ARIA Award for Best Rock Album

The ARIA Music Award for Best Rock Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] since 1987.It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry.The accolade is voted for by the ARIA Judging Academy, which consists of 1000 members from different areas of the music industry, and is given to a solo artist or group who is either from Australia or an Australian resident.[3] The award for Best Rock Album has been won by Powderfinger the most time, with three wins, for: Internationalist (1999), Odyssey Number Five (2000) and Vulture Street.[4] 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.
Australian Recording Industry AssociationRoyel OtisPratts & PainARIA Music AwardAussiemodern rockactive rockformatsPowderfingerInternationalistOdyssey Number FiveVulture Street(12th)The SuperjesusThe AngelsSkin & BoneThe Screaming JetsWorld Gone Crazy(13th)Cold ChiselThe Last Wave of SummerFrenzal RhombA Man's Not a CamelHenry's AngerSilverchairNeon Ballroom(14th)Killing HeidiReflectorArea-7Bitter & TwistedDeadstarGrinspoonShihadThe General Electric(15th)The Living EndRoll OnThe Mark of CainMotor AceFive Star LaundryJet Age(16th)DioramaAlex LloydWatching Angels MendNew DetentionShoot ThisThe VinesHighly Evolved(17th)Magic DirtTough LoveNick Cave and the Bad SeedsNocturamaThe Sleepy JacksonLoversSomething for KateThe Official Fiction(18th)Get BornDallas CraneEskimo JoeA Song Is a CityModern ArtillerySpiderbaitTonight Alright(19th)Thrills, Kills & Sunday PillsEvermoreDreamsLittle BirdyBigBigLoveLove Is the New HateThe Cat EmpireTwo Shoes(20th)WolfmotherAugie MarchMoo, You Bloody ChoirBlack Fingernails, Red WineState of EmergencyYou Am IConvicts(21st)Young ModernAirbourneRunnin' WildAlibis & Other LiesShine OnDream Days at the Hotel Existence(22nd)White NoiseEddy Current Suppression RingPrimary ColoursBe the TwilightGyroscopeBreed ObsessionDig, Lazarus, Dig!!!(23rd)Black IceThe DronesHavilahInshallaShaka RockThe Temper TrapConditions(24th)Birds of TokyoCloud ControlBliss ReleaseGolden RuleTame ImpalaInnerspeaker(25th)The Ending Is Just the Beginning RepeatingChildren CollideTheory of EverythingGhosts of the PastJebediahKosciuszkoPapa Vs PrettyUnited in Isolation(26th)MonumentNo PlansOh MercyDeep HeatThe JezabelsPrisoner(27th)LonerismMarch FiresBoy & BearHarlequin DreamI See SeaweedThe Rubens(28th)Dan SultanBlackbirdAngus & Julia StoneBall Park MusicPuddingheadJimmy BarnesKingswood(29th)CurrentsCourtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitDead Letter CircusGang of YouthsThe PositionsThe PreaturesBlue Planet Eyes(30th)Violent SohoLimit of LoveLet Me Be Clear(31st)Go Farther in LightnessKillerDune RatsThe Kids Will Know It's BullshitPolish ClubGirlhood(32nd)Tell Me How You Really FeelCamp CopeHow to Socialise & Make FriendsFor NowLuca BrasiMiddle KidsLost Friends(33rd)Amyl and the SniffersHoly HolyMy Own Pool of LightMy Criminal RecordMidnight OilArmistice Day: Live at the Domain, SydneySkegssMy Own Mess(34th)The Slow RushBlood MoonThe GlowOcean AlleyLonely DiamondEverything Is A-OK(35th)Today We're the GreatestPower UpHello My Beautiful WorldThe Makarrata Project(36th)Comfort to MeWeirder & WeirderAngel in RealtimeKing StingraySpacey JaneHere Comes Everybody(37th)King Gizzard & the Lizard WizardIce, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and LavaBad//DreemsHoo Ha!How Many Dreams?G FlipDrummerPacific AvenueFlowers(38th)Angie McMahonLight, Dark, Light AgainWhatever, WhateverFlight b741Faith Crisis Pt 1ARIA Music AwardsAlbum of the YearBest Solo ArtistBest Adult Contemporary AlbumBest Blues and Roots AlbumBest Children's AlbumBest Country AlbumBest Dance ReleaseBest GroupBest Hard Rock or Heavy Metal AlbumBest Hip Hop ReleaseBest Independent ReleaseBest Pop ReleaseBest Soul/R&B ReleaseBreakthrough Artist – ReleaseSingle of the Year/Song of the YearBest Cover ArtEngineer of the YearProducer of the YearBest Classical AlbumBest Jazz AlbumBest Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show AlbumBest World Music AlbumBest Australian Live ActBest International ArtistBest VideoMusic Teacher of the YearBest Indigenous ReleaseBest Music DVDBest New TalentBest Urban AlbumBreakthrough Artist - AlbumBreakthrough Artist - SingleHighest Selling AlbumHighest Selling SingleSong of the Year (Songwriter)Best Adult Alternative AlbumBest Comedy ReleaseBest Female ArtistBest Male ArtistARIA Hall of Fame