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2016 ARIAs: Flume, Troye, dominate; Hall of Famers perform

Independent labels came out on top once more, taking out 11 of the 20 awards. The indies took out the ARIAs for Album Of The Year, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Dance Release, Best…

By Staff WriterPublished Nov 23, 2016
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Independent labels came out on top once more, taking out 11 of the 20 awards.

The indies took out the ARIAs for Album Of The Year, Best Male Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Dance Release, Best Group, Best Pop Release, Breakthrough Artist, Best Independent Release, Best Rock Album, Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album and Best Blues & Roots Album.

Future Classic lead with five ARIAs, followed by I Oh You with two, and Inertia, Wonderlick Recording, Chugg Music/MGM and Remote Control/Flightless, all with one each.

The evening featured performances from ARIA Hall Of Famers - John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes and Crowded House - as well as The Veronicas, Jimmy Barnes and Jessica Mauboy, Illy and Vera Blue and Troye Sivan.

Sivan, who was introduced by surprise guests, ARIA Hall Of Fame inductee, Kylie Minogue together with her fiancé, Joshua Sasse, performed his Platinum single, Youth which went on to win Best Video and Apple Music Song Of The Year, which was presented by Robbie Williams.

Violent Soho performed Like Soda before going on to win 2x ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Group.

The best was saved for last with Hall Of Fame inductee and 20x ARIA Award winner, John Farnham closing the show with his worldwide hit, You’re The Voice, which had everyone in the audience on their feet and singing along to Australia’s unofficial national anthem.

Crowded House - Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Paul Hester, Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod - were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame by Flight of the Conchords duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.

In a fitting tribute, Missy Higgins and Bernard Fanning, two of Australia’s finest artists, performed two of the band’s biggest hits, Fall At Your Feet and Better Be Home Soon, before Crowded House, who have come full circle since receiving the very first ARIA Award ever presented for Best Video, took to the stage with a performance of Distant Sun from the bands 1993 album Together Alone.

ARIA Chief Executive Officer, Dan Rosen said: 

“2016 has been an amazing year for Australian music and that was certainly evident by the incredible talent that graced the ARIA stage. The collection of tonight’s winners, nominees and performers highlight the world-class homegrown talent that we have here in Australia."  

Denis Handlin AM, ARIA Chairman and Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia & New Zealand and President, Asia said: 

“On behalf of the ARIA Board, I would like to congratulate all the winning artists and nominees at the 2016 ARIA Awards Presented By Telstra. It has also been our honour to welcome Crowded House into the ARIA Hall of Fame. This year’s ARIA Awards have been a great success, with our incredibly talented artists demonstrating the profound impact and diversity of Australian music." 

The ARIAs using the hashtag #ARIAs which was the #1 trending topic throughout the event.

Last night’s hosts were: The Veronicas, Havana Brown, Didier Cohen and Jai Waetford, Ben Lee, Charli XCX (UK), Dave Hughes, Flight Of The Conchords, Katie Noonan, Kyle Sandilands, James Arthur (UK), Jimmy Barnes, John Butler, Kasey Chambers, Matt and Alex, Robbie Williams (UK), Roy & HG, Scott Tweedie & Olivia Phyland, Sheppard, Smallzy, Sophie Monk, Steve Aoki, Tim Rogers and Washington. 

 

  

 

 

  
 

 
 

2016 ARIA AWARDS PRESENTED BY TELSTRA RECIPIENTS


   

Telstra Album Of The Year

WINNER: 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

WINNER: Flume - Skin (Future Classic)

Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Guy Sebastian - Black & Blue (Sony Music)

Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)

 

Best Female Artist

WINNER: Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Delta Goodrem - Wings of the Wild (Sony Music)

Jessica Mauboy - This Ain’t Love (Sony Music)

Montaigne - Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Sarah Blasko - Eternal Return (EMI)

 

Best Dance Release

WINNER: Flume - Skin (Future Classic)

Hayden James - Just A Lover (Future Classic)

 L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

 

Best Group

WINNER: Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

RÜFÜS - Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

The Avalanches - Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)

 

Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: Montaigne - Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)

DMA’S - Hills End (I Oh You)

L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

Olympia - Self Talk (EMI)

Safia - Make Them Wheels Roll (Warner Music Australia/Parlophone)

 

Best Pop Release

WINNER: Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)

Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)

 

Best Urban Album

WINNER: 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)

 

Best Independent Release

WINNER: Flume - Skin (Future Classic)

Jarryd James - Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Sia - This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)

 

Best Rock Album

WINNER: Violent Soho - WACO (I Oh You)

Ball Park Music - Every Night The Same Dream (Stop Start Music)

Boy & Bear - Limit Of Love (Boy & Bear/Universal Music)

Gang Of Youths - Let Me Be Clear (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)

The Living End - Shift (Dew Process/Universal Music)

 

Best Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: Bernard Fanning - Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Bob Evans - Car Boot Sale (EMI)

Paul Kelly - Seven Sonnets & A Song (Gawd Aggie Recordings/Universal Music)

Robert Forster - Songs To Play (EMI)

Tina Arena - Eleven (EMI)

 

Best Adult Alternative Album

WINNER: Sarah Blasko - Eternal Return (EMI)

 Jarryd James - Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)

Matt Corby - Telluric (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music)

Peter Garrett - A Version of Now (Sony Music)

The Temper Trap - Thick As Thieves (Liberation Music)

 

Best Country Album

WINNER: Sara Storer - Silos (ABC Music/Universal Music)

Adam Brand and the Outlaws - Adam Brand and the Outlaws (ABC Music/Universal Music)

Bill Chambers - Cold Trail (Checked Label Services)

Fanny Lumsden - Small Town Big Shot (Social Family Records/Universal Music)

The Wolfe Brothers - This Crazy Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)

 

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Hellions - Opera Oblivia (UNFD)

Parkway Drive - Ire (Resist/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak (Roadrunner Records)

Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier (Volkanik/MGM)

 

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: Russell Morris - Red Dirt Red Heart (Chugg Music/MGM)

Jimmy Barnes - Soul Searchin’ (Liberation Music)

Kev Carmody - Recollections... Reflections... (A Journey) (One Louder Recordings/Universal Music)

The Cat Empire - Rising With The Sun (Two Shoes Records)

The Wilson Pickers - You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train (ABC Music/UMA)

 

Best Children’s Album

WINNER: 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)

Best Video

 

WINNER: Troye Sivan - YOUTH Acoustic (Sydney Session) (EMI)

Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator (Milk!/Remote Control)

Delta Goodrem - Dear Life (Sony Music)

Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Guy Sebastian - Black & Blue (Sony Music)

Hilltop Hoods - 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - People-Vultures (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Sia - Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Violent Soho - Like Soda (I Oh You)

 

Best Australian Live Act

WINNER: 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 2016 (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)

 

 

Apple Music Song of the Year

WINNER: Troye Sivan - Youth (EMI)

Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Hilltop Hoods - 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Thom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Illy - Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Kungs vs. Cookin’ On 3 Burners - This Girl (UNI/UMA)

Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood - The Fighter (Capital/EMI)

L D R U - Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

Marcus Marr & Chet Faker The Trouble With Us (Detail Records)

Sia - Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

The Veronicas - In My Blood (Sony Music)

 

Best International Artist

WINNER: One Direction - Made in the A.M & Four (SYCO/Sony Music Entertainment)

Adele - 25 (XL/Inertia)

Beyonce - Lemonade (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment)

Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (PLG/Warner)

Drake - Views & If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (Universal/Universal Music Australia)

Meghan Trainor - Title & 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 Weekend - Beauty Behind The Madness (Universal/Universal Music Australia) 

2016 Outstanding National Retailer

JB Hi-Fi

2016 Outstanding Independent Retailer

Red Eye Records

2016 Outstanding Digital Service

Spotify

2016 ARIA Industry Icon Award

Sebastian Chase

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