Tweet your vote for #ARIAs Best Australian Live Act

It’s a huge year for the ARIAs (@ARIA_Official), with the awards scheduled to be bigger than ever on Twitter.

For the first time ever, music fans can vote via Twitter for this year’s #ARIAs.

In an Australian awards show first, @ARIA_Official CEO Dan Rosen announced today that music fans will be able to vote via Twitter for the Best Australian Live Act.

All you have to do is send a Tweet with the hashtag of the artist you want to win. Voting will remain open from now until the winner is announced live on 26 November during the #ARIAs broadcast on @channelten.

Here is a list of the nominees hashtags to use to vote for them:

• #ARIAS5SOS
• #ARIASHERMITUDE
• #ARIASHILLTOPHOODS
• #ARIASGANGOFYOUTHS
• #ARIASNICKCAVE
• #ARIASPAULKELLY
• #ARIASVANCEJOY
• #ARIASSHEPPARD
• #ARIASTHEPREATURES
• #ARIASCOURTNEYBARNETT

Voting is live now, so get Tweeting (you can vote more than once)!

In another Australian awards show first, the #ARIAS nominations were announced live via Twitter.

Courtney Barnett (@courtneymelba) is already a winner, with the most nominations. She is up for eight awards. Hermitude (@HermitudeMusic) and Vance Joy (@vancejoy) aren’t far behind with seven nominations each.

And who can pick between the incredible list of noms for Best International Act? The category includes Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13), Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) , Sam Smith (@samsmithworld), Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) , One Direction (@onedirection), Foo Fighters (@foofighters), Hozier (@Hozier) , Mark Ronson (@MarkRonson), Meghan Trainor (@Meghan_Trainor), and James Bay (@JamesBayMusic).

Show your support for your favourite artist by Tweeting now!