ARIA Music Awards of 1995
1995 ARIA Music Awards | |
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Date | 20 October 1995 |
Venue | Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Most awards | Silverchair (5) |
Most nominations | Silverchair (9) |
Website | ariaawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Network Ten |
The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.[1][2] There had been a 18-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year" and so reflect that year's works.[1][3] Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 eligible submissions.[3] Big winners for the year were Silverchair with five awards and Tina Arena with four, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year – both first time they were won by a female.[1][3]
In addition to previous categories, the former category Best Pop/Dance Release was split into Best Pop Release and Best Dance Release.[3] Another new category Best World Music Album was also presented for the first time.[1][3] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Seekers.[1]
Ceremony details
[edit]Presenters and performers
[edit]The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs.[3] Presenters and performers were:
Presenter(s) | Performer(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Peter Asher | Tina Arena | [3] |
Billy Birmingham | ||
Kimberley Davies | ||
Suze DeMarchi | Merril Bainbridge | |
Diesel | ||
Melissa Etheridge | ||
Dave Graney | Melissa Etheridge | |
Janet Jackson | ||
Gina Jeffreys | ||
Alison Drower/Ian Rogerson | Deni Hines/Renegade Funktrain/Swoop | |
Montell Jordan | ||
Hon | ||
Michael Lee | Screaming Jets | |
Molly Meldrum | ||
Rick Price | ||
Max Sharam | Silverchair, Tim Rogers – "New Race" | [4] |
Greedy Smith | Take That | [3] |
Michael Spiby | ||
Mandawuy Yunupingu | TISM | |
Adam Thompson | ||
Monica Trapaga |
Dubious acceptance speech
[edit]Itch-E and Scratch-E won the inaugural award for Best Dance Release.[3] One of the duo, Paul Mac's acceptance speech included:
We'd like to thank all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible.[5]
— Paul Mac, 20 October 1995
One of the sponsors of the ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, which withdrew their financial backing. The jargon term, ecstasy, for a psychoactive drug was bleeped for the TV broadcast.[5] In 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had no speech prepared.[5]
Awards
[edit]Final nominees are shown, in plain, with winners in bold.[6]
ARIA Awards
[edit]- Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
- Highest Selling Album
- Highest Selling Single
- Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
- Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
- Chocolate Starfish – "Mountain"
- Kulcha – "Shaka Jam"
- Kylie Minogue – "Confide in Me"
- Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
- Best Group
- Best Female Artist
- Best Male Artist
- Best New Talent
- Silverchair – Frogstomp
- Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
- Magic Dirt – Life Was Better
- Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
- The Truth – "My Heavy Friend"
- Silverchair – Frogstomp
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Silverchair – "Tomorrow"[nb 1]
- Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
- Directions In Groove – "The Favourite"
- Max Sharam – "Coma"
- Vika and Linda – "When Will You Fall for Me?"
- Silverchair – "Tomorrow"[nb 1]
- Best Dance Release
- Itch-E and Scratch-E – "Sweetness and Light"[nb 2]
- Boxcar – "What Are You So Happy About"
- Quench – "Dreams"
- Renegade Funktrain – "I Wonder"
- The Rockmelons – "Stronger Together"
- Single Gun Theory – Flow, River Of My Soul
- Itch-E and Scratch-E – "Sweetness and Light"[nb 2]
- Best Pop Release
- Tina Arena – "Chains"
- Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
- Kulcha – Kulcha
- Mental As Anything – Mr Natural
- Tlot Tlot – "The Girlfriend Song"
- Tina Arena – "Chains"
- Best Country Album
- Troy Cassar-Daley – Beyond the Dancing
- Slim Dusty – Natural High
- Gina Jeffreys – The Flame
- Lee Kernaghan – Country Crowd
- Jane Saunders – Strangers to Your Heart
- Troy Cassar-Daley – Beyond the Dancing
- Best Independent Release
- Best Alternative Release
- Best Indigenous Release
- Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
- Kev Carmody – "On the Wire"
- Ruby Hunter – Thoughts Within
- Tiddas – "Changing Times"
- Yothu Yindi & Neil Finn – "Dots on the Shells"
- Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- My Friend the Chocolate Cake – Brood[nb 3]
- The Black Sorrows – Lucky Charm
- Phil Emmanuel & Tommy Emmanuel – Terra Firma
- Dave Hole – Steel on Steel
- Wendy Matthews – The Witness Tree
- My Friend the Chocolate Cake – Brood[nb 3]
- Best Comedy Release
- The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports II
- Austen Tayshus – Alive and Schticking
- Jimeoin – Crack
- Kevin Bloody Wilson – Let Loose Live in London
- Scared Weird Little Guys – Scared
- The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports II
Fine Arts Awards
[edit]- Best Jazz Album
- Bernie McGann Trio – McGann McGann
- Mark Simmonds Freeboppers – Fire
- The Allan Browne Quartet – Birdcalls
- Australian Art Orchestra – Ringing the Ball Backwards
- Bobby Gebert Trio – Sculpture
- Best Classical Album
- Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski – Simple Gifts
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn, János Fürst – Powerhouse Three Poems of Byron – Capriccio Nocturnes Unchained Melody
- Duncan Gifford – Debussy Preludes Books I & II
- Slava Grigoryan – Spirit of Spain
- Graham Pushee, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer – Handel: Opera Arias
- Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski – Simple Gifts
- Best Children's Album
- The Wiggles – Big Red Car
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Dream Child[nb 4]
- Cinderella Acappella – Cinderella Acappella
- Franciscus Henri – I'm Hans Christian Andersen
- Play School – Oomba Baroomba
- The Wiggles – Big Red Car
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Cast Recording – The Pirates of Penzance
- Martin Armiger – Fornicon
- Guy Gross – The Priscilla Companion Original Score
- Various – Heartland
- Various – Metal Skin
- Various – Once in a Blue Moon
- Cast Recording – The Pirates of Penzance
- Best World Music Album
- Yungchen Lhamo – Tibetan Prayer
- Bu Baca Diop – Stand
- The Celts – The Rocky Road
- Nomad - Nomad
- Sirocco – The Wetland Suite
- Various – Tribal Heart
- Yungchen Lhamo – Tibetan Prayer
Artisan Awards
[edit]- Song of the Year
- Tina Arena – "Chains" (Tina Arena)
- Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth" (Merril Bainbridge)
- Daniel Johns/Ben Gillies – "Tomorrow" (Silverchair)
- Neil Murray – "Island Home" (Christine Anu)
- Max Sharam – "Coma" (Max Sharam)
- Tina Arena – "Chains" (Tina Arena)
- Producer of the Year[3][7]
- Tony Cohen for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog[8]
- Daniel Denholm
- David Bridie
- Paul McKercher
- Phil McKellar
- Tony Cohen for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog[8]
- Engineer of the Year[3][7]
- Tony Cohen, Paul McKercher for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog[8]
- Doug Brady
- Cameron Craig
- Mark Forrester
- Craig Porteils
- Doug Roberts
- Tony Cohen, Paul McKercher for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog[8]
- Best Video
- Keir McFarlane – Kylie Minogue – "Put Yourself in My Place"
- Robbie Douglas-Turner – You Am I – "Jewels & Bullets"
- Bob Ellis – Electric Hippies – "Greedy People"
- Paul Elliott – Max Sharam – "Coma"
- Tony Mahoney – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes – "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul"
- Keir McFarlane – Kylie Minogue – "Put Yourself in My Place"
- Best Cover Art
- Dominic O'Brien – Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
- Simon Anderson – Electric Hippies – The Electric Hippies
- Simon Anderson – You Am I – Hi Fi Way
- The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins, Jim Paton – The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
- Reg Mombassa – Mental As Anything – Mr Natural
- Dominic O'Brien – Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
[edit]The Hall of Fame inductee was:
Notes
[edit]- ^ ARIA website includes Silverchair's Frogstomp as a final nominee in the 'Breakthrough Artist – Single' category. Frogstomp won the related 'Breakthrough Artist – Album' category.[1] Silverchair have no single/track named "Frogstomp". ARIA's original nomination list and 1995 Yearbook states "Tomorrow" is the nominee. Other nominees are as ARIA's original nomination list and 1995 Yearbook.
- ^ ARIA introduces the 1995 Awards page with a summary section that includes "The Best Pop/Dance Release was this year split into two categories, won by Tina Arena and Itch-e & Scratch-e respectively." The main listing of the awards does not show any information on 'The Best Dance Release' category.[1] However, the winners and nominees were published in ARIA's 1996 Yearbook.[6]
- ^ ARIA lists "I've Got a Plan" as the winner of 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' category.[1] "I've Got a Plan" is an album track on Brood.
- ^ The actual title for this album is Dream Children.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Australia 1995 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k O'Grady, Anthony. "The 9th Annual Aria Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Condon, Dan (26 November 2019). "7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads". Double J. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.
- ^ a b "9th Annual ARIA Awards - Nominations & Winners". Yearbook 1996. Australian Record Industry Association. 1996.
- ^ a b "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2013. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' or 'Engineer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
- ^ a b Blair, Dale (August 2017). "Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer" (PDF). Dale Blair. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2020. Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for the Cruel Sea's album, Three Legged Dog. He shared Engineer of the Year with Paul McKercher.