ARIA Music Awards of 1998
1998 ARIA Music Awards | |
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Date | 20 October 1998 |
Venue | Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Website | www |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Network Ten |
The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.[1][2] Presenters, including Democrats deputy leader Natasha Stott Despoja and former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, distributed 29 awards with the big winner for the year being Natalie Imbruglia with six awards.[1]
The only new category is "Best Rock Album", In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Savage Garden.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Angels and The Masters Apprentices.[1]
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Awards
Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Highest Selling Album
- Highest Selling Single
- Best Group
- Best Female Artist
- Best Male Artist
- Paul Kelly – Words and Music
- Ed Kuepper – Live!
- Mark Seymour – King Without a Clue
- Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
- Chris Wilson – The Long Weekend
- Paul Kelly – Words and Music
- Best New Talent
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- Bachelor Girl – "Buses and Trains"
- Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
- Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
- Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
- Grinspoon – Guide to Better Living
- Jebediah – Slightly Odway
- The Superjesus – Sumo
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
- Hot Rollers – "Wickerman Shoes"
- Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
- Primary – "Vicious Precious"
- Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
- Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
- Best Dance Release
- Sgt Slick – White Treble, Black Bass
- Endorphin – Embrace
- Friendly – Hello Bellybutton
- Frontside – "Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion"
- Pee Wee Ferris – Social Narcotic
- Sgt Slick – White Treble, Black Bass
- Best Pop Release
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- The Mavis's – Pink Pills
- Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
- Snout – Circle High and Wide
- The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
- Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
- Best Rock Album
- The Superjesus - Sumo
- The Angels - Skin & Bone
- Moler - Golden Duck
- Ricaine - The Clarity Of Distance
- The Screaming Jets - World Gone Crazy
- The Superjesus - Sumo
- Best Country Album
- Shanley Del – My Own Sweet Time
- Colin Buchanan – Edge of the Kimberley
- Troy Cassar-Daley – True Believer
- Gina Jeffreys – Someboy's Daughter
- The Wheel – The Wheel
- Shanley Del – My Own Sweet Time
- Best Independent Release
- Best Alternative Release
- Regurgitator – Unit
- Dirty Three – Ocean Songs
- The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
- The Paradise Motel – Flight Paths
- You Am I – #4 Record
- Regurgitator – Unit
- Best Indigenous Release
- Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
- Gondwana – Xenophon
- Singers for the Red Black and Gold – "Yil Lull"
- John Williamson & Warren H Williams – Raining on the Rock
- Bart Willoughby – Pathways
- Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
- David Campbell – Taking the Wheel
- Colin Hay – Transcendental Highway
- The Killjoys – Sun Bright Deep
- Wendy Matthews – Ghosts
- Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
- Best Comedy Release
- Paul McDermott – Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1
- The 12th Man – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
- Jimeoin – Forklift Truck
- John Safran – "Not the Sunscreen Song"
- Squirrel Grippers – Nine Inch Males
- Paul McDermott – Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1
Fine Arts Awards
- Best Jazz Album
- Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
- Joe Chindamo – Anyone Who Had a Heart
- Kevin Hunt – Plays JS Bach
- Shelley Scown with the Paul Grabowsky Trio – Angel
- Rolf Stube – The Jazz Police
- Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
- Best Classical Album
- Yvonne Kenny, Paul Dyer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Handel: Arias
- Tamara Anna Cislowska – The Persian Hours
- Slava Grigoryan – Dance of the Angels
- Karin Schaupp – Leyenda
- Sydney Alpha Ensemble – Elena Kats-Chernin Clocks
- Yvonne Kenny, Paul Dyer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Handel: Arias
- Best Children's Album
- The Wiggles – Toot, Toot!
- The Flowerpot Gang - Happy Little Flower Pots
- The Hooley Dooleys – Ready Set... Go!
- George Spartels – Let's Go Out
- Don Spencer – Australian Classics
- The Wiggles – Toot, Toot!
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Original Cast Recording – The Boy from Oz
- The Necks – The Boys[nb 1]
- Cezary Skubiszewski – The Sound of One Hand Clapping
- Various – A Little Bit of Soul
- Various – To Hal and Bacharach
- Original Cast Recording – The Boy from Oz
- Best World Music Album
- Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
- Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Duality
- Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
- Tigramuna – Jazz Latino - Americano
- Tulipan – Manic Celeste
- Xylouris Ensemble – Antipodes
- Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
Artisan Awards
- Song of the Year
- The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
- Monique Brumby – "The Change in Me"
- The Fauves – "Surf City Limits"
- The Living End – "Prisoner of Society"
- The Mavis's – "Cry"
- The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
- Producer of the Year
- Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Unit
- Paul Begaud – Human Nature – Whisper Your Name
- Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar – The Cruel Sea – "Hard Times"
- Charles Fisher – Savage Garden – "Universe"; – The Seekers – The Bush Girl
- Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
- Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Unit
- Engineer of the Year
- Magoo – Midnight Oil – "White Skin / Black Heart"; – Regurgitator – Unit; – Skunkhour – "Another Childish Man", "Breathing Through My Eyes", "Opportunist", "Pulse"
- Nick Launay – Silverchair – "The Door"
- Nigel Derricks – Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
- Tony Espie – Wendy Matthews – Ghosts excluding "Halcyon Days"
- Rob Taylor – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
- Best Video
- Baz Luhrmann – Christine Anu, David Hobson, Royce Doherty – "Now Until the Break of Day"[nb 2]
- Chris Bently – Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
- Mark Hartley – The Cruel Sea – "Takin' All Day"
- Jeremy Hydnes, George Pinn – Regurgitator – "Polyester Girl"
- Quan Yeomans – Regurgitator – "Black Bugs"
- Baz Luhrmann – Christine Anu, David Hobson, Royce Doherty – "Now Until the Break of Day"[nb 2]
- Best Cover Art
- The Shits – Regurgitator – Unit[nb 3]
- Carl Breitkreuz, Ian Downie – Various – To Hal and Bacharach
- Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce, Alison Smith – The Mavis's – Pink Pills
- William Tennent, Chris Tennent – The Superjesus – Sumo
- Kevin Wilkins – Midnight Oil – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
- The Shits – Regurgitator – Unit[nb 3]
Outstanding Achievement Award
ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
The Hall Of Fame inductees were:
Performers
Notes
- ^ ARIA lists this entry as "The Boys for Necks - The".[1]
- ^ ARIA lists Dave Dobson as one of three artists for "Now Until the Break of Day".[1] Opera tenor, David Hobson is described as a 1998 ARIA Award winner.[3]
- ^ The Shits were a duo renamed as Happyland consisting of (then) domestic partners Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator and Janet English of Spiderbait.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1998: 12th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Australia 1998 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "David Hobson – Opera Singer". Professional singer biography. Emily Tapp Melanoma Foundation Inc. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
- ^ "Happyland > Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 April 2010.