:: Spotlight :: 2004 ARIA AwardsBy: Carmine PascuzziThe 18th annual Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards were held on a Sunday this time. It meant that Monday became write-off day. Again held at the Sydney Superdome, credit goes to the production staff and organisers who, with a difficult lead-up, did a fine job in staging the event. The Red Carpet is always an interesting time for most, bemusing to others. The spectators lapped it all up, especially for the Australian Idol mob. There were enough of them, two year's worth of contestants, to keep the young ones in the public gallery happy. We'll have a wrap of some of the Red Carpet talk soon. We gathered a few comments. Jet's Nic Cester said his highlight of the year was simply coming back home this time. Our good friend Emmanuel Carella has his debut album out soon and can't wait to get back amongst the promotional/performance action. Fellow Liberation artist Kate Alexa had a great time talking amongst the fans. Tyrone Noonan had some interesting remarks about george being nominated in the Best Adult Contemporary category. Jebediah seemed very content with the current state of play in terms of the business side of their career. Dan Kelly and Chris Cheney (The Living End) were pleased with the way 2004 has gone for them. Jimmy Barnes and his family enjoyed the chatter on the carpet - daughter Mahalia expressed great enthusiasm about her upcoming recording. It was good to catch up with many others including young Eran James, Selwyn, J Wess, Killing Heidi, Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger, Pete Murray, John Butler, Delta Goodrem, and overseas artists The Black Eyed Peas, amongst many other guests. Then there was the After-party. This time, for many guests, the party was brought into the city with The Establishment hosting the proceedings. The location seemed fine, very central, but the venue has several levels and many guests spent an eternity queueing for a lift to the various levels. With only two lifts operating, it meant long delays. However, the party was a good opportunity, as always, to meet up with the artists, managers, etc. It was interesting to observe who were the stayers as the hours went past and daylight approached, although most people's observations became cloudy after a while. It wrapped up another ARIA Awards event. The winners: ALBUM OF THE YEAR SINGLE OF THE YEAR BEST GROUP BEST MALE ARTIST BEST FEMALE ARTIST HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM BEST POP RELEASE BEST ROCK ALBUM BEST URBAN RELEASE BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM BEST DANCE RELEASE BEST COUNTRY ALBUM BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM BEST COMEDY RELEASE BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE BEST MUSIC DVD BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – ALBUM BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – SINGLE Fine Arts Awards – winners announced Tuesday, October 12 BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM BEST JAZZ ALBUM BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW RECORDING BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Artisan Awards – winners announced Thursday, September 12 BEST COVER ART BEST VIDEO ENGINEER OF THE YEAR PRODUCER OF THE YEAR ARIA HALL OF FAME See our Red Carpet pictures here |
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