The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has announced the five nominees for the 2026 ARIA Award for Best Use of an Australian Recording in an Advertisement.

The nominees are:

Special Australia for Uber Eats, The Man LAROI, featuring The Kid LAROI

HERO for Toyota, Nice to Know it Could, featuring Amyl and The Sniffers

Hello for Paramount+ All Fired Up, AFC Women’s Asian Cup featuring G Flip

Fox Sports Australia for Fox Sports Australia, Finals Footy, featuring 3%, Fred Leone and Scribe

Tourism WA for Tourism WA, Walking On A Dream,  featuring Empire Of The Sun, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Billy-Jo Shoveller

The winner will be announced at the 2026 ARIA Awards in partnership with Spotify on Wednesday, November 18 at the Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land.

Annabelle Herd, CEO, ARIA, stated, “Every campaign on this list could have chosen to license anything in the world. They all chose an Australian record. A local artist is an incredibly powerful choice to tell a local story, and equally, a line in an agency’s music budget can change an artist’s career. Congratulations to all five nominees. Thank you to every agency and brand backing homegrown music for homegrown campaigns.”