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The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply the ARIAs) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1995 Winners by Year 1995 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 26 September 2007 4 December 2013 http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1995-aria.htm Australia 1995 ARIA Awards ALLdownunder.com 5 December 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111004125707/http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1995-aria.htm 4 October 2011 There had been a 18-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year" and so reflect that year's works. Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 eligible submissions. Big winners for the year were Silverchair with five awards and Tina Arena with four, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year – both first time they were won by a female.
In addition to previous categories, the former category Best Pop/Dance Release was split into Best Pop Release and Best Dance Release. Another new category Best World Music Album was also presented for the first time. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Seekers.
Ceremony details
Presenters and performers
The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs. Presenters and performers were:
Presenters
Peter Asher
Billy Birmingham
Kimberley Davies
Suze DeMarchi
Diesel
Melissa Etheridge
Dave Graney
Janet Jackson
Gina Jeffreys
Montell Jordan
Alison Drower
Ian Rogerson
The Hon. Michael Lee
Molly Meldrum
Richard Wilkins
Rick Price
Max Sharam
Vanessa-Mae
Greedy Smith
Michael Spiby
Mandawuy Yunupingu
Adam Thompson
Monica Trapaga
Meat Loaf
Performers
Tina Arena - "Heaven Help My Heart"
Merril Bainbridge - "Power of One"
Melissa Etheridge with INXS and Southern Sons - "Your Little Secret"
Deni Hines - "It's Alright"
Renegade Funktrain - "I Wonder"
Swoop - "Apple Eyes"
Screaming Jets - "Sad Song"
Silverchair, Tim Rogers – "New Race" https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/aria-awards-musical-highlights/11738898 7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads Condon Dan Double J 26 November 2019 24 December 2020
Take That - "Back for Good"
TISM - "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
Dubious acceptance speech
Itch-E and Scratch-E won the inaugural award for Best Dance Release. One of the duo, Paul Mac's acceptance speech included:
We'd like to thank all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible.http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781 Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia Jenkins Jeff Ian Meldrum Ian Meldrum 230 2007 Wilkinson Publishing Melbourne, Vic 978-1-921332-11-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624000314/http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781 24 June 2009 live Paul Mac, 20 October 1995
One of the sponsors of the ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, which withdrew their financial backing. The jargon term, ecstasy, for a psychoactive drug was bleeped for the TV broadcast. In 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had no speech prepared.
Awards
Final nominees are shown, in plain, with winners in bold.1996 9th Annual ARIA Awards - Nominations & Winners Yearbook 1996 Australian Record Industry Association
ARIA Awards
Album of the Year
Tina Arena – Don't Ask
Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
Silverchair – Frogstomp
You Am I – Hi Fi Way
Single of the Year
Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
Tina Arena – "Chains"
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – "Do You Love Me?"
Max Sharam – "Coma"
Highest Selling Album
The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports II
Tina Arena – Don't Ask
The Badloves – Get On Board
The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
Wendy Matthews – The Witness Tree
Highest Selling Single
Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Chocolate Starfish – "Mountain"
Kulcha – "Shaka Jam"
Kylie Minogue – "Confide in Me"
Best Group
The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Let Love In
Crowded House – "Private Universe"
Silverchair – Frogstomp
You Am I – Hi Fi Way
Best Female Artist
Tina Arena – Don't Ask
Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Kylie Minogue – Kylie Minogue
Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
Best Male Artist
Diesel – Solid State Rhyme
Paul Kelly – Wanted Man
Ed Kuepper – Character Assassination
Rick Price – River of Love
Chris Wilson – Live at the Continental
Best New Talent
Silverchair – Frogstomp
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Magic Dirt – Life Was Better
Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
The Truth – "My Heavy Friend"
Breakthrough Artist – Album
Silverchair – Frogstomp
Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
D.I.G. – Dig Deeper
Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
Vika and Linda – Vika and Linda
Breakthrough Artist – Single
Silverchair – "Tomorrow"ARIA website includes Silverchair's Frogstomp as a final nominee in the 'Breakthrough Artist – Single' category. Frogstomp won the related 'Breakthrough Artist – Album' category. Silverchair have no single/track named "Frogstomp". ARIA's original nomination list and 1995 Yearbook states "Tomorrow" is the nominee. Other nominees are as ARIA's original nomination list and 1995 Yearbook. "nb"
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Directions In Groove – "The Favourite"
Max Sharam – "Coma"
Vika and Linda – "When Will You Fall for Me?"
Best Dance Release
Itch-E and Scratch-E – "Sweetness and Light"ARIA introduces the 1995 Awards page with a summary section that includes "The Best Pop/Dance Release was this year split into two categories, won by Tina Arena and Itch-e & Scratch-e respectively." The main listing of the awards does not show any information on 'The Best Dance Release' category. However, the winners and nominees were published in ARIA's 1996 Yearbook. "nb"
Boxcar – "What Are You So Happy About"
Quench – "Dreams"
Renegade Funktrain – "I Wonder"
The Rockmelons – "Stronger Together"
Single Gun Theory – Flow, River Of My Soul
Best Pop Release
Tina Arena – "Chains"
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth"
Kulcha – Kulcha
Mental As Anything – Mr Natural
Tlot Tlot – "The Girlfriend Song"
Best Country Album
Troy Cassar-Daley – Beyond the Dancing
Slim Dusty – Natural High
Gina Jeffreys – The Flame
Lee Kernaghan – Country Crowd
Jane Saunders – Strangers to Your Heart
Best Independent Release
TISM – Machiavelli and the Four Seasons
Def FX – Ritual Eternal
Ed Kuepper – Character Assassination
Magic Dirt – Life Was Better
Single Gun Theory – Flow, River of My Soul
Best Alternative Release
You Am I – Hi Fi Way
Custard – Wahooti Fandango
Magic Dirt – Life Was Better
Regurgitator – Regurgitator
Silverchair – Frogstomp
Best Indigenous Release
Christine Anu – Stylin' Up
Kev Carmody – "On the Wire"
Ruby Hunter – Thoughts Within
Tiddas – "Changing Times"
Yothu Yindi & Neil Finn – "Dots on the Shells"
Best Adult Contemporary Album
My Friend the Chocolate Cake – BroodARIA lists "I've Got a Plan" as the winner of 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' category. "I've Got a Plan" is an album track on Brood. "nb"
The Black Sorrows – Lucky Charm
Phil Emmanuel & Tommy Emmanuel – Terra Firma
Dave Hole – Steel on Steel
Wendy Matthews – The Witness Tree
Best Comedy Release
The 12th Man – Wired World of Sports II
Austen Tayshus – Alive and Schticking
Jimeoin – Crack
Kevin Bloody Wilson – Let Loose Live in London
Scared Weird Little Guys – Scared
Fine Arts Awards
Best Jazz Album
Bernie McGann Trio – McGann McGann
Mark Simmonds Freeboppers – Fire
The Allan Browne Quartet – Birdcalls
Australian Art Orchestra – Ringing the Ball Backwards
Bobby Gebert Trio – Sculpture
Best Classical Album
Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski – Simple Gifts
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn, János Fürst – Powerhouse Three Poems of Byron – Capriccio Nocturnes Unchained Melody
Duncan Gifford – Debussy Preludes Books I & II
Slava Grigoryan – Spirit of Spain
Graham Pushee, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer – Handel: Opera Arias
Best Children's Album
The Wiggles – Big Red Car
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Dream Children
Cinderella Acappella – Cinderella Acappella
Franciscus Henri – I'm Hans Christian Andersen
Play School – Oomba Baroomba
Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
Cast Recording – The Pirates of Penzance
Martin Armiger – Fornicon
Guy Gross – The Priscilla Companion Original Score
Various – Heartland
Various – Metal Skin
Various – Once in a Blue Moon
Best World Music Album
Yungchen Lhamo – Tibetan Prayer
Bu Baca Diop – Stand
The Celts – The Rocky Road
Nomad - Nomad
Sirocco – The Wetland Suite
Various – Tribal Heart
Artisan Awards
Song of the Year
Tina Arena – "Chains" (Tina Arena)
Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth" (Merril Bainbridge)
Daniel Johns/Ben Gillies – "Tomorrow" (Silverchair)
Neil Murray – "Island Home" (Christine Anu)
Max Sharam – "Coma" (Max Sharam)
Producer of the Year https://web.archive.org/web/20001216140100/http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1994.htm http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1994.htm The 9th Annual Aria Music Awards O'Grady Anthony Anthony O'Grady Australian Recording Industry Association 16 December 2000 17 October 2020 dead 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' or 'Engineer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
Tony Cohen for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged DogBlair Dale August 2017 Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer Dale Blair http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf 29 November 2020 167 20 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211020122853/http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf dead Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for the Cruel Sea's album, Three Legged Dog. He shared Engineer of the Year with Paul McKercher.
Daniel Denholm
David Bridie
Paul McKercher
Phil McKellar
Engineer of the Year
Tony Cohen, Paul McKercher for The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
Doug Brady
Cameron Craig
Mark Forrester
Craig Porteils
Doug Roberts
Best Video
Keir McFarlane – Kylie Minogue – "Put Yourself in My Place"
Robbie Douglas-Turner – You Am I – "Jewels & Bullets"
Bob Ellis – Electric Hippies – "Greedy People"
Paul Elliott – Max Sharam – "Coma"
Tony Mahoney – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes – "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul"
Best Cover Art
Dominic O'Brien – Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
Simon Anderson – Electric Hippies – The Electric Hippies
Simon Anderson – You Am I – Hi Fi Way
The Cruel Sea, Kristyna Higgins, Jim Paton – The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog
Reg Mombassa – Mental As Anything – Mr Natural
ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
The Hall of Fame inductee was:
The Seekers
Notes
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References
External links
ARIA Awards official website
List of 1995 winners
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