ARIA Awards Recap

First up a lot of my predictions from October were way off! Not sure how I got some so wrong!

I was extremely happy Sia got the Album of the year (despite me predicting Chet Faker) and very happy for Chet Fakers other wins.

The Awards itself was actually pretty well done, the presenters were great and the performances (mainly Chet Faker) were great. Even One Direction weren't too bad.

Overall it clearly highlighted how successful Australian Artists have been in 2013/2014. Sia, Iggy, Vance Joy, Flume, 5 Seconds of Summer and even Jessica Mauboy to a degree have all had great international success.

So last night the big winner was Australian music.

Until next year here is a full list of winners below and for more action drop by here:

Album Of The Year
Winner: Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

Best Independent Release
Winner: Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

Best Male Artist
Winner: Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: His Life And Music (ABC Music/UMA)
Guy Sebastian - Come Home With Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Winner: Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way (EMI)
Gossling - Harvest Of Gold (Dew Process)
Kate Miller - Heidke - O Vertigo! (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live From KCRW (Kobalt Label Services)
Tina Arena - Reset (EMI)

Best Dance Release:
Winner: Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar - High (Vicious Bitch/Universal)
Flume & Chet Faker - Drop The Game (Future Classic)
Nicky Night Time - Everybody Together (ONELOVE/Xelon)
RUFUS - Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
The Presets - No Fun (Modular/Universal)

Best Female Artist
Winner: Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
Adalita - All Day Venus (Liberation Music)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Kasey Chambers - Bittersweet (Essence Group)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Winner: DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
High Tension - Death Beat (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Shihad - FVEY (Warner Music NZ)
Sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography (Bird's Robe Records/MGM)
The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me (Roadrunner Records Inc)

Best Pop Release
Winner: Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

Best Rock Album
Winner: Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone (EMI)
Ball Park Music - Puddinghead (Stop Start Music)
Jimmy Barnes - 30:30 Hindsight (Liberation Music)
Kingswood - Microscopic Wars (Dew Process)

Best Urban Album
Winner: Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/(Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
360 - Utopia (Forthwrite/EMI)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Illy - Cinematic (Warner Music Australia)
Thundamentals - So We Can Remember (Obese Records)

Best Blues And Roots Album
Winner: John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Harry Hookey - Misdiagnosed (Essence Group)
Russell Morris - Van Diemen's Land (Fanfare Records/EMI)
The Audreys - 'Til My Tears Roll Away (ABC Music/UMA)
The Bamboos - Fever In The Road (Pacific Theatre/Inertia)

Breakthrough Artist
Winner: Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (Capitol/EMI)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
The Kite String Tangle - Vessel EP (Warner Music Australia)

Best Group
Winner: Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music)
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RUFUS - Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

ARIA Hall Of Fame
Molly Meldrum and Countdown

ARIA Industry Icon Award
Denis Hadlin

Publicly Voted Awards:

Best Video
Winner: Sia Furler and Daniel Askill for Sia - Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Ben Young for John Butler Trio - Only One (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener (Milk! Records/Inertia)
Dan Graetz for Violent Soho - Covered In Chrome (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
Lawrence Lim for Jessica Mauboy - Never Be The Same (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Lawrence Lim for Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Renny Wijeyamohan for Busby Marou - My Second Mistake (Warner Music Australia)
Christian J Henrich & Nicholas Rabone for Bluejuice - SOS (Dew Process)
Toby & Pete for Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap (Future Classic)
Toby Morris for Sheppard - Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

Best Australian Live Act
Winner: Keith Urban (EMI)
Boy & Bear (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dan Sultan (Liberation Music)
John Butler Trio (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Melbourne SKA Orchestra (ABC Music/UMA)
RUFUS (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Tame Impala (Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Presets (Modular/Universal)
Violent Soho (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

Best International Artist
Winner: One Direction - Midnight Memories (Syco Music)
Avicii - True (PM:AM/Universal Music Australia)
Beyonce - Beyonce (Columbia)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (Parlophone)
Ed Sheeran - X (Atlantic UK)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Interscope Geffen/Universal Music Australia)
Jason Derulo - Tattoos (Warner Bros US)
Katy Perry - Prism (EMI)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ/Universal Music Australia)
Pharrell Williams - G I R L (Columbia)

Song of the Year
Winner: 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect (EMI)
Guy Sebastian - Like A Drum (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Havana Brown - Warrior (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Joel Fletcher feat. Savage - Swing (Hustle Recordings/Ministry of Sound)
Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nathaniel - You (DNA Songs/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Taylor Henderson - Borrow My Heart (Sony Music Entertainment Australia