ARIA Music Awards of 1996 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 10th 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 the 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...

or simply The ARIAS
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...

) was held on 30 September 1996 at the Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

Convention & Exhibition Centre. Presenters distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year was 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...

with six awards.

In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to 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...

and "Special Achievement Award" was presented to 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...

. The ARIA 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...

inducted: Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne , Brad Robinson , Paul Williams , Simon Binks and David Reyne in 1978. David Reyne soon left and was replaced by Bill McDonough...

and Horrie Dargie

Horrie Dargie

Horace Andrew Dargie was an Australian musician and harmonicist.-Biography:Horrie Dargie was born in Whyalla, South Australia, the second son of Andrew Dargie and Adelaide . His older brother Sir William Dargie was a noted Australian portrait artist.Dargie began his musical career as a diatonica...

Ceremony details

Deni Hines

Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....

won the award for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" for "It's Alright", her acceptance speech was:
Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl

Australian Crawl were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne , Brad Robinson , Paul Williams , Simon Binks and David Reyne in 1978. David Reyne soon left and was replaced by Bill McDonough...

's founding guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

ist Brad Robinson

Brad Robinson (Australian musician)

Bradford Leigh "Brad" Robinson ) was a rock musician best known as lead and rhythm guitarist with the 1980s band Australian Crawl. Robinson had a later career as a manager for musicians and sports personalities.-Early years:...

, was unable to attend the Hall of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame

induction in person, he was hospitalised with lymphoma

Lymphoma

Lymphoma is a cancer in the lymphatic cells of the immune system. Typically, lymphomas present as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells. Treatment might involve chemotherapy and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation, and can be curable depending on the histology, type, and stage...

(diagnosed three years earlier) and died two weeks after the awards ceremony.

ARIA Awards

Album of the Year
- 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 :...
  
  – Murder Ballads
  Murder Ballads
  Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records. As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details of crimes of passion."Where the Wild Roses Grow," a duet featuring...
- 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...
  
  – Romeo's Heart
- Finn
  Finn Brothers
  The Finn Brothers is a New Zealand Rock musical duo consisting of brothers Neil and Tim Finn. In June 1993 both members were awarded the OBE for their contribution to music....
  
  – Finn
  Finn (album)
  Finn is the first album by The Finn Brothers, a music project of New Zealand brothers Tim and Neil Finn.The album was produced by Tchad Blake and the Finn Brothers in Auckland, New Zealand...
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...
- 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...
  
  – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...

Single of the Year
- 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...
  
  & 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...
  
  – "Where the Wild Roses Grow
  Where the Wild Roses Grow
  "Where the Wild Roses Grow" is an alternative-rock song written by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album Murder Ballads , with guest vocals by Australian pop-singer Kylie Minogue. The song was produced by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen and...
  
  "

Song of the Year
- 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...
  
  & 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...
  
  – "Where the Wild Roses Grow
  Where the Wild Roses Grow
  "Where the Wild Roses Grow" is an alternative-rock song written by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album Murder Ballads , with guest vocals by Australian pop-singer Kylie Minogue. The song was produced by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen and...
  
  "

Highest Selling Album
- Tina Arena
  Tina Arena
  Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
  
  – Don't Ask
  Don't Ask
  -Release history:-Charts and certifications:Don't Ask became Arena's highest selling album to date selling in excess of 2 million copies worldwide and was certified ten times platinum by the ARIA.-Peak positions:-End of year charts:...
- John Williamson
  John Williamson (singer)
  John Robert Williamson AM is an Australian country music singer-songwriter. Williamson has released over thirty-two albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books...
  
  – True Blue
- Martin/Molloy
  Martin/Molloy
  Martin/Molloy was an Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D-Generation and The Late Show. It was broadcast nationwide on 54 radio stations for two hours on weekday evenings between 1995 and 1998....
  
  – The Brown Album
- Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number-one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.- Early career :Bainbridge started performing when she was at the...
  
  – The Garden
  The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)
  The Garden is the first album by Australian singer Merril Bainbridge, released in Australia on 31 July 1995 by Gotham Records. The album has a main genre of alternative pop songs — some written by Bainbridge herself, Owen Bolwell, Stan Paulzen and Siew...
- Max Sharam
  Max Sharam
  Leanne Maree "Max" Sharam is an Australian musician, writer and artist. In the mid-1990s, Sharam had three top 40 hit singles, "Coma", "Be Firm" and "Lay Down" from her top 10 album, A Million Year Girl...
  
  – A Million Year Girl

Highest Selling Single
- CDB
  CDB (band)
  CDB is an Australian R&B and dance group that started out in the 1990s, best known for their cover of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove". Its original members were brothers Gary Pinto and Brad Pinto, as well as Andrew De Silva and Danny Williams...
  
  – "Let's Groove
  Let's Groove
  "Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album Raise! by the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song peaked at #3 in the U.S. and in the UK. It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in late-1981/early-1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year end charts...
  
  "
- Crowded House
  Crowded House
  Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
  
  – "Everything Is Good for You
  Everything Is Good for You
  "Everything Is Good for You" is a 1996 song by rock group Crowded House. It was the first single released from the group's greatest hits compilation Recurring Dream. It features Pearl Jam lead vocalist Eddie Vedder performing backing vocals. It peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles...
  
  "
- Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number-one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.- Early career :Bainbridge started performing when she was at the...
  
  – "Under the Water
  Under the Water
  "Under the Water" is a pop song written by Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell and Stan Paulzen, produced by Siew for Bainbridge's first album The Garden . It was released as the album's second single in July 1995 in Australia and February 1997 in the United States...
  
  "
- Peter Andre
  Peter André
  Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
  
  – "Mysterious Girl
  Mysterious Girl
  "Mysterious Girl" is the second overall single and third British single from singer-songwriter Peter Andre's second studio album, Natural. The song was written by Glen Goldsmith, Philip Jackson and Peter Andre, and produced by Ollie Jacobs. The song features guest vocals from Bubbler Ranx...
  
  "
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – "New Detention
  New Detention
  New Detention is an album by Australian rock band Grinspoon. It was released on 3 June 2002. It peaked at #2 on the ARIA album charts. The album spawned four singles: "Chemical Heart", "Lost Control", "No Reason" and "1000 Miles"...
  
  "

Best Group
- The Badloves
  The Badloves
  The Badloves is an Australian band that formed in 1990, dissolved in 1997 and reformed in 2008.-1990:The Badloves were formed by frontman Michael Spiby in Melbourne during January 1990 under the name DC3. The band consisted of Spiby , his brother John Spiby , John Housden , Stephen O'Prey and...
  
  – Holy Roadside
- Crowded House
  Crowded House
  Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
  
  – "Everything Is Good for You
  Everything Is Good for You
  "Everything Is Good for You" is a 1996 song by rock group Crowded House. It was the first single released from the group's greatest hits compilation Recurring Dream. It features Pearl Jam lead vocalist Eddie Vedder performing backing vocals. It peaked at number ten on the Australian ARIA Singles...
  
  "
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...
- 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...
  
  – "Blind
  Frogstomp
  Frogstomp is the debut album of Australian rock band Silverchair. It was released in Australia in early 1995, when the members were only 15 years of age, by a subsidiary of Sony Records and reached number one on the album charts. On 20 June 1995, Frogstomp was released by Epic Records in the U.S...
  
  "
- 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...
  
  – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...

Best Female Artist
- Tina Arena
  Tina Arena
  Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
  
  – "Wasn't It Good"

Best Male Artist
- 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...
  
  – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
- Paul Kelly
  Paul Kelly (musician)
  Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
  
  – Deeper Water
  Deeper Water
  Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written...
- 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...
  
  – Live at the Continental

Best New Talent
- Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby is an Australian Indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Her debut single, "Fool for You", peaked into the top 40 in the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Singles Charts, and provided an ARIA Award for 'Best New Talent' in 1996...
  
  – "Fool for You
  Fool for You
  "Fool For You" is the third promotional single from American soul singer Cee Lo Green's third studio album, The Lady Killer. The single was released via digital download and promotional CD single on May 3, 2011. The single version of the track features guest vocals from Melanie Fiona, however, the...
  
  "
- 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...
  
  – Got it Goin' On
- Fiona Kernaghan – Cypress Grove
- Rail
  Rail (band)
  Rail is an American rock band that briefly achieved national fame after winning the grand prize of MTV's Basement Tapes competition in 1983. Before starting their recording career the group was well known in the Seattle area under the names "Rail & Company" and "Rail & Co."The band was formed by...
  
  – Bad Hair Life
- Ute – Under the Eternal

Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Ammonia
  Ammonia (band)
  -Studio albums:-Extended plays:-Singles:*"Drugs" - Murmur AUS #32*"Ken Carter" - Murmur AUS #50*"Suzi Q" - Murmur *"Satin Only" - Murmur *"You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way" - Murmur AUS #83...
  
  – Mint 400
  Mint 400
  The Mint 400 is an annual desert off road race that was resumed in 2008 after a 20 year hiatus.The race was for both motorcycles, until 1977, and four-wheel vehicles sponsored by Del Webb's Mint Hotel and Casino. Del Webb, a well known builder and friend of Howard Hughes, was owner of the Mint...
- Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge
  Merril Bainbridge is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number-one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States.- Early career :Bainbridge started performing when she was at the...
  
  – The Garden
  The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)
  The Garden is the first album by Australian singer Merril Bainbridge, released in Australia on 31 July 1995 by Gotham Records. The album has a main genre of alternative pop songs — some written by Bainbridge herself, Owen Bolwell, Stan Paulzen and Siew...
- Deni Hines
  Deni Hines
  Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....
  
  – Imagination
- Pollyanna
  Pollyanna (band)
  Pollyanna were an Australian alternative rock band that came to prominence in the mid-'90s with their brand of noisy indie guitar pop, reminiscent of Bob Mould's post-Husker Du project Sugar and Buffalo Tom...
  
  – Long Player
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...

Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Deni Hines
  Deni Hines
  Dohnyale "Deni" Sharon Hines is a solo R&B artist who had chart success in the 1990s in Australia and New Zealand. She is the daughter of Marcia Hines....
  
  – "It's Alright"

Best Dance Release
- FSOM – Chapter One
- 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...
  
  – Smoke Screen
- Itch-E and Scratch-E
  Itch-E and Scratch-E
  Not to be confused with the fictional characters Itchy and Scratchy from The Simpsons.Itch-E and Scratch-E is an Australian electronic music group formed by Paul Mac and Andy Rantzen in Sydney in the early 1990s initially recording on the Volition label...
  
  – "Howling Dog"
- Renegade Funktrain – Renegade Funktrain

Best Pop Release
- 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...
  
  & 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...
  
  – "Where the Wild Roses Grow
  Where the Wild Roses Grow
  "Where the Wild Roses Grow" is an alternative-rock song written by Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ninth album Murder Ballads , with guest vocals by Australian pop-singer Kylie Minogue. The song was produced by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Tony Cohen and...
  
  "
- 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 On
- Tina Arena
  Tina Arena
  Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
  
  – "Wasn't It Good"
- Hoodoo Gurus
  Hoodoo Gurus
  Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...
  
  – Blue Cave
  Blue Cave (Hoodoo Gurus album)
  Blue Cave or In Blue Cave was Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' seventh studio album. The album was nominated for 'Best Pop Release' at the 1996 ARIA Awards...
- Swoop – The Woxo Principle

Best Country Album
- Graham Connors – The Here and Now
- The Dead Ringer Band – Home Fires

Best Independent Release
- 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...
  
  – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...

Best Alternative Release
- 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 :...
  
  – Murder Ballads
  Murder Ballads
  Murder Ballads is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records. As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details of crimes of passion."Where the Wild Roses Grow," a duet featuring...
- Pollyanna – Long Player
- Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...

Best Indigenous Release
- 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 On"

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...
  
  – Romeo's Heart
  Romeo's Heart
  Romeo's Heart is a studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 3 June 1996, and is Farnham's first studio album since the release of Then Again... in 1993....
- 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...
  
  – Intoxicated Man
  Intoxicated Man
  Intoxicated Man is the first of two albums by Mick Harvey, presenting the songs of Serge Gainsbourg, sung in English. It is followed by Pink Elephants.-Track listing:#"69 Erotic Year " – 3:28...

Best Comedy Release
- Austen Tayshus
  Austen Tayshus
  Austen Tayshus is the stage name of Jewish Australian comedian Alexander Jacob Gutman. He is best known for the comedy single "Australiana", a spoken word piece filled with Australian puns.-Biography:...
  
  – I'm Jacques Chirac
- Bucko & Champs – Aussie Christmas
- Martin/Molloy
  Martin/Molloy
  Martin/Molloy was an Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D-Generation and The Late Show. It was broadcast nationwide on 54 radio stations for two hours on weekday evenings between 1995 and 1998....
  
  – The Brown Album

Fine Arts Awards

Best Jazz Album
- Paul Grabowsky Trio
  Paul Grabowsky
  -Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
  
  – When Words Fail
- Barney McGall – Exit

Best Classical Album
- Australian Chamber Orchestra
  Australian Chamber Orchestra
  The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed Artistic Director....
  
  – Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Strings
- Australian Chamber Orchestra – Spirit
- Australian Ensemble – Shostakovich
- Macquarie Trio – Beethoven Piano Trios
- Marshall McGuire – Awakening

Best Children's Album
- Bananas in Pyjamas
  Bananas in Pyjamas
  Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show that premiered in July 1992 on ABC Television. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling...
  
  – It's Singing Time
- Peter Combe
  Peter Combe
  Peter Combe is an Australian Children's Entertainer and Musician. He has inspired many popular Australian children's artists, such as the Hooley Dooleys and The Wiggles....
  
  – Little Groover
- Gillian Eastoe – Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition
- Christine Hutchinson – Grand Fairies Ball
- 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...
  
  – Wake Up Jeff!

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Martin Armiger
  Martin Armiger
  John Martin Armiger is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports during 1978–1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones" , "Strangers on a...
  
  – Fornicon
- Australian Cast Recording – Beauty & the Beast

Best World Music Album
- Mara! – Rulno Vlno
- Sirocco – Stars and Fires
- Various – Womadelaide 1995

Artisan Awards

Producer of the Year
- 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...
  
  – Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby
  Monique Brumby is an Australian Indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Her debut single, "Fool for You", peaked into the top 40 in the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Singles Charts, and provided an ARIA Award for 'Best New Talent' in 1996...
  
  – Fool for You
- The Badloves
  The Badloves
  The Badloves is an Australian band that formed in 1990, dissolved in 1997 and reformed in 2008.-1990:The Badloves were formed by frontman Michael Spiby in Melbourne during January 1990 under the name DC3. The band consisted of Spiby , his brother John Spiby , John Housden , Stephen O'Prey and...
  
  , Doug Roberts – The Badloves – Holy Roadside
- Magoo
  Magoo (Australian producer)
  Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. With his business partner Jeff Lovejoy, Magoo operates Black Box Recording, a Brisbane-based recording facility....
  
  , Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...
- Victor Vaughan – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes
  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...
  
  – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
- 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...
  
  – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...

Engineer of the Year
- 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...
  
  – Romeo's Heart
  Romeo's Heart
  Romeo's Heart is a studio album by Australian singer John Farnham. The album was released in Australia on 3 June 1996, and is Farnham's first studio album since the release of Then Again... in 1993....
- Chris Dickie – Six Mile High – Header
- Magoo
  Magoo (Australian producer)
  Magoo is the professional name of Lachlan Goold, a multi award-winning Australian music producer based in Brisbane, Australia. With his business partner Jeff Lovejoy, Magoo operates Black Box Recording, a Brisbane-based recording facility....
  
  – Regurgitator
  Regurgitator
  Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, currently consisting of Quan Yeomans , Ben Ely and Peter Kostic . The band formed in 1994, its original line-up consisting of Yeomans, Ely and drummer Martin Lee...
  
  – Tu-Plang
  Tu-plang
  Tu-Plang was the first album released by Regurgitator after making two EPs. It was the band's only full-length work released in the USA.-Track listing:# "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am"...
- Paul McKercher, Wayne Conolly – 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...
  
  – Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily
  Hourly, Daily is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships...
- Tom Whitten – 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....
  
  – Automatic

Best Video
- Robbie Douglas-Turner – The Cruel Sea
  The Cruel Sea (band)
  The Cruel Sea are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney formed in late 1987. Originally an instrumental-only band, they became more popular when fronted by vocalist Tex Perkins in addition to Jim Elliott on drums, Ken Gormly on bass guitar, Dan Rumour on guitar and James Cruickshank on guitar...
  
  – "Too Fast for Me"
- John Fransic – Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
- John Hillcoat
  John Hillcoat
  John Hillcoat is an Australian screenwriter and film director.Hillcoat was born in Queensland, Australia, and was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. As a child, his paintings were featured in the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He has repeatedly worked with Nick Cave and also the band Depeche Mode...
  
  , Polly Borland – Frente!
  Frente!
  Frente! are an Australian alternative rock group, formed in 1991. The original lineup featured singer Angie Hart, founder and guitarist Simon Austin, bassist Tim O'Connor , and drummer Mark Picton...
  
  – "Sit on My Hands"
- Andrew Lancaster
  Andrew Lancaster
  Andrew Lancaster is an Australian director.He has been awarded in the Asia-Pacific Film Festival twice. More specific, in 1993 he won the "Best Short Film" award for the film Palace Cafe and in 2002 the "Best Film Award" for the film In Search of Mike....
  
  – 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...
  
  – "Soldiers
  Soldiers (You Am I song)
  "Soldiers" is the second single from the album Hourly, Daily by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 1996 and reached number 80 in the 1996 Triple J Hottest 100 and number 33 on the Australian charts....
  
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Best Cover Art
- Reg Mombassa
  Reg Mombassa
  Reg Mombassa is the pseudonym of Chris O'Doherty, a New Zealand born artist and musician. Resident in Australia, he is as well known there for his musical exploits — founder and former member of the popular Australian band Mental As Anything and member of Dog Trumpet - as he is for his art...
  
  – Mental As Anything
  Mental As Anything
  Mental As Anything are an Australian New Wave–rock music band formed at an art school in Sydney in 1976. Their most popular line-up was Martin Plaza on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne "Bird"...
  
  – Liar Liar Pants on Fire

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame

inductees were:

- Australian Crawl
  Australian Crawl
  Australian Crawl were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne , Brad Robinson , Paul Williams , Simon Binks and David Reyne in 1978. David Reyne soon left and was replaced by Bill McDonough...
- Horrie Dargie
  Horrie Dargie
  Horace Andrew Dargie was an Australian musician and harmonicist.-Biography:Horrie Dargie was born in Whyalla, South Australia, the second son of Andrew Dargie and Adelaide . His older brother Sir William Dargie was a noted Australian portrait artist.Dargie began his musical career as a diatonica...

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