ARIA Music Awards of 2008

2008 ARIA Music Awards
Date	19 October 2008 (2008-10-19)
Venue	Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales
Most awards	Gabrielle Cilmi (6) The Presets (6)
Most nominations	The Presets (8)
Website	ariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
Network	Network Ten
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The 22nd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) took place on 19 October 2008.^[1] The nominees for all categories were announced on 10 September, while the winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on the same day.

Awards and nominations[]

Final nominees are shown in plain, with winners in bold.^[1]

ARIA Awards[]

Album of the Year

• The Presets – Apocalypso
  • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
  • Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
  • The Living End – White Noise

Single of the Year

• Gabriella Cilmi – "Sweet About Me"
  • Faker – "This Heart Attack"
  • Sam Sparro – "Black and Gold"
  • The Living End – "White Noise"
  • The Presets – "My People"

Best Male Artist

• Nick Cave – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
  • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
  • Paul Kelly – To Her Door (live)
  • Pete Murray – Summer at Eureka
  • Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro

Best Female Artist

• Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons to Be Learned
  • Clare Bowditch – The Moon Looked On
  • Holly Throsby – A Loud Call
  • Kylie Minogue – X
  • Missy Higgins – "Peachy"

Best Group

• The Presets – Apocalypso
  • Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
  • Faker – Be the Twilight
  • Silverchair – "If You Keep Losing Sleep"
  • The Living End – White Noise

Best Adult Contemporary Album

• The Panics – Cruel Guards
  • Clare Bowditch – The Moon Looked On
  • Jimmy Barnes – Out in the Blue
  • Katie Noonan – Skin
  • Robert Forster – The Evangelist

Best Blues & Roots Album

• The Audreys – When the Flood Comes
  • Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
  • Jeff Lang – Half Seas Over
  • Mia Dyson – Struck Down
  • The Waifs – Sun Dirt Water

Best Children's Album

• The Wiggles – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
  • Hi-5 – Planet Earth (deluxe edition)
  • Jay Laga'aia – Come Dance and Sing
  • Justine Clarke – Songs to Make You Smile
  • The Fairies – Fairy Fun, Fun, Fun

Best Comedy Release

• Shaun Micallef – The Expurgated Micallef Tonight
  • Akmal Saleh – Akmal Live and Uncensored
  • Matt Tilley – Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls - Three's a Crowd
  • Merrick and Rosso – Live and Totally Wrong!
  • The Umbilical Brothers – Don't Explain

Best Country Album

• Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones
  • Catherine Britt – Little Wildflower
  • Melinda Schneider – Be Yourself
  • Sara Storer – Silver Skies
  • The McClymonts – Chaos and Bright Lights

Best Dance Release

• The Presets – Apocalypso
  • Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
  • Mobin Master – Show Me Love
  • Pnau – Pnau
  • The Potbelleez – "Don't Hold Back"

Best Independent Release

• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
  • Ben Lee – Ripe
  • British India – Thieves
  • Lior – Corner of an Endless Road
  • Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia

Best Music DVD

• Powderfinger & Silverchair – Across the Great Divide Tour
  • Hilltop Hoods – The City of Light
  • Paul Kelly – Live Apples
  • The John Butler Trio – Live at Federation Square
  • Wolfmother – Please Experience Wolfmother Live

Best Pop Release

• Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons to Be Learned
  • Kylie Minogue – X
  • Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive
  • Sam Sparro – "Black and Gold"
  • The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

Best Rock Album

• The Living End – White Noise
  • Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours
  • Faker – Be the Twilight
  • Gyroscope – Breed Obsession
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Best Urban Release

• Bliss n Eso – Flying Colours
  • A-Love – Ace of Hearts
  • Katalyst – What's Happening
  • Muph & Plutonic – …And Then Tomorrow Came
  • Spit Syndicate – Towards the Light
  • The Herd – Summerland

Breakthrough Artist – Album

• Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons to Be Learned
  • Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
  • Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia
  • Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive
  • Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro

Breakthrough Artist – Single

• Gabriella Cilmi – "Sweet About Me"
  • Angus & Julia Stone – "The Beast"
  • Sam Sparro – "Black and Gold"
  • The Panics – "Don't Fight It"
  • The Potbelleez – "Don't Hold Back"

Highest Selling Album

• Delta Goodrem – Delta
  • David Campbell – The Swing Sessions 2
  • Guy Sebastian – The Memphis Album
  • The Veronicas – Hook Me Up
  • Tina Arena – Songs of Love & Loss

Highest Selling Single

• Gabriella Cilmi – "Sweet About Me"
  • Delta Goodrem – "In This Life"
  • The Potbelleez – "Don't Hold Back"
  • The Veronicas – "Untouched"
  • The Veronicas – "Hook Me Up"

Fine Arts Awards[]

Best Classical Album

• Richard Tognetti, Neal Peres da Costa, Daniel Yeadon – Bach Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard
  • Sydney Symphony – Brett Dean
  • Elena Kats-Chernin – Slow Food
  • Roger Woodward – Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, Partita no. 2 & Partita no. 6
  • Slava Grigoryan, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Baroque Guitar Concertos

Best Jazz Album

• Andrea Keller – Footprints
  • Deni Hines & James Morrison – The Other Woman
  • Grace Knight – Willow
  • Joe Chindamo – Duende the Romantic Project
  • Mike Nock Project – Meeting of the Waters
  • Jamie Oehlers, Paul Grabowsky, David Beck – Lost and Found

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album

• Chris Lilley – Summer Heights High soundtrack
  • Cezary Skubiszewski – Night – original soundtrack
  • Cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical – Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical
  • The Square – The Square soundtrack
  • Various – Countdown Spectacular 2

Best World Album

• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
  • Archie Roach – Journey
  • David Jones – Colours of the Drum
  • Joseph Tawadros – Angel
  • Watussi – Tequila Sangre Fuego

Artisan Awards[]

The Artisan Award winners were announced on 10 September.^[1] The winners are shown here in bold.^[1]

Producer of the Year

• The Presets (Julian Hamilton & Kim Moyes) – The Presets – Apocalypso
  • Harry Vanda & Glenn Goldsmith – British India – Thieves
  • Matt Lovell / Shihad – Shihad – Beautiful Machine
  • Michael Hohnen – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
  • Scott Horscroft – The Panics – Cruel Guards

Engineer of the Year

• Matt Lovell / Shihad – Shihad – Beautiful Machine
  • Anthony Lycenko – Pete Murray – Summer at Eureka
  • James Ash – Rogue Traders – Better in the Dark
  • Scott Horscroft – The Panics – Cruel Guards
  • Scott Horscroft – The Presets – Apocalypso

Best Cover Art

• Jonathan Zawada – The Presets – Apocalypso
  • Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) – Faker – Be the Twilight
  • Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) – Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones
  • Alter – Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
  • IOSHVA – Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This

Best Video

• Kris Moyes – The Presets – "My People"
  • Adam Callen – Sneaky Sound System – "Kansas City"
  • Angus & Julia Stone / Josh Groom – Angus & Julia Stone – "Just a Boy"
  • Damon Escott & Stephen Lance – Silverchair – "If You Keep Losing Sleep"
  • James Littlemore – Pnau – "Baby"

ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductees[]

The following were inducted into the 2008 ARIA Hall of Fame on 1 July:^[1]

• Rolf Harris¹
• Russell Morris
• Dragon
• Max Merritt
• The Triffids

1 ^ Rolf Harris was stripped of his induction in 2014 after being convicted for indecent assault.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• ARIA Awards 2008 official website
• List of winners and nominees