Aria awards 2022: Indigenous rapper Baker Boy wins album of the year

Tones And I won song of the year for Cloudy Day – the fifth Aria of her career – at the first in-person ceremony since 2019

Indigenous rapper Baker Boy has won album of the year at the 2022 Aria awards for his critically acclaimed Gela, while Tones And I has won song of the year.

It was the fifth ARIA award for Tones And I, otherwise known as Toni Watson, who said the 2022 awards had a strong lineup.

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Aria awards 2022: Rüfüs Du Sol and Amyl and the Sniffers among top nominees

Dance group leads with seven nominations, with Flume, the Kid Laroi, Baker Boy and Vance Joy also winning multiple nods

Rüfüs Du Sol has dominated the 2022 Aria award nominations, featuring in a total of seven categories, followed by Amyl and the Sniffers and Flume.

The Sydney electronic trio’s latest album, Surrender, continues to pay dividends for the band, who won best group and best dance song for their track Alive at last year’s Arias. Alive also won them best dance song at this year’s Grammy awards.

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