ARIA Awards 2026: Tame Impala to receive ARIA Global Impact Award on Channel 10 and Paramount+ – Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker will receive the ARIA Global Impact Award Presented by Spotify at the 40th ARIA Awards. ARIA will hold the ceremony at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday 18 November.
The award recognises an Australian artist or act with international success and cultural influence over the previous 12 months. The ARIA Board chooses its recipient. The honour joins the ARIA Hall of Fame as one of the ceremony’s major distinctions.
A global year for Tame Impala
The recognition follows Tame Impala’s fifth album, Deadbeat. Its single Dracula spent 18 weeks in the ARIA Top 10. It peaked at No. 4. The project has also claimed more than 20 top-10 single placings globally. It has earned Gold or higher accreditation in 16 countries.
Parker’s current world tour has taken Tame Impala to its biggest Australian arena shows. The act recorded close to 4.5 billion global streams in the past year. It reached nearly 98 million listeners and 141 million playlist additions. The United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Brazil rank among its biggest Spotify markets.
Tame Impala has eight ARIA nominations. They include Album of the Year, Solo Artist, Best Pop Release, Best Dance/Electronic Release, Best Alternative Release and Song of the Year. Parker also has nominations for Best Engineered Release and Best Produced Release.
I just found out I am this year’s recipient of the Global Impact Award at the ARIAs, which is huge, it’s such an honour, obviously. I’m going to be at the ARIA Awards to receive it in person, so I’ll see you there. Thank you!
Kevin Parker
ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said the honour reflected Parker’s international audience and the longevity of his work.
Kevin Parker has spent nearly 20 years making records that the rest of the world can’t stop playing.
Annabelle Herd, ARIA CEO
How to watch the 2026 ARIA Awards
The award adds another Tame Impala thread to the 40th-anniversary ceremony. Fans have already cast more than one million votes. They can vote in Song of the Year, Best Live Act, Best Video and Best International Artist.
Paramount+ will stream the 2026 ARIA Awards live from 5.00pm AEDT. Channel 10 will air the ceremony after Big Brother. ARIA’s red-carpet livestream starts at 1.00pm AEDT across its social channels, including YouTube.
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