The 25th Annual

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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) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2011 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 27 November at the Allphones Arena, Sydney, and was telecast Nine Network's channel Go! at 7:30pm. The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 11 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. For the second time in ARIA Awards history, public votes were used for the categories, "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist"; and for the first time for a new category "Most Popular Australian Live Artist". The

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inducted

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...

and

The Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, C ...

– including former member Greg Page – on 27 November at the same ceremony as the ARIA Awards.

Presenters and performers

Presenters

* Adam Hills presented the awards for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Breakthrough Artist – Album". *

Tom Ballard Thomas Colin Ballard (born 26 November 1989) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. Early life Ballard was born to parents Judy and Neil Ballard and grew up in Warrnambool, Victoria. He attended Brauer Secondary Colle ...

and Alex Dyson presented the award for "Best Independent Release". * Hamish & Andy presented the awards for "Best Urban Album", "Best Dance Release" and "Best Country Album". * Benji Madden and Joel Madden presented the awards for "Best Rock Album" and "Best Comedy Release". * Katie Noonan and Iva Davies presented the award for "Best Pop Release". *

Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...

and Richard Wilkins presented the award for "Best Adult Contemporary Album". * Ricki-Lee Coulter and James Kerley presented the awards for "Most Popular Australian Artist", "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Live Artist". * Noah Taylor and

Christina Amphlett Christine Joy Amphlett (; 25 October 1959 – 21 April 2013) was an Australian singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the frontwoman of the rock band Divinyls. She was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive hum ...

presented the award for "Best Group". *

Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive wee ...

presented the awards for "Best Male Artist" and "Best Female Artist". *

Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and '' The O ...

presented the awards for "Single of the Year" and "Album of the Year". * Molly Meldrum and Prime Minister

Julia Gillard Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013, holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She is the first and only ...

inducted

into the Hall of Fame. * David Wenham inducted

into the Hall of Fame. * James Mathison * Erin McNaught *

Ruby Rose Ruby Rose Langenheim (born 20 March 1986) is an Australian model, actress, disc jockey and television presenter. Rose was a presenter on MTV Australia (2007–2011), followed by several high-profile modelling gigs, including Maybelline New Yor ...

Performers

*Drapht performed his song "Rapunzel". *Cut Copy performed their song "Need You Now". *Art vs. Science performed their song " Magic Fountain". *Guy Sebastian sang a medley of "Who's That Girl" and "

Don't Worry Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by American musician Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his fourth album, '' Simple Pleasures'' (1988). It was the first ''a cappella'' song to reach number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 c ...

". *Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performed his song, "Warwu", accompanied by Missy Higgins on

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. ** In 2019 Double J's Dan Condon described this as one of "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards." *Gotye and Kimbra performed their award-winning single "Somebody That I Used to Know". *The Living End sang " The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating", the

lead single A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. Release s ...

from their album. *Delta Goodrem performed a cover version of Wendy Matthews' " The Day You Went Away", in tribute to those we've lost from the Australian Music Industry in the past 25 years. *Boy & Bear performed their award-winning single " Feeding Line".

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees

The

induction occurred on 27 November 2011 as part of the overall ARIA Music Awards. Molly Meldrum introduced

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, Julia Gillard, who inducted Kylie Minogue; while actor, David Wenham, inducted The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page.