2013 ARIA Music Awards

The 27th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2013 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony occurred on 1 December at the Star Event Centre,^[1][2] and was telecast on Nine Network's channel Go! at 7:30pm.^[3][4]

2013 ARIA Music Awards
Date	1 December 2013 (2013-12-01)
Venue	Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Most awards	Flume (4)
Most nominations	Flume (8)
Website	ariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
Network	Nine Network
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The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 14 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards.^[1] Public votes were used for the categories, "Song of the Year", "Best Australian Live Act", "Best International Artist" and "Best Video".^[2][4]

Also on 1 December ARIA inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame;^[5][6] ARIA also created a new award category, ARIA Industry Icon, which was awarded to promoter and record label owner, Michael Gudinski.^[7]

Performers

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards.^[8][9]

• Flume
• Tame Impala
• Birds of Tokyo
• Vance Joy
• Bliss n Eso
• Jessica Mauboy
• Samantha Jade
• Sheppard
• The Potbelleez
• Stafford Brothers
• Alison Wonderland
• Alicia Keys
• Lorde

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee

Air Supply members Russell Hitchcock (at left) and Graham Russell

• Air Supply – Upon the announcement of the group's induction into ARIA Hall of Fame, Russell Hitchcock, one of the two founders with Graham Russell, declared "[i]t is a great honour for us, and it was something that was totally unexpected".^[6] The pair were due to return to Australia for the ceremony and "have fun with everybody and we want to say thank you to all who participated in our ARIA Hall of Fame induction".^[6]

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.^[1]

Flume (a.k.a. Harley Streten) won four awards from eight nominations.

Tame Impala were nominated for seven awards and won three. Photo taken in 2012.

Jessica Mauboy won Best Female Artist.

Jules Sebastian and Guy Sebastian (at right). Guy won Best Pop Release and Best Australian Live Act.

Album of the Year	Best Group
Tame Impala – Lonerism Birds of Tokyo – March Fires Flume – Flume Guy Sebastian – Armageddon Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away	Tame Impala – Lonerism Birds of Tokyo – March Fires Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Flume – Flume Guy Sebastian – Armageddon Keith Urban – "Little Bit of Everything" Matt Corby – "Resolution" Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall	Jessica Mauboy – "To the End of the Earth" Abbe May – Kiss My Apocalypse Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart Missy Higgins – "Set Me on Fire" Sarah Blasko – I Awake
Breakthrough Artist – Release	Best Independent Release
Flume – Flume Big Scary – Not Art RÜFÜS – Atlas The Rubens – The Rubens Vance Joy – God Loves You When You're Dancing	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away Big Scary – Not Art San Cisco – San Cisco Sheppard – "Let Me Down Easy" The Drones – I See Seaweed
Best Adult Contemporary Album	Best Blues & Roots Album
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away Bob Evans – Familiar Stranger Clare Bowditch – The Winter I Chose Happiness Josh Pyke – The Beginning and the End of Everything Sarah Blasko – I Awake	Russell Morris – Sharkmouth Archie Roach – Into the Bloodstream Mama Kin – The Magician's Daughter Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Melbourne Ska Orchestra The Cat Empire – Steal the Light
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album	Best Rock Album
Karnivool – Asymmetry Airbourne – Black Dog Barking Northlane – Singularity The Amity Affliction – Chasing Ghosts Thy Art Is Murder – Hate	Tame Impala – Lonerism Birds of Tokyo – March Fires Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream The Drones – I See Seaweed The Rubens – The Rubens
Best Urban Album	Best Country Album
Illy – Bring It Back Bliss n Eso – Circus in the Sky Horrorshow – King Amongst Many Seth Sentry – This Was Tomorrow Urthboy – Smokey's Haunt	Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck & Ruin Jasmine Rae – If I Want To Lee Kernaghan – Beautiful Noise Sara Storer – Lovegrass Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey – The Great Country Songbook
Best Children's Album	Best Comedy Release
Justine Clarke – A Little Day Out with Justine Clarke Giggle and Hoot – Claw Tapping Tunes Jay Laga'aia – Ten in the Bed Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam The Wiggles – Taking Off	Tom & Alex – The Bits We're Least Ashamed of Colin Buchanan – The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan Housos – Live Sammy J and Randy – Bin Night Pauly Fenech – Pauly's Shorts
Best Pop Release	Best Dance Release
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune San Cisco – San Cisco The Preatures – "Is This How You Feel?" Vance Joy – God Loves You When You're Dancing	Flume – Flume Jagwar Ma – Howlin' The Potbelleez – "Saved in a Bottle" The Presets – Pacifica RÜFÜS – Atlas
Song of the Year[note 1]	Best Video[note 1]
Matt Corby – "Resolution" Birds of Tokyo – "Lanterns" Bombs Away (featuring The Twins) – "Party Bass" Flume – "Holdin On" Guy Sebastian – "Get Along" Justice Crew – "Best Night" Samantha Jade – "What You've Done to Me" Stafford Brothers (featuring Lil Wayne & Christina Milian) – "Hello" Timomatic – "Parachute" Vance Joy – "Riptide"	Samantha Jade – "Firestarter" – Christopher Frey Birds of Tokyo – "Lanterns" – Josh Logue Flight Facilities (featuring Christine Hoberg) – "Clair De Lune" – Dave Ma Flume – "Holdin On" – Joe Nappa Justice Crew – "Best Night" – Marc Furmie Matt Corby – "Resolution" – Bryce Jepson Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – "Jubilee Street" – John Hillcoat San Cisco – "Fred Astaire" – Andrew Nowrojee Timomatic – "Parachute" – Marc Furmie & Elisa Mercurio Vance Joy – "Riptide" – Dimitri Basil
Best Australian Live Act[note 1]	Best International Artist[note 1]
Guy Sebastian Birds of Tokyo Flume Karnivool Keith Urban Matt Corby Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Paul Kelly and Neil Finn Tame Impala The Drones	One Direction Birdy Bruno Mars Ed Sheeran Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Michael Bublé Mumford & Sons Of Monsters and Men P!nk Taylor Swift

Fine Arts Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^{[2][10][note 2]}

Best Classical Album
Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music of Michael Nyman Amy Dickson, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Catch Me If You Can David Hansen – Rivals: Arias for Farinelli & Co. Jane Sheldon – North + South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake – Missa Solis: Requiem for Eli
Best Jazz Album
The Idea of North – Smile Andrea Keller – Family Portraits Jonathan Zwartz – The Remembering & Forgetting of the Air Renée Geyer – Swing Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor – The Colonel & the Governor
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey & ANAM Musicians – Conversations with Ghosts David Bridie – Satellite Boy Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Lawless Tina Arena – Symphony of Life Various Artists – triple j's One Night Stand
Best World Music Album
Joseph Tawadros – Chameleons of the White Shadow Airileke – Weapon of Choice Rasa Duende – Improvisations Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen – Together We Are Strong – Ngambala Wigi Li – Wun the Song Peoples Sessions Various – Mélodie Française

Artisan Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^{[2][10][note 3]}

Best Cover Art
Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) – Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune Glen Hannah – Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck & Ruin Graeme Base – The Cat Empire – Steal the Light Justin Maller – Bliss n Eso – Circus in the Sky Kevin Parker & Leif Podhajsky – Tame Impala – Lonerism
Engineer of the Year
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things Dann Hume – Alpine – Seeing Red Kevin Parker – Tame Impala – Lonerism Nicky Bomba, Robin Mai – Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Melbourne Ska Orchestra Peter Mayes – Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune
Producer of the Year
Harley Streten – Flume – Flume Kevin Parker – Tame Impala – Lonerism Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan – Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things Wayne Connolly and Boy and Bear – Boy and Bear – Harlequin Dream

See also

• Music of Australia

Notes

1. Public voted category.
2. The winners of the Fine Arts Awards were announced on 14 October 2013.
3. The winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on 14 October 2013.

References

1. "ARIA Noms + Fine Arts & Artisan Winners". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
2. "2013 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. "2013 ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
4. "Public Voting – 27th ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
5. Cashmere, Paul (24 October 2013). "Air Supply to Be Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame". Noise11 (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Retrieved 28 October 2013.
6. "Air Supply to Be Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame". ARIA Music News. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
7. McCabe, Kathy (1 December 2013). "2013 ARIA Awards: Tame Impala, Flume Win Big as Guy Sebastian Breaks Drought". news.com.au (News Limited). Retrieved 2 December 2013.
8. "Announcing the performers at the 2013 ARIAs!". Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
9. "Alicia Keys to perform at the ARIA". Australian Recording Industry Association. 17 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
10. "Final Media Release 2013 ARIA Awards Fine Arts and Artisan Recipients and ARIA Nominated Artists Announced" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 15 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

External links

• Media related to 2013 ARIA Music Awards at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website