The 2006 ARIA Awards Over For Another Year
The Australian Music Industry’s night of nights, The ARIA Awards, were held last night at the ACER Arena in Sydney. Wolfmother, Bernard Fanning, Clare Bowditch and The Hilltop Hoods were the big winners of the night.
Wolfmother won 3 awards and tore apart their drum kit during their time on stage. It was a night for Rock as Midnight Oil were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame with silverchair perfoming a tribute, complete with Daniel Johns spraying ‘PG 4 PM’ on the the back of the set, and U2 frontman Bono paying tribute to the iconic Australian group.
Clare Bowditch suprised many when she beat out Kasey Chambers for a much deserved ‘Best Female Artist Award’ and paid tribute the the support she recieved from Arts Victoria.
Bernard Fanning was the other big winner, being honoured with the coveted ‘Best Male Artist’ and ‘Album Of The Year’ Awards.
Adelaide group The Hilltop Hoods won ‘Best Independant Release’ and ‘Best Urban Release’ for their album ‘The Hard Road’.
The Audreys were rewarded for a stellar year when their album ‘Between Last Night And Us’ won “Best Blues And Roots Album’.
On a great night for the Australian industry, the winners were;
Album Of The Year: ‘Tea And Sympathy’- Bernard Fanning
Single Of The Year: ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’- Eskimo Joe
Best Female Artist: Clare Bowditch
Best Male Artist: Bernard Fanning
Best Group- Wolfmother
Breakthrough Artist- Album: Wolfmother- Wolfmother
Breakthrough Artist- Single: Youth Group- Forever Young
Best Independent Release: The Hard Road- the Hilltop Hoods
Best Adult Contemporary Album: Suburban Songbook- Bob Evans
Best Blues And Roots Album: Between Last Night And Us- The Audreys
Best Rock Album: Wolfmother- Wolfmother
Best Pop Release: The Secret Life Of…- The Veronicas
Best Urban Release: The Hard Road- The Hilltop Hoods
Highest Selling Australian Album: Reach Out, The Motown Record- Human Nature
Highest Selling Australian Single: TV Rock featuring Seany B- Flaunt It
Best Music DVD: Eskimo Joe
Best Video: Head Pictures- for Wish You Well- Bernard Fanning
Best Cover Art: Debaser- for Tea And Sympathy- Bernard Fanning
Engineer Of The Year: Matt Lovell- for Black Fingernails, Red Wine- Eskimo Joe
Producer Of The Year: Eskimo Joe- for Black Fingernails, Red Wine- Eskimo Joe.
Congratulations to all the winners.
