens
		"Masterpiece" by The Rubens
	Andrew Klippel, Dave Hammer	Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu
	M-Phazes	Cry Forever by Amy Shark
		The Space Between by Illy
		T.R.U.T.H. by Guy Sebastian
	Matt Corby	Budjerah (EP) by Budjerah
	Robert Chater	We Will Always Love You by The Avalanches

Producer - Best Produced Album

Year	Engineer(s)	Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)
2022 (36th)
	Rüfüs Du Sol	Surrender by Rüfüs Du Sol
	Amyl and the Sniffers & Dan Luscombe	Comfort to Me by Amyl and the Sniffers
	Courtney Barnett & Stella Mozgawa	Things Take Time, Take Time by Courtney Barnett
	Flume	Palaces by Flume
	Pip Norman, Rob Amoruso, Morgan Jones, Carl Dimataga, Willie Tafa & Jerome Farah	Gela by Baker Boy

Best Produced Release

Year	Engineer(s)	Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)
2023 (37th)
	Styalz Fuego	"Rush" by Troye Sivan
	Andrew Klippel and Dave Hammer	Struggler by Genesis Owusu
	Dom Dolla	"Eat Your Man" by Dom Dolla
	Matt Corby, Chris Collins, Nat Dunn, Alex Henrikssen	Everything's Fine by Matt Corby
	M-Phazes	4th Wall by Ruel

Notes

1. Australian Recording Industry Association incorrectly spells producer, Victor Van Vugt, as Victor Vaughan.^[8][9]
2. Angus and Julia Stone produced "Black Crow", "For You", "Santa Monica Dream", "Yellow Brick Road", "Walk It Off", and "Hush".

References

1. "30th Annual ARIA Awards - 2016". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
2. "What We Do". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
3. O'Brolchain, Turlough. (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). pp. 1, 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
4. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Producer of the Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 11 November 2018. Note: As from November 2018 the ARIA website does not list the winners or nominees for the years (inclusive): 1992, 1993 or 1994. These results are covered by archival sources where available.
5. "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2016. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
6. Baker, Glenn A. (16 April 1994). "New Artists, Indie Labels Dominate Australian Music Awards". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media: 51. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
7. Blair, Dale (August 2017). (PDF). Dale Blair. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020. Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for the Cruel Sea's album, Three Legged Dog. He shared Engineer of the Year with Paul McKercher.
8. "ARIA Awards 2010: History: Winners by Artist: Dave Graney". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 5 November 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

External links

• Official website