Taylor Swift To Perform At This Year’s Aria Awards

The Aria Awards have announced this year’s international act as the deaf-defying Taylor Swift. Swift, whose current single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together has gone double platinum in Australia, will be performing alongside a plethora of local talent, including The Temper Trap, The Jezabels and Hilltop Hoods.

Each of the aforementioned Australian acts are nominated for this year’s Best Group Aria Award while The Temper Trap and The Jezabels are also vying for Album of the Year, coming up against 360, Gotye and Missy Higgins. As for the involvement of Swift in the annual celebration, Aria CEO Dan Rosen feels that the presence of the pop country princess will add to the luster of the evening.

“Taylor Swift is a genuine superstar on the international stage… we welcome Taylor and look forward to having her join an amazing lineup of Australian performers on our industry’s biggest night,” Rosen stated in a press release.

As Music Feeds previously reported, the 26th Aria Awards have been moved to a new day in a different location, shifting from its traditional Sunday slot to Thursday, November 29 and leaving the sizeable confines of Allphones Arena in Olympic Park for Sydney’s Entertainment Centre.

You can check out the full list of Aria Award Nominees below…

2012 Aria Award Nominees:

Album of the Year

360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate/EMI)

Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music Australia)

Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazze (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)

The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)

The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)

Best Male Artist

360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)

Angus Stone – Broken Brights (Capitol / EMI)

Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music Australia)

Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars (Sony Music)

Keith Urban – For You (Capitol / EMI)

Matt Corby – Into The Flame (Mercury / UMA)

Best Female Artist

Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha (Sony Music)

Kimbra – Vows (Warner Music Australia)

Lanie Lane – To The Horse (Ivy League Records)

Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)

Washington – Insomnia (Mercury / UMA)

Best Group

Boy & Bear – Big Man (Island/UMA)

Cold Chisel – No Plans (Warner Music Australia)

Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun (Island/UMA)

The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)

The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)

Breakthrough Artist – Release

360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)

Alpine – A Is For Alpine (Ivy League Records)

Lanie Lane – To The Horses (Ivy League Records)

Matt Corby – Brother (Mercury / UMA)

San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)

Best Independent Release

Dappled Cities – Lake Air (Hub The Label / Inertia)

Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies (Kin Music)

San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)

The Bamboos – Medicine Man (Inertia Recordings)

The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Darren Hayes – Secret Codes And Battleships (Mercury / UMA)

Husky – Forever So (Liberation Music)

Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows (Ivy League Records)

Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies (Kin Music)

Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)

Best Blues & Roots Album

Angus Stone – Broken Brights (Capitol / EMI)

Jeff Lang – Carried In Mind (ABC Music)

Lanie Lane – To The Horses (Ivy League Records)

Mia Dyson – The Moment (Black Door Records / MGM)

Paul Green & The Other Colours – Behind The Stars (ABC Music)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

Buried In Verona – Notorious (UNFD / Warner)

DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams (I OH YOU/Illusive Sounds)

Frenzal Rhomb – Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (How much did I fucking pay for this records?)

House Vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth (UNFD / Warner)

Sleepmakeswaves – …and so we destroyed everything (Birds Robe Records / GREEN)

Best Pop Release

Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music Australia)

Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars (Sony Music)

Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha (Sony Music)

Kimbra – Vows (Warner Music Australia)

San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)

Best Rock Album

Children Collide – Monument (UMA)

Cold Chisel – No Plans (Warner Music Australia)

Oh Mercy – Deep Heat (EMI)

The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)

The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)

Best Urban Album

360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)

Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun (Golden Era/Island/UMA)

Katalyst – Deep Impressions (Invada / Remote Control Records)

The Bamboos – Medicine Man (Inertia Recordings)

The Herd – Future Shade (Elefant Traks / Inertia)

Best Children’s Album

Bananas In Pyjamas – Playtime (ABC Music)

dirtgirlworld – dirtgirl rocks the planet (kidindy)

Hi-5 – Sing It Loud (Sony Music)

Rhys Muldoon – I’m Not Singing (ABC Music)

The Wiggles – Surfer Jeff (ABC Music)

Best Comedy Release

Anthony Salame – Is This thing On? (Punchline Comedy)

Arj Barker – Joy Harvest (Punchline Comedy)

Buddy Goode – Unappropriate (ABC Music)

Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World (Words And Music Entertainment/Buxstock)

The Beards – Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard (MGM)

Best Country Album

Beccy Cole – Songs and Pictures (Sony Music)

Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough (ABC Music)

McAlister Kemp – Country Proud (ABC Music)

The McClymonts – Two Worlds Collide (UMA)

Troy Cassar-Daley – Home (Liberation Music)

Best Dance Release

Havana Brown – When The Lights Go Out (Island/UMA)

Hermitude – Hyperparadise (Elefant Traks / Inertia)

Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay – In My Mind (Neon Records)

Knife Party – Rage Valley (Earstorm / Neon Records / Warner Music Australia)

Sneaky Sound System – From Here To Anywhere (Modular Recordings)

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