Australian and international music stars were out in full force at the 2012 ARIA Awards held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
PHOTOS: ARIAs red carpet highlights
Gotye cleaned up on the night taking home gongs for Album of the Year, Best Male Artist, Best Pop Release and Best Australian Live Act. The Temper Trap were also big winners taking away the ARIAs for Best Group and Best Rock Album.
For the second year in a row Kimbra took out the Best Female Artist category, while Missy Higgins returned to form picking up the ARIA for Best Contemporary Album release. 360 didn't go home empty handed either, winning the Breakthrough Artist award for 'Falling and Flying'.
Matt Corby was one of the few surprises on the night, winning the publicly voted Song of the Year category for 'Brother'.
The event kicked off after blistering performances by Justice Crew, Timomatic and Jessica Mauboy before the who's who of the music industry made their way up the red carpet.
The biggest screams from fans were for US country superstar Taylor Swift and our very own Ricki-Lee, Guy Sebastian, Havana Brown, Samantha Jade, The Collective, Reece Mastin (with girlfriend Rhiannon Fish), 360, Ruby Rose and Missy Higgins.
PHOTOS: See highlights from the ARIAs red carpet
2012 ARIA Award Winners
Song of the Year
360 feat. Gossling - Boys Like You
Delta Goodrem - Sitting On Top Of The World
Guy Sebastian - Don't Worry Be Happy
Hilltop Hoods feat. Sia - I Love It
Jessica Mauboy & Stan Walker - Galaxy
Justice Crew - Boom Boom
Matt Corby - Brother - WINNER
Reece Mastin - Good Night
Ricki-Lee - Do It Like That
Timomatic - Set It Off
Album of the Year
360 - Falling & Flying
Gotye - Making Mirrors - WINNER
Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle
The Jezabels - Prisoner
The Temper Trap - The Temper Trap
Best Male Artist
360
Angus Stone
Gotye - WINNER
Guy Sebastian
Keith Urban
Matt Corby
Best Female Artist
Jessica Mouboy
Kimbra - WINNER
Lanie Lane
Missy Higgins
Washington
Best Group
Boy & Bear
Cold Chisel
Hilltop Hoods
The Jezabels
The Temper Trap - WINNER
Breakthrough Artist
360 - Falling & Flying - WINNER
Alpine - A Is For Alpine
Lanie Lane - To The Horses
Matt Corby - Brother
San Cisco - Awkward
Best Australian Live Act
360
Cold Chisel
Dirty Three
Gotye - WINNER
Hilltop Hoods
Hoodoo Gurus
Kate Miller-Heidke
The Bamboos
The Jezabels
The Living End
The Best Independent Release
Dappled Cities - Lake Air
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Southern Skies
San Cisco - Awkward
The Bamboos - Medicine Man
The Jezabels - Prisoner - WINNER
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Buried In Verona - Notorious
DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams - WINNER
Frenzal Rhomb - Smoko at the Pet Food Factory
House Vs Hurricane - Crooked Teeth
Sleepmakeswaves - ...and so we destroyed everything
Best International Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Florence + The Machine
LMFAO
Michael Buble
One Direction - WINNER
The Black Keys
Best Urban album
360 - Falling & Flying
Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun - WINNER
Katalyst - Deep Impressions
The Bamboos - Medicine Man
The Herd - Future Shade
Best Pop Release
Gotye - Making Mirrors - WINNER
Guy Sebastian - Battle Scars
Jessica Mauboy - Gotcha
Kimbra - Vows
San Cisco - Awkward
Best Rock Album
Children Collide - Monument
Cold Chisel - No Plans
Oh Mercy - Deep Heat
The Jezabels - Prisoner
The Temper Trap - The Temper Trap - WINNER
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Darren Hayes - Secret Codes And Battleships
Husky - Forever So
Josh Pyke - Only Sparrows
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Southern Skies
Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle - WINNER
Best Country Album
Beccy Cole - Songs and Pictures
Catherine Britt - Always Never Enough
McAlister Kemp - Country Proud
The McClymonts - Two Worlds Collide - WINNER
Troy Cassar-Daley - Home
Best Comedy Release
Anthony Salame - Is This Thing On?
Arj Barker - Joy Harvest
Buddy Goode - Unappropriate - WINNER
Sammy J - Skinny Man, Modern World
The Beards - Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard
Best Dance Release
Havana Brown - When The Lights Go Out
Hermitude - Hyperparadise
Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay - In My Mind - WINNER
Knife Party - Rage Valley
Sneaky Sound System - From Here To Anywhere
Best Children's Album
Bananas In Pyjamas - Playtime
dirtgirlworld - dirtgirl rocks the planet
Hi-5 - Sing It Loud
Rhys Muldoon - I'm Not Singing
The Wiggles - Surfer Jeff - WINNER
Best Blues & Roots album
Angus Stone - Broken Brights
Jeff Lang - Carried In Mind - WINNER
Lanie Lane - To The Horses
Mia Dyson - The Moment
Paul Green and The Other Colours - Behind The Stars
Best Video
Alex Weltlinger - 360, Boys Like You
Luci Schroder - Alpine, Hands
Animal Logic - Hilltop Hoods, I Love It
Brent "Quincy" Buchanan - The Grindhouse - Jackson Firebird, Cock Rockin'
Emma Tomelty - Hermitude, Speak Of The Devil
Darcy Prendergast - Kate Miller-Heidke, I'll Change Your Mind
Josh Logue - Lanie Lane, Oh Well, The What's You Get Falling In Love With A Cowboy
Natasha Pincus - Missy Higgins, Everyone's Waiting - WINNER
Sam Bennetts - Bluejuice, Act Yr Age
Best Classical Album
Jose Carbo with Slava & Leonard Grigoryan - My Latin Heart
Antipodes - Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Sally Whitwell - The Good, The Bad and The Awkward
Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
William Barton - Kalkadungu - WINNER
Best Jazz Album
Barney McAll - Graft
Grace Knight - Keep Cool Fool
James Morrison - Snappy Too
McGann - Wending
Sarah McKenzie - Close Your Eyes - WINNER
Steven Rossitto - Night & Day
Congrats to all of the winners!
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