ARIA Music Awards of 2011
The 25th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 27 November at the Allphones Arena, Sydney,[1] and was telecast on channel Go! at 7:30pm.[2] The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 11 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards.[1]
For the second time in ARIA Awards history, public votes were used for the categories, "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist"; and for the first time for a new category "Most Popular Australian Live Artist".[1]
The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page – on 27 November at the same ceremony as the ARIA Awards.[1][3]
2011 ARIA Hall of Fame inductees |
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The Wiggles
Photo from November 2007 performance in United States.
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Nominees and winners
ARIA Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[4]
Album of the Year |
Single of the Year |
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Best Male Artist |
Best Female Artist |
- Gotye – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Drapht – The Life of Riley
- Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala
- Josh Pyke – "No One Wants a Lover"
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Breakthrough Artist – Album[note 1] |
Breakthrough Artist – Single[note 1] |
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- Boy & Bear – "Feeding Line"
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Highest Selling Album[note 1] |
Highest Selling Single[note 1] |
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- Guy Sebastian featuring Eve – "Who's That Girl"
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Best Group |
Best Independent Release |
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Best Children's Album |
Best Comedy Release |
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Best Dance Release |
Best Pop Release |
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- Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
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Best Adult Alternative Album |
Best Adult Contemporary Album |
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Best Blues & Roots Album |
Best Urban Album |
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- Drapht – The Life of Riley
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Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album |
Best Rock Album |
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- The Living End – The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating
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Best Country Album |
Most Popular Australian Live Artist[note 2] |
- Kasey Chambers – Little Bird
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Most Popular International Artist[note 2] |
Most Popular Australian Artist[note 2] |
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- Birds of Tokyo
- Altiyan Childs
- Angus & Julia Stone
- Drapht
- Guy Sebastian
- Jessica Mauboy
- John Farnham
- Justice Crew
- Keith Urban
- Stan Walker
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Fine Arts Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[note 3]
Best Classical Album |
- Sally Whitwell – Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass
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Best Jazz Album |
- Elixir featuring Katie Noonan – First Seed Ripening
- Alan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning – Shrevport Stomp
- Kristin Berardi and The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra – Kristin Berardi meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
- Sarah McKenzie – Don't Tempt Me
- The Idea of North – Extraordinary Tale
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Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album |
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Best World Music Album |
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala
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Best Music DVD[note 3] |
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Artisan Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[note 4]
Best Cover Artist |
Best Video |
- Alter – Zonoscope
- Aaron Hayward, David Homer, Debaser – The Experiment
- Carlo Santone – Rrakala
- David Homer, Aaron Hayward, Debaser – Billy Thorpe's Tangier
- Ken Done – Great Barrier Grief
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- Natasha Pincus – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Bart Borghesi – "Love Is a Drug"
- Carlo Santone – "Gopuru"
- David Michod, Flood Projects – "Loveless"
- Guy Franklin – "Cameo Lover"
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Engineer of the Year |
Producer of the Year |
- François Tétaz – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Dave Parkin – "Rapunzel"
- Greg Clarke – Billy Thorpe's Tangier
- Matt Lovell – Ghosts of the Past
- Wayne Connolly – "No One Wants a Lover"
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- Wally De Backer – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
- Boy & Bear – Moonfire
- Daniel Denholm – Billy Thorpe's Tangier
- Eskimo Joe – Ghosts of the Past
- Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke – "No One Wants a Lover"
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ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees
The ARIA Hall of Fame induction occurred on 27 November 2011 as part of the overall ARIA Music Awards.[1] Molly Meldrum introduced Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, who inducted Kylie Minogue; while actor, David Wenham, inducted The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page.[2][3][5]
Presenters and performers
Presenters
Performers
- Drapht performed his song "Rapunzel".[7]
- Cut Copy performed their song "Need You Now".[9]
- Art vs. Science performed their song "Magic Fountain".[7]
- Guy Sebastian sang a medley of "Who's That Girl" and "Don't Worry Be Happy".[9]
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performed his song, "Warwu", accompanied by Missy Higgins on piano.[7][10]
- Gotye and Kimbra performed their award-winning single "Somebody That I Used to Know".[7]
- The Living End sang "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating", the lead single from their album.[8]
- Delta Goodrem performed a cover version of Wendy Matthews' "The Day You Went Away", in tribute to those we've lost from the Australian Music Industry in the past 25 years.[11]
- Boy & Bear performed their award-winning single "Feeding Line".[7]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Four old categories were returned, "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Breakthrough Artist – Album" (replacing "Breakthrough Artist"), "Highest Selling Album" and "Highest Selling Single" (replacing the popularly voted "Most Popular Australian Album" and "Most Popular Australian Single" respectively).
- ^ a b c For the second time in ARIA Awards history, the public voted in the categories for both "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist". A new public voted category, "Most Popular Australian Live Artist" was introduced.
- ^ a b "Best Music DVD" category was moved to Fine Arts Awards from ARIA Awards section. Final nominees and winners were announced on 11 October 2011.
- ^ The winners and nominees of the Artisan Awards were announced on 11 October 2011.
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