ARIA Award for Producer of the Year

{{Infobox award

| name = ARIA Award for Producer of the Year

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)

| country = Australia

| year = 1987

| holder = Chris Collins for Pratts & Pain by Royel Otis (2024)

| website = {{URL|ariaawards.com.au}}

}}

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",{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-awards.htm|title=30th Annual ARIA Awards - 2016|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=4 November 2016}} and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |title=What We Do |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129113827/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |archive-date=29 January 2012 |df=dmy }}

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.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305065744/http://cp.lacdn.net/ariaawards/uploads/ARIA-2011-Eligibility%20Criteria-and-Category-Definitions.pdf|url=http://cp.lacdn.net/ariaawards/uploads/ARIA-2011-Eligibility%20Criteria-and-Category-Definitions.pdf|title=ARIA 2011 - Eligibility Criteria and Category Definitions|first=Turlough|last=O'Brolchain|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|pages=1, 7|archive-date=5 March 2014|access-date=4 November 2016}}ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Producer-Of-The-Year?view=list#|title=Winners by Award – Producer of the Year|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=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.{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm | url = http://www.aria_awards.com.au/main.htm | title = 17th Annual ARIA Awards | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | archive-date = 22 February 2004 | access-date = 4 November 2016 | url-status = dead }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.

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=

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="19%" | Producer(s)

! width="19%" | Work title(s) and original recording artist(s)

rowspan="13" align="center" | 1987
{{small|(1st)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| rowspan="5"|Mark Opitz

| Models' Media by Models

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Bad Moon Rising" by The Reels

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Good Times" by INXS and Jimmy Barnes

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "No Lies" by Noiseworks

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Sex and Fame" by Jump Incorporated

Alan Thorne

| Gossip by Paul Kelly

Brian Canham

| "Funky Town" by Pseudo Echo

rowspan="3"|Charles Fisher

| "Blood Is the Colour" by Tango Bravo

"Wait Up" by The Cockroaches

Plaza Suite by Martin Plaza

rowspan="2"|Ross Fraser

| Whispering Jack by John Farnham

"Flash King Cadillac" by John Justin

align="center" | 1988
{{small|(2nd)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Mark Opitz

| style="background:#FAEB86"|

rowspan="10" align="center" | 1989
{{small|(3rd)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| rowspan="3"|Ross Fraser

| Age of Reason by John Farnham

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "When the Word Came Down" by Separate Tables

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Real Love" by The State

Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin

| Hold On to Me by The Black Sorrows

rowspan="2"|Charles Fisher

| "That's When I Think of You" by 1927

"Fingertips" by The Cockroaches

Simon Hussey

| Edge by Daryl Braithwaite

rowspan="2"|Les Karski, Guy Gray

| "Dark Age" by The Hippos

"Clarity of Mind" by Spy vs Spy

align="center" | 1990
{{small|(4th)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Andrew Farriss

| style="background:#FAEB86"|

rowspan="5" align="center" | 1991
{{small|(5th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

|rowspan="4"|Ross Fraser

| Work(s) by John Farnham

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Work(s) by Southern Sons

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Work(s) by Girl Overboard

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Work(s) by Skyhooks

rowspan="12" align="center" | 1992
{{small|(6th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

|rowspan="3"|Simon Hussey

| "On My Own" by Craig McLachlan

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "The Horses", "Higher than Hope", "Don't Hold Back Your Love" by Daryl Braithwaite

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Slave" by James Reyne

Mark Moffatt, Gavin Campbell, Robert Goodge, Paul Main

| "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi, remixed by Filthy Lucre

rowspan="3"|Nick Mainsbridge

| "Water" by Def FX

"Blind Love Don't Go Now" by Ratcat

"Lifeboat" by Tall Tales and True

rowspan="2"|Richard Pleasance

| "Don't Cry" by Richard Pleasance

"It's Only the Beginning", "Release Me", "White Roses" by Deborah Conway

rowspan="2"|Ross Fraser

| "Hold Me in Your Arms" by Southern Sons

"In Days to Come", "That's Freedom" by John Farnham

rowspan="10" align="center" | 1993
{{small|(7th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| rowspan="2"|Simon Hussey

|"Nothing to Lose" by Daryl Braithwaite

style="background:#FAEB86"

| "Motor City (I Get Lost)", "Sweet Love", "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" by Company of Strangers

rowspan="2"|David Hirschfelder

| "Everything's Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens

"I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Kate Ceberano

rowspan="2"|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

rowspan="2"|Tony Cohen

| This Is Not the Way Home by The Cruel Sea

"Get Thee to a Nunnery" by TISM

rowspan="8" align="center" | 1994
{{small|(8th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Tony Cohen

| The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22aria+awards%22&pg=PA51 | title = New Artists, Indie Labels Dominate Australian Music Awards | last = Baker | first = Glenn A. | author-link = Glenn A. Baker | magazine = Billboard | publisher = Prometheus Global Media | page = 51 | date = 16 April 1994 | access-date = 5 November 2016 }}

rowspan="3"|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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 1995
{{small|(9th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Tony Cohen

|Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Dale |date=August 2017 |title=Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer |publisher=Dale Blair |url=http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |access-date=17 November 2020 |page=167 |archive-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307080940/http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |url-status=dead }} 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.

Daniel Denholm

David Bridie

Paul McKercher

Phil McKellar

rowspan="6" align="center" | 1996
{{small|(10th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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{{#tag:ref|Australian Recording Industry Association incorrectly spells producer, Victor Van Vugt, as Victor Vaughan.{{Cite web | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=D&artist=Dave%20Graney | title = ARIA Awards 2010: History: Winners by Artist: Dave Graney | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 5 November 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 |title=ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Year: 1996 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 |archive-date=14 December 2007 }}|group="nb"|name="VanVugt"}}

| The Soft 'N Sexy Sound by Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes

rowspan="10" align="center" | 1997
{{small|(11th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

|rowspan=4| Charles Fisher

| "Down on Me" by Hoodoo Gurus

style="background:#FAEB86"

|"I Am Australian" by Judith Durham, Russell Hitchcock, Mandawuy Yunupingu

style="background:#FAEB86"

|Savage Garden by Savage Garden

style="background:#FAEB86"

|Far Shore by The Seekers

David Bridie

| "Mary" by Monique Brumby

Nick Launay

| Freak Show by Silverchair

Paul Begaud

| Telling Everybody by Human Nature

rowspan=2|Tim Whitten

| Furious by Fini Scad

Double Allergic by Powderfinger

rowspan="7" align="center" | 1998
{{small|(12th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Magoo, Regurgitator

| Unit by Regurgitator

Paul Begaud

| Whisper Your Name by Human Nature

Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar

| "Hard Times" by The Cruel Sea

rowspan="2"|Charles Fisher

| "Universe" by Savage Garden

The Bush Girl by The Seekers

Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman

| Eternal Nightcap by The Whitlams

rowspan="10" align="center" | 1999
{{small|(13th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Bachelor Girl

| Waiting for the Day by Bachelor Girl

rowspan="2"|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

rowspan="2"|Nick Launay

| "Supposed to Be Here", "24000", "This Is the Sound", "Come to Take You Home" by Primary

Neon Ballroom by Silverchair

rowspan="3"|Magoo

| "Pump it Up" by Automatic

"Loverama" by Custard

Sand on Seven by Not from There

Phil McKellar

| Grand Slam by Spiderbait

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2000
{{small|(14th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="7" align="center" | 2001
{{small|(15th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Bobbydazzler ({{abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} 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

rowspan="8" align="center" | 2002
{{small|(16th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2003
{{small|(17th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2004
{{small|(18th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2005
{{small|(19th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2006
{{small|(20th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2007
{{small|(21st)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2008
{{small|(22nd)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2009
{{small|(23rd)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2010
{{small|(24th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Angus & Julia Stone

| Various tracks on Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone{{#tag:ref|Angus and Julia Stone produced "Black Crow", "For You", "Santa Monica Dream", "Yellow Brick Road", "Walk It Off", and "Hush".|group="nb"}}

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

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2011
{{small|(25th)}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Wally De Backer (aka Gotye)

| "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra