Australian music’s night of nights has once again seen a slew of local legends and international acts pick up accolades, with Aussie stars Gang Of Youths, AB Original, Paul Kelly and Amy Shark winning big at tonight’s ARIA Awards.
With their ARIA #1 album Go Farther In Lightness setting them up for a massive year, Sydney rockers Gang Of Youths walked away from the ceremony in Sydney, with Album Of The Year, Best Group and Best Rock Album, rendering an epic four awards when added to their Producer Of The Year score earlier in the year.
Unstoppable hip hop duo AB Original added two more awards to their ever-expanding shelf of praise with Best Independent Release and Best Urban Release for their powerful debut album Reclaim Australia, and they also joined Kelly onstage for Dumb Things.
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Kelly’s latest release, Life Is Fine - which landed Best Cover Art and Engineer Of The Year last month – saw him take out Best Male Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Album, while newcomer Amy Shark took home Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist following the release of Night Thinker.
Other performances were delivered from Best International Artist winner Harry Styles and Lorde, as well as ARIA Hall Of Fame inductee Daryl Braithwaite, who was joined onstage by Vera Blue and Guy Sebestian for The Horses, and Jimmy Barnes paid tribute to AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young and producer George Young with a rendition of High Voltage.
“2017 has been an amazing year for Australian musicians, which was evidenced by the incredible talent that graced the ARIA stage tonight,” ARIA CEO Dan Rosen said.
2017 ARIA AWARDS WINNERS
Album Of The Year
Gang Of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness
Best Male Artist
Paul Kelly - Life Is Fine
Best Female Artist
Sia - The Greatest feat. Kendrick Lamar
Best Dance Release
Pnau — Chameleon (etcetc Music)
Best Group
Gang Of Youths — Go Farther In Lightness (Mosy Records/Sony Music Australia)
Breakthrough Artist
Amy Shark — Night Thinker (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Best Pop Release
Amy Shark - Night Thinker (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Best Urban Album
AB Original — Reclaim Australia (Golden Era Records/Universal Music Australia)
Best Independent Release
AB Original - Reclaim Australia
Best Rock Album
Gang Of Youths - Go Farther In Lightness
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Paul Kelly - Life Is Fine
Best Country Album
Kasey Chambers - Dragonfly
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Northlane - Mesmer
Best Blues & Roots Album
All Our Exes Live In Texas - When We Fall
Best Children's Album
Jimmy Barnes - Och Aye the G’Nu!
Best Video
Bliss N Eso - Moments (feat. Gavin James)
Best Australian Live Act
Illy
Apple Music Song Of The Year
Peking Duk - Stranger (feat. Elliphant)
Best International Artist
Harry Styles - Harry Styles
Music Teacher of the Year
Renee McCarthy (Woodcroft College, SA)
ARTISAN AWARDS
Producer Of The Year
Gang Of Youths and Adrian Breakspear for Gang Of Youths’ Go Farther In Lightness
Engineer Of The Year
Steven Schram for Paul Kelly’s Life Is Fine
Best Cover Art
Peter Salmon-Lomas for Paul Kelly’s Life Is Fine
ARIA FINE ARTS AWARDS
Best Classical Album
Slava Grigoryan - Bach: Cello Suites Volume I
Best Jazz Album
James Morrison, BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, Harry Morrison & William Morrison’s The Great American Songbook
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Nigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony Orchestra, with Joseph Tawadros, Slava Grigoryan & Lior Ali's Wedding
Best World Music Album
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp - Songs of the Latin Skies
Best Comedy Release
John Clarke - Clarke’s Classics
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