Orders are now being taken for Industry tickets to this year's ARIA Awards. In past year's all industry tickets have sold out so we encourage you to get your orders in early.

Note that orders will only be accepted upon receipt of payment.

Click here to go to the Industry Tickets page, where you'll find a link to download the order form. Showgroup, our official travel partner, has also supplied a travel form should you wish to make any hotel or flight bookings.

The 930 members of the judging panel have now reviewed 853 entries and cast their votes.

The Final Five nominees in each category will be announced at the Nominations Event (entry by invitation only) to be held at the Sydney Theatre on Wednesday, September 19. At this event the winners in the Artisan Awards (Best Video, Best Cover Art, Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year) will be announced.

The winners of the ARIA Fine Arts Awards (Best Jazz Album, Best Classical Album, Best World Music Album, and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album will be announced on Monday, 0ctober 15.

Tomorrow 930 judges will commence their review of 853 entries to select the best Australian music released in the last 12 months.

Since their inception, the ARIA Awards have been peer-voted, ensuring their credibility and prestige both within the industy and in the wider community.

Of the 28 awards, 26 are decided by the voting panel, with the Highest Selling Album and Single categories decided by audited sales reports.

Voting runs until Friday, August 24. All votes are placed via a secure website developed and managed by our partners Gruden. At 5pm on August 24 the website is closed to everyone but Deloitte, who review the results and ensure there are no anomalies. Deloitte then deliver the top contenders in each category for the official announcement of the Final Five Nominees on Wednesday, September 19.