2017 ARIA Music Awards

The 31st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2017 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards.[1][2] The ARIA Awards ceremony was held on 28 November 2017 and was broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney around Australia on the Nine Network.[1] The Nine Network last broadcast the awards in 2013.[3][4]

2017 ARIA Music Awards
Date28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)
VenueStar Event Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awards
Most nominationsGang of Youths (8)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNine Network
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Final nominees were announced on 10 October 2017 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[1] ARIA also held the award ceremonies for both Artisan Awards winners and Fine Arts Awards winners at that time.[1][5][6] Gang of Youths won four of eight nominations, while Paul Kelly won four from seven.[2][6][7] The ARIA Awards ceremony introduced a new category: ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award, which is publicly voted.[1][5] The category is open to any teacher working in a school, kindergarten, early childhood centre, youth centre or private tuition music school running a music program around the country.[8] Daryl Braithwaite was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a solo artist; his band, Sherbet, was admitted in 1990.

Performers

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ARIA listed the line-up of performers for the ceremony:[9][10]

 
Paul Kelly, (second from left, taken in September 2017), who won four trophies from seven nominations.
Artist(s) Song(s)
Pnau "Chameleon"
Amy Shark "Adore"
Lorde "Liability"
"Green Light"
Gang of Youths "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?"
Paul Kelly
A.B. Original
Dan Sultan
"Dumb Things"
Jessica Mauboy
Peking Duk
"Fallin'"
"Stranger"
Harry Styles "Kiwi"
Daryl Braithwaite
Guy Sebastian
Vera Blue
"The Horses"
Jimmy Barnes "High Voltage"

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

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The following artist was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame:[11][2]

Nominees and winners

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ARIA Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[6]

Album of the Year Best Group
Best Male Artist Best Female Artist
Best Adult Contemporary Album Best Urban Album
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Best Rock Album
Best Blues & Roots Album Best Country Album
Best Pop Release Best Dance Release
Breakthrough Artist Best Independent Release
Best Children's Album

Public voted

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Song of the Year Best Video
Best Australian Live Act Best International Artist
  • IllyThe Two Degrees Tour (ONETWO/Warner Music Australia)
    • Client Liaison – Diplomatic Immunity Tour (Dot Dash Recordings/Remote Control Records)
    • Flume – Flume: Australian Tour 2016 (Future Classic)
    • Gang of Youths – Gang of Youths (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
    • Jessica Mauboy – All The Hits Live Tour (Sony Music Australia)
    • King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – The Lizard Wizard Gizzfest (Flightless Records/Remote Control Records/Inertia Music)
    • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Australia & New Zealand Tour 2017 (Bad Seed Ltd/Kobalt Music Recordings)
    • Peking Duk – Clowntown Tour (Sony Music Australia)
    • Tash Sultana – Tash Sultana AUS/NZ Tour (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music Australia)
    • Violent Soho – Violent Soho with special guests The Bronx (I OH YOU)
Music Teacher of the Year

Fine Arts Awards

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[13]

Best Classical Album
Best Jazz Album
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album
Best World Music Album
Best Comedy Release

Artisan Awards

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

Producer of the Year
Engineer of the Year
Best Cover Art

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "2017 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ McCabe, Kathy (13 July 2017). "Sia and Harry Styles head ARIA Awards wishlist as Ten loses 2017 broadcast to Nine". News.com.au. news.com.au. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "ARIA Awards Make a Dazzling Homecoming to the Nine Network". Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). 13 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award". Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Harmon, Steph (10 October 2017). "Aria awards 2017: Gang of Youths and Paul Kelly dominate nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. ^ Cockburn, Paige (28 November 2017). "ARIA Awards 2017: Gang of Youths, Paul Kelly, A.B. Original big victors at Australian music's night of nights". ABC News. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ^ "ARIA Announces First Ever Music Teacher of the Year Award in 2017". The Music AU. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Final Round of Australian Performers and a First Look at Confirmed Presenters for the 2017 ARIA Awards with Apple Music". Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  10. ^ McCabe, Kathy; Sichlau, Katrina; Smith, Zoe (28 November 2017). "2017 ARIA Awards: All the action on music's big night". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Daryl Braithwaite to Be Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  12. ^ "ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees Listing". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Paul Kelly, Gang Of Youths & More Score Early ARIA Nominations For 2017". theMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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