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ARIA AWARDS 2016 Winners!

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After an ecstatic evening filled with Australia’s best musicians and accompanied industry, not forgetting to mention special guests Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue AND Violent Soho for a kick ass live performance, ARIA has awarded the best of Australian music with the following awards…

2016 ARIA AWARDS PRESENTED BY TELSTRA RECIPIENTS

Telstra Album Of The Year

WINNER: Flume – Skin (Future Classic) 

RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

Sia – This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)

Best Male Artist

WINNER: Flume – Skin (Future Classic)

Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Guy Sebastian – Black & Blue (Sony Music)

Illy – Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)

Best Female Artist

WINNER: Sia – This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Delta Goodrem – Wings of the Wild (Sony Music)

Jessica Mauboy – This Ain’t Love (Sony Music)

Montaigne – Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Sarah Blasko – Eternal Return (EMI)

Best Dance Release

WINNER: Flume – Skin (Future Classic)

Hayden James – Just A Lover (Future Classic)

L D R U – Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

Best Group

WINNER: Violent Soho – WACO (I Oh You)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

RÜFÜS – Bloom (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

The Avalanches – Wildflower (Modular/EMI)

The Veronicas – In My Blood (Sony Music)

Breakthrough Artist

WINNER: Montaigne – Glorious Heights (Wonderlick Recording Company)

DMA’S – Hills End (I Oh You)

L D R U – Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

Olympia – Self Talk (EMI)

Safia – Make Them Wheels Roll (Warner Music Australia/Parlophone)

Best Pop Release

WINNER: Flume – Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Illy – Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Sia – This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

The Veronicas – In My Blood (Sony Music)

Troye Sivan – Blue Neighbourhood (EMI)

Best Urban Album

WINNER: 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)

Best Independent Release

WINNER: Flume – Skin (Future Classic)

Jarryd James – Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Sia – This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Violent Soho – WACO (I Oh You)

Best Rock Album

WINNER: 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 Adult Contemporary Album

WINNER: Bernard Fanning – Civil Dusk (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Bob Evans – Car Boot Sale (EMI)

Paul Kelly – Seven Sonnets & A Song (Gawd Aggie Recordings/Universal Music)

Robert Forster – Songs To Play (EMI)

Tina Arena – Eleven (EMI)

Best Adult Alternative Album

WINNER: Sarah Blasko – Eternal Return (EMI)

Jarryd James – Thirty One (Dryden Street Limited/Universal Music)

Matt Corby – Telluric (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music)

Peter Garrett – A Version of Now (Sony Music)

The Temper Trap – Thick As Thieves (Liberation Music)

Best Country Album

WINNER: 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 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

WINNER: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Hellions – Opera Oblivia (UNFD)

Parkway Drive – Ire (Resist/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Amity Affliction – This Could Be Heartbreak (Roadrunner Records)

Twelve Foot Ninja – Outlier (Volkanik/MGM)

Best Blues & Roots Album

WINNER: Russell Morris – Red Dirt Red Heart (Chugg Music/MGM)

Jimmy Barnes – Soul Searchin’ (Liberation Music)

Kev Carmody – Recollections… Reflections… (A Journey) (One Louder Recordings/Universal Music)

The Cat Empire – Rising With The Sun (Two Shoes Records)

The Wilson Pickers – You Can’t Catch Fish From A Train (ABC Music/UMA)

Best Children’s Album

WINNER: 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)

Best Video

WINNER: Troye Sivan – YOUTH Acoustic (Sydney Session) (EMI)

Courtney Barnett – Elevator Operator (Milk!/Remote Control)

Delta Goodrem – Dear Life (Sony Music)

Flume – Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Guy Sebastian – Black & Blue (Sony Music)

Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Illy – Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – People-Vultures (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

Sia – Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Violent Soho – Like Soda (I Oh You)

Best Australian Live Act

WINNER: Hilltop Hoods – The Restrung Tour (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Courtney Barnett – National Theatre Tour (Milk!/Remote Control)

Flume – St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2016 (Future Classic)

Gang Of Youths – Gang Of Youths National Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity Tour (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records)

RÜFÜS – Bloom Tour (Sweat It Out/Sony Music)

Tame Impala – Australian Tour (Modular/Universal Music)

The Living End – Shift Tour (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Violent Soho – The WACO Tour (I Oh You)

You Am I – Bargain Bin Bon Vivants Tour (The You Am I Set/Inertia)

Apple Music Song of the Year

WINNER: Troye Sivan – Youth (EMI)

Flume – Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) (Future Classic)

Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Thom Thum) (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)

Illy – Papercuts (feat. Vera Blue) (Warner Music Australia)

Kungs vs. Cookin’ On 3 Burners – This Girl (UNI/UMA)

Keith Urban feat. Carrie Underwood – The Fighter (Capital/EMI)

L D R U – Keeping Score (feat. Paige IV) (Audio Paxx Agency/Sony Music)

Marcus Marr & Chet Faker The Trouble With Us (Detail Records)

Sia – Cheap Thrills (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

The Veronicas – In My Blood (Sony Music)

Best International Artist

WINNER: One Direction – Made in the A.M & Four (SYCO/Sony Music Entertainment)

Adele – 25 (XL/Inertia)

Beyonce – Lemonade (Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment)

Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams (PLG/Warner)

Drake – Views & If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (Universal/Universal Music Australia)

Meghan Trainor – Title & Thank You (Sony Music Entertainment)

Justin Bieber – Purpose (DEF/Universal Music Australia)

Taylor Swift – 1989 (BIG/Universal Music Australia)

twenty one pilots – Blurryface (Atlantic/Warner)

The Weekend – Beauty Behind The Madness (Universal/Universal Music Australia)

2016 Outstanding National Retailer

JB Hi-Fi

2016 Outstanding Independent Retailer

Red Eye Records

2016 Outstanding Digital Service

Spotify

2016 ARIA Industry Icon Award

Sebastian Chase

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