The 31st Annual
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 replacing th ...
Music Awards (generally known as
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2017 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards.
The ARIA Awards ceremony was held on 28 November 2017 and was broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney around Australia on the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
.
The Nine Network last broadcast the awards in
2013
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.
Final nominees were announced on 10 October 2017 at the
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most importa ...
.
ARIA also held the award ceremonies for both Artisan Awards winners and Fine Arts Awards winners at that time.
Gang of Youths
Gang of Youths are an Australian alternative rock group from Sydney based in London. The band consists of principal songwriter David Le'aupepe (lead vocals, guitar), Max Dunn (bass guitar), Jung Kim (lead guitar, keyboards), Donnie Borzestowsk ...
won four of eight nominations, while
Paul Kelly won four from seven.
The ARIA Awards ceremony introduced a new category: ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award, which is publicly voted.
The category is open to any teacher working in a school, kindergarten, early childhood centre, youth centre or private tuition music school running a music program around the country.
Daryl Braithwaite
Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...
was inducted into the
Hall of Fame
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as a solo artist; his band,
Sherbet, was admitted in
1990
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.
Performers
ARIA listed the line-up of performers for the ceremony:
ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
The following artist was inducted into the
ARIA Hall of Fame
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:
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Daryl Braithwaite
Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...
– Braithwaite was previously inducted as a member of
Sherbet in
1990
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.
Nominees and winners
ARIA Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
Public voted
Fine Arts Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
Artisan Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.
References
External links
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