2010 ARIA AWARDS : The Winners

Welcome to our coverage of the 2010 ARIA Awards. Throughout the night, we’ll be updating you with all the winners as they’re announced. We’ll found out just who will walk away with the ‘Most Popular’ gongs, as well as the all-important Single Of The Year and Album Of The Year and five other awards. It’s a short, sharp show that, all going well, should be all over red rover by 10:30pm AEDST.
So who’s won what? Winners are below in bold & italics…. Let’s watch;

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Amy Meredith – Restless (Sony Music)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – Hope is for Hopers (Normal People Making Music/Boomtown/Shock)
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Art vs Science – Magic Fountain (Green/MGM)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax (Suppression Records/Shock)
John Butler Trio – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST
Vanessa Amorosi
Amy Meredith
Powderfinger
Guy Sebastian
Angus & Julia Stone

Can we just add a little editorial here that these awards are so incredibly dull at this stage… (but although they’re altogether dull, we’re actually really liking the graphics packages to introduce the awards. Props.

MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN SINGLE
Vanessa Amorosi – This Is Who I Am
Kate Miller-Heidke – The Last Day On Earth
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup – We No Speak Americano

The Temper Trap accepts their award for ‘Most Popular Australian Single’ from a creche (above)…

Birds Of Tokyo frontman Ian Kenny belt out the band’s hit single ‘Plans’ (above).

BEST MALE ARTIST
Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream (Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That (Sony Music)
John Butler – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Paul Dempsey – Fast Friends (EMI)

BEST GROUP
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Powderfinger – Golden Rule (UMA)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)

Megan Washington (above) lights up the stage with an electrifying performance of ‘Sunday Best’. Class.

MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ALBUM
Vanessa Amorosi – Hazardous
Powderfinger – Golden Rule
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
The Temper Trap – Conditions

MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Michael Buble
Lady Gaga
Mumford & Sons
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift

Clearly Jess Mauboy knows not how to pronounce the word ‘debut’…

2010 ARIA hosts Dylan Lewis & Natalie Bassingthwaighte (above).

Dan Sultan performs out front of legendary Australian outfit INXS (above).

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction (Island/UMA)
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite (Mushroom Records/Warner Music)
Lisa Mitchell – Oh! Hark! (Warner Music Australia)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Ricki-Lee (left) and Eric Stonestreet from Channel 10’s ‘Modern Family’ (right) present the Best Female Artist ARIA to Megan Washington (above).

Brother and sister duo Angus & Julia Stone perform their ARIA Award-winning single ‘Big Jet Plane’ (above).

Ronan Keating and Marcia Hines (above) prepare to present the ARIA Award for Single Of The Year. Marcia also took the opportunity to pay the industry’s respects to Models frontman James Freud, who passed away last week.

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Plans (EMI)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)
Washington – How To Tame Lions (Mercury/UMA)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Guy Sebastian performs his ARIA-nominated single ‘Like It Like That’ (above).

(Thanks to David @ www.tvtonight.com.au for the screen grabs)

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