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The Third Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply the ARIAs) was held on 6 March 1989 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. https://web.archive.org/web/20120210152749/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1989 http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1989 ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 10 February 2012 26 October 2020 http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1989-aria.htm Australia 1989 ARIA Awards ALLdownunder.com 5 December 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090225205749/http://www.alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1989-aria.htm 25 February 2009 First Australian host Greedy Smith of Mental As Anything was assisted by presenters George Martin, Jono & Dano, Barry Bissell of Take 40 Australia, Peter Collins, Peter Jamieson, Jonathan King and Brian Smith to distribute 24 awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20001216062700/http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1988.htm http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1988.htm The 3rd Annual ARIA Music Awards O'Grady Anthony Anthony O'Grady Australian Recording Industry Association 16 December 2000 20 October 2020 dead There were no live performances and the awards were not televised.
Some significant changes were made for the third ARIA Awards. In addition to previous categories, Best Independent Release, Breakthrough Artist – Single and Breakthrough Artist – Album were added. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted two artists: Dame Nellie Melba and Ross Wilson. An Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to INXS. Music journalist, Anthony O'Grady cited ARIA spokesperson Peter Rix, who had felt that The Church's win Single of the Year with "Under the Milky Way" was a highlight. Rix elaborated, "the industry was capable of judging music on its merit, not by who'd recorded it. The Church were no one's darlings but they had written a great song."
Presenters
The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by singer-songwriter Greedy Smith from Mental as Anything. Presenters were:
Presenter(s) Ref. references Barry Bissell (host of Take 40 Australia) Peter Collins (New South Wales politician) Peter Jamieson Jono & Dano (comedy duo) Jonathan King George Martin (British producer) Brian Smith
Awards
Winners for each category are bolded with nominees provided below each winner.1989 ARIA Awards Winners https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/1989 Australian Recording Industry Association enhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120910882 1927 big chance in ARIA awards. The Canberra Times 16 February 1989 19 January 2014 33 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120914864 New band shares industry honours. The Canberra Times 7 March 1989 19 January 2014 2 National Library of Australia
ARIA Awards
Album of the Year
Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
1927 – ...ish
Big Pig – Bonk
The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
John Farnham – Age of Reason
Single of the Year
The Church – "Under the Milky Way"
1927 – "That's When I Think of You"
Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
John Farnham – "Age of Reason"
INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart"
Best Group
INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart"
The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
Midnight Oil – "Dreamworld"
Best Female Artist
Kate Ceberano – You've Always Got the Blues
Marcia Hines – "The Lord's Prayer"
Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
Kylie Minogue – Kylie
Sharon O'Neill – "We're Only Human"
Best Male Artist
Jimmy Barnes – Barnestorming
Stephen Cummings – A Life Is a Life
John Farnham – Age of Reason
Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls – "Forty Miles to Saturday Night"
James Reyne – "Motor's Too Fast"
Best New Talent
Johnny Diesel & the Injectors – "Don't Need Love"
Died Pretty – Lost
Go 101 – "Build It Up"
Roaring Jack – The Cat Among the Pigeons
The State – "Real Love"
Breakthrough Artist – Album
1927 – ...ish
Rockmelons – Tales of the City
Catfish – Unlimited Address
Kylie Minogue – Kylie
Schnell Fenster – The Sound of Trees
Breakthrough Artist – Single
1927 – "That's When I Think of You"
Catfish – "When You Dance"
Go 101 – "Build It Up"
The Hippos – "Dark Age"
Johnny Diesel & the Injectors – "Don't Need Love"
Schnell Fenster – "Whisper"
Best Country Album
John Williamson – Boomerang Café
Flying Emus – "I Just Want to Dance With You"
Slim Dusty – G'day, G'day!
Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight – "High Country"
Jenine Vaughan – "Gypsy Man"
Best Indigenous Release
Weddings Parties Anything – Roaring Days
Kev Carmody – Pillars of Society
Flying Emus– "This Town" / "Darling Street"
Midnight Oil – "Dreamworld"
Dave Steel – "The Hardest Part"
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
John Farnham – Age of Reason
Little River Band – Monsoon
Best Comedy Release
The Comedy Company – The Comedy Company Album
Austen Tayshus – "Highway Corroboree"
Club Veg – Members & Guests & Things
Con the Fruiterer – "A Cuppla Days"
Kylie Mole – "So Excellent" / "I Go I Go"
Rodney Rude – Not Guilty
Best Independent Release
TISM – "Apathy"
Eric Bogle – Something of Value
Flederman – Flederman
Larry Sitsky – Contemporary Australian Piano
The Spliffs – "Sixteen"
Highest Selling Album
John Farnham – Age of Reason
The Comedy Company – The Comedy Company Album
Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
1927 – ...ish
Kylie Minogue – Kylie
Various – Australia All Over Vol. 2
Highest Selling Single
Kylie Minogue – "I Should Be So Lucky"
1927 – "If I Could"
Australian Olympians – "You're Not Alone"
Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
John Farnham – "Age of Reason"
Go 101 – "Build It Up"
Fine Arts Awards
Best Jazz Album
Wizards of Oz – Soundtrack
Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
Cool Dudes – Cool Dudes
James Morrison – Postcards from Down Under
Various Artists – Jazz Live At Soup Plus
Best Classical Album
Flederman – Flederman
George Dreyfus – Rush, The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox and Other Goodies
Jennifer McGregor – The Jennifer McGregor Album
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Joan Carden, John Howard – Australia Day / Child of Australia
Various Artists – Tropic of Capricorn
Best Children's Album
Peter Combe – Newspaper Mama
Darryl Cotton – Just for Kids
Noni Hazlehurst – Shout and Whisper
Harold G Raffe and Co – Harold and Friends
John Schumann – John Schumann Goes Looby-Loo
Don Spencer – Australian Animal Songs
The Wayfarers – Home Among the Gum Trees – Songs for Aussie Kids
Fay White – Did You See The Wind Today?
Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
Various (Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews) – You've Always Got the Blues (songs from the ABC TV series Stringer)
Various artists – Rikky and Pete (original soundtrack)
David Reeves – Seven Little Australians (original Australian cast)
Bruce Rowland – The Man from Snowy River II (original soundtrack)
Various artists– Boulevard of Broken Dreams (original soundtrack)
Artisan Awards
Song of the Year
Neil Finn – "Better Be Home Soon" (Crowded House)
Andrew Farriss / Michael Hutchence – "Never Tear Us Apart" (INXS)
Robert Forster / Grant McLennan – "Streets of Your Town" (The Go-Betweens)
Todd Hunter / Johanna Pigott – "Age of Reason" (John Farnham)
Steve Kilbey / Karin Jansson – "Under The Milky Way" – (The Church)
Producer of the Year https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm http://www.aria_awards.com.au/main.htm 17th Annual ARIA Awards Australian Recording Industry Association 22 February 2004 6 December 2013 medicNote: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
Ross Fraser – Age of Reason – John Farnham, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables and "Real Love" – The State
Joe Camilleri & Jeff Burstein – Hold On To Me – The Black Sorrows
Charles Fisher – "That's When I Think of You" – 1927 and Fingertips – The Cockroaches
Simon Hussey – Edge – Daryl Braithwaite
Les Karski & Guy Gray – "Dark Age" – The Hippos and "Clarity of Mind" – Spy vs Spy
Engineer of the Year
Doug Brady – "Iron Lung" – Big Pig (remix), Hold Onto To Me – The Black Sorrows, Age of Reason – John Farnham, "River" – Dragon, Children of the Western World – Steve Grace, "Cars and Planes" – Machinations (remix), "Change My Sex" – Separate Tables, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables, "Real Love" – The State, "So Lonely Now" – The State
Jim Bonnefond – ...ish – 1927 and Fingertips – The Cockroaches
Guy Gray – "Dark Age" – The Hippos, "Pick You Up" – Tony Llewellyn, "Dreamworld" – Midnight Oil, "Clarity of Mind" – Spy vs Spy
Ian McKenzie – Chantoozies – Chantoozies
David Price – Groove – Eurogliders and "Home" – Noiseworks
Best Video
Richard Lowenstein – "Never Tear Us Apart" – INXS
Claudia Castle – "Big Hotel" – Big Pig
Andrew de Groot – "Dreamworld" – Midnight Oil
Paul Elliott – "When You Come" – Crowded House
Stephen Priest & Steve Hopkins – "Age of Reason" – John Farnham
Best Cover Art
Nick Seymour – Temple of Low Men – Crowded House
The Add Agency – Up from Down Under – Tommy Emmanuel
Bruce Goold – Wild Desert Rose – Coloured Stone
Phil Judd – The Sound of Trees – Schnell Fenster
Malpass & Burrows – Age of Reason – John Farnham
Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan – Lost – Died Pretty
Eric Weideman – ...ish – 1927
Achievement awards
Outstanding Achievement Award
INXShttp://messui.the-chronicles.org/top50/1989top50_1.pdf The 1988 Australian Record Industry Awards Winners 1989 The MESSUI Place Australian Record Industry Association 23 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160317044840/http://messui.the-chronicles.org/top50/1989top50_1.pdf 17 March 2016 dead
ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
The Hall of Fame inductees were:
Dame Nellie Melba
Ross Wilson
Multiple nominations and awards
+ Artists who received multiple nominationsNominationsArtist11John Farnham10Crowded HouseRnP Including the Rikky and Pete soundtrack.919275The Black SorrowsKate CeberanoYou'reNotAlone Including "You're Not Alone" as a member of the supergroup Australian Olympians.INXS4Wendy MatthewsMidnight OilKylie MinogueSchnell FensterRnP3Big PigPaul FieldTwo as a member of the Cockroaches and "You're Not Alone" as a member of the supergroup Australian Olympians.Go 101The HipposThe State2Mary AzzopardiOne as a member of Rockmelon and "You're Not Alone" as a member of the supergroup Australian Olympians.Daryl BraithwaiteYou'reNotAloneCatfishThe ChurchThe CockroachesCon the FruitererComedyCompany Including one for The Comedy Company.Stephen CummingsIncluding the Boulevard of Broken Dreams soundtrack.Smoky Dawson and Trevor KnightAAO2 Including the various artists album Australia All Over Vol. 2.Died PrettySlim DustyAAO2Tommy EmmanuelYou'reNotAloneFledermanFlying EmusRenée GeyerContributed to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams soundtrack and "You're Not Alone" as a member of the supergroup Australian Olympians.The Go-BetweensJohnny Diesel & the InjectorsGrace KnightOne as a member of Eurogliders and "You're Not Alone" as a member of the supergroup Australian Olympians.Kylie MoleComedyCompanyJohn SchumannYou'reNotAloneSpy vs SpyDave SteelIncluding one as a member of Weddings Parties Anything.Sydney Symphony OrchestraIncluding the various artists album Tropic of Capricorn.John WilliamsonAAO2
+ Artists who received multiple awardsWinsArtist4Crowded House3John FarnhamINXS21927Kate CeberanoThe State
Notes
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References
External links
ARIA Awards official website
List of 1989 winners
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