ARIA Music Awards of 2016

The 30th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2016 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ceremony took place on 23 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.[1] Flume won the most awards, with eight from eleven nominations.

2016 ARIA Music Awards
Date23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
VenueStar Event Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Hosted byThe Veronicas
Most awardsFlume (8)
Most nominationsFlume (11)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten

The broadcast rated 586,000 viewers up from 461,000 in 2015.[2] Crowded House were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Performers
  • Bernard Fanning
  • Crowded House
  • Flume, Kai and Tove Lo
  • Illy and Vera Blue
  • Jimmy Barnes and Jessica Mauboy
  • John Farnham
  • Missy Higgins
  • The Veronicas
  • Troye Sivan
  • Violent Soho

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

On 5 September, it was announced that Crowded House were to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[3]

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[4]

Album of the Year Best Group
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Adult Alternative Album Best Adult Contemporary Album
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Best Rock Album
  • Violent Soho – Waco (I OH YOU)
    • Ball Park Music – Every Night the Same Dream (Stop Start Music)
    • Boy & Bear – Limit of Love (Boy & Bear/Universal Music)
    • Gang of Youths – Let Me Be Clear (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
    • The Living End – Shift (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Best Blues & Roots Album Best Country Album
  • Sara Storer – Silos (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Adam Brand and the Outlaws – Adam Brand and the Outlaws (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Bill Chambers – Cold Trail (Checked Label Services)
    • Fanny Lumsden – Small Town Big Shot (Social Family Records/Universal Music)
    • The Wolfe Brothers – This Crazy Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)
Best Pop Release Best Dance Release
  • Flume – Skin (Future Classic)
    • Hayden James – "Just a Lover" (Future Classic)
    • L D R U – "Keeping Score" (featuring Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)
    • RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)
    • The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)
Best Urban Album Best Children's Album
  • Drapht – Seven Mirrors (The Ayems/Sony Music)
    • Citizen Kay – With the People (ASP/MGM)
    • Koi Child – Koi Child (Pilerats Records)
    • L-FRESH the Lion – Become (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
    • Urthboy – The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
  • The Wiggles – Wiggle Town! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Justine Clarke – Pyjama Jam! (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Pat Davern – Alexander the Elephant in Zanzibar (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Play School – Famous Friends: Celebrating 50 Years of Play School (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: BEST. DAY. EVER! (6 Degrees Records/MGM)
Breakthrough Artist Best Independent Release
  • Montaigne – Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)
    • DMA's – Hills End (I OH YOU)
    • L D R U – "Keeping Score" (featuring Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)
    • Olympia – Self Talk (EMI)
    • Safia – "Make Them Wheels Roll" (Warner Music Australia/Parlophone)

Public voted
Song of the Year Best Video
Best Australian Live Act Best International Artist
  • Hilltop Hoods – The Restrung Tour (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Fine Arts Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[5]

Best Classical Album
  • Flight Facilities – Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Future Classic)
    • Joe Chindamo & Zoë Black – The New Goldberg Variations (AlFi Records/Planet)
    • Katie Noonan & Brodsky Quartet – With Love and Fury (Kin Music/Universal Music)
    • Nicole Car – The Kiss (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
    • Richard Tognetti & Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mozart's Last Symphonies (ABC Classics/Universal Music)
Best Jazz Album
  • Vince Jones & Paul Grabowsky – Provanance (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
    • Don Burrows & James Morrison – In Good Company (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
    • Emma Pask – Cosita Divina (Independent/Emma Pask Music)
    • Stu Hunter – The Migration (The Habitat Productions)
    • The Idea of North – Ballads (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
  • Josh Pyke & the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Live at the Sydney Opera House (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Kate Miller-Heidke – The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording) (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
    • Queensland Symphony Orchestra – Gallipoli Symphony (ABC Classics/Universal Music Australia)
    • Various Artists – The Divorce (Original Cast Recording) (Universal Music Australia)
    • Various Artists – Velvet (Original Cast Recording) (Social Family Records/Universal Music Australia)
Best World Music Album
  • Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Sierra Kilo Alpha (FOUR FOUR/Universal Music)
    • Gawurra – Ratja Yaliyali (CAAMA Music/Rocket)
    • Joseph Tawadros – World Music (Independent/Planet)
    • Paul Grabowsky/Monash Art Ensemble/Daniel Ngukurr Boy Wilfred/David Yipininy Wilfred – Nyilipidgi (ABC Jazz/Universal Music)
    • Seaman Dan – An Old Man of the Sea (Hot Records)
Best Comedy Release
  • Roy & HG – This Sporting Life (ABC Music/Universal Music)
    • Kate Miller-Heidke – "I'm Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas" (featuring The Beards) (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
    • Luke Heggie - You're Not Special/Anythink is Possible (Century Entertainment)
    • Matt & Alex – Play It Out (ABC Music/Universal Music)

Artisan Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[5]

Producer of the Year
Engineer of the Year
Best Cover Art

References
  1. "SAVE THE DATE ARIA LAUNCHES 30 YEAR CELEBRATIONS". ARIA. ARIA Awards. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Sia and Harry Styles head ARIA Awards wishlist as Ten loses 2017 broadcast to Nine". news.com.au. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "Crowded House to enter ARIA Hall Of Fame". – AAP. Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016). "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches". The Age. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "The Avalanches & Flume Lead The First Batch Of 2016 ARIA Nominations". theMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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