ARIA Music Awards of 2007

The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on October 28, 2007 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. Rove McManus was the host of the event. The nominees for all categories were announced on September 19, 2007, while the winners of the Artisian Awards were announced on the same day.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

;Album of the Year
*Gotye - "Mixed Blood"
*The John Butler Trio - "Grand National"
*Powderfinger - "Dream Days at the Hotel Existence"
*Silverchair - "Young Modern"
*Sneaky Sound System - "Sneaky Sound System"

;Best Adult Contemporary Album
*Art of Fighting - "Runaways"
*Josh Pyke - "Memories & Dust"
*Lisa Miller - "Morning in the Bowl of Night"
*New Buffalo - "Somewhere, Anywhere"
*Paul Kelly - "Stolen Apples"

;Best Blues and Roots Album
*Ash Grunwald - "Give Signs"
*C. W. Stoneking - "King Hokum"
*Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley - "Dislocation Blues"
*The John Butler Trio - "Grand National"
*Xavier Rudd - "White Moth"

;Best Children's Album
*Bindi Irwin - "Bindi Kid Fitness with Steve Irwin and The Crocmen"
*Christine Anu - "Chrissys Island Family"
*Coco's Lunch - "Rat Trap Snap"
*Hi-5 - "Wow!"
*The Fairies - "Fairy Beach"
*The Wiggles - "Pop Go The Wiggles"

;Best Comedy Release
*Dave Hughes - "Live"
*Lano and Woodley - "Goodbye"
*Rodney Rude - "Frog Sack"
*The Twelfth Man - "Boned!"
*Tripod - "Songs from Self Saucing"

;Best Country Album
*Gina Jeffreys - "Walks of Life"
*James Blundell - "Ring Around the Moon"
*Keith Urban - "Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing"
*Lou Bradley - "Love Someone"
*The Greencards - "Veridian"

;Best Dance Release
*Gotye - "Mixed Blood"
*Hook 'n' Sling and Kid Kenobi - "The Bump"
*Sneaky Sound System - "Sneaky Sound System"
*poxyMusic - "She Bites"
*TV Rock vs. Dukes of Windsor - "The Others"

;Best Female Artist
*Kasey Chambers - "Carnival"
*Kate Miller-Heidke - "Little Eve"
*Katie Noonan - "Time to Begin"
*Missy Higgins - "On a Clear Night"
*Sarah Blasko - "What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have"

;Best Group
*Eskimo Joe - "Sarah"
*Powderfinger - "Dream Days at the Hotel Existence"
*Silverchair - "Young Modern"
*Sneaky Sound System - "Sneaky Sound System"
*Wolfmother - "Joker & the Thief"

;Best Independent Release
*Gotye - "Mixed Blood"
*Hilltop Hoods - "The Hard Road Restrung"
*The John Butler Trio - "Grand National"
*Sneaky Sound System - "Sneaky Sound System"
*Wolf & Cub - "Vessels"

;Best Male Artist
*Dan Kelly - "Drowning in the Fountain of Youth"
*Gotye - "Mixed Blood"
*John Butler - "Grand National"
*Josh Pyke - "Memories & Dust"
*Paul Kelly - "Stolen Apples"

;Best Music DVD
*Kisschasy - ""
*The Grates - "Till Death Do Us Party"
*The Living End - "Live at Festival Hall"
*Various - "The Countdown Spectacular"
*You Am I - "Who Are They, These Rock Stars Live at the Mint"

;Best Pop Release
*Evermore - "Light Surrounding You"
*Kate Miller-Heidke - "Little Eve"
*Missy Higgins - "On a Clear Night"
*Operator Please - "Just a Song About Ping Pong"
*Sarah Blasko - "What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have"

;Best Rock Album
*Airbourne - "Runnin' Wild"
*Grinspoon - "Alibis & Other Lies"
*Jet - "Shine On"
*Powderfinger - "Dream Days at the Hotel Existence"
*Silverchair - "Young Modern"

;Best Urban Release
*Bliss n Eso - "Day of the Dog: Phazed Out"
*Foreign Heights - "Get Yours Remix"
*Hilltop Hoods - "The Hard Road Restrung"
*Jackson Jackson - "The Fire Is on the Bird"
*Justice & Kaos - "Turn It On"

;Breakthrough Artist - Album
*Airbourne - "Runnin' Wild"
*Expatriate - "In the Midst of This"
*Josh Pyke - "Memories & Dust"
*Kate Miller-Heidke - "Little Eve"
*Sneaky Sound System - "Sneaky Sound System"

;Breakthrough Artist - Single
*Damien Leith - "Night of My Life"
*Kate Miller-Heidke - "Words"
*Operator Please - "Just a Song About Ping Pong""
*Small Mercies - "Innocent"
*Something With Numbers - "Apple of the Eye (Lay Me Down)"

;Highest Selling Album
*Missy Higgins - "On a Clear Night"
*Damien Leith - "The Winner's Journey"
*Human Nature - ""
*Silverchair - "Young Modern"
*The Twelfth Man - "Boned!"

;Highest Selling Single
*Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Shannon Noll - "Don't Give Up"
*Missy Higgins - "Steer"
*Damien Leith - "Night of My Life"
*Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
*Wolfmother - "Joker & the Thief"

;Single of the Year
*Architecture in Helsinki - "Heart It Races"
*The John Butler Trio - "Funky Tonight"
*Powderfinger - "Lost and Running"
*Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
*Sneaky Sound System - "UFO"

;Channel [V] Oz Artist Of The Year
*Silverchair
*Evermore
*The Veronicas
*Kisschasy

Fine Arts Awards

;Best Classical Album
*Accademia Arcadia - "Trio Sonatas"
*Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer - "Sculthorpe Requiem and Orchestral Works"
*Michael Keiran Harvey - "Carl Vine Piano Music 1990-2006"
*Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra - "Bach Violin Concertos"
*Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan - "Impressions"

;Best Jazz Album
*Alister Spence Trio - "Mercury"
*Andrea Keller Quartet - "Little Claps"
*Joe Chindamo and Graeme Lyall - "Smokingun"
*Mark Isaacs - "Resurgence"
*Mike Nock and Dave Liebman - "Duologue"

;Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album
*Choir of Hard Knocks - "Choir of Hard Knocks"
*David Bridie - "Gone"
*Monsieur Camembert - "Famous Blue Cheese"
*David Bridie - "The Circuit"
*Various - "The Countdown Spectacular Live"

;Best World Album
*Coco's Lunch - "Blueprint"
*Coda - "Calling Mission Mu"
*Joseph Tawadros - "Epiphany"
*Not Drowning, Waving - "Maps for Sonic Adventures"
*Zulya and The Children of The Underground - "3 Nights"

Artisian Awards

The Artisian Award winners were announced on September 19. The winners are shown here in bold.

;Producer of the Year
*"'Wayne Connolly and Josh Pyke for Josh Pyke's "Memories & Dust"
*Nash Chambers for Kasey Chambers's "Carnival"
*Magoo for Kate Miller-Heidke's "Little Eve"
*Angus McDonald and Peter Dolso for Sneaky Sound System's "Sneaky Sound System"
*Phillip McKellar for Something With Numbers' "Perfect Distraction"

;Engineer of the Year
*"'Wayne Connolly for Josh Pyke's "Memories & Dust"
*Doug Brady for David Campbell's "The Swing Sessions"
*Magoo for Operator Please's "Just a Song About Ping Pong"
*Paul McKercher for Sarah Blasko's "What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have"
*Peter Dolso for Sneaky Sound System's "Sneaky Sound System"

;Best Cover Art
*"'Aaron Hayward and Dave Homer (Debaser) for Powderfinger's "Dream Days at the Hotel Existence"
*Wally De Backer for Gotye's "Mixed Blood"
*John Engelhardt for Hilltop Hoods' "The Hard Road Restrung"
*Sharon Chai and Sarah Blasko for Sarah Blasko's "What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have"
*Hackett Films for Silverchair's "Young Modern"

;Best Video
*"'Paul Goldman and Alice Bell for Silverchair's "Straight Lines"
*Ben Saunders and Germain McMicking for Augie March's "The Cold Acre"
*Brendan Cook for Gotye's "Heart's a Mess"
*Damon Escott and Stephan Lance (Head Pictures) for Powderfinger's "Lost and Running"
*Angus McDonald and Daimon Downey for Sneaky Sound System's "Pictures"

ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductees

The following were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall Of Fame on 2007-07-18: [cite news | title=ARIA Presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame |format=pdf
date=2007-05-06 | publisher=ARIA| url=http://www.apra.com.au/news/industry/news/070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf ]
* Frank Ifield
* Hoodoo Gurus
* Marcia Hines
* Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
* Brian Cadd
* Radio Birdman

Added to these inductees on 2007-10-28 was: [cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php |title=2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=ARIA |date=2007-10-28 |accessdate=2008-02-09 ] :
*Nick Cave

Instead of a traditional acceptance speech, Cave noted that he didn't understand why he was inducted and the Bad Seeds weren't. Due to the membership of Tomas Wylder (Switzerland), Jim Sclavunos (USA), and James Johnston (UK), the band don't qualify as Australian. In rebellion against this ruling, Cave unofficially inducted Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Conway Savage and Martyn P. Casey of the Bad Seeds; as well as Rowland S. Howard and Tracey Pew of the Birthday Party; "by the power vested in [him] by this award". Cave did not name Hugo Race of the Bad Seeds nor Phill Calvert of The Birthday Party, who are Australian, in his unofficial induction. He did, however, close by thanking his mother, wife and sons.

Performers

It was announced that the following artists will be the special performers of the event: [ [http://www.generationq.net/articles/Delta-Goodrem-Darren-Hayes-presenters-at-ARIAs-00001.html GenerationQ.net - News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Opinion for GLBT Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia and South America ] ]

Main Show

*Powderfinger
*Silverchair
*The John Butler Trio with Keith Urban
*Missy Higgins
*Sneaky Sound System
*Gotye
*Operator Please
*Kate Miller-Heidke

Red-Carpet

*Ricki-Lee Coulter
*The Veronicas

Controversy

The 2007 awards were mired by controversy, after it was revealed by the ABC's "Media Watch" programme that Channel 10 had used subliminal advertising during the course of the broadcast. Under the Australian Media and Broadcasting rules, such an activity is illegal, as it is a form of mind control. TEN disputes the findng, however their basis for defence was also criticised by "Media Watch", as demonstrating an ignorance of the rules. [cite web |url = http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2082405.htm |title = Flash Dance |accessdate = 2008-03-09 |date = 2007-11-05 |publisher = "Media Watch" ]

References

External links

* [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/home.php ARIA Awards 2007 official website]
* [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/winners-nominees-2007.php List of winners and nominees]