ARIA Music Awards of 2003
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The 17th 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 21 October 2003 at the Sydney Superdome.

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....

       – Vulture Street
      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 29 July 2003. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1...

    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

       – Lovers
    • 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...

       – The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction is the 4th studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. There was a limited run of digi-pack editions of this album upon first release. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and has sold over Platinum. It was nominated for 4 ARIA awards and took out Rolling...

    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

       – Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....


  • Single of the Year
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – "Born to Try"
    • Amiel
      Amiel Daemion
      Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...

       – "Lovesong
      Lovesong (Amiel song)
      "Lovesong" is a pop song written by Amiel Daemion and produced by Josh Abrahams for Amiel's first album Audio Out . It was released as the album's first single in Australia as a CD single on 10 March 2003...

      "
    • 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....

       – "On My Mind
      (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
      " On My Mind" is a song on Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date.-Background:After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic...

      "
    • Silverchair
      Silverchair
      Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...

       – "Luv Your Life
      Luv Your Life
      "Luv Your Life" is the third single by Australian rock band Silverchair from their fourth album Diorama, which was released in 2002. The song was released as a single and a video was made in which the band was portrayed as animated characters...

      "
    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

       – "Lighthouse"

  • Best Male Artist
    • Alex Lloyd
      Alex Lloyd
      Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...

       – "Coming Home
      Coming Home (Alex Lloyd song)
      "Coming Home" is a 2003 single by Australian artist Alex Lloyd from his album Distant Light.The single peaked at No. 24 on the Australian ARIA Charts, and was ranked No...

      "
    • Ben Lee
      Ben Lee
      Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...

       – Hey You. Yes You.
      Hey you. yes you.
      hey you. yes you. is the fourth album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released in 2002. The single, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue", was voted #22 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2002.-Track listing:#"Running with Scissors" – 3:32...

    • John Butler
      John Butler (musician)
      John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...

       – Living
    • 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...

       – Nocturama
      Nocturama
      Nocturama is the 12th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 2003. It received a fairly mixed reaction, though it had some moderate critical success. To date, it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld...

    • Tex Perkins
      Tex Perkins
      Tex Perkins is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many...

       – Sweet Nothing

  • Best Female Artist
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • Amiel
      Amiel Daemion
      Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...

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      Audio Out
      Audio Out
      Audio Out is the first album by the Australian singer Amiel, released in Australia by Festival Records on 18 August 2003 . Produced by Josh Abrahams, the album is filled with a variety of strange pop songs which helped the album to receive favorable reviews...

    • 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...

       – "Come Into My World"
    • Renée Geyer
      Renée Geyer
      Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...

       –
      Tenderland
    • Sarah Blasko
      Sarah Blasko
      Sarah Elizabeth Blaskow , is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. After fronting Sydney-based band Acquiesce from the mid-1990s, Blasko developed her solo career from 2002. In 2007, she won the 'Best Pop Release' for What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have at the ARIA Music Awards, which...

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      Prelusive EP
      Extended play
      An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

       ("Your Way")

  • 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....

       – Vulture Street
      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 29 July 2003. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1...

    • Grinspoon
      Grinspoon
      Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...

       – "No Reason"
    • Silverchair
      Silverchair
      Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...

       – "Across the Night
      Across the Night
      "Across the Night" was the fifth and final single released by rock band Silverchair from their fourth album, Diorama. It is the first track on Diorama, and is a major departure from their previous, grungy sound which was featured on Frogstomp, which was released in 1995. This more progressive type...

      "
    • 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...

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      The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction is the 4th studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. There was a limited run of digi-pack editions of this album upon first release. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and has sold over Platinum. It was nominated for 4 ARIA awards and took out Rolling...

    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

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      Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....


  • Highest Selling Single
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – "Born to Try"
    • Amiel
      Amiel Daemion
      Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...

       – "Lovesong
      Lovesong (Amiel song)
      "Lovesong" is a pop song written by Amiel Daemion and produced by Josh Abrahams for Amiel's first album Audio Out . It was released as the album's first single in Australia as a CD single on 10 March 2003...

      "
    • The Androids
      The Androids
      The Androids are a rock band from Australia. Fronted by guitarist Tim Henwood . While their 2002 single, "Do It With Madonna", was commercially their most successful release - peaking at #4 in the Australia ARIA Singles Chart and #15 in the UK Singles Chart; their second and third singles, "Here...

       – "Do It with Madonna"
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – "Innocent Eyes
      Innocent Eyes (song)
      -Weekly charts:-End of year charts:-Certifications:-Release history:-References:...

      "
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – "Lost Without You
      Lost Without You
      Official Mixes#"Lost Without You" #"Lost Without You" #"Lost Without You" #"Lost Without You" #"Lost Without You" #"Lost Without You"...

      "

  • Highest Selling Album
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       –
      Innocent Eyes
    • Jet
      Jet (band)
      Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...

       – Get Born
      Get Born
      -B-Sides:#"Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2#"Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On....

    • Shannon Noll
      Shannon Noll
      Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...

       – That's What I'm Talking About
      That's What I'm Talking About
      That's What I'm Talking About is the debut album by Australian singer Shannon Noll, released on 8 February 2004 . The album includes a longer version of his number one smash-hit, 5x Platinum debut single, "What About Me", the Bryan Adams penned Top 5 single, "Drive", as well as the number one...

    • Guy Sebastian
      Guy Sebastian
      Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...

       – Just as I am
      Just as I Am
      Just as I Am can refer to:*Just as I Am — a 1971 album by Bill Withers. It includes the hit single "Ain't No Sunshine".*Just as I Am — the debut album by Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian....

    • Pete Murray – Feeler

  • Breakthrough Artist – Single
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – "Born to Try"
    • Candice Alley
      Candice Alley
      Candice Marie Giannarelli, better known as Candice Alley is an Australian singer-songwriter of Australian/Italian descent. She married Australian swimming captain Grant Hackett on 14 April 2007....

       – "Falling"
    • The Casanovas
      The Casanovas
      The Casanovas are an Australian rock band, based in Melbourne. They were formed in 1999 by brothers Tommy and Patrick Boyce, along with Jimmy Lewis.-About the Band:...

       – Shake It EP
    • Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...

       – "One of My Kind"
    • The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

       – "Vampire Racecourse
      Vampire Racecourse
      "Vampire Racecourse" is a song by The Sleepy Jackson released as the first single from their debut album Lovers. The song peaked at #71 in Australia and #50 in the UK.-Australian CD:# "Vampire Racecourse"# "Hell Is Here"# "Revolution"# "Holly"...

      "

  • Breakthrough Artist – Album
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • Amiel
      Amiel Daemion
      Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...

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      Audio Out
      Audio Out
      Audio Out is the first album by the Australian singer Amiel, released in Australia by Festival Records on 18 August 2003 . Produced by Josh Abrahams, the album is filled with a variety of strange pop songs which helped the album to receive favorable reviews...

    • Pete Murray
      Pete Murray (singer-songwriter)
      Peter "Pete" Kenneth Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first three full-length albums have all reached #1 on the Australian music charts...

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      Feeler
    • The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

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      Lovers
    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

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      Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....


  • Best Independent Release
    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

       –
      Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....

    • 1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques were an Australian hip hop group. They formed in 1997 and released two LPs before going on hiatus in 2005.-Biography:The group was formed in 1997, starting out as DJ Peril and brothers Nfamas and Kabba, soon after Peril's brother Kemstar joined and together they wrote many of the...

       – "Eye of the Storm"
    • Diesel
      Johnny Diesel
      Johnny Diesel is an Australian musician, who has released material as leader of Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, under his birth name, or by the epithet Diesel...

       – Hear
      Hear (Diesel album)
      -Track listing:# Angel Face# Faith and Gasoline# Getta Kick # She's High# Brighter Than The Sun # Battleworn# Don't Send Another -Track listing:# Angel Face# Faith and Gasoline# Getta Kick (Diesel/Guy Davies)# She's High# Brighter Than The Sun (Diesel/Guy Davies)# Battleworn# Don't Send Another...

    • 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...

       – Living
    • The Mess Hall
      The Mess Hall
      The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney, Australia specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band consists of Jed Kurzel and Cec Condon ....

       – Feeling Sideways
      Feeling Sideways
      Feeling Sideways, produced by Chris Joannou earned an ARIA music award for Best Independent Release. The same year, The Original Drummer, Anthony Johnsen left the band and was replaced with Cec Condon of The Tremors.-Track listing:...


  • Best Adult Contemporary Album
    • 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...

       – The Last Time
      The Last Time (album)
      The Last Time is a studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 7 October 2002 and reached #1 in the ARIA charts.On 21 July 2003, a DVD of the subsequent national tour titled "The Last Time" was released....

    • Blackeyed Susans – Shangri-La
      Shangri-La (Blackeyed Susans album)
      Shangri-La is the sixth and most recent studio album by The Blackeyed Susans, released in July 2003. After initial writing sessions in mid-1999, recording of the album was scheduled for 2000. It was postponed when the band’s then record company, Mds, was bought by Festival Records...

    • David Bridie
      David Bridie
      David Bridie is a musician from Melbourne, Australia. Bridie first rose to prominence as a member of Not Drowning, Waving, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited...

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      Hotel Radio
    • The Go-Betweens
      The Go-Betweens
      The Go-Betweens were an indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Australia in 1977 by singer-songwriters and guitarists, Robert Forster and Grant McLennan. They were later joined by Lindy Morrison on drums, Robert Vickers on bass guitar and Amanda Brown on violin, oboe, guitar, and backing vocals,...

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      Bright Yellow Bright Orange
      Bright Yellow Bright Orange
      Bright Yellow Bright Orange is the eighth album by Brisbane indie band The Go-Betweens, and the second after their 2000 reunion.-Track listing:# "Caroline and I" – 3:50...

    • Renée Geyer
      Renée Geyer
      Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and...

       –
      Tenderland

  • 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....

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      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 29 July 2003. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1...

    • Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in...

       – Tough Love
    • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
      Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
      Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...

       – Nocturama
      Nocturama
      Nocturama is the 12th studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 2003. It received a fairly mixed reaction, though it had some moderate critical success. To date, it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld...

    • The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

       – Lovers
    • 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...

       – The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction is the 4th studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. There was a limited run of digi-pack editions of this album upon first release. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and has sold over Platinum. It was nominated for 4 ARIA awards and took out Rolling...


  • Best Country Album
    • Keith Urban
      Keith Urban
      Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...

       – Golden Road
      Golden Road (album)
      Golden Road is the third solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released in 2002 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Somebody Like You", "Raining on Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" and "You'll Think of Me"....

    • Adam Harvey
      Adam Harvey
      Adam Harvey is an Australian country music singer. Harvey has been nominated three times for an ARIA Music Award and is a multiple CMAA Award winner.-Biography:Adam Harvey got his start musically learning country classics on the guitar as a small boy...

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      Cowboy Dreams
    • Beccy Cole
      Beccy Cole
      Beccy Cole is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. She has released six albums and won seven Golden Guitar awards....

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      Little Victories
    • Bill Chambers
      Bill Chambers
      William Joseph "Bill" Chambers was an American football offensive lineman in the All-America Football Conference. He played two seasons for the New York Yankees . He played collegiately for Alabama, Georgia Tech and UCLA....

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      Sleeping with the Blues
    • Sara Storer
      Sara Storer
      Sara Storer is an Australian country music singer. She won seven Golden Guitars in the Tamworth Country Music Festival 2004 awards in Tamworth, the most awards ever won in one year in the 32-year history of the awards. As of the 2010 Golden Guitar awards, Storer has won a total of eleven...

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      Beautiful Circle
      Beautiful Circle
      Beautiful Circle is the second album by Australian country music singer Sara Storer released in November 2002. It won a Golden Guitar award for Album of the Year at the Tamworth Country Music Awards in January 2004.-Making of the album:...


  • Best Blues & Roots Album
    • The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

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      Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....

    • 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...

       – Living
      Living 2001-2002
      -Personnel:* John Butler — electrified/acoustic 11 string guitars, vocals and percussion on "Take"* Rory Quirk — electric bass, double bass and percussion on "take"* Jason McGann — drums, percussion, backing vocals...

    • Mia Dyson
      Mia Dyson
      Mia Dyson is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She shot to fame with her 2003 album Cold Water and her subsequent follow-up album, Parking Lots, which won "Best Blues & Roots album" at the 2005 ARIA Awards....

       – Cold Water
      Cold Water (album)
      Cold Water is the debut album from Australian blues and roots singer Mia Dyson and was released in May 2003.Cold Water highlights Mia Dyson's song writing and musicianship and the dynamic collaboration between Mia, Dean Addison and Carl Pannuzzo...

    • Pete Murray
      Pete Murray (singer-songwriter)
      Peter "Pete" Kenneth Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first three full-length albums have all reached #1 on the Australian music charts...

       – Feeler
    • The Revelators – The Revelators

  • Best Pop Release
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • Amiel
      Amiel Daemion
      Amiel Muki Daemion born on in New York, is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including The Silver Brumby which also starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. Her music career shot to fame...

       –
      Audio Out
      Audio Out
      Audio Out is the first album by the Australian singer Amiel, released in Australia by Festival Records on 18 August 2003 . Produced by Josh Abrahams, the album is filled with a variety of strange pop songs which helped the album to receive favorable reviews...

    • The Androids
      The Androids
      The Androids are a rock band from Australia. Fronted by guitarist Tim Henwood . While their 2002 single, "Do It With Madonna", was commercially their most successful release - peaking at #4 in the Australia ARIA Singles Chart and #15 in the UK Singles Chart; their second and third singles, "Here...

       – "Do It with Madonna"
    • Dannii Minogue
      Dannii Minogue
      Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...

       –
      Neon Nights
      Neon Nights
      Neon Nights is the fourth studio album by Australian dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by London Records on 17 March 2003 and was primarily produced by Ian Masterson, Korpi & Blackcell, Neïmo and Terry Ronald...

    • 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...

       – "Come Into My World"

  • Best Urban Release
    • Koolism
      Koolism
      Koolism is an Australian hip hop duo originating from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.The members are lyricist Hau Latukefu and producer/DJ/musician Danielsan Ichiban .-History:Koolism started out in 1992 when Elleson joined a group by the name...

       –
      Part 3 - Random Thoughts
      Random Thoughts (Koolism album)
      Part 3 Random Thoughts is a studio album by Australian hip hop artists, Koolism, released 10 May 2004 by Invada Records.The new album features guest appearances from Rodney P , N'fa and BVA & Raph...

    • 1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques were an Australian hip hop group. They formed in 1997 and released two LPs before going on hiatus in 2005.-Biography:The group was formed in 1997, starting out as DJ Peril and brothers Nfamas and Kabba, soon after Peril's brother Kemstar joined and together they wrote many of the...

       – Consistency Theory
      Consistency Theory
      Consistency Theory is the second album from Melbourne, Australia hip-hop group 1200 Techniques. Released in 2004, it sees the group moving away from the diverse influences of their first album, to a more straightforward, arguably commercial hip-hop sound....

    • Daniel Merriweather
      Daniel Merriweather
      Daniel Paul Merriweather is an Australian R&B singer-songwriter who has worked as a featured vocalist for other artists and has a solo career. His guest vocals are included on album tracks by Disco Montego, Mark Ronson and Phrase...

       – "City Rules"
    • The Cat Empire
      The Cat Empire
      The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...

       – The Cat Empire
      The Cat Empire (album)
      The Cat Empire is the eponymous studio debut album of Melbourne band The Cat Empire. Released in October 2003 in Australia, it went platinum in Australia in February 2004.-Recording of the album:...

    • J-Wess
      J-Wess
      James Wesley Essex, better known by his stage name J-Wess, is an American-Australian hip hop and R&B musician. He is based in Melbourne, Australia...

       – Tha LP
      J Wess Presents Tha LP
      J Wess Presents Tha LP is the debut album of American-Australian urban musician J-Wess, released in April 2004. The album has made the top twenty of the Australian album charts and three songs from the album "Bang This", "What Chu Want" and "Luv Ya" have been hits in Australia.-Making of the...


  • Best Dance Release
    • Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...

       – "One of My Kind"
    • 1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques
      1200 Techniques were an Australian hip hop group. They formed in 1997 and released two LPs before going on hiatus in 2005.-Biography:The group was formed in 1997, starting out as DJ Peril and brothers Nfamas and Kabba, soon after Peril's brother Kemstar joined and together they wrote many of the...

       – "Eye of the Storm"
    • Disco Montego
      Disco Montego
      Disco Montego are an Australian R&B and dance music performance, song writing and production duo. The Dowlut brothers Dennis and Darren, formed Kaylan in Melbourne in 1995. They released an R&B album No Commandments in 2000, which reached No. 23 in Australia and spawned three Top 50...

       – Disco Montego
    • Gerling
      Gerling
      Gerling were an alternative guitar and electronic act from Australia. They formed in 1993, and are based in Sydney.-History:The band formed in 1993 with the line-up of Darren Cross , Presser and Brad Herdson...

       – "Who's Ya Daddy?
      Who's Ya Daddy? (Gerling song)
      "Who's Ya Daddy?" is the first single released from the album Bad Blood!!! by Gerling.The song was ranked at #78 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003.-Track listing:Australian CD Single# "Who's Ya Daddy?" - 3:45# "Deepfryer " - 4:08...

      "
    • Wicked Beat Sound System
      Wicked Beat Sound System
      Wicked Beat Sound System is a Sydney based group whose sound is best described as a mixture of electronica, dub and soul. The group formed in 1992, following a series of live "jams" instigated by DJ Dave Carnovale in collaboration with Damian Robinson and other DJ's Scott Pullen and Mark Walton...

       – New Soul Breaks

  • Best Children's Album
    • Hi-5 – Celebrate
    • Play School
      Play School (Australian TV series)
      Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It is the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running childrens show in the world. An estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the...

       –
      Hip-Hip Hooray
    • The Saddle Club
      The Saddle Club
      The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional...

       –
      On Top of the World
    • 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...

       –
      Go to Sleep Jeff
    • 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...

       –
      Whoo hoo! Wiggly Gremlins

  • Best Comedy Release
    • Merrick and Rosso
      Merrick and Rosso
      Merrick and Rosso are an Australian comedy duo, Merrick Watts and Tim Ross. The duo began in stand up comedy and first came together when they teamed up for a one off comedy show in 1996...

       –
      From Us to Youse
    • Dave Hughes
      Dave Hughes
      David William "Hughesy" Hughes is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter. He is currently co-host on the Network Ten's The Project and Before the Game as well as the breakfast radio show Hughesy and Kate.-Television:Hughes co-hosted the ABC comedy talk show The Glass House...

       – Whatever
    • The Drugs – Music's in Trouble
    • 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...

       – Rude Bastard
    • Tripod
      Tripod (band)
      Tripod is an Australian musical comedy act, specialising in improv, parody and satire. As its name suggests, the band is a trio; it comprises Scod , Yon and Gatesy...

       – About an Hour of Song in an Hour

  • Best Music DVD
    • Midnight Oil
      Midnight Oil
      Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

       – Best of Both Worlds
      Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album)
      Best of Both Worlds is a DVD-Video release of two significant concerts performed by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The featured concerts are Oils on the Water and Saturday Night at the Capitol...

    • Grinspoon
      Grinspoon
      Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...

       –
      23 Hours of Waiting Around
    • 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...

       –
      The Cream & the Crock
    • 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...

       –
      I'm Only Looking
    • Pete Murray – Passing Time

Artisan Awards

  • Best Cover Art
    • Steven Gorrow, Revolution Design – 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....

       –
      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street
      Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 29 July 2003. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1...

    • Jenny Sullivan, Sony Music Design – Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • Adalita
      Adalita Srsen
      Adalita Srsen is an Australian rock musician, known best as a founding member of rock band Magic Dirt.-Early life and childhood:Adalita was born in Geelong, Australia on 25 February 1971. She told Rolling Stone magazine in 2003 that her father, a Croatian cabaret performer, named her after a...

      , Steven Gorrow – Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in...

       – Tough Love
    • 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...

       & David Homer, Sony Music Design – 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...

       – The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction
      The Official Fiction is the 4th studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. There was a limited run of digi-pack editions of this album upon first release. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and has sold over Platinum. It was nominated for 4 ARIA awards and took out Rolling...

    • James Bellesini, Love Police – 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...

       – Deliverance
      Deliverance (You Am I album)
      Deliverance is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in 2002.Tim Rogers later said of the album, "We just wanted 3-minute songs about being in love and rooting and loving being in a rock 'n' roll band and I think everyone associated with us absolutely hates it."-Track listing:All...


  • Engineer of the Year
    • Chris Thompson – The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

       –
      Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....

    • Vince Pizzinga – Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       – Innocent Eyes
    • David Leonard – The Butterfly Effect
      The Butterfly Effect (band)
      The Butterfly Effect are an alternative metal band from Brisbane, Australia, formed in 1999. The band consists of Clint Boge , Ben Hall , Glenn Esmond and Kurt "Puddles" Goedhart . Their debut album received high rotation play on influential radio station Triple J.-The Butterfly Effect EP:The band...

       – Begins Here
    • Lindsay Gravina – Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt
      Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in...

       – Tough Love
    • Paul McKercher – Pete Murray – Feeler

  • Best Video
    • Bart Borghesi – The Androids
      The Androids
      The Androids are a rock band from Australia. Fronted by guitarist Tim Henwood . While their 2002 single, "Do It With Madonna", was commercially their most successful release - peaking at #4 in the Australia ARIA Singles Chart and #15 in the UK Singles Chart; their second and third singles, "Here...

       – "Do It with Madonna"
    • Paul Butler, Scott Walton & 50 / 50 Films – Gerling
      Gerling
      Gerling were an alternative guitar and electronic act from Australia. They formed in 1993, and are based in Sydney.-History:The band formed in 1993 with the line-up of Darren Cross , Presser and Brad Herdson...

       – "Who's Ya Daddy?
      Who's Ya Daddy? (Gerling song)
      "Who's Ya Daddy?" is the first single released from the album Bad Blood!!! by Gerling.The song was ranked at #78 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003.-Track listing:Australian CD Single# "Who's Ya Daddy?" - 3:45# "Deepfryer " - 4:08...

      "
    • Paul Butler, Scott Walton & 50 / 50 Films – 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....

       – "On My Mind
      (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
      " On My Mind" is a song on Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date.-Background:After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic...

      "
    • Sam Bennetts, Rising Sun Pictures – Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders
      Rogue Traders are an Australian electronic pop rock band fronted by Melinda "Mindi" Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members met in London in 1989. Before forming Rogue Traders, Ash and Davis worked together on many...

       – "One of My Kind"
    • Sean Gilligan & Sarah-Jane Woulahan – Silverchair
      Silverchair
      Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo...

       – "Across the Night
      Across the Night
      "Across the Night" was the fifth and final single released by rock band Silverchair from their fourth album, Diorama. It is the first track on Diorama, and is a major departure from their previous, grungy sound which was featured on Frogstomp, which was released in 1995. This more progressive type...

      "

  • Producer of the Year
    • Chris Thompson – The Waifs
      The Waifs
      The Waifs are an Australian folk rock band formed in 1992 by Josh Cunningham , and sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson...

       – Up All Night
      Up All Night (The Waifs album)
      Up All Night is the fourth album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003.Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date....

    • David Nicholas – Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

       –
      Innocent Eyes
    • Jonathan Burnside – The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson
      The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...

       –
      Lovers
    • Magoo – Gerling
      Gerling
      Gerling were an alternative guitar and electronic act from Australia. They formed in 1993, and are based in Sydney.-History:The band formed in 1993 with the line-up of Darren Cross , Presser and Brad Herdson...

       –
      Bad Blood
    • Paul McKercher – Pete Murray – Feeler

Fine Arts Awards

  • Best World Music Album
    • Monsieur Camembert
      Monsieur Camembert
      Monsieur Camembert is a five-piece Gypsy fusion band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1999. They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album in 2002 for Live on Stage , in 2003 for Absynthe and in 2005 for Monsieur Camembert...

       –
      Absynthe
      Absynthe (album)
      Absynthe is the third album from Australian Gypsy fusion band Monsieur Camembert. Released in June 2003, it won the 2003 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album.-Track listing:*All arrangements by Monsieur Camembert....

    • All India Radio – All India Radio
    • David Bridie
      David Bridie
      David Bridie is a musician from Melbourne, Australia. Bridie first rose to prominence as a member of Not Drowning, Waving, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited...

       – West Papua: Sound Of The Morning Star
    • Kavisha Mazzella – Silverhook Tango
    • Zulya
      Zulya Kamalova
      Zulya Kamalova is an award-winning Tatar singer. She currently resides in Australia though tours both countries frequently.-Life:Zulya grew up in Tatarstan and began performing and writing music at age 9. In 1991, she moved to Australia, settling in Hobart, Tasmania...

       – Elusive

  • Best Jazz Album
    • Andrew Keller – Mikrokosmos
    • Andrew Robson – On
    • Kevin Hunt Trio – Love Walked In
    • The Necks
      The Necks
      The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...

       –
      Athenaeum, Homebush, Quay & Raab
    • The World According to James – Wayback

  • Best Original Soundtrack Production Recording
    • Mick Harvey
      Mick Harvey
      Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...

       –
      Australian Rules
      Australian Rules (film)
      Australian Rules, is a 2002 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman. The film was adapted from the novel Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne. It stars Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge, Brian Torry and Lisa Flanagan...

    • Cezary Skubiszewski
      Cezary Skubiszewski
      Cezary Skubiszewski, born 1949, Warsaw, Poland, is an Polish Australian composer for film, television and orchestra.Migrating from Poland to Australia in 1974, he studied the piano from the age of six. He currently lives in East St Kilda, Melbourne...

       – After The Deluge (Original Television Mini-series Soundtrack)
    • Dave Graney
      Dave Graney
      David John "Dave" Graney is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter from Mount Gambier, South Australia. Since 1979, Graney is generally accompanied by drummer, Clare Moore...

       & Clare Moore
      Clare Moore
      Clare Christina Moore is an Australian musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and performer whose principal instrument is the drums. She has also performed as a keyboard player, singer and vibraphone player...

       – Music from the Motion Picture - Bad Eggs
      Bad Eggs
      Bad Eggs is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written and directed by Tony Martin. It stars Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin and Judith Lucy, with Alan Brough, Bill Hunter, Marshall Napier, Nicholas Bell, Steven Vidler, Shaun Micallef, Robyn Nevin, Brett Swain, Denis Moore and Pete Smith having supporting...

    • The Saddle Club
      The Saddle Club
      The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional...

       – On Top of the World
    • Various artists – The Secret Life of Us
      The Secret Life of Us
      The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...

       Volume 3

  • Best Classical Album
    • Saffire
      Saffire (music)
      Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet is an Australian classical music group, consisting of Karin Schaupp, Slava Grigoryan, Gareth Koch, and Leonard Grigoryan Saffire: The Australian Guitar Quartet is an Australian classical music group, consisting of Karin Schaupp, Slava Grigoryan, Gareth Koch,...

       – Saffire - The Australian Guitar Quartet
    • Marshall McGuire
      Marshall McGuire
      Marshall McGuire is a renowned Australian harpist, teacher, conductor and musical administrator. He has been described as the world's greatest champion of new music for the harp. Tristram Cary has written "A new school of harp music is emerging from the enterprise of this innovative master...

       – The 20th Century Harp
    • Slava Grigoryan
      Slava Grigoryan
      Slava Grigoryan is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist of Armenian heritage.He was born in Kazakhstan to Eduard and Irina Grigoryan, both professional violinists. His family emigrated to Australia in 1981 and he was raised in Melbourne. Grigoryan began to study guitar with his...

      , Leonard Grigoryan – Play
    • Teddy Tahu Rhodes
      Teddy Tahu Rhodes
      -Early life:Teddy Tahu Rhodes was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 30 August 1966, to a British mother and a New Zealand father. The Maori word "Tahu", which means "to set on fire", was added to the family name soon after they settled in New Zealand...

       – Mozart Arias
    • Yvonne Kenny
      Yvonne Kenny
      Yvonne Kenny AM is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles.Born in Sydney, she first studied at the University of Sydney in science, hoping to become a biochemist, but decided to pursue a career in music instead...

       – Make Believe

Channel V award

  • Channel V
    Channel V
    Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

     Oz Artist of the Year
    • Guy Sebastian
      Guy Sebastian
      Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...

    • Jet
      Jet (band)
      Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...

    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta Goodrem
      Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

    • Grinspoon
      Grinspoon
      Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...

    • 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...

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