ARIA Music Awards of 2011
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| 2011 ARIA Music Awards | |
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| Date | 27 November 2011 |
| Venue | Allphones Arena, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Most awards | Gotye (6) |
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| Website | ariaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Nine Network |
The 25th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 27 November at the Allphones Arena, Sydney,[1][2] and was telecast Nine Network's channel Go! at 7:30pm.[3] The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 11 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards.[1]
For the second time in ARIA Awards history, public votes were used for the categories, "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist"; and for the first time for a new category "Most Popular Australian Live Artist".[1]
The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page – on 27 November at the same ceremony as the ARIA Awards.[1][4]
2011 ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
Presenters and performers[edit]
Presenters[edit]
- Adam Hills presented the awards for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Breakthrough Artist – Album".[5]
- Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson presented the award for "Best Independent Release".[6]
- Hamish & Andy presented the awards for "Best Urban Album", "Best Dance Release" and "Best Country Album".[7]
- Benji Madden and Joel Madden presented the awards for "Best Rock Album" and "Best Comedy Release".[7]
- Katie Noonan and Iva Davies presented the award for "Best Pop Release".[8]
- Stevie Nicks and Richard Wilkins presented the award for "Best Adult Contemporary Album".[6]
- Ricki-Lee Coulter and James Kerley presented the awards for "Most Popular Australian Artist", "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Live Artist".[6][8]
- Noah Taylor and Christina Amphlett presented the award for "Best Group".[6][7]
- Delta Goodrem presented the awards for "Best Male Artist" and "Best Female Artist".[8]
- Missy Higgins presented the awards for "Single of the Year" and "Album of the Year".
- Molly Meldrum and Prime Minister Julia Gillard inducted Kylie Minogue into the Hall of Fame.[8]
- David Wenham inducted The Wiggles into the Hall of Fame.
- James Mathison[5]
- Erin McNaught[5]
- Ruby Rose[6]
Performers[edit]
- Drapht performed his song "Rapunzel".[7]
- Cut Copy performed their song "Need You Now".[9]
- Art vs. Science performed their song "Magic Fountain".[7]
- Guy Sebastian sang a medley of "Who's That Girl" and "Don't Worry Be Happy".[9]
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performed his song, "Warwu", accompanied by Missy Higgins on piano.[7][10]
- Gotye and Kimbra performed their award-winning single "Somebody That I Used to Know".[7]
- The Living End sang "The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating", the lead single from their album.[8]
- Delta Goodrem performed a cover version of Wendy Matthews' "The Day You Went Away", in tribute to those we've lost from the Australian Music Industry in the past 25 years.[12]
- Boy & Bear performed their award-winning single "Feeding Line".[7]
ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees[edit]
The ARIA Hall of Fame induction occurred on 27 November 2011 as part of the overall ARIA Music Awards.[1] Molly Meldrum introduced Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, who inducted Kylie Minogue; while actor, David Wenham, inducted The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page.[2][3][4][6]
Nominees and winners[edit]
ARIA Awards[edit]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][13]
| Album of the Year | Single of the Year |
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| Best Male Artist | Best Female Artist |
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| Breakthrough Artist – Album[note 1] | Breakthrough Artist – Single[note 1] |
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| Highest Selling Album[note 1] | Highest Selling Single[note 1] |
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| Best Group | Best Independent Release |
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| Best Children's Album | Best Comedy Release |
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| Best Dance Release | Best Pop Release |
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| Best Adult Alternative Album | Best Adult Contemporary Album |
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| Best Blues & Roots Album | Best Urban Album |
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| Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album | Best Rock Album |
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| Best Country Album | Most Popular Australian Live Artist[note 2] |
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| Most Popular International Artist[note 2] | Most Popular Australian Artist[note 2] |
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Fine Arts Awards[edit]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][note 3]
Artisan Awards[edit]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][note 4]
| Best Cover Art | Best Video |
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| Engineer of the Year | Producer of the Year |
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Four old categories were returned, "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Breakthrough Artist – Album" (replacing "Breakthrough Artist"), "Highest Selling Album" and "Highest Selling Single" (replacing the popularly voted "Most Popular Australian Album" and "Most Popular Australian Single" respectively). As of December 2013, the ARIA website does not display entries for Highest Selling Album or Highest Selling Single for 2011. Nominees according to Take 40 Australia, winners according to PagesDigital:
- Take 40 Australia: "2011 ARIA Nominations Announced – Full List Here!". Take 40 Australia (MCM Entertainment). 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- PagesDigital: Digges, Mariam (28 November 2011). "ARIA Awards 2011 – The Winners". PagesDigital. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b c For the second time in ARIA Awards history, the public voted in the categories for both "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist". A new public voted category, "Most Popular Australian Live Artist" was introduced.
- ^ a b Best Music DVD category was moved to Fine Arts Awards from ARIA Awards section. Final nominees and winners were announced on 11 October 2011.
- ^ The winners and nominees of the Artisan Awards were announced on 11 October 2011.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "2011 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Two huge ARIA Awards announcements". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ a b Quinn, Karl (31 October 2011). "Wiggles, Kylie to Be Inducted into ARIA's Hall of Fame". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Jonno (20 November 2011). "New Presenters Announced For the ARIAs, Credibility TBC". Pedestrian.tv. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Prime Minister to induct Kylie Minogue". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Surprises keep on coming". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 4 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Cashmere, Paul (20 November 2011). "Music News – The Living End, Guy Sebastian, Missy Higgins To Perform at ARIA Awards". Noise11.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b Knox, David (21 November 2011). "2011 ARIA Awards: presenters, performers". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ "Missy Higgins returns for ARIAs". Ninemsn (Nine Entertainment Co. & Microsoft). 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Condon, Dan (26 November 2019). "7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads". Double J. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Delta can't wait to rock the awards". Herald Sun. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "ARIA Awards 2011 – Live blog". Nova FM. DMG Radio Australia. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2011.