ARIA Awards

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The ARIA Awards are an annual award by the Australian Recording Industry Association to local musicians. They are the most important music award in Australia.

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The first edition of the ARIA Awards took place on March 2, 1987. The Australian Music Industry Association, ARIA , introduced the award to recognize “outstanding and innovative achievements in all genres of Australian music”. The first award ceremony took place in Sydney at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in front of 500 invited guests from the music industry. The event was moderated by Sir Elton John , but it only consisted of the award ceremony without musicians appearing. From 1990 there was also live music. The hour-long presentation of the 20 winners was recorded but not televised. It stayed that way for the first five years. There was a television broadcast only from 1992, but the event moved once to Melbourne . Before and after it took place at various venues in Sydney. Initially, a decision was made in March about the best performers and works of the previous year, in 1995 the award ceremony was postponed to October (relevant publication period ends in September).

As with comparable national music awards, there are main awards for the best releases (album, single and song) and the best performers (band, male and female musicians, new talent). In addition, awards for publications in various genres (country, jazz, indigenous music, etc.) as well as for the best producer and the best technician, the best video and the best cover design. The winners of the general categories are chosen by over 1000 representatives from the music industry. A committee made up of representatives of the record companies united in the ARIA appoints journalists, employees of the record industry, music agents, concert organizers and other musicians who are given permanent voting rights. Their names will not be made public. Previous winners can also take part in the vote. For the genre-specific categories there are separate committees with up to 100 members (“judging schools”) that decide on the prizes. Until 2009 there were also two other categories, best-selling single and best-selling album, in which the certified sales of the previous year alone were decisive. Since 2010 there have also been public votes in some categories.

The awards started with 20 categories but have changed over the years.

  • A Hall of Fame was introduced as early as 1988 and an Outstanding Achievement Award was introduced for special achievements, which are, however, given irregularly. A separate ARIA Board decides on these special awards.
  • The Breakthrough Artist has existed since 1989 for artists who have made their breakthrough with a single or an album. Until 1998 the award was parallel to the award for the best new talent, after that it was the sole “newcomer” award and from 2010 there was no longer any distinction between album and single and only one award was given.
  • The genres have been expanded again and again and adapted to the musical development. A distinction was made between pop, rock and heavy metal; world music and dance were introduced in the mid-1990s and urban music (R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, reggae and dancehall) was introduced in 2004.
  • Until 2009 the awards were reserved exclusively for Australian musicians, in 2010 an internet vote was carried out on the most popular Australian and international musicians. The Best International Artist category has existed since 2012 and is decided on by internet voting.
  • In 2010, the two categories, which were exclusively determined by sales, were abolished (best-selling single / best-selling album), and Internet voting was used for the first time. Since 2012, in addition to the best international artists, the best video, the best Australian live act and the song of the year have been decided as audience awards through public voting on the Internet.

The most successful Australian artists are the bands Silverchair and Powderfinger as well as John Farnham and Kylie Minogue , each with over 40 nominations and 17 or more awards (as of 2018).

The main award winners

The following awards have been presented in the main categories album, single and artist of the year since 1987:

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

  • Album of the Year: Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil
  • Single of the Year: I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You by Absent Friends
  • Best Female Artist: Wendy Matthews (Album Émigré )
  • Best Male Artist: John Farnham (Album Chain Reaction )
  • Best Group: Midnight Oil (Album Blue Sky Mining )
  • Best New Talent: Archie Roach (Album Charcoal Lane )

1992

1993

  • Album of the Year: Hepfidelity by Diesel
  • Single of the Year: The Day You Went Away by Weny Matthews
  • Best Female Artist: Wendy Matthews (Album Lily )
  • Best Male Artist: Diesel (Album Hepfidelity )
  • Best Group: Crowded House (Single Weather with You )
  • Best New Talent: Things of Stone and Wood (Single Share This Wine )

1994

  • Album of the Year: The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea
  • Single of the Year: The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea
  • Best Female Artist: Wendy Matthews (Single Friday's Child )
  • Best Male Artist: Diesel (Album The Lobbyist )
  • Best Group: The Cruel Sea (Album The Honeymoon Is Over )
  • Best New Talent: The Badloves (Single Get on Bord )

1995

  • Album of the Year: Don't Ask by Tina Arena
  • Single of the Year: Tomorrow by Silverchair
  • Best Female Artist: Tina Arena (Album Don't Ask )
  • Best Male Artist: Diesel (Album Solid State Rhyme )
  • Best Group: The Cruel Sea (Album Three Legged Dog )
  • Best New Talent: Silverchair (Album Frogstomp )

1996

1997

1998

1999

  • Album of the Year: Internationalist from Powderfinger
  • Single of the Year: The Day You Come by Powderfinger
  • Best Female Artist: Natalie Imbruglia (Single Wishing I Was There )
  • Best Male Artist: Tim Rogers (Album What Rhymes with Cars and Girls )
  • Best Group: The Living End (Album The Living End )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • The Living End - Album The Living End
    • Alex Lloyd - single Lucky Star
    • Taxiride - Single Get Set

2000

  • Album of the Year: Reflector by Killing Heidi
  • Single of the Year: Don't Call Me Baby from Madison Avenue
  • Best Female Artist: Kasey Chambers (Single The Captain )
  • Best Male Artist: Alex Lloyd (Album Black the Sun )
  • Best Group: Killing Heidi (Album Reflector )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Killing Heidi - Album Reflector
    • Madison Avenue - Single Don't Call Me Baby

2001

  • Album of the Year: Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger
  • Single of the Year: My Happiness by Powderfinger
  • Best Female Artist: Kylie Minogue (Album Light Years )
  • Best Male Artist: Nick Cave (Album No More Shall We Part )
  • Best Group: Powderfinger (Album Odyssey Number Five )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • The Avalanches - Album Since I Left You
    • The Avalanches - Single Frontier Psychiatrist

2002

2003

  • Album of the Year: Vulture Street by Powderfinger
  • Single of the Year: Born to Try by Delta Goodrem
  • Best Female Artist: Delta Goodrem (Album Innocent Eyes )
  • Best Male Artist: Alex Lloyd (Song Coming Home )
  • Best Group: Powderfinger (Album Vulture Street )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes album
    • Delta Goodrem - Single Born to Try

2004

  • Album of the Year: Get Born by Jet
  • Single of the Year: Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
  • Best Female Artist: Kasey Chambers (Album Wayward Angel )
  • Best Male Artist: John Butler (Album Sunrise over Sea )
  • Best Group: Jet (Album Get Born )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Jet - Get Born album
    • Jet - Single Are You Gonna Be My Girl

2005

  • Album of the Year: The Sound of White by Missy Higgins
  • Single of the Year: Catch My Disease by Ben Lee
  • Best Female Artist: Missy Higgins (Album The Sound of White )
  • Best Male Artist: Ben Lee (Album Awake Is the New Sleep )
  • Best Group: Eskimo Joe (Single Older Than You )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Missy Higgins - Album The Sound of White
    • End of Fashion - Single O Yeah

2006

2007

  • Album of the Year: Young Modern by Silverchair
  • Single of the Year: Straight Lines from Silverchair
  • Best Female Artist: Missy Higgins (Album On a Clear Night )
  • Best Male Artist: Gotye (Album Mixed Blood )
  • Best Group: Silverchair (Album Young Modern )
  • Breakthrough Artists:

2008

  • Album of the Year: Apocalypso from the presets
  • Single of the Year: Sweet About Me by Gabriella Cilmi
  • Best Female Artist: Gabriella Cilmi (Album Lessons to Be Learned )
  • Best Male Artist: Nick Cave (Album Dig, Lazarus, Dig !!! )
  • Best Group: The Presets (Album Apocalypso )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Gabriella Cilmi - Album Lessons to Be Learned
    • Gabriella Cilmi - Single Sweet About Me

2009

  • Album of the Year: Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun
  • Single of the Year: Walking on a Dream from Empire of the Sun
  • Best Female Artist: Sarah Blasko (Album As Day Follows Night )
  • Best Male Artist: Daniel Merriweather (Album Love & War )
  • Best Group: Empire of the Sun (Album Walking on a Dream )
  • Breakthrough Artists:
    • Ladyhawke - Album Ladyhawke
    • Ladyhawke - Single My Delirium

2010

  • Album of the Year: Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone
  • Single of the Year: Big Jet Plane by Angus & Julia Stone
  • Best Female Artist: Washington (Album I Believe You Liar )
  • Best Male Artist: Dan Sultan (Album Get Out While You Can )
  • Best Group: The Temper Trap (Album Love Lost )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Washington (Album I Believe You Liar )

2011

  • Album of the Year: Moonfire by Boy & Bear
  • Single of the Year: Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye feat. Kimbra
  • Best Female Artist: Kimbra (Album Cameo Lover )
  • Best Male Artist: Gotye (Single Somebody That I Used to Know featuring Kimbra)
  • Best Group: Boy & Bear (Album Moonfire )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Boy & Bear (Album Moonfire / Single Feeding Line )

2012

  • Album of the Year: Making Mirrors by Gotye
  • Song of the Year: Brother by Matt Corby
  • Best Female Artist: Kimbra (Album Vows )
  • Best Male Artist: Gotye (Album Making Mirrors )
  • Best Group: The Temper Trap (Album The Temper Trap )
  • Breakthrough Artist: 360 (Album Falling & Flying )

2013

  • Album of the Year: Lonerism by Tame Impala
  • Song of the Year: Resolution by Matt Corby
  • Best Female Artist: Jessica Mauboy (Album To the End of the Earth )
  • Best Male Artist: Flume (Album Flume )
  • Best Group: Tame Impala (Album Lonerism )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Flume (Album Flume )

2014

  • Album of the Year: 1000 Forms of Fear by Sia
  • Song of the Year: She Looks So Perfect from 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Best Female Artist: Sia (Album 1000 Forms of Fear )
  • Best Male Artist: Chet Faker (Album Built on Glass )
  • Best Group: Sheppard (Album Bombs Away )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Iggy Azalea (Album The New Classic )

2015

  • Album of the Year: Currents by Tame Impala
  • Song of the Year: Start Again by Conrad Sewell
  • Best Female Artist: Courtney Barnett (Album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit )
  • Best Male Artist: Vance Joy (Album Dream Your Life Away )
  • Best Group: Tame Impala (Album Currents )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Courtney Barnett (Album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit )

2016

  • Album of the Year: Skin by Flume
  • Song of the Year: Youth by Troye Sivan
  • Best Female Artist: Sia (Album This Is Acting )
  • Best Male Artist: Flume (Album Skin )
  • Best Group: Violent Soho (Album Waco )
  • Breakthrough Artist: Montaigne (Album Glorious Heights )

2017

2018

2019

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  1. ^ Australian Music Award History , Birthday Trivia, accessed March 9, 2019
  2. ↑ History - Winners by Year at ARIA (2010) ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ ARIA's Retrospective , Dave Higgo Higgins, I Like Your Old Stuff, November 16, 2018
  4. ^ Judging Academy Policy at ARIA (2009) ( Memento from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ a b c ARIA Awards History - Winners By Year , ARIA database, accessed March 8, 2019
  6. ↑ Australian ARIA Awards , All Down Under, January 10, 2019
  7. ↑ Hip hop is now on top at the ARIA Awards , The Conversation, November 29, 2013
  8. ↑ About ARIA Awards , ARIA Awards homepage, as of 2018, accessed on March 9, 2019

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