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The 15th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

) were held on 30 October 2001 at the Capitol Theatre.

Awards

The following list includes the winners, highlighted in bold, and the other final nominations below them.

ARIA Awards

Album of the Year
- Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...

Single of the Year

Powderfinger
Powderfinger
Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

– "My Happiness"

The Avalanches
The Avalanches
The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...

– "Frontier Psychiatrist"

Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

– "On a Night Like This
On a Night like This
"On a Night Like This" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her seventh studio album Light Years . The song was released as a CD Single on 25 September 2000, and was released digitally after the physical release date...

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Something for Kate
Something for Kate
Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...

– "Monsters"

You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...

– "Damage
Damage (You Am I song)
"Damage" is the first single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2000 and reached number 37 on the Australian national charts and number 23 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Damage" – 3:27...

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Highest Selling Album
- Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...
- John Farnham
  John Farnham
  John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
  
  – 33⅓
  33⅓ (album)
  -DVD track listing:-Personnel:* John Farnham – vocals* Chong Lim – keyboards, additional brass arrangements* Angus Burchall – drums* Joe Creighton – bass, vocals* Stuart Fraser – guitars* Lindsay Field – vocals...
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Light Years
- Savage Garden
  Savage Garden
  Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
  
  – Affirmation
- Slim Dusty
  Slim Dusty
  David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
  
  – Looking Forward, Looking Back

Highest Selling Single
- Scandal'us
  Scandal'us
  Scandal'us were the winners of the Australian Popstars 2 in 2001 . They won an ARIA Award for the No. 1 debut single "Me Myself & I". Their second and final single, "Make Me Crazy", only reached No. 30. Their debut album, Startin' Somethin, debuted and peaked at No...
  
  – "Me, Myself & I
  Me, Myself & I (Scandal'us song)
  "Me, Myself & I" is a song by the former pop group Scandal'us. It reached number one on the ARIA Charts in Australia in 2001 and stayed there for three weeks...
  
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- Human Nature
  Human Nature (band)
  Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...
  
  – "He Don't Love You
  He Don't Love You
  He Don't Love You is a song by Human Nature, released as the first single from their album Human Nature. The song peaked at No. 4 in Australia, and at No. 18 in the UK.-Music video:...
  
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- Nikki Webster
  Nikki Webster
  Nikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
  
  – "Strawberry Kisses
  Strawberry Kisses
  "Strawberry Kisses" is a pop song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster's first album Follow Your Heart . It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 in Australia and 27 May 2002 in the UK as a CD single. Webster states the...
  
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- Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – "My Happiness
  My Happiness
  "My Happiness" is a pop music standard which was initially made famous in the mid-twentieth century.-High profile versions:An unpublished version of the melody with different lyrics was written by Borney Bergantine in 1933. The most famous version of the song, with lyrics by Betty Peterson Blasco,...
  
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- Scandal'us
  Scandal'us
  Scandal'us were the winners of the Australian Popstars 2 in 2001 . They won an ARIA Award for the No. 1 debut single "Me Myself & I". Their second and final single, "Make Me Crazy", only reached No. 30. Their debut album, Startin' Somethin, debuted and peaked at No...
  
  – "Make Me Crazy
  Make Me Crazy
  Make Me Crazy was Scandal'us' second single to be released off their debut album Startin' Somethin. It did not live up to the success of their debut single, "Me, Myself & I", managing to debut and peak only at No. 30 on the Australian ARIA charts. This was the final single from their debut and only...
  
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Best Group
- Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...

Best Female Artist
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Light Years
- Christine Anu
  Christine Anu
  -Early life:Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to a Torres Strait Islander mother from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.-Career:Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993...
  
  – Come My Way
- Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Christine Phillis is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. She spent her childhood in California, United States, and moved back to Sydney, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent 8 years working with surfwear company Mambo Graphics until she took up the role as...
  
  – In Dreams I Live
- Leah Haywood
  Leah Haywood
  Leah Haywood is an Australian pop rock singer-songwriter and producer. Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top 40 album, Leah, released in 2001 on Epic Records, which contained her Top 10 single, "We Think It's Love". Two more Top 40 hits followed with...
  
  – "Takin' Back What's Mine
  Takin' Back What's Mine
  Takin' Back What's Mine was the third single released by Leah Haywood from "Leah" in 2001. Unlike her first two singles, this song takes on a much more angry and dramatic tone where it deals about a girl reclaiming everything she physically owns after breaking up with her boyfriend...
  
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- Vanessa Amorosi
  Vanessa Amorosi
  Vanessa Amorosi is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her combined album and single sales have reached over 2 million worldwide.-Early life:...
  
  – The Power
  The Power (Vanessa Amorosi album)
  The Power is Vanessa Amorosi's debut album in which was very popular in Australia. The international version contained different album art and different track listing to the Australian version. The Power was the first time an Australian female reached number one on the national album chart with her...

Best Male Artist
- Nick Cave
  Nick Cave
  Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
  
  – No More Shall We Part
  No More Shall We Part
  A limited-edition version included a bonus disc with two extra tracks, plus multi-media CD-ROM files :...

Breakthrough Artist – Album
- The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – Since I Left You
  Since I Left You
  Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian music group The Avalanches released on 27 November 2000. Produced by Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, it was released on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and...
- Augie March
  Augie March
  Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...
  
  – Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies is the first studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2000 in Australia by BMG.-Track listing:# "The Hole In Your Roof" – 7:12# "Maroondah Reservoir" – 5:05# "There Is No Such Place" – 3:17...
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Three
  Three (The John Butler Trio album)
  Three is the second studio album of Australian jam band The John Butler Trio.All the music and lyrics written and arranged by John Butler. The album was recorded, engineered and mixed by Shaun O'Callaghan at Studio Couch, North Fremantle, Western Australia. It was mastered at Woodstock Studios by...
- Lo-Tel
  Lo-Tel
  Lo-Tel was a pop rock band based in Sydney, Australia. They received commercial success and are best known for their single "Teenager of the Year" in 2000...
  
  – Planet of the Stereos
- 28 Days
  28 Days
  28 Days are a punk rock band formed in Bacchus Marsh, Australia during 1997. At their career peak, they had a #1 album on the Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart and also a #12 single on the ARIAnet Singles Chart....
  
  – Upstyledown
  Upstyledown
  Upstyledown is the second studio album by 28 Days, released in 2000. It debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart.-Track listing:#"The Bird"#"Know the Score"#"Sucker"#"Jedi vs the Krust"#"Goodbye"#"Time for Us to Leave"#"Rip It Up"...

Breakthrough Artist – Single
- The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – "Frontier Psychiatrist"
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – "Who Sold Her Out
  Who Sold Her Out
  "Who Sold Her Out" is the second single by Eskimo Joe, taken from their debut album Girl. The song reached number 94 on the ARIA singles chart in 2001. The single was released through Modular Recordings along with two b-sides; "Love List" and a demo version of "Take a Rest".-Track listing:-Release...
  
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- George
  George (band)
  George are a rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Their first album, Polyserena reached #1 in the Australian Charts on 17 March 2002.-History:...
  
  – "Special Ones"
- The John Butler Trio – John Butler Trio EP
- Lash – "Take Me Away"

Best Pop Release
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Light Years

Best Dance Release
- The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – Since I Left You
  Since I Left You
  Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian music group The Avalanches released on 27 November 2000. Produced by Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, it was released on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and...
- Infusion
  Infusion (band)
  Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...
  
  – Phrases and Numbers
  Phrases and Numbers
  Phrases and Numbers is the debut album of Infusion.-Track listing:# "What Lies Ahead" – 5:59# "Starwater, It's Alright" – 8:11# "Spike" – 6:19# "On The Outside" – 5:32# "Spike " – 5:26# "Frostbite" – 9:42# "Legacy" – 5:40...
- Love Tattoo – Bass Has Got Me Movin

Best Rock Album
- Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...
- The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – Roll On (The Living End album)
  Roll On (The Living End album)
  Roll On is the second album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on EMI in 2000, and internationally on Reprise/Warner Brothers in 2001....
- The Mark of Cain – This Is This...
- Motor Ace
  Motor Ace
  Motor Ace were an Australian alternative rock band. Formed in Melbourne around 1998 out of the remains of another band named Snowblind, their members were Patrick Robertson , Damian Birchall Costin , Matt Balfe , and Dave Ong .- Early history :Motor Ace's swaggering rock anthems have seen many...
  
  – Five Star Laundry
  Five Star Laundry
  Five Star Laundry is the debut album by Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace, released in 2001. The album exposed Motor Ace to the Australian public, most notably to listeners of Triple J....
- The Superjesus
  The Superjesus
  The Superjesus were an ARIA award–winning rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are best known for their singles "Shut My Eyes", "Down Again" and "Gravity".-History:...
  
  – Jet Age

Best Country Album
- Slim Dusty
  Slim Dusty
  David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
  
  – Looking Forward, Looking Back

Best Independent Release
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Three
  Three (The John Butler Trio album)
  Three is the second studio album of Australian jam band The John Butler Trio.All the music and lyrics written and arranged by John Butler. The album was recorded, engineered and mixed by Shaun O'Callaghan at Studio Couch, North Fremantle, Western Australia. It was mastered at Woodstock Studios by...
- Allan Browne's New Rascals – East St Kilda Toodleoo
- Nitocris
  Nitocris (Band)
  Nitocris was a band from Sydney, Australia playing a combination of speedy punk and heavy metal. The band was notable as being perhaps the country's first significant all-female touring band.-Band history:...
  
  – Manic
- Pre-Shrunk – Digital Sunrise
- Stella One Eleven
  Stella One Eleven
  Stella One Eleven are an Australian pop/rock band formed in 1997. Based in Sydney, they have released three albums thus far, two of which have made the charts in Australia and three singles have so far made the singles charts. The band was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2001...
  
  – In Your Hands

Best Alternative Release
- Art of Fighting
  Art of Fighting
  is a trilogy of competitive fighting game titles that were released for the Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. It was the second fighting game franchise created by SNK, following the Fatal Fury series and is set in the same fictional universe...
  
  – Wires

Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Mark Seymour
  Mark Seymour
  Mark Seymour is an Australian musician and vocalist best known for his work as the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors...
  
  – One Eyed Man
- Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Phillis
  Jodi Christine Phillis is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist. She spent her childhood in California, United States, and moved back to Sydney, Australia to begin school. She quit school at 15, then spent 8 years working with surfwear company Mambo Graphics until she took up the role as...
  
  – In Dreams I Live
- John Farnham
  John Farnham
  John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
  
  – 33⅓
  33⅓ (album)
  -DVD track listing:-Personnel:* John Farnham – vocals* Chong Lim – keyboards, additional brass arrangements* Angus Burchall – drums* Joe Creighton – bass, vocals* Stuart Fraser – guitars* Lindsay Field – vocals...
- Stella One Eleven
  Stella One Eleven
  Stella One Eleven are an Australian pop/rock band formed in 1997. Based in Sydney, they have released three albums thus far, two of which have made the charts in Australia and three singles have so far made the singles charts. The band was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2001...
  
  – In Your Hands
- Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Matthews
  Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
  
  – Beautiful View
  Beautiful View
  Beautiful View is the seventh studio album released by Australian singer Wendy Matthews released by BMG in Australia on 7 May 2001. It yielded three singles "Free", "Beautiful View" and "Like the Sun"....

Best Blues & Roots Album
- Collard Greens & Gravy – More Gravy
- Andy Cowan – 10.30pm Thursdays
- Jeff Lang
  Jeff Lang
  Jeff Lang is an Australian songwriter, singer and slide guitarist. A leading performer in the Australian roots music scene and purveyer of his self-described "disturbed folk" style, which incorporates primarily folk, blues and rock...
  
  – Everything Is Still
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Three
- The Revelators – Adventures of the Amazing Revelators

Best Children's Album
- George Spartels
  George Spartels
  George Spartels is an Australian actor of Greek descent, who is best known for his role on the television soap opera Neighbours, playing Benito Alessi. He was married to actress Elizabeth Alexander....
  
  , Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Sean O'Boyle
  Sean O'Boyle (composer)
  Sean O'Boyle is an Australian composer and conductor.His River Symphony was performed by the Queensland Orchestra and released on ABC Classics in 2007 on a CD that also included Concerto for Didgeridoo composed with and recorded by William Barton...
  
  – George Meets the Orchestra
- Hooley Dooleys
  Hooley Dooleys
  The Hooley Dooleys are an Australian children's performing act. They originally appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, but have since appeared on commercial television and as a live touring act...
  
  – Keep on Dancing
- Monica Trapaga
  Monica Trapaga
  Monica Trapaga is an Australian entertainment presenter, jazz singer and actress, best known for her work on the Australian series Play School. Trapaga appeared on Better Homes and Gardens from 1997-2003 in segments related to decorating. She worked as a presenter on the children's television...
  
  – I Love the Zoo
- The Wiggles
  The Wiggles
  The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
  
  – Hoop-Dee-Doo - It's a Wiggles Party

Best Comedy Release
- Guido Hatzis
  Guido Hatzis
  Guido Hatzis is a Greek-Australian comic character created by Australian comedians Tony Moclair and Julian Schiller and voiced by Moclair. Guido appeared originally on Schiller and Moclair's radio program "Crud" on the Australian Radio Network Triple M....
  
  – Whatever
- The 12th Man
  The Twelfth Man
  The Twelfth Man is the name for a series of comedy productions by Australian satirist Billy Birmingham. Birmingham, a skilled impersonator, is generally known for parodying Australian sports commentators' voices...
  
  – Bruce 2000
- Chris Franklin
  Chris Franklin
  Chris Franklin is an Australian stand up comedian and former sailor for the Royal Australian Navy. He is most famous for writing the song "Bloke" , which reached #1 on the ARIA Charts in 2000...
  
  – Mullet Head
- The Drugs – The Only Way Is Up
- Rodney Rude
  Rodney Rude
  Rodney Rude is an Australian 'blue' stand-up comedian, poet and writer. He is infamous for his bawdy humour. He has released 12 albums and 5 videos throughout his long career, all of which are distributed by EMI Music Australia. To date, Rodney has sold well in excess of 3 million CDs videos and...
  
  – Ya Mum's Bum

Fine Arts Awards

Best Jazz Album
- Bernie McGann Trio
  Bernie McGann
  Bernie McGann is an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s and is still active as a performer, composer and recording artist.- Biography :...
  
  – Bundeena

Best Classical Album
- Genevieve Lacey, Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
  Paul Dyer
  Paul David Dyer is a former English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for football league clubs Notts County and Colchester United, where he made over 100 appearances. Dyer also played non-league football for Gravesend & Northfleet and Chelmsford City-External links:**...
  
  – Vivaldi - Ii Flauto Dolce
- Macquarie Trio – Schubert: Complete Piano Trios
- Shu Cheen Yu – Lotus Moon
- Stephanie McCallum
  Stephanie McCallum
  Stephanie McCallum is a classical pianist. She has recorded works of Erik Satie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Carl Maria von Weber, Albéric Magnard, Pierre Boulez, and Iannis Xenakis among others.-Life:Stephanie McCallum studied with Alexander...
  
  – Perfume
- Woof! – Tuneful Percussion

Best Original Cast / Show Recording
- Cast Recording – Shout! The Legend Of The Wild One
- Australian Concert Orchestra, Queensland Pops Orchestra, Harper – Scotland the Brave
- David Chesworth
  David Chesworth
  David Chesworth is an award-winning Australian-based composer and installation artist. Known for his experimental, and at times minimalist music, he has worked in rock groups, classical ensembles, theatre, opera...
  
  – Wicked Voice
- Janet Seidel
  Janet Seidel
  Janet Seidel is an Australian-born jazz vocalist and pianist.Her albums, recorded with musicians including her brother, bassist David Seidel, have been nominated for prizes such as the ARIA Music Awards. Her album "Moon of Manakoora" won the Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in...
  
  – Doris and Me
- Various – Sydney 2000 The Games of the XXVII Olympiad
  2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
  The Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics was described by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as the most beautiful ceremony the world has ever seen. Held on the evening of Friday 15 September 2000, the Opening Ceremony represented everything Australian, from sea creatures and flora/fauna...
  
  - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony
  The Games Of The XXVII Olympiad 2000: Music from the Opening Ceremony
  The Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony is the CD of the music of the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Track listing:...

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia. It has 100 permanent musicians. Melbourne has the longest continuous history of orchestral music of any Australian city and the MSO is the oldest professional orchestra in Australia...
  
  , Various – Music from the Motion Picture - The Dish
- David Hirschfelder
  David Hirschfelder
  David Hirschfelder is an Australian film score composer and performer.Hirschfelder was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria....
  
  , Various – Better Than Sex - Original Soundtrack
- Lisa Gerrard
  Lisa Gerrard
  Lisa Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer, and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry....
  
  with Hans Zimmer
  Hans Zimmer
  Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...
  
  – More Music from Gladiator
- Richard Pleasance
  Richard Pleasance
  Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992...
  
  , Various – The Very Best of SeaChange
- Single Gun Theory
  Single Gun Theory
  Single Gun Theory is an Australian band made up of Jacqui Hunt , Pete Rivett-Carnac and Kath Power , recording on the Canadian label Nettwerk. Their music combines elements of downtempo electronic dance music with introspective, ethereal vocals and samples of dialogue...
  
  – The Monkey's Mask
- Various – Sydney 2000 The Games of the XXVII Olympiad
  2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
  The Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics was described by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as the most beautiful ceremony the world has ever seen. Held on the evening of Friday 15 September 2000, the Opening Ceremony represented everything Australian, from sea creatures and flora/fauna...
  
  - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony

The Games Of The XXVII Olympiad 2000: Music from the Opening Ceremony
The Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Official Music from the Opening Ceremony is the CD of the music of the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Track listing:...

Best World Music Album
- Mara! – Live in Europe

Artisan Awards

Producer of the Year
- Bobbydazzler – The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – Since I Left You
  Since I Left You
  Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian music group The Avalanches released on 27 November 2000. Produced by Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, it was released on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and...
- Augie March
  Augie March
  Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...
  
  , Paul McKercher, Richard Pleasance
  Richard Pleasance
  Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992...
  
  – Augie March – Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies is the first studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2000 in Australia by BMG.-Track listing:# "The Hole In Your Roof" – 7:12# "Maroondah Reservoir" – 5:05# "There Is No Such Place" – 3:17...
- Kalju Tonuma
  Kalju Tonuma
  Kalju Tonuma is a music producer, engineer, mixer, and occasional performer based in Melbourne, Australia. He played guitar as a member of Deadstar in 1998...
  
  – Superheist
  Superheist
  Superheist was an Australian nu metal band that attained a significant degree of success with a string of EPs and singles and two full-length albums that charted in the Top 40 before suddenly disbanding in 2004.-Formation and early period:...
  
  – The Prize Recruit
  The Prize Recruit
  The Prize Recruit is the first full-length album from the Australian band Superheist. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Victoria by Superheist and producer Kalju Tonuma and released on 15 April 2001.-Track listing:...
- The Mark of Cain – The Mark of Cain – This Is This...
- Nick Launay
  Nick Launay
  Nick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
  
  – The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – Roll On
  Roll On (The Living End album)
  Roll On is the second album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on EMI in 2000, and internationally on Reprise/Warner Brothers in 2001....
- Paul Kosky – Killing Heidi
  Killing Heidi
  Killing Heidi were an Australian rock band from Violet Town, Victoria. The band, which has been on hiatus since 2006, are best known for their multi-platinum album Reflector, released in 2000.-Early years :...
  
  – "Superman Supergirl"

Engineer of the Year
- Paul McKercher, Chris Thompson
  Chris Thompson
  Chris Thompson, also known as Chris Hamlet Thompson is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and for his solo accomplishments.- Biography :...
  
  , Richard Pleasance
  Richard Pleasance
  Richard Arnold Pleasance is an Australian rock musician and producer. He was a founding member of Boom Crash Opera on guitar, bass guitar, vocals and as a songwriter in 1985; they released three albums before Pleasance left in 1992...
  
  , Chris Dickie – Augie March
  Augie March
  Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...
  
  – Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies is the first studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2000 in Australia by BMG.-Track listing:# "The Hole In Your Roof" – 7:12# "Maroondah Reservoir" – 5:05# "There Is No Such Place" – 3:17...
- Doug Brady – John Farnham
  John Farnham
  John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
  
  – 33⅓
  33⅓ (album)
  -DVD track listing:-Personnel:* John Farnham – vocals* Chong Lim – keyboards, additional brass arrangements* Angus Burchall – drums* Joe Creighton – bass, vocals* Stuart Fraser – guitars* Lindsay Field – vocals...
- Kalju Tonuma
  Kalju Tonuma
  Kalju Tonuma is a music producer, engineer, mixer, and occasional performer based in Melbourne, Australia. He played guitar as a member of Deadstar in 1998...
  
  – Superheist
  Superheist
  Superheist was an Australian nu metal band that attained a significant degree of success with a string of EPs and singles and two full-length albums that charted in the Top 40 before suddenly disbanding in 2004.-Formation and early period:...
  
  – The Prize Recruit
  The Prize Recruit
  The Prize Recruit is the first full-length album from the Australian band Superheist. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Victoria by Superheist and producer Kalju Tonuma and released on 15 April 2001.-Track listing:...
- Nick Launay
  Nick Launay
  Nick Launay is an English record producer and recording engineer. He is currently one of the most sought after producers in the world due to his current success with recent albums by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
  
  – The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  – Roll On
  Roll On (The Living End album)
  Roll On is the second album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on EMI in 2000, and internationally on Reprise/Warner Brothers in 2001....
- Tony Espie, Bobbydazzler – The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – Since I Left You
  Since I Left You
  Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian music group The Avalanches released on 27 November 2000. Produced by Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, it was released on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and...

Best Video
- Ben Saunders – Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – "Wake Up
  Wake Up (Eskimo Joe song)
  "Wake Up" is the first single by Eskimo Joe, taken from their debut album Girl. The video for the song won 'Best Video' at the 2001 ARIA Awards.The music video for the song features people with cardboard cut-out faces.-Track listing:-Release history:...
  
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Best Cover Art
- Kevin Wilkins – – Powderfinger
  Powderfinger
  Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....
  
  – Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five
  Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...
- Bobbydazzler – The Avalanches
  The Avalanches
  The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in 1997 with mainstays Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Diblasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals and keyboards. They are known for their live DJ sets and their debut album Since I Left You , which was...
  
  – Since I Left You
  Since I Left You
  Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian music group The Avalanches released on 27 November 2000. Produced by Avalanches members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, it was released on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and...
- Darren Glindemann – The Superjesus
  The Superjesus
  The Superjesus were an ARIA award–winning rock band from Adelaide, Australia. They are best known for their singles "Shut My Eyes", "Down Again" and "Gravity".-History:...
  
  – Jet Age
- Sam Hickey – Augie March
  Augie March
  Augie March are an Australian indie/pop rock band. Formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria, the band currently consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bassist Edmondo Ammendola, drummer David Williams, and keyboardist Kiernan Box...
  
  – Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies
  Sunset Studies is the first studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2000 in Australia by BMG.-Track listing:# "The Hole In Your Roof" – 7:12# "Maroondah Reservoir" – 5:05# "There Is No Such Place" – 3:17...
- Stephanie Ashworth
  Stephanie Ashworth
  Stephanie Ashworth is bass guitarist for Australian band Something for Kate. She joined the band, according to her in an interview "sometime in 1997 or 1998, I can't remember" replacing Toby Ralph...
  
  – Something for Kate
  Something for Kate
  Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...
  
  – Echolalia
  Echolalia (album)
  Echolalia is the third studio album album by Australian band Something for Kate. It was voted the Best Album of 2001 by Triple J listeners. This album was released in the US, and some of these US copies included a second disc titled "past and present tension". The second disc included past songs...

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees

The following were inducted into the Hall of Fame
ARIA Hall of Fame
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

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INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
The Saints

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