ARIA FIFTH WINNERS

The fifth and final raft of awards were handed out earlier this evening in the ARIA Genre Awards. Over the course of the week, some of Australia’s top musical talent took to the stage in Sydney’s Bennelong Park to perform for the assembled crowds. A series of 16 genre awards were handed out at these events, with tonight’s prizes going to the winners of the Best Pop Release, Best Rock Album and Best Adult Alternative Album categories. And they are below in bold and italics;

BEST POP RELEASE
Bluejuice – Head of the Hawk
Empire of the Sun – Half Mast
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That
Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite
Sia – We Are Born

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo
Cloud Control – Bliss Release
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax
Powderfinger – Golden Rule
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker

BEST ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
Basement Birds – Basement Birds
Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction
The Cat Empire – Cinema
Washington – I Believe You Liar
Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth

Catch the official 2010 ARIA Awards ceremony this Sunday night from 8:30pm on Network 10.

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