The
ARIA Music Award for Best Group, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of
Aussie
Aussie is Australian slang for ''Australian'', both the adjective and the noun, and less commonly, Australia.
Pronunciation
In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the word is pronounced , hence the alternati ...
artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replac ...
(ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." The award is given to an Australian
group comprising two or more members for an album or single release. The accolade is voted for by a judging academy which comprises 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.
The award for Best Group was first presented to
INXS
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farris ...
in 1987, for their single "
Listen Like Thieves".
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. All reliable sources used in this article make no mention of nominees from 1989 - 1991.
1987 information is based on an ARIA-supplied video.
Notes
References
External links
The ARIA Awards Official website
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