The 2019 ARIA Awards were held last night, and as expected, Byron Bay's very own Tones And I was the big winner. She took home four awards, for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, Breakthrough Artist and Best Independent Release.

Guy Sebastian, Dean Lewis and The Teskey Brothers also won multiple awards, with Guy winning two publicly voted categories; grabbing the Best Video and Song Of The Year Awards.

The night was full of highlights, so if you didn't get a chance to watch the event - here's what you missed.

Tones And I's heartfelt acceptance speech

Honestly, what can't she do?

thelma plum performing with kira Puru and Mojo Juju

Seeing three women of colour perform on Australian national TV is sadly a rare occurrence, but Thelma performing Better In Blak in a lone spotlight was really something else. 

This was a fucking highlight in my career and @ThelmaPlum_ deserves every damn accolade she gets and more https://t.co/BU8dQXZheV

— Kira Puru (@kirapuru) November 27, 2019

Bob Irwin presenting while wearing a snake

Not sure we'd be brave enough to pull this off...

Yes Robert Irwin is presenting with a snake #Arias pic.twitter.com/xvbLR4BGS9

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) November 27, 2019

Halsey's ARIAs performance

Arguably THE highlight of the night.

halsey her performance was once again: flawless #ARIAs @halsey pic.twitter.com/YUhkp7qJ0D

— milena, but (@aureumhopeless) November 27, 2019

Hilltop Hoods giving their stance on a hot topic

Now we know what they're thinking about every day.

Hilltop Hoods just dropped our first ‘Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself’ of the night in their Best Live Act acceptance speech. #ARIAs

— Jeremy Dylan (@mrjeremydylan) November 27, 2019

Ball Park Music's tweets

Ball Park Music may not have been at the ARIAs - but their Twitter feed would have made you think differently.

We’re probably going to do the Tones and I in reverse and finish our career busking on the streets of Byron #ARIAs

— Ball Park Music (@ballparkmusic) November 27, 2019

Sampa The Great winning Best Hip Hop Release

A well and truly deserved recognition of one of Australia's best musicians. 

Omg and @Sampa_The_Great! They are getting this RIGHT! #ARIAs

— MickRad (@mickrad) November 27, 2019

If you missed it, here's the full list of winners:

Album Of The Year
WINNER: Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 

Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse 

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace 

The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak 

Best Male Artist
WINNER: Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 

Guy Sebastian - Choir 

Hayden James - Between Us

Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley 

Paul Kelly - Nature  

Best Female Artist
WINNER: Tones And I - Dance Monkey

Amy Shark - Mess Her Up 

Jessica Mauboy - Little Things 

Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak 

 

Best Dance Release

WINNER: RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace 

Dom Dolla - Take It 

FISHER - You Little Beauty 

Peking Duk & Jack River - Sugar 

PNAU - Solid Gold 

Best Group
WINNER: The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier 

Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord 

Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse 

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Solace 

Breakthrough Artist
WINNER: Tones And I - Dance Monkey 

G Flip - About Us 

Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs 

The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak 

Best Pop Release
WINNER: Tones And I - Dance Monkey 

Amy Shark - Mess Her Up 

Dean Lewis - A Place We Knew 

Guy Sebastian - Choir 

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak 

Best Hip Hop Release
WINNER: Sampa The Great - Final Form 

Baker Boy - Cool As Hell 

Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse 

Illy - Then What 

Tkay Maidza - Awake feat. JPEGMAFIA 

Best Soul/R&B Release
WINNER: Kaiit - Miss Shiney 

Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley 

Adrian Eagle - AOK 

Genesis Owusu - WUTD + Vultures 

Tash Sultana - Can't Buy Happiness 

Best Independent Release
WINNER: Tones And I - The Kids Are Coming 

Angie McMahon - Salt 

G Flip - About Us 

Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Best Rock Album
WINNER: Amyl and The Sniffers - Amyl and The Sniffers 

Holy Holy - My Own Pool Of Light 

Jimmy Barnes - My Criminal Record 

Midnight Oil - Armistice Day: Live at The Domain, Sydney 

Skegss - My Own Mess 

Best Adult Contemporary Album
WINNER: Paul Kelly - Nature 

Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

Samantha Jade - The Magic of Christmas 

Seeker Lover Keeper - Wild Seeds 

The Paper Kites - On The Corner Where You Live 

Best Country Album
WINNER: Morgan Evans - Things We Drink To 

Charlie Collins - Snowpine 

Felicity Urquhart - Frozen Rabbit 

Lee Kernaghan - Backroad Nation 

Sara Storer - Raindance 

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
WINNER: Northlane - Alien 

Clowns - Nature/Nurture 

Dead Letter Circus - Dead Letter Circus 

DZ Deathrays - Positive Rising: Part 1 

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats’ Nest 

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Dan Sultan - Aviary Takes 

John Butler Trio - HOME 

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Fishing For Fishies 

Paul Kelly - Live At Sydney Opera House 

Best Children's Album
WINNER: Dan Sultan - Nali & Friends 

Kamil Ellis and Ensemble Offspring - Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming 

Regurgitator's Pogogo Show - The Really Really Really Really Boring Album 

The Beanies - Imagination Station 

The Wiggles - Party Time! 

Best Comedy Release
WINNER: Arj Barker - Organic 

Carl Barron - Drinking With A Fork 

Chris Lilley - Lunatics 

Sammy J - Symphony In J Minor 

Veronica & Lewis - Sex Flex: A Rap Guide To Fornication 

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS 

Best Video presented by YouTube Music
WINNER: Guy Sebastian - Choir 

Baker Boy - Cool As Hell 

Briggs - Life Is Incredible feat. Greg Holden 

G Flip - Drink Too Much 

Hilltop Hoods - Exit Sign feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal 

Jessica Mauboy - Little Things 

PNAU - Solid Gold 

Sampa The Great - Final Form 

Thelma Plum - Better In Blak 

Tones And I - Dance Monkey 

Best Australian Live Act

WINNER: Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse World Tour 

Amy Shark - Amy Shark Australian Tour 

Baker Boy - Cool As Hell Tour 

Electric Fields - 2000 And Whatever Tour 

Gang Of Youths - Say Yes To Life Tour 

Keith Urban - Graffiti U Tour 2019 

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Australian Tour 2019 

Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil 

Peking Duk - Peking Duk's Biggest Tour Ever… So Far 

The Teskey Brothers - The Teskey Brothers - Intimate Venue Tour 

Song Of The Year presented by YouTube Music

WINNER: Guy Sebastian - Choir 

5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier 

Amy Shark - Mess Her Up 

Birds Of Tokyo - Good Lord 

Dean Lewis - 7 Minutes 

Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely 

Kian - Waiting 

Morgan Evans - Day Drunk 

Ocean Alley - Confidence 

Tones and I - Dance Monkey 

Best International Artist

WINNER: Taylor Swift - Lover 

Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next 

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 

Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project 

George Ezra - Staying At Tamara’s 

Khalid - Free Spirit 

P!nk - Hurts 2B Human 

Post Malone - Hollywood’s Bleeding 

Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes 

Travis Scott - Astroworld 

Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year
WINNER: Antonio Chiappetta 

Bel Skinner 

Julie Rennick 

Lee Strickland 

ARTISAN AWARDS

Best Cover Art

WINNER: Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum - Better in Blak

Ben Jones forAmyl and The Sniffers - Amyl and The Sniffers 

Jonathan Zawada for Flume - Hi This is Flume (Mixtape) 

Nick Mckk for Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

Lucy Dyson for Paul Kelly - Nature 

Emilie Pfitzner for Thelma Plum - Better In Blak  

Engineer Of The Year

WINNER: Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse 

Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience 

Sam Teskey for The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow 

Konstantin Kersting for Tones And I - Dance Monkey 

Producer Of The Year

WINNER: Dann Hume for Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley 

Dann Hume for Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley 

Kevin Parker for Tame Impala - Patience 

Burke Reid for Julia Jacklin - Crushing 

Paul Kelly and Steven Schram for Paul Kelly - Nature 

Konstantin Kersting for Tones And I - Dance Monkey 

 
FINE ARTS AWARDS

Best Classical Album

WINNER: Paul Kelly, James Ledger - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds 

Diana Doherty, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake, David Robertson, Synergy Vocals- Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music  

Genevieve Lacey - Soliloquy: Telemann Solo Fantasias  

Grigoryan Brothers, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey - Bach Concertos 

Nicole Car, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti - Heroines 

Paul Kelly, James Ledger - Thirteen Ways To Look At Birds 

Best Jazz Album

WINNER: Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky - TRYST  

Andrea Keller - Transients Vol.1  

Angela Davis - Little Did They Know  

Barney McAll - Zephyrix 

Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky - TRYST  

Phil Slater - The Dark Pattern 

Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

WINNER: Various Artists - The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) 

Burkhard Dallwitz - LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 

Gang Of Youths - MTV Unplugged (Live in Melbourne) 

Luke Howard - The Sand That Ate The Sea 

Trials - Cargo 

Various Artists - The Recording Studio (Music From The TV Series) 

Best World Music Album

WINNER: Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year Of Ska 

Chaika – Arrow 

Joseph Tawadros - Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower 

Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year Of Ska 

Tara Tiba - Omid 

Zela Margossian Quintet - Transition