The 2011 ARIA Awards were presented on
Sunday 27 November in a star studded ceremony held at Allphones Arena in Sydney
Olympic Park before a capacity audience comprised of members of industry heavy
weights and music fans.
The event kicked off with a "hair raising"
performance by West Australian MC, DRAPHT and included stunning performances by
GOTYE and KIMBRA, BOY & BEAR, ART vs SCIENCE, GURRUMUL with MISSY HIGGINS,
CUT COPY, THE LIVING END and GUY SEBASTIAN, as well as a surprise appearance by
DELTA GOODREM who performed a moving tribute to those artists who have passed
away over the ARIA AWARDS' 25 year history.
It was a special night for ARIA
HALL OF FAME recipients, KYLIE MINOGUE and THE WIGGLES, both of whom shared the
night with their family and friends. PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD inducted our
international pop princess, KYLIE MINOGUE, while Killing Time star, DAVID WENHAM
took on the induction duties for THE WIGGLES. It was a double celebration for
THE WIGGLES who also took out BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM, their tenth, for Ukulele
Baby!
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Sydney
quintet, BOY & BEAR, capped off a busy year by winning five ARIA AWARDS for
their critically acclaimed, self-produced, debut album, Moonfire. The band, who
has already won accolades like Rolling Stone's Artist to Watch of 2010 and triple
j's Unearthed Artist of the Year, won BEST ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM, BREAKTHROUGH
ARTIST - SINGLE, BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - ALBUM, BEST GROUP and the coveted ALBUM
OF THE YEAR for 2011.
Capping off an extraordinary year, GOTYE has taken
out the much coveted ARIA AWARDS in the categories of SINGLE OF THE YEAR, BEST
POP RELEASE and BEST MALE ARTIST adding to the three Awards (PRODUCER OF THE YEAR,
BEST VIDEO and ENGINEER OF THE YEAR) already bestowed at the ARIA Awards Nominations
Event in early October, all for the hit single, Somebody That I Used to Know (feat.
Kimbra).
New Zealand born, KIMBRA, who rose to fame in 2011 for her work
with GOTYE, has taken out her first solo ARIA AWARD as BEST FEMALE ARTIST for
her debut album, Cameo Lover.
Singer/songwriter KASEY CHAMBERS has proven
that she is Australia's official Queen of Country Music taking out her ninth BEST
COUNTRY ALBUM Award for her 5th solo album, Little Bird.
In an ARIA AWARDS
first, the legendary BILLY THORPE has posthumously won an ARIA AWARD for his final
masterpiece, Tangier. Collecting the ARIA AWARD on the night were Billy's wife,
Lynn, and daughters Lauren and Rusty.
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Two-time
ARIA AWARD winners, THE AUDREYS, collected their third BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM,
for their third album, Sometimes the Stars.
Sydney three-piece, ART VS SCIENCE,
who in 2008 were named triple j's Unearthed Artist of the Year, tonight added
their first ARIA AWARD to their mantles for their debut album, The Experiment,
taking out the Award for BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE.
West Australian MC, DRAPHT,
whose album The Life of Riley debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Album Chart, has taken
out his first ARIA AWARD for BEST URBAN ALBUM.
Three time ARIA Award winners,
THE LIVING END, added two more pointy trophies to their collection taking out
the hotly contested BEST ROCK ALBUM Award for their 6th long player, The End is
Just the Beginning Repeating. The hard-rocking threesome also took out the inaugural
ARIA Public Voted Award, presented by HP and Intel, in the category of MOST POPULAR
AUSTRALIAN LIVE ARTIST.
Radio and TV funny men, and all round nice guys,
HAMISH & ANDY have won their second BEST COMEDY RELEASE ARIA Award, this time
for their Celebrating 50 Glorious Years Album.
Sydney hard rock outfit,
FRONT END LOADER, won their first ARIA Award today taking out the BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY
METAL ALBUM AWARD and Melbourne dance outfit, CUT COPY, also took out their first
Award for BEST DANCE RELEASE.
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Taking
out the Awards for HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM of 2011 was ALTIYAN CHILDS for his self
titled debut album and four-time ARIA No. 1 Chart Award and ARIA Award winner,
GUY SEBASTIAN took out the HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE Award for Who's That Girl?
The
people have spoken! In the Public Voted ARIA Awards presented by HP and Intel
music fans have made their voices - and choices - heard!
Last year's BEST
ROCK ALBUM winner, BIRDS OF TOKYO, took out the Award for MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN
ARTIST, and (almost) honorary Australian, P!NK, took the honours as MOST POPULAR
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST as voted by the Australian public.
ARIA (Australian
Recording Industry Association) proudly congratulates all the winners in the 2011
ARIA Awards season.
The 2011 ARIA AWARDS were presented by Prime Minister
Julia Gillard, David Wenham, Stevie Nicks, Richard Wilkins, Chrissy Amphlett,
Hamish & Andy, Missy Higgins, Joel & Benji Madden, Noah Taylor, Delta
Goodrem, Tom Ballard & Alex Dyson, Iva Davies, Ruby Rose, James Kerley, Katie
Noonan, Adam Hills, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Erin Mcnaught and Molly Meldrum.
THE
WINNERS
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Boy & Bear - Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal
Music Australia)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat.
Kimbra) (Samples 'n' Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
BEST MALE ARTIST:
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Samples 'n' Seconds Records/Eleven:
A Music Company)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: Kimbra - Cameo Lover (Warner Music Australia)
BEST
GROUP: Boy & Bear - Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BREAKTHROUGH
ARTIST - ALBUM: Boy & Bear - Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BREAKTHROUGH
ARTIST - SINGLE: Boy & Bear - Feeding Line (Island Australia/Universal Music
Australia)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE: Art vs Science - The Experiment (Green/MGM
Distribution)
BEST ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM: Boy & Bear - Moonfire (Island
Australia/Universal Music Australia)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM: Billy Thorpe
- Billy Thorpe's Tangier (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
BEST BLUES &
ROOTS ALBUM: The Audreys - Sometimes the Stars (ABC Music)
BEST CHILDREN'S
ALBUM: The Wiggles - Ukulele Baby! (ABC Music)
BEST COMEDY RELEASE: Hamish
& Andy - Celebrating 50 Glorious Years (Roadshow Music)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM:
Kasey Chambers - Little Bird (Liberation Music)
BEST DANCE RELEASE: Cut Copy
- Zonoscope (Modular Recordings)
BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM: Front End
Loader - Ritardando (Weeping Anus Records/MGM Distribution)
BEST POP RELEASE:
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Samples 'n' Seconds Records/Eleven:
A Music Company)
BEST ROCK ALBUM: The Living End - The Ending Is Just the Beginning
Repeating (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
BEST URBAN ALBUM: Drapht
- The Life of Riley (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
HIGHEST
SELLING ALBUM: Altiyan Childs - Altiyan Childs (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
HIGHEST
SELLING SINGLE: Guy Sebastian - Who's that Girl (feat. Eve) (Sony Music Entertainment
Australia)
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM: Sally Whitwell - Mad Rush: Piano Music of
Philip Glass (ABC Classics)
BEST JAZZ ALBUM: Elixir featuring Katie Noonan
- First Seed Ripening (ABC Music)
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM:
Chris Lilley - Angry Boys - Official Soundtrack Album (ABC Music)
BEST WORLD
MUSIC ALBUM: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
BEST
MUSIC DVD: AC/DC - AC/DC - Live at River Plate (Albert Productions)
BEST COVER
ART: Alter - Cut Copy, Zonoscope (Modular Recordings)
BEST VIDEO: Natasha Pincus
for Starkraving Productions - Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
(Samples 'n' Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR:
Francois Tetaz - Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Samples 'n'
Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Wally De Backer
- Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) Samples 'n' Seconds Records/Eleven:
A Music Company)
2011 PUBLIC VOTED ARIA AWARD WINNERS
Public Voted
categories brought to you by HP and Intel
MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST:
Birds of Tokyo (EMI Music Australia)
MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST: P!nk
(La Face/Sony Music Australia)
MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN LIVE ARTIST: The Living
End (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
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