1996 ARIA Music Awards

1996 ARIA Music Awards
Date30 September 1996 (1996-09-30)
VenueSydney Convention & Exhibition Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awardsYou Am I (6)
Most nominationsYour Am I (9)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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The 10th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) was held on 30 September 1996 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.[1][2] Presenters distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year was You Am I gaining six awards.[1][3]

In addition to previous categories an Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Silverchair, which acknowledged "[their] conquering world charts with the single 'Tomorrow' and the debut album album frogstomp."[3] A Special Achievement Award was presented to Slim Dusty.[1][3] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Australian Crawl and Horrie Dargie.[1] Australian Crawl's founding guitarist Brad Robinson, was unable to attend; he was hospitalised with lymphoma (diagnosed three years earlier) and died two weeks after the ceremony.[4][5] It was also the final Australian performance by INXS with original frontman Michael Hutchence before his death 14 months later.

Ceremony details

Australian music journalist, Anthony O'Grady, observed, "It was the last of the Bigger-Than-Ben-Hur Award nights (for the foreseeable future). Over 4,000 (the largest crowd ever and 8 times the number at the first Awards) flooded into the [venue]... [with a] repast at over 200 tables supplied by a dozen kitchens."[3] Deni Hines won a trophy for Breakthrough Artist – Single for "It's Alright". Her entire acceptance speech was:

I don't know, um, thanks and grouse![6]

— Deni Hines, 30 September 1996

Presenters and performers

The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by American musicians Harry Connick Jr. and Chris Isaak.[3] Presenters and performers were:

Presenter(s) Performer(s) Ref.
Chris Isaak Harry Connick Jr. [3]
Harry Connick Jr.
Jenny Morris
Glenn A. Baker David Helfgott
Richard O'Brien
Michael Hutchence
Neneh Cherry Kulcha, CDB
"Ugly" Phil O'Neill
Christine Anu
Richard Wilkins Powderfinger – "Pick You Up" [3][7]
David Gates
Anne Kirkpatrick
Gina Jeffreys Gina Jeffreys, Keith Urban, Troy Cassar-Daley, Lee Kernaghan, Tommy Emmanuel [3]
Billy Birmingham
Daryl Braithwaite
Dave Graney Jimmy Barnes
Tex Perkins
Jimmy Barnes
Helen Razer Deni Hines
Mikey Robins
Ash
Savage Garden INXS
Shirley Manson
Chrissy Amphlett
Cathy Freeman You Am I
Kieren Perkins
Molly Meldrum

Awards

Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.

ARIA Awards

Fine Arts Awards

Artisan Awards

Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

Special Achievement Award

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall of Fame inductees were:

Notes

  1. ^ ARIA lists Regurgitator's highest selling single as "New Detention". Regurgitator's highest placing on the singles chart for 1995/96 was for their extended play, New. They have not released a single called "New Detention".
  2. ^ ARIA lists You Am I as the winner of 'Best Group' category but does not display its 'Best Album' category winner here. Other nominees have an album or single displayed.[1]
  3. ^ The full title for this album is Gillian Eastoe's Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition into The Far Reaches And Back.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Australia 1996 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h O'Grady, Anthony. "The 10th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  5. ^ Petkovski, Suzi (December 1996). "Master Blaster". Australian Tennis Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.
  7. ^ Condon, Dan (26 November 2019). "7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads". Double J. Retrieved 24 December 2020.