ARIA Music Awards of 1996

1996 ARIA Music Awards
Date	30 September 1996
Venue	Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Official website	www.ariaawards.com.au
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Network Ten

The 10th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 30 September 1996 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.^[1][2] Presenters distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year was You Am I with six awards.^[1]

In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Silverchair and "Special Achievement Award" was presented to Slim Dusty.^[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Australian Crawl and Horrie Dargie.^[1]

Ceremony details

Deni Hines won the award for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" for "It's Alright", her acceptance speech was:

I don't know, um, thanks and grouse!^[3]

— Deni Hines, 30 September 1996

Australian Crawl's founding guitarist Brad Robinson, was unable to attend the Hall of Fame induction in person, he was hospitalised with lymphoma (diagnosed three years earlier) and died two weeks after the awards ceremony.^[4][5]

Awards

Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
  • You Am I – Hourly, Daily
    • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
    • John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
    • Finn – Finn
    • Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• Single of the Year
  • Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
    • Ammonia – "Drugs"
    • Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
    • Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
    • You Am I – "Mr. Milk"
• Highest Selling Album
  • Tina Arena – Don't Ask
    • John Williamson – True Blue
    • Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
    • Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
    • Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl

• Highest Selling Single
  • CDB – "Let's Groove"
    • Crowded House – "Everything Is Good for You"
    • Merril Bainbridge – "Under the Water"
    • Peter Andre – "Mysterious Girl"
    • Regurgitator – "New Detention"

• Best Group
  • You Am I – Hourly, Daily^{[nb 1]}
    • The Badloves – Holy Roadside
    • Crowded House – "Everything Is Good for You"
    • Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Silverchair – "Blind"
• Best Female Artist
  • Christine Anu – "Come On"
    • Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
    • Kate Ceberano – "Change"
    • Deni Hines – Imagination
    • Max Sharam – "Is it OK" / "Huntinground"
• Best Male Artist
  • Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
    • Diesel – Short Cool Ones
    • John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
    • Paul Kelly – Deeper Water
    • Tex Perkins – Live at the Continental
• Best New Talent
  • Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
    • Human Nature – "Got It Goin' On"
    • Fiona Kernaghan – Cypress Grove
    • Rail – Bad Hair Life
    • Ute – Under the Eternal
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
  • Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Ammonia – Mint 400
    • Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
    • Deni Hines – Imagination
    • Pollyanna – Long Player
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
  • Deni Hines – "It's Alright"
    • Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
    • Nikka Costa – "Master Blaster"
    • Rail – "Immune Deficiency"
    • Savage Garden – "I Want You"
• Best Dance Release
  • FSOM – Chapter One
    • DJ Darren (Darren Briais) & DJ Pee Wee – "I Feel It"
    • Infusion – Smoke Screen
    • Itch-E and Scratch-E – "Howling Dog"
    • Renegade Funktrain – Renegade Funktrain
• Best Pop Release
  • Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
    • Christine Anu – "Come On"
    • Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
    • Hoodoo Gurus – Blue Cave
    • Swoop – The Woxo Principle
• Best Country Album
  • The Dead Ringer Band – Home Fires
    • Graeme Connors – The Here and Now
    • Lee Kernaghan – 1959
    • Tania Kernaghan – December Moon
    • The Wheel – The Wheel
• Best Independent Release
  • You Am I – Hourly, Daily
    • Custard – Wisenheimer
    • Ed Kuepper – The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper
    • TISM – "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
    • Underground Lovers – Rushall Station
• Best Alternative Release
  • Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
    • Pollyanna – Long Player
    • Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
    • You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• Best Indigenous Release
  • Christine Anu – "Come On"
    • Kev Carmody – Images and Illusions
    • Blekbala Mujik – Blekbala Mujik
    • Various – Our Home Our Land
    • Warumpi Band – Too Much Humbug
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
  • John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
    • Kate Ceberano – "Change"
    • Stephen Cummings – Escapist
    • Tommy Emmanuel – Classical Gas
    • Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Man
• Best Comedy Release
  • Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
    • Austen Tayshus – I'm Jacques Chirac
    • Bucko & Champs – Aussie Christmas
    • Silverpram – Frogstamp
    • The Vaughans – Who Farted?

Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
  • Paul Grabowsky Trio – When Words Fail
    • Bob Barnard – Live at the Sydney Opera House
    • Bob Bertles Quintet – Rhythm of the Heart
    • The Engine Room – Full Steam Ahead
    • Barney McGall – Exit
• Best Classical Album
  • Australian Chamber Orchestra – Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Strings
    • Australian Chamber Orchestra – Spirit
    • Australia Ensemble – Shostakovich
    • Macquarie Trio – Beethoven Piano Trios
    • Marshall McGuire – Awakening
• Best Children's Album
  • The Wiggles – Wake Up Jeff!
    • Bananas in Pyjamas – It's Singing Time
    • Peter Combe – Little Groover
    • Gillian Eastoe – Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition
    • Christine Hutchinson – Grand Fairies Ball
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
  • Australian Cast Recording – Beauty & the Beast
    • Australian Cast Recording – The Secret Garden
    • Iva Davies – The Berlin Tapes
    • Cezary Skubiszewski – Lilian's Story
    • Nigel Westlake – Babe
• Best World Music Album
  • Mara! – Rulno Vlno
    • The Cafe of the Gate of Salvation – A Window in Heaven
    • Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser
    • Sirocco – Stars and Fires
    • Various – Womadelaide 1995

Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
  • Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
    • Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
    • Tim Finn & Neil Finn – "Suffer Never"
    • Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
    • Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
• Producer of the Year
  • You Am I – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
    • David Bridie – Monique Brumby – Fool for You
    • The Badloves, Doug Roberts – The Badloves – Holy Roadside
    • Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Victor Vaughan – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
• Engineer of the Year
  • Paul McKercher, Wayne Conolly – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
    • Doug Brady – John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
    • Chris Dickie – Six Mile High – Header
    • Magoo – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Tom Whitten – Powderfinger – Automatic^{[nb 2]}
• Best Video
  • Andrew Lancaster – You Am I – "Soldiers"
    • Robbie Douglas-Turner – The Cruel Sea – "Too Fast for Me"
    • John Fransic – Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
    • John Hillcoat, Polly Borland – Frente! – "Sit on My Hands"
    • John Witteron – Hoodoo Gurus – "Waking up Tired"
• Best Cover Art
  • Reg Mombassa – Mental As Anything – Liar Liar Pants on Fire
    • Simon Anderson – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
    • Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
    • Janet English, George Stajsic – Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
    • Tony Mahoney – Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound

Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

• Silverchair

Special Achievement Award

• Slim Dusty

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall Of Fame inductees were:

• Australian Crawl
• Horrie Dargie

Performers

• INXS

Notes

1. ARIA lists You Am I as the winner of 'Best Group' category but does not display its 'Best Album' category winner here. Other nominees have an album or single displayed.^[1]
2. ARIA lists Tom Whitten as a nominee for 'Engineer of the Year' category for his work on Powderfinger's release titled Automatic.^[1] However, Powderfinger has no singles, albums nor album tracks with that name.

References

1. "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. "Australia 1996 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
3. Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
4. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
5. Petkovski, Suzi (December 1996). "Master Blaster". Australian Tennis Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2008.

External links

• ARIA Awards official website
• List of 1996 winners