ARIA Music Awards of 2016

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2016 ARIA Music Awards
Date23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
VenueStar Event Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Hosted byThe Veronicas
Most awardsFlume (8)
Most nominationsFlume (11)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten

The 30th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2016 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ceremony took place on 23 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.[1] Flume won the most awards, with eight from eleven nominations.

The broadcast rated 586,000 viewers up from 461,000 in 2015.[2] Crowded House were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Performers[]

  • Bernard Fanning
  • Crowded House
  • Flume, Kai and Tove Lo
  • Illy and Vera Blue
  • Jimmy Barnes and Jessica Mauboy
  • John Farnham
  • Missy Higgins
  • The Veronicas
  • Troye Sivan
  • Violent Soho

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee[]

On 5 September, it was announced that Crowded House were to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[3]

Nominees and winners[]

ARIA Awards[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[4]

Album of the Year Best Group
  • Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
    • RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
    • Sia – This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
    • The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)
    • Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Adult Alternative Album Best Adult Contemporary Album
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Best Rock Album
Best Blues & Roots Album Best Country Album
Best Pop Release Best Dance Release
  • Flume – "Never Be like You" (featuring Kai) (Future Classic)
Best Urban Album Best Children's Album
  • Drapht – Seven Mirrors (The Ayems/Sony Music)
    • Citizen Kay – With the People (ASP/MGM)
    • Koi Child – Koi Child (Pilerats Records)
    • L-FRESH the Lion – Become (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
    • Urthboy – The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
  • The Wiggles – Wiggle Town! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Justine Clarke – Pyjama Jam! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Pat Davern – Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Play School – Famous Friends: Celebrating 50 Years of Play School (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: BEST. DAY. EVER! (6 Degrees Records/MGM)
Breakthrough Artist Best Independent Release

Public voted[]

Song of the Year Best Video
  • Made in Katana for Troye Sivan – "Youth" Acoustic (Sydney Session) (EMI)
    • Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem – "Dear Life" (Sony Music)
    • Clemens Habicht for Flume – "Never Be like You" (featuring Kai) (Future Classic)
    • Dan Graetz for Violent Soho – "Like Soda" (I OH YOU)
    • Danny Cohen & Jason Galea for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – "People-Vultures" (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
    • Dean Bates for Illy – "Papercuts" (featuring Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)
    • Matt Sharp for Guy Sebastian – "Black & Blue" (Sony Music)
    • Richard Coburn for Hilltop Hoods – "1955" (featuring Montaigne & Thom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
    • Sia & Daniel Askill for Sia – "Cheap Thrills" (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
    • Sunny Leunig for Courtney Barnett – "Elevator Operator" (Milk!/Remote Control)
Best Australian Live Act Best International Artist
  • Hilltop Hoods – The Restrung Tour (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
    • Courtney Barnett – National Theatre Tour (Milk!/Remote Control)
    • Flume – St. Jerome's Laneway Festival (Future Classic)
    • Gang of Youths – Gang of Youths National Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
    • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity Tour (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)
    • RÜFÜS – Bloom Tour (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
    • Tame Impala – Australian Tour (Modular/Universal Music)
    • The Living End – Shift Tour (Dew Process/Universal Music)
    • Violent Soho – The Waco Tour (I OH YOU)
    • You Am I – Bargain Bin Bon Vivants Tour (The You Am I Set/Inertia)
  • One Direction – Made in the A.M. and Four (SYCO/Sony Music Entertainment)
    • Adele – 25 (XL/Inertia)
    • Beyoncé – Lemonade (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment)
    • Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams (PLG)
    • Drake – Views and If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Universal/Universal Music Australia)
    • Meghan Trainor – Title and Thank You (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • Justin Bieber – Purpose (DEF/Universal Music Australia)
    • Taylor Swift – 1989 (BIG/Universal Music Australia)
    • Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface (Atlantic/Warner)
    • The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness (Universal/Universal Music Australia)

Fine Arts Awards[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[5]

Best Classical Album
Best Jazz Album
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
  • Josh Pyke & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Kate Miller-Heidke – The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording) (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
    • Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Gallipoli Symphony (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
    • Various Artists – The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) (Universal Music Australia)
    • Various Artists – Velvet (Original Cast Recording) (Social Family Records/Universal Music Australia)
Best World Music Album
  • Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha (FOUR FOUR/Universal Music)
    • Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali (CAAMA Music/Rocket)
    • Joseph Tawadros – World Music (Independent/Planet)
    • Paul Grabowsky/Monash Art Ensemble/Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred/David Yipininy Wilfred – Nyilipidgi (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
    • Seaman Dan – An Old Man of the Sea (Hot Records)
Best Comedy Release

Artisan Awards[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[5]

Producer of the Year
  • Harley Streten for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
Engineer of the Year
  • Eric J Dubowsky and Harley Streten for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
Best Cover Art
  • Jonathan Zawada for Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
    • Karen Lynch for Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)
    • Kristen Doyle for Delta Goodrem – Wings of the Wild (Sony Music Australia)
    • Jack Vanzet for RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Australia)
    • Robbie Chater for Lost Art for The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

References[]

  1. ^ "SAVE THE DATE ARIA LAUNCHES 30 YEAR CELEBRATIONS". ARIA. ARIA Awards. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Sia and Harry Styles head ARIA Awards wishlist as Ten loses 2017 broadcast to Nine". news.com.au. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Crowded House to enter ARIA Hall Of Fame". – AAP. Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016). "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches". The Age. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "The Avalanches & Flume Lead The First Batch Of 2016 ARIA Nominations". theMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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