ARIA Award for Best New Talent
# ARIA Award for Best New Talent

The ARIA Music Award for Best New Talent was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 1998.

The award for Best New Talent was first presented in 1987. Crowded House won the award with their single "Don't Dream It's Over". It was retired after the 1998 awards with Natalie Imbruglia winning the final award for her album Left of the Middle.

## 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.

| Year | Winner(s) | Album/single title |
| - | - | - |
| 1987 (1st) |
| 1987 (1st) | Crowded House | "Don't Dream It's Over" |
| 1987 (1st) | Big Pig | "Hungry Town" |
| 1987 (1st) | Boom Crash Opera | "Great Wall", "Hands Up in the Air" |
| 1987 (1st) | Ups and Downs | "The Living Kind" |
| 1987 (1st) | Wa Wa Nee | "Stimulation" |
| 1988 (2nd) |
| 1988 (2nd) | Weddings Parties Anything | Scorn of the Women |
| 1988 (2nd) | Dave Dobbyn | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | James Reyne | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Lime Spiders | — |
| 1988 (2nd) | Painters and Dockers | — |
| 1989 (3rd) |
| 1989 (3rd) | Johnny Diesel & The Injectors | "Don't Need Love" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Died Pretty | Lost |
| 1989 (3rd) | Go 101 | "Build It Up" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Roaring Jack | The Cat Among the Pigeons |
| 1989 (3rd) | The State | "Real Love" |
| 1990 (4th) |
| 1990 (4th) | Gyan | Gyan |
| 1990 (4th) | The Hummingbirds | loveBUZZ |
| 1990 (4th) | Martha's Vineyard | Martha's Vineyard |
| 1990 (4th) | Tall Tales and True | Shiver |
| 1990 (4th) | Tania Bowra | Heaven and Earth |
| 1991 (5th) |
| 1991 (5th) | Archie Roach | Charcoal Lane |
| 1991 (5th) | Doug Anthony Allstars | Icon |
| 1991 (5th) | Sea Stories | Miller's Pond |
| 1991 (5th) | Mary-Jo Starr | Too Many Movies |
| 1991 (5th) | The Screaming Jets | "C'mon" |
| 1992 (6th) |
| 1992 (6th) | Underground Lovers | Underground Lovers |
| 1992 (6th) | Degenerates | Out Of My Head |
| 1992 (6th) | Euphoria | "Love You Right" |
| 1992 (6th) | Melissa | "Read My Lips" |
| 1992 (6th) | Jo Beth Taylor | "99 Reasons" |
| 1993 (7th) |
| 1993 (7th) | Things of Stone and Wood | "Share This Wine" |
| 1993 (7th) | Caligula | Caligula |
| 1993 (7th) | Girlfriend | Make It Come True |
| 1993 (7th) | Rick Price | "Not a Day Goes By" |
| 1993 (7th) | Tiddas | Inside My Kitchen |
| 1994 (8th) |
| 1994 (8th) | The Badloves | Get On Board |
| 1994 (8th) | Margot Smith | "Sleeping With The Lion" |
| 1994 (8th) | The Robertson Brothers | "I Know Why" |
| 1994 (8th) | Swoop | Thriller |
| 1994 (8th) | Vincent Stone | "Sunshine" |
| 1995 (9th) |
| 1995 (9th) | Silverchair | Frogstomp |
| 1995 (9th) | Magic Dirt | Life Was Better |
| 1995 (9th) | Max Sharam | A Million Year Girl |
| 1995 (9th) | Merril Bainbridge | "Mouth" |
| 1995 (9th) | The Truth | "My Heavy Friend" |
| 1996 (10th) |
| 1996 (10th) | Monique Brumby | "Fool for You" |
| 1996 (10th) | Fiona Kernaghan | Cypress Grove |
| 1996 (10th) | Human Nature | "Got It Goin' On" |
| 1996 (10th) | Rail | Bad Hair Life |
| 1996 (10th) | Ute | Under The External |
| 1997 (11th) |
| 1997 (11th) | The Superjesus | Eight Step Rail |
| 1997 (11th) | Fini Scad | "Coppertone" / "Testrider" |
| 1997 (11th) | Frank Bennett | Five O'Clock Shadow |
| 1997 (11th) | Jebediah | "Jerks of Attention" |
| 1997 (11th) | Rani | "Always On My Mind" |
| 1998 (12th) |
| 1998 (12th) | Natalie Imbruglia | Left of the Middle |
| 1998 (12th) | Bachelor Girl | "Buses and Trains" |
| 1998 (12th) | Diana Ah Naid | "I Go Off" |
| 1998 (12th) | Groove Terminator | "Losing Ground" |
| 1998 (12th) | Marie Wilson | "Next Time" |
