ARIA Music Awards of 2006

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The 20th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on October 29, 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. Presenters on the night included James Mathison, Johnny Knoxville, Jesse McCartney and John Mayer.

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[edit] Axle Whitehead controversy

Video Hits host Axle Whitehead exposed himself and simulated masturbation on an ARIA trophy as the winners of the awards for highest selling single and album made their way to the stage in front of an audience of up to 10,000. The incident was edited from the telecast of the awards.

He announced three days after the awards that he had resigned from Network Ten. [1]

[edit] Nominations and Awards

In the following lists of nominations the winners are highlighted in bold.

[edit] ARIA Awards

[edit] Artisan Awards

[edit] Awards for Fine Arts

  • Best World Music Album
    • Joseph And James Tawadros - Visions
    • Mara - Sorella
    • Pigram Brothers - Under The Mango Tree
    • Seaman Dan - Island Way
    • The Cat Empire - Cities: The Cat Empire Project
  • Best Jazz Album
    • Don Burrows, The Mell-O-Tones, Phillip Sametz - Non-Stop Flight - Great Music of the Swing Era
    • James Muller - Kaboom
    • Mark Sholtez - Real Street
    • Paul Grabowsky, Bernie McGann - Always
    • The Necks - Chemist
  • Best Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
  • Best Classical Album
    • Amelia Farrugia - Joie De Vivre
    • Nikki Vaskilakis violin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing conductor - Mendelssohn, Bruch, Ravel
    • Richard Tognetti - Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
    • Simon Tedeschi piano, The Queensland Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor - Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Grieg
    • Slava and Leonard Grigoryan guitars - The Queensland Orchestra - Brett Kelly conductor - Rodrigo Guitar Concertos

[edit] Hall of Fame Inductees

The following artists were inducted into to ARIA Hall of Fame:

[edit] Performers

The following artists performed on stage during the 2006 ARIA Awards:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Axle exposed to Ten's rage. The Daily Telegraph (October 31, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-31.