360, The Jezabels, Gotye, Hilltop Hoods, Lanie Lane, Missy Higgins, The Temper Trap, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Matt Corby, San Cisco, The Bamboos and Cold Chisel lead nominations.
PLUS First performers announced!
360, Hilltop Hoods, Jessica Mauboy,
The Jezabels and The Temper Trap.
With eight weeks until the 26th ARIA Awards, the Australian Recording Industry
Association (ARIA) today announced the nominees in all categories along with the
details of the 2012 ARIA Awards to be staged at the Sydney Entertainment
Centre, Darling Harbour on Thursday, 29 November, 2012.
Also announced today were the winners in three ARIA ARTISAN AWARD categories and four ARIA FINE ARTS categories - the first of many artists to be acknowledged by their peers for their creative contributions over the last 12 months.
This year’s nominations are an exciting mix of both new and established artists with multi-award winning, quick witted Melbourne rapper 360 leading the way with 6 nominations in total. This includes ALBUM OF THE YEAR and BEST URBAN ALBUM nods for Falling & Flying. He is also nominated in the categories of BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE and BEST MALE ARTIST. His collaboration with GOSSLING, Boys Like You, is one of ten nominees up for SONG OF THE YEAR.
360’s producer STYALZ FUEGO also picked up the award for PRODUCER OF THE YEAR for ‘Falling & Flying’ at the nominations event with Alex Weltinger picking up a nod for best video for Boys Like You. Debaser were recognised with a nomination for BEST COVER ART for Falling & Flying and Scott Horscroft and Phillip Threlfall in the ENGINEER OF THE YEAR category.
Following close behind with 5 nominations is GOTYE & THE JEZABELS.
GOTYE caps off another HUGE year with 5 nominations including ALBUM OF THE YEAR and BEST POP RELEASE for Making Mirrors, as well as nominations for BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT and BEST MALE ARTIST.
Proving that talent runs in the family, Frank De Backer picked up a gong for BEST COVER ART for his work with Wally on Making Mirrors with Francois Tetaz also collecting an award for ENGINEER OF THE YEAR for Making Mirrors.
After their 3 nominations last year, THE JEZABELS receive a big haul in 2012 on the back of their album Prisoner nominated for 5 ARIAs – BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, BEST GROUP, BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE, BEST ROCK ALBUM and the prestigious ALBUM OF THE YEAR.
Lachlan Mitchell has been nominated for his work on the Prisoner album in the ENGINEER OF THE YEAR and PRODUCER OF THE YEAR award categories. Christopher Doyle also received a nomination for BEST COVER ART for THE JEZABELS Prisoner artwork.
Following close behind with 4 nominations apiece are HILLTOP HOODS and LANIE LANE. Suffa, MC Pressure, and DJ Debris- the trio that make up the HILLTOP HOODS, are up for 4 ARIAS for BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, BEST GROUP, BEST URBAN ALBUM (Drinking From The Sun) and SONG OF THE YEAR (I Love It featuring Sia).
What’s more ANIMAL LOGIC, producers of their clip for I Love It, have been nominated for BEST VIDEO.
Blues-jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist LANIE LANE makes an impact on the nominations this year with her debut album To The Horses up for BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM, and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST RELEASE. LANIE is also up for BEST FEMALE ARTIST and PRODUCER OF THE YEAR.
Director, Josh Logue is also nominated for BEST VIDEO for the LANIE LANE clip ‘Oh Well, That’s What You Get Falling In Love With A Cowboy’.
Following close behind, and each with a trifecta of nominations are MISSY HIGGINS, GUY SEBASTIAN, JESSICA MAUBOY, MATT CORBY, THE TEMPER TRAP, SAN CISCO and THE BAMBOOS. They are all joined by veteran Australian rock band COLD CHISEL.
Coming in at 3 nominations is previous ARIA winner MISSY HIGGINS.
Winner of seven ARIAS from a phenomenal total of 19 nominations, Aussie favourite MISSY HIGGINS may add more awards to her tally this year. Her album The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle has been nominated for ALBUM OF THE YEAR and BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM. She is also in the running for BEST FEMALE ARTIST – an award she has won before on two occasions.
Natasha Pincus, the Director of the video for Missy’s single Everyone’s Waiting has also been nominated in the BEST VIDEO category.
Pop-soul singer and former ARIA Award winner GUY SEBASTIAN is up for BEST MALE ARTIST and BEST POP RELEASE for his collaboration with Lupe Fiasco, on BATTLE SCARS, the track that is currently taking the United States by storm. Guy is also nominated for SONG OF THE YEAR with his single Don’t Worry Be Happy.
Guy is joined by JESSICA MAUBOY who continues a hugely successful year with nominations for BEST FEMALE ARTIST, BEST POP RELEASE (Gotcha) and SONG OF THE YEAR (Galaxy with Stan Walker).
Four piece Indie pop band SAN CISCO join Sebastian and Mauboy in the BEST POP RELEASE category for Awkward. They have also been nominated in the BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE and BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE categories.
Previous ARIA winners, THE TEMPER TRAP also receive 3 nominations for their self titled release; ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST GROUP and BEST ROCK ALBUM. 21 year old singer/songwriter MATT CORBY- follows up a successful year with nominations for BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST-RELEASE, BEST MALE ARTIST and SONG OF THE YEAR (Brother). Needing no introduction, COLD CHISEL have been nominated for BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT, BEST GROUP and BEST ROCK ALBUM (No Plans).
The impressive list of nominees this year also includes; OH MERCY (BEST ROCK)
KEITH URBAN (BEST MALE), ALPINE (BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST RELEASE), DARREN
HAYES, JOSH PYKE (BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY), THE MCLYMONTS, BECKY COLE,
CATHERINE BRITT, HUSKY, TROY CASSER DALEY (BEST COUNTRY ALBUM), HAVANA
BROWN, SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM, IVAN GOUGH & FEENIXPAWL FEATURING GEORGIE,
HERMITUDE, KNIFE PARTY (BEST DANCE ALBUM), KATE MILLER-HEIDKE, HOODOO
GURUS, DIRTY THREE (BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT), WASHINGTON (BEST
FEMALE), BOY & BEAR (BEST GROUP), KATALYST, THE HERD (BEST URBAN), MIA
DYSON, JEFF LANG, PAUL GREEN AND THE OTHER COLOURS (BLUES & ROOTS),
CHILDREN COLLIDE, (BEST ROCK), TIMOMATIC, JUSTICE CREW, REECE MASTIN,
DELTA GOODREM, RICKI LEE for (ARIA SONG OF THE YEAR), DAPPLED CITIES (BEST
INDEPENDANT RELEASE), FRENZAL RHOMB, BURRIED IN VERONA, HOUSE VS
HURRICANE, DZ DEATHRAYS, SLEEPMAKESWAVES (HEAVY METAL), THE BEARDS,
BUDDY GOODE, ANTHONY SALAME, ARJ BARKER, SAMMY J (BEST COMEDY), THE
WIGGLES, HI 5, BANANAS IN PYJAMAS, DIRTGIRLWORLD, RYHS MULDOON (BEST
CHILDRENS ALBUM).
In other exciting news the first of the performance slots were also announced today with 360, Hilltop Hoods, Jessica Mauboy, The Jezabels and The Temper Trap all confirmed to hit the stage. With all acts having huge success both here and internationally, there are sure to be some incredible show stopping moments. Stay tuned as further performances are announced in weeks to come.
The past year has seen some impressive stats from the Australian Recording
Industry. Since last year’s ARIA Awards, there have been six Australian Singles and eight
Australian albums at #1. Australian artists have spent a combined total of 19 weeks at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart and 16 weeks on the ARIA Album Chart.
There have been 83 Australian singles, albums and DVDs awarded gold, platinum or multi-platinum status and 48 individual Australian artists were accredited gold, 5 platinum or multi-platinum status.
This years ARIA awards are supported by Destination NSW, David Jones and PPCA and will be broadcast on Nine Network’s GO! Channel. The official ARIA Awards After party for 2012 will be held at Marquee at The Star, Sydney's new one-of-a-kind leisure and entertainment venue, located overlooking Sydney Harbour.
2012 ARIA AWARD NOMINEES
Album of the Year
360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate/EMI)
Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music
Australia)
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazze (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)
The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)
Best Male Artist
360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
Angus Stone – Broken Brights (Capitol / EMI)
Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music
Australia)
Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars (Sony Music)
Keith Urban – For You (Capitol / EMI)
Matt Corby – Into The Flame (Mercury / UMA)
Best Female Artist
Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha (Sony Music)
Kimbra – Vows (Warner Music Australia)
Lanie Lane – To The Horse (Ivy League Records)
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)
Washington – Insomnia (Mercury / UMA)
Best Group
Boy & Bear – Big Man (Island/UMA)
Cold Chisel – No Plans (Warner Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun (Island/UMA)
The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)
Breakthrough Artist – Release
360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
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Alpine – A Is For Alpine (Ivy League Records)
Lanie Lane – To The Horses (Ivy League Records)
Matt Corby – Brother (Mercury / UMA)
San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)
Best Independent Release
Dappled Cities – Lake Air (Hub The Label / Inertia)
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies (Kin Music)
San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)
The Bamboos – Medicine Man (Inertia Recordings)
The Jezabels - Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Darren Hayes – Secret Codes And Battleships (Mercury / UMA)
Husky – Forever So (Liberation Music)
Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows (Ivy League Records)
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies (Kin Music)
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)
Best Blues & Roots Album
Angus Stone – Broken Brights (Capitol / EMI)
Jeff Lang – Carried In Mind (ABC Music)
Lanie Lane – To The Horses (Ivy League Records)
Mia Dyson – The Moment (Black Door Records / MGM)
Paul Green & The Other Colours – Behind The Stars (ABC Music)
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Buried In Verona – Notorious (UNFD / Warner)
DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams (I OH YOU/Illusive Sounds)
Frenzal Rhomb – Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (How much did I fucking pay for this records?)
House Vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth (UNFD / Warner)
Sleepmakeswaves - …and so we destroyed everything (Birds Robe Records / GREEN)
Best Pop Release
Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company/Universal Music
Australia)
Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars (Sony Music)
Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha (Sony Music)
Kimbra – Vows (Warner Music Australia)
San Cisco – Awkward (Island City Records / MGM)
Best Rock Album
Children Collide – Monument (UMA)
Cold Chisel – No Plans (Warner Music Australia)
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Oh Mercy – Deep Heat (EMI)
The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap (Liberation Music)
Best Urban Album
360 – Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun (Golden Era/Island/UMA)
Katalyst – Deep Impressions (Invada / Remote Control Records)
The Bamboos – Medicine Man (Inertia Recordings)
The Herd – Future Shade (Elefant Traks / Inertia)
Best Children’s Album
Bananas In Pyjamas – Playtime (ABC Music)
dirtgirlworld – dirtgirl rocks the planet (kidindy)
Hi-5 – Sing It Loud (Sony Music)
Rhys Muldoon – I’m Not Singing (ABC Music)
The Wiggles – Surfer Jeff (ABC Music)
Best Comedy Release
Anthony Salame – Is This thing On? (Punchline Comedy)
Arj Barker – Joy Harvest (Punchline Comedy)
Buddy Goode – Unappropriate (ABC Music)
Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World (Words And Music Entertainment/Buxstock)
The Beards – Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard (MGM)
Best Country Album
Beccy Cole – Songs and Pictures (Sony Music)
Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough (ABC Music)
McAlister Kemp – Country Proud (ABC Music)
The McClymonts – Two Worlds Collide (UMA)
Troy Cassar-Daley – Home (Liberation Music)
Best Dance Release
Havana Brown – When The Lights Go Out (Island/UMA)
Hermitude – Hyperparadise (Elefant Traks / Inertia)
Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay – In My Mind (Neon Records)
Knife Party – Rage Valley (Earstorm / Neon Records / Warner Music Australia)
Sneaky Sound System – From Here To Anywhere (Modular Recordings)
2012 ARIA AWARD PUBLIC VOTED NOMINEES
ARIA Song of the Year
Brought to you by the Today Network
Fans can vote on Song of the Year presented by the Today Network at www.ariaawards.com.au
360 feat. Gossling – Boys Like You (EMI)
Delta Goodrem – Sitting On Top Of The World (Sony Music)
Guy Sebastian – Don’t Worry Be Happy (Sony Music)
Hilltop Hoods Featuring Sia – I Love It (Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy & Stan Walker – Galaxy (Sony Music)
Justice Crew – Boom Boom (Sony Music)
Matt Corby – Brother (Universal Music Australia)
Reece Mastin – Good Night (Sony Music)
Ricki-Lee – Do It Like That (EMI)
Timomatic – Set It Off (Sony Music)
Best International Artist
Brought to you by NOVA
Fans can vote for Best International Artist presented by Nova at www.ariaawards.com.au
Adele (XL/NE)
Bruno Mars (ATL/WAR)
Coldplay (CAP/EMI)
David Guetta (VIR/EMI)
Ed Sheeran (WAR)
Florence + the Machine (ISL/UMA)
LMFAO (INR/UMA)
Michael Buble (RFS/WAR)
One Direction (SYCO/SME)
The Black Keys (NONE/WAR)
Best Australian Live Act
Fans can vote for Best Australian Live Act’ at: www.ariaawards.com.au
360 (Soulmate / EMI)
Cold Chisel (Warner Music Australia)
Dirty Three (Anchor & Hope/ Remote Control Records)
Gotye (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)
Hilltop Hoods (Golden Era / Island / UMA)
Hoodoo Gurus (Sony Music)
Kate Miller-Heidke (Sony Music)
The Bamboos (Inertia Recordings)
The Jezabels – Prisoner (The Jezabels / MGM)
The Living End (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Video
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Best Video will be presented by YouTube with voting at; www.youtube.com\theariaofficial
Alex Weltlinger – 360, Boys Like you (Soulmate / EMI)
Luci Schroder - Alpine – Hands (Ivy League Rcords)
Animal Logic – Hilltop Hoods, I Love It (Golden Era/Island/UMA)
Brent “Quincy” Buchanan – The Grindhouse – Jackson Firebird, Cock Rockin’ (Warner Music
Australia)
Emma Tomelty – Hermitude, Speak Of The Devil (from the album “Heperparadise”) (Elefant Traks /
Inertia)
Darcy Prendergast - Kate Miller-Heidke – Kate Miller-Heidke – I’ll Change Your Mind (Sony Music)
Josh Logue - Lanie Lane – Oh Well, That’s What You Get Falling In Love With a Cowboy (Ivy League
Records)
Natasha Pincus- Missy Higgins - Everyone’s Waiting (Eleven: A Music Company / Universl Music
Australia)
Sam Bennetts – Bluejuice, Act Yr Age (Dew Process / Universal Music Australia)
Josh Logue -The Rubens – My Gun (Ivy League Records)
The BEST VIDEO Award will be presented during this years ARIA WEEK – more details on this to
follow!
2012 ARIA FINE ARTS AWARD NOMINEES
Best Classical Album
Jose Carbo with Slava & Leonard Grigoryan – My Latin Heart (ABC Classics)
Orchestra of the Antipodes – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (ABC Classics)
Sally Whitwell – The Good, The Bad and The Awkward (ABC Classics)
Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (Decca/ABC Classics)
William Barton – Kalkadungu (ABC Classics)
Best Jazz Album
Barney McAll – Graft (Jazzhead/MGM Distributon)
Grace Knight – Keep Cool Fool (ABC Music)
James Morrison – Snappy Too (Morrison Records)
McGann – Wending (Rufus/Universal Music)
Sarah McKenzie – Close Your Eyes (ABC Music)
Steven Rossitto – Night & Day (ABC Music)
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Jane Rutter – An Australian In Paris (ABC Classics)
Jon English & The Original Cast of The Rock Show – The Rock Show (Ambition / EMI)
Rockwiz – Rockwiz Christmas Album (Liberation Music)
triple j – Straight To You: triple j’s Tribute To Nick Cave (ABC Music)
Various Artists – The Sapphires – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony Music)
Best World Music Album
Dead Can Dance – Anastasis (Liberation Music)
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Joseph Tawadros – Concerts of the Greater Sea (ABC Classics)
Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento – Intrepid Adventures To The Lost Riddim Island (Vitamin Records /
Transmitter Records)
Sarah Calderwood – As Night Falls (ABC Music)
Warren H Williams & The Warumungu Songmen – Winanjjara: The Song Peoples Sessions (ABC Music)
2012 ARIA ARTISAN AWARD NOMINEES
Best Cover Art
Christopher Doyle – The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’ (The Jezabels / MGM)
Debaser – 360, Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
Frank De Backer (Artwork & Handwriting) & Wally De Backer– Making Mirrors (Samples ‘n’
Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music Company / Universal Music Australia)
Rennie Ellis – Oh Mercy, Deep Heat (EMI)
Engineer of the Year
Francois Tetaz for Gotye – Making Mirrors (Samples 'n' Seconds Records / Eleven: A Music
Company / Universal Music Australia)
Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’ (The Jezabels / MGM)
Matt Fell – Tim Freedman, Australian Idel (Sony Music)
Scott Horscroft & Phillip Threlfall – 360, Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
Wayne Connolly - Josh Pyke, Only Sparrows (Ivy League Records)
Producer of the Year
Chong Lim – Sarah McKenzie Close Your Eyes (ABC Music)
Lachlan Mitchell –The Jezabels ‘Prisoner’ (The Jezabels/MGM)
Lanie Lane – Lanie Lane To The Horses (Ivy League Records)
Styalz Fuego – 360, Falling & Flying (Soulmate / EMI)
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, The Good The Bad and The Awkward (ABC Classics)
2012 ARIA Awards
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Sydney Entertainment Centre, 35 Harbour Street, Darling Harbour
3.30pm – 5.15m - Red Carpet arrivals
5.15pm - 9.30pm - ARIA Awards
GENERAL PUBLIC TICKETS:
Go on sale at 9.00am on Monday, 8 October, 2012, from Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au or PH: 136 100 or Ticketmaster Outlets
Ticket Price - $49.95
*All prices include GST and booking fees, but transaction fees & credit card charges may apply
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