ARIA Music Awards of 1998
The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.[1][2] Presenters, including Democrats deputy leader Natasha Stott Despoja and former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year being Natalie Imbruglia with six awards.[1]
In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Savage Garden.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Angels and The Masters Apprentices.[1]
Ceremony details
Awards
Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.
ARIA Awards
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
Fine Arts Awards
- Best Jazz Album
- Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
- Joe Chindamo – Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Kevin Hunt – Plays JS Bach
- Shelley Scown with the Paul Grabowsky Trio – Angel
- Rolf Stube – The Jazz Police
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Best World Music Album
- Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Duality
- Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
- Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
- Tigramuna – Jazz Latino - Americano
- Tulipan – Manic Celeste
- Xylouris Ensemble – Antipodes
Artisan Awards
Outstanding Achievement Award
ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
The Hall Of Fame inductees were:
Performers
Notes
- ^ ARIA lists this entry as "The Boys for Necks - The".[1]
- ^ ARIA lists Dave Dobson as one of three artists for "Now Until the Break of Day".[1] Opera tenor, David Hobson is described as a 1998 ARIA Award winner.[3]
- ^ The Shits were a duo renamed as Happyland consisting of (then) domestic partners Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator and Janet English of Spiderbait.[4]
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