The 2021 ARIA Music Awards are the 35th Annual

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Music Awards (generally known as

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or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards, including the 2021 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony occurred on 24 November 2021 in partnership with

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Music and streamed live on YouTube, and broadcast via

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. The main ceremony was hosted by

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at the

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. The 2021 ARIA Awards inaugurated a new category,

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, which replaced the categories of Best Female Artist and Best Male Artist. This change is designed to ensure that the ARIA Awards reflect and embrace equality and the true diversity of the music industry in 2021. In making this change the number of nominees for Best Artist were ten. Nominations were announced on ARIA's YouTube channel on 20 October, in a livestream hosted by

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. Both

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and

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had eight nominations, while

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received seven, and

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had six. Owusu won four categories. No

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inductee was announced. At the split ceremony Boney presented a total of 18 trophies, starting with Music Teacher of the Year on ''

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'' in the morning, 16 categories at the Pre-Show (which she hosted at Taronga Zoo), and the inaugural Best Artist at the main ceremony.

Performers

Performers for the ARIA Awards ceremony:

Presenters

Presenters for the ARIA Awards ceremony:

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

There were no inductees

Nominees and winners

The nominees were announced on 20 October 2021 with winners presented on 24 November 2021. Note: This source has Genesis Owusu and Amy Shark both receiving six nominations. Later sources have Owusu receiving seven nominations.

ARIA Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

Public voted

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

Fine Arts Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

Artisan Awards

Winners indicated in boldface, with other nominees in plain.

References

External links

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