The Seventh Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) was held on 14 April 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney.[1][2][3] Host, Richard Wilkins, was assisted by presenters, James Reyne, Elle Macpherson, Billy Birmingham, Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Daryl Somers and others, to distribute 24 awards.[1][4] There were live performances and the awards were televised.[1][4]
| 1993 ARIA Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 April 1993 |
| Venue | Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Most awards | Wendy Matthews (3) |
| Most nominations | Diesel (6) |
| Website | ariaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Network Ten |
In addition to previous categories, a Special Achievement Award was presented to former Countdown host and music commentator Molly Meldrum who provided one of the longest acceptance speeches in ARIA history.[1][4][5] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Peter Allen and Cold Chisel.[1]
Ceremony details
editFormer Countdown host and music commentator Molly Meldrum provided one of the longest speeches in ARIA history upon accepting his Special Achievement Award.[4][5] At the 1991 ceremony Gary Morris, manager for Midnight Oil, had provided a 20-minute acceptance speech.[5][6] Meldrum had publicly disapproved of Morris' speech both its content and excessive length—they had also had a shouting match at the ARIAs in 1988.[6][7] Music journalist, Anthony O'Grady, described Meldrum's 1993 speech, "[he] reeled off some 50 names starting with Ronnie Burns and Ronnie's Aunt Edna [Edna is Burns' mother], ending with a dedication to his adopted son Morgan. The speech contained a classic line describing his time as a mimer in Kommotion: 'I can't mime and I can't talk properly yet'."[4]
Presenters and performers
editThe ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by TV personality Richard Wilkins.[4] Presenters and performers were:
Awards
editNominees for most awards are shown, in plain, with winners in bold.[1][2]
ARIA Awards
edit- Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Wendy Matthews – "The Day You Went Away"
- Baby Animals – "One Word"
- Crowded House – "Weather with You"
- Diesel – "Tip of My Tongue"
- Weddings Parties Anything – "Father's Day"
- Wendy Matthews – "The Day You Went Away"
- Highest Selling Album
- Australian Cast Recording – Jesus Christ Superstar
- Highest Selling Single
- Best Group
- Best Female Artist
- Best Male Artist
- Diesel – Hepfidelity
- Jimmy Barnes – "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
- Paul Kelly – Paul Kelly Live
- Jon Stevens – "Superstar"
- Chris Wilson – Landlocked
- Diesel – Hepfidelity
- Best New Talent
- Things of Stone and Wood – Share This Wine
- Caligula – Caligula (EP)
- Girlfriend – Make It Come True
- Rick Price – "Not a Day Goes By"
- Tiddas – Inside My Kitchen
- Things of Stone and Wood – Share This Wine
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Best Country Album
- Lee Kernaghan – The Outback Club
- James Blundell – This Road
- Colin Buchanan – Hard Times
- Keith Urban & Slim Dusty – "Lights on the Hill"
- Brent Parlane – Brent Parlane
- Lee Kernaghan – The Outback Club
- Best Independent Release
- Ed Kuepper – Black Ticket Day
- The Jackson Code – Strange Cargo
- Def FX – Blink (EP)
- Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams – Welcome to Violet
- TISM – Beasts of Suburban
- Ed Kuepper – Black Ticket Day
- Best Indigenous Release
- Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)"
- Kev Carmody – Street Beat
- Coloured Stone – Inma Juju
- Gondwanaland – Wide Skies
- Tiddas – Inside My Kitchen
- Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)"
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Andrew Pendlebury – Don't Hold Back That Feeling
- Marina Prior – Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Various – Stairways to Heaven
- Various – Strictly Ballroom
- Anthony Warlow – On the Boards
- Andrew Pendlebury – Don't Hold Back That Feeling
- Best Comedy Release
- Various – Stairways to Heaven
- The 12th Man – Still the 12th Man
- Agro – Agro Kids Dance Album
- Andrew Denton & the Cast of Live & Sweaty – "I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand"
- Norman Gunston featuring Effie – "Amigos Para Siempre"/"Venereal Girl (Tribute to Madonna)"
- Various – Stairways to Heaven
Fine Arts Awards
edit- Best Jazz Album
- Bernie McGann – Ugly Beauty
- Judy Bailey – Notwithstanding
- Paul Grabowsky – Tee Vee
- Vince Jones – Future Girl
- James Morrison & Ray Brown – Two the Max!
- Bernie McGann – Ugly Beauty
- Best Classical Album
- Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti – Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walton: Sonata for Strings
- The Brandenburg Orchestra – The Brandenburg Orchestra
- West Australian Symphony Orchestra – The Transposed Heads
- Geoffrey Lancaster – Mozart Sonatas for Fortepiano
- Roger Woodward – The Music of Frédéric Chopin
- Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti – Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walton: Sonata for Strings
- Best Children's Album
- ABC Symphony Orchestra – Classic Kids
- Franciscus Henri – Walking on the Milky Way
- Mike Jackson – Rufty Tufty
- George Spartels – George from Play School
- The Tin Lids – Snakes & Ladders
- ABC Symphony Orchestra – Classic Kids
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- John Clifford White – Romper Stomper
- Australian Cast Recording – Jesus Christ Superstar
- Ricky Fataar & Others – Spotswood
- Paul Grabowsky – The Last Days of Chez Nous
- Various – Strictly Ballroom
- Nigel Westlake – Antarctica[8]
- John Clifford White – Romper Stomper
Artisan Awards
edit- Song of the Year[8]
- Mick Thomas – "Father's Day" – Weddings Parties Anything
- Suze De Marchi (co-writer) – "One Word" – Baby Animals
- Diesel (co-writer) – "Tip of My Tongue" – Diesel
- Neil Finn, Tim Finn – "Weather With You" – Crowded House
- Bryan Jones, Jonathan Jones, Raymond Medhurst (co-writers) – "That Word (L.O.V.E.)" – Rockmelons featuring Deni Hines
- Mick Thomas – "Father's Day" – Weddings Parties Anything
- Producer of the Year[2]
- Simon Hussey – Daryl Braithwaite – "Nothing to Lose", Company of Strangers – "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star", "Motor City (I Get Lost)", "Sweet Love"
- David Hirschfelder – John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens – "Everything's Alright", Kate Ceberano – "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
- Joe Camilleri – Black Sorrows – "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing", "Better Times", "Come on, Come On" – The Revelators – "Caribbean Wind"
- Rockmelons – "Form one Planet", "It's not Over"
- Tony Cohen – The Cruel Sea – This Is Not the Way Home, TISM – "Get Thee to a Nunnery"
- Simon Hussey – Daryl Braithwaite – "Nothing to Lose", Company of Strangers – "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star", "Motor City (I Get Lost)", "Sweet Love"
- Engineer of the Year
- Greg Henderson – Yothu Yindi – "Dharpa", "Tribal Voice"
- Adrian Bolland – Margaret Urlich – "Boy in the Moon", "Cover to Cover"; – Teen Queens – "Can't Help Myself", "Love How You Love Me"
- Doug Brady – 1927 – "Scars"; – Eve – "What a Lover"; – Lisa Edwards – "Cry", "So Dangerous"
- Doug Roberts – Stephen Cummings – "Keep the Ball Rolling"
- Niven Garland – INXS – "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent", "Taste It"
- Greg Henderson – Yothu Yindi – "Dharpa", "Tribal Voice"
- Best Video
- Stephen Johnson – Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana"
- Robbie Douglas-Turner – Frente! – "Ordinary Angels"
- Paul Elliott – Boom Crash Opera – "Bettadaze"
- Paul Goldman – Lisa Edwards – "Cry"
- Chris Langman – The Sharp – Talking Sly (EP)
- Stephen Johnson – Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana"
- Best Cover Art
- Paul McNeil, Richard All – Hoodoo Gurus – Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit
- Angie Hart, Louise Beach – Frente! – Marvin the Album
- Ian Martin, Adrienne Overall – Diesel – Hepfidelity
- Midnight Oil, Neo One Design – Midnight Oil – Scream in Blue
- Pascoe & Gray Design, Eryk Photography – The Black Sorrows – Better Times
- Paul McNeil, Richard All – Hoodoo Gurus – Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit
Special Achievement Award
editARIA Hall of Fame inductees
editThe Hall of Fame inductees were:
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2013. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Year', '7th Annual ARIA Awards (1993)', and 'Option Show Nominations'
- ^ "Australia 1993 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g O'Grady, Anthony. "The 7th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 29 June 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 228–230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.
- ^ a b O'Grady, Anthony. "The 5th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 14 October 2000. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The 2nd Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ a b This nomination is not listed on the ARIA Award's website, but is in ARIA's March 1993 media release and list of nominees.