Courtney Barnett, Hermitude and Vance Joy are leading the 2015 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association Awards) nomination list.

Courtney Barnett scored nominations in eight categories, while Hermitude and Vance Joy are close behind with seven nominations each. The trio are duking it out in three major categories: Album of The Year, Best Independent Release and Best Australian Live Act.

At the ARIA Awards event in Sydney in Oct. 7, Barnett had already won the Artisan award for Best Cover Art category, while Tame Impala’s frontman Kevin Parker picked up the Artisan Award for Producer of the year and Engineer of the year for his work on Impala’s latest album, “Currents.”

Here’s the full list of categories and nominations, courtesy of the ARIA’s official website. The winners will be announced at the main event to be held on Nov. 26, 2015.

TELSTRA ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

Flight Facilities - "Down To Earth"

Hermitude - "Dark Night Sweet Light"

Tame Impala - "Currents"

Vance Joy - "Dream Your Life Away"

SONG OF THE YEAR (publicly voted):

Conrad Sewell - "Start Again"

Grace - "You Don't Own Me featuring G-Eazy"

Iggy Azalea - "Trouble Featuring Jennifer Hudson"

Jarryd James - "Do You Remember"

Marlisa - "Stand By You"

Nathaniel - "Live Louder"

Peking Duk - "Take Me Over featuring Safia"

Sia - "Elastic Heart"

The Veronicas - "You Ruin Me"

Vance Joy - "Georgia"

BEST GROUP:

5 Seconds of Summer - "LiveSOS"

AC/DC - "Rock Or Bust"

Hermitude - "Dark Night Sweet Light"

Tame Impala - "Currents"

The Preatures - "Blue Planet Eyes"

BEST FEMALE ARTIST:

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

Jessica Mauboy - "Can I Get A Moment?"

Meg Mac - "MEGMAC EP"

Megan Washington - "There There"

Sia - "Elastic Heart"

BEST MALE ARTIST:

#1 Dads - "Nominal"

Daniel Johns - "Talk"

Guy Sebastian - "Tonight Again"

Jarryd James - "Do You Remember"

Vance Joy - "Dream Your Life Away"

BEST POP RELEASE:

Conrad Sewell - "Start Again"

Jarryd James - "Do You Remember"

Sia - "Elastic Heart"

Tame Impala - "Let It Happen"

Vance Joy - "Dream Your Life Away"

BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:

John Farnham & Olivia Newtown-John - "Two Strong Hearts"

Megan Washington - "There There"

Oh Mercy - "When We Talk About Love"

Paul Kelly - Paul Kelly Presents: "The Merri Soul Sessions"

Szymon - "Tigersapp"

BEST ROCK ALBUM:

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

Dead Letter Circus - "Aesthesis"

Gang of Youths - "The Positions"

Tame Impala - "Currents"

The Preatures - "Blue Planet Eye"

BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM:

Born Lion - "Final Words"

In Hearts Wake - "Skydancer"

King Parrot - "Dead Set"

Northlane - "Node"

Thy Art Is Murder - "Holy War"

BEST URBAN ALBUM:

Citizen Kay - "Demokracy"

Hiatus Kaiyote - "Choose Your Weapon"

Seth Sentry - "Strange New Past"

The Meeting Tree - "R U A Cop"

Tuka - "Life Death Time Eternal"

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST:

Conrad Sewell - "Start Again"

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

Gang of Youths - "The Positions"

Jarryd James - "Do You Remember"

Meg Mac - "Never Be"

BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT (publicly voted):

5 Seconds Of Summer - "Rock Out With Your Socks Out Tour"

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Album Tour"

Gang of Youths - "Gang of Youths National Tour"

Hermitude - "Dark Night Sweet Light Tour"

Hilltop Hoods - "Cosby Sweater Australian Tour"

Nick Cave - "Nick Cave Australian Tour"

Paul Kelly - "Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions Tour"

Sheppard - "The Bombs Away Tour"

The Preatures - "The Cruel Tour"

Vance Joy - "Dream Your Life Away Tour"

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE:

Courtney Barnett - "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit"

Hermitude - "Dark Night Sweet Light"

Jarryd James - "Do You Remember"

Paul Kelly - "Paul Kelly Presents The Merri Soul Sessions"

Vance Joy - "Dream Your Life Away"

BEST DANCE RELEASE:

Alison Wonderland - "Run"

Flight Facilities - "Down To Earth"

Hayden James - "Something About You"

Peking Duk - "Take Me Over Featuring Safia"

Rufus - "You Were Right"

BEST VIDEO (publicly voted):

Prad Senanayake for Alison Wonderland - "U Don't Know" featuring Wayne Coyne

Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian At Best"

Lorin Askill for Daniel Johns - "Aerial Love"

Delta Goodrem and Anthony Rose - "Wings"

Clemens Habicht for Flume - "Some Minds featuring Andrew Wyatt"

Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude - "Through The Roof featuring Young Tapz"

Duncan Toombs for Lee Kernaghan - "Spirit of the Anzacs"

Filmery for Shane Nicholson - "Secondhand Man"

Luci Schroder for Vance Joy - "Georgia"

Matt Sharp & Daniel James for The Veronicas - "You Ruin Me"

BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM:

CW Stoneking - "Gon' Boogaloo"

Marlon Williams - "Marlon Williams"

Black Sorrows - "Endless Sleep"

The Waifs - "Beautiful You"

Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - "The Rules Of Attraction"

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM:

Catherine Britt - "Boneshaker"

Lee Kernaghan - "Spirit Of The Anzacs"

Mustered Courage - "White Lies And Melodies"

Shane Nicholson - "Hell Breaks Loose"

Troy Cassar-Daley - "Freedom Ride"

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST (publicly voted):

Calvin Harris - "Motion"

Ed Sheeran - "X"

Foo Fighters - "Sonic Highways"

Hozier - "Hozier"

James Bay - "Chaos And The Calm"

Mark Ronson - "Uptown Special"

Meghan Trainor - "Title"

One Direction - "Four"

Sam Smith - "In The Lonely Hour"

Taylor Swift - "1989"

BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM:

Giggle and Hoot - "Hootastic Tunes"

Play School - "Favourite Things - Songs and Nursery Rhymes From Play School"

Rhys Muldoon - "Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good"

Sam Moran - "Play Along With Sam: Boo!"

The Wiggles - "Rock & Roll Preschool"

BEST COMEDY RELEASE:

Bondi Hipsters - Fuhck The Bahnks

Buddy Goode - Songs To Ruin Every Occasion

Matt Okine - Live At The Enmore Theatre

Ronny Chieng - Chieng Reaction

Sammy J & Randy - Live

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