SYDNEY, Australia — Those dangerous-looking ARIA Awards are now safely in the possession of this year’s respective winners, though the industry is still soaking up the spoils.

Labels association ARIA today (Dec. 3) announces “a record year of engagement across Australia and the world,” through its new partnership with Spotify for the annual ARIA Awards.

Two weeks after the 2025 ARIAs, organizers report 696,836 public votes were cast across Spotify and the ARIA website, a total that’s more than 200% up from the previous year.

The sum is broken down to 614,490 via Spotify and 82,316 via aria.com.au, for one of the “strongest” votes in the awards’ 39-year history.

Music fans were this year invited to vote on four categories: song of the year, best Australian live act, best video, and most

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