- ARIA Music Awards of 2008
The 22nd Annual
Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known asARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) will take place onOctober 19 ,2008 . The nominees for all categories were announced onSeptember 10 ,2008 , while the winners of the Artisian Awards were announced on the same day.Awards and nominations
ARIA Awards
;Album of the Year
*Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - "Gurrumul"
*Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin' Bones "
*Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! "
*The Living End - "White Noise"
*The Presets - "Apocalypso";Best Adult Contemporary Album
*Clare Bowditch - "The Moon Looked On "
*Jimmy Barnes - "Out in the Blue "
*Katie Noonan - "Skin"
*Robert Forster (musician) - "The Evangelist "
*The Panics - "Cruel Guards ";Best Blues and Roots Album
*Angus & Julia Stone - "A Book Like This "
*Jeff Lang - "Half Seas Over"
*Mia Dyson - "Struck Down"
*The Audreys - "When the Flood Comes"
*The Waifs - "Sun Dirt Water ";Best Children's Album
*Hi-5 - "Planet Earth (deluxe edition)"
*Jay Laga'aia - "Come Dance and Sing"
*Justine Clarke - "Songs to Make You Smile"
*The Fairies - "Fairy Fun, Fun, Fun"
*The Wiggles - "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing";Best Comedy Release
*Akmal Saleh - "Akmal Live and Uncensored"
*Matt Tilley - ""
*Merrick and Rosso - "Live and Totally Wrong!"
*Shaun Micallef - "The Expurgated Micallef Tonight"
*The Umbilical Brothers - "Don't Explain ";Best Country Album
*Catherine Britt - "Little Wildflower"
*Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - "Rattlin' Bones "
*Melinda Schneider - "Be Yourself"
*Sara Storer - "Silver Skies"
*The McClymonts - "Chaos and Bright Lights ";Best Dance Release
*Cut Copy - "In Ghost Colours "
*Mobin Master - "Show Me Love"
*Pnau - "Pnau"
*The Potbelleez - "Don’t Hold Back"
*The Presets - "Apocalypso";Best Female Artist
*Clare Bowditch - "The Moon Looked On "
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Lessons to Be Learned "
*Holly Throsby - "A Loud Call "
*Kylie Minogue - "X"
*Missy Higgins - "Peachy ";Best Group
*Angus & Julia Stone - "A Book Like This "
*Faker - "Be the Twilight "
*Silverchair - "If You Keep Losing Sleep "
*The Living End - "White Noise"
*The Presets - "Apocalypso";Best Independent Release
*Ben Lee - "Ripe"
*British India - "Thieves"
*Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - "Gurrumul"
*Lior - "Corner of an Endless Road"
*Midnight Juggernauts - "Dystopia";Best Male Artist
*Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - "Gurrumul"
*Nick Cave - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! "
*Paul Kelly - "To Her Door (live)"
*Pete Murray - "Summer at Eureka"
*Sam Sparro - "Sam Sparro";Best Music DVD
*Hilltop Hoods - "The City of Light"
*Paul Kelly - "Live Apples"
*Powderfinger andSilverchair - "Across the Great Divide DVD"
*The John Butler Trio - "Live at Federation Square"
*Wolfmother - "Please Experience Wolfmother Live ";Best Pop Release
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Lessons to Be Learned "
*Kylie Minogue - "X"
*Operator Please - "Yes Yes Vindictive "
*Sam Sparro - "Sam Sparro"
*The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up ";Best Rock Album
*Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Primary Colours"
*Faker - "Be the Twilight "
*Gyroscope - "Breed Obsession "
*Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! "
*The Living End - "White Noise";Best Urban Release
*A-Love - "Ace of Hearts"
*Bliss n Eso - "Flying Colours"
*Katalyst - "What's Happening"
*Muph & Plutonic - "…And Then Tomorrow Came"
*Spit Syndicate - "Towards the Light"
*The Herd - "Summerland";Breakthrough Artist - Album
*Angus & Julia Stone - "A Book Like This "
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Lessons to Be Learned "
*Midnight Juggernauts - "Dystopia"
*Operator Please - "Yes Yes Vindictive "
*Sam Sparro - "Sam Sparro";Breakthrough Artist - Single
*Angus & Julia Stone - "The Beast"
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me "
*Sam Sparro - "Black and Gold"
*The Panics - "Don’t Fight It"
*The Potbelleez - "Don’t Hold Back";Highest Selling Album
*David Joseph Campbell - "The Swing Sessions 2"
*Delta Goodrem - "Delta"
*Guy Sebastian - "The Memphis Album "
*The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up "
*Tina Arena - "Songs of Love & Loss ";Highest Selling Single
*Delta Goodrem - "In This Life"
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me "
*The Potbelleez - "Don’t Hold Back"
*The Veronicas - "Untouched"
*The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up";Single of the Year
*Faker - "This Heart Attack "
*Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me "
*Sam Sparro - "Black and Gold"
*The Living End - "White Noise"
*The Presets - "My People"Fine Arts Awards
;Best Classical Album
*Sydney Symphony - "Brett Dean"
*Elena Kats-Chernin - "Slow Food"
*Richard Tognetti , Neal Peres da Costa and Daniel Yeadon - "Bach Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard"
*Roger Woodward - "Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Partita no. 2 and Partita no. 6"
*Slava Grigoryan ,Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - "Baroque Guitar Concertos";Best Jazz Album
*Andrea Keller - "Footprints"
*Deni Hines and James Morrison - "The Other Woman"
*Grace Knight - "Willow"
*Joe Chindamo - "Duende the Romantic Project"
*Mike Nock Project - "Meeting of the Waters"
*Jamie Oehlers,Paul Grabowsky and David Beck - "Lost and Found";Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album
*Cezary Skubiszewski - "Night – original soundtrack"
*Chris Lilley - "Summer Heights High soundtrack"
*The cast of - ""
*The Square - "The Square soundtrack"
*Various - "Countdown Spectacular 2";Best World Album
*Archie Roach - "Journey"
*David Jones - "Colours of the Drum"
*Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - "Gurrumul"
*Joseph Tawadros - "Angel"
*Watussi - "Tequila Sangre Fuego"Artisian Awards
The Artisian Award winners were announced on
September 10 . The winners are shown here in bold.;Producer of the Year
*Harry Vanda and Glenn Goldsmith forBritish India 's "Thieves"
*Matt Lovell andShihad forShihad 's "Beautiful Machine "
*Michael Hohnen forGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 's "Gurrumul"
*Scott Horscroft forThe Panics ' "Cruel Guards "
*The Presets (Julian Hamilton andKim Moyes ) forThe Presets ’ "Apocalypso";Engineer of the Year
*Anthony Lycenko forPete Murray 's "Summer at Eureka"
*James Ash forRogue Traders ' "Better in the Dark "
*Matt Lovell andShihad forShihad 's "Beautiful Machine "
*Scott Horscroft forThe Panics ' "Cruel Guards "
*Scott Horscroft forThe Presets ' "Apocalypso";Best Cover Art
*Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) for Faker's "Be the Twilight "
*Aaron Hayward and David Homer (Debaser) forKasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson's "Rattlin' Bones "
*Alter forCut Copy 's "In Ghost Colours "
*IOSHVA forAngus & Julia Stone 's "A Book Like This "
*Jonathan Zawada forThe Presets ' "Apocalypso";Best Video
*Adam Callen forSneaky Sound System 's "Kansas City"
*Angus & Julia Stone and Josh Groom forAngus & Julia Stone 's "Just a Boy"
*Damon Escott and Stephen Lance forSilverchair 's "If You Keep Losing Sleep "
*James Littlemore forPnau 's "Baby"
*Kris Moyes forThe Presets ' "My People""ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductees
The following were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall Of Fame on
2008-07-01 .
*Rolf Harris
*Russell Morris
* Dragon
*Max Merritt
*The Triffids External links
* [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/home.php ARIA Awards 2008 official website]
* [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/winners-nominees-2008.php List of winners and nominees]
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