It’ll be smiles all ’round at Sony HQ this morning, with three of their big name pop acts taking home pointy gongs at last night’s ARIA Awards.
But as many had predicted, the night belonged to Flume, with the Sydney wunderkind producer picking up four of the seven awards he was nominated for, including Best Male, Best Dance Album and Breakthrough Artist Of The Year.
Album Of The Year, however, went to Tame Impala for their release ‘Lonerism’, while Song Of The Year deservedly went to Matt Corby and his earworm ‘Resolution’.
But it was the trio of Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy and Samantha Jade triumphing at last night’s ceremony that announced that pop was finally getting recognised, with Jess picking up Best Female Artist and Guy nabbing Best Pop Release. Sammy came through with Best Video.
Legendary Aussie duo were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame in what was a night of celebration for Australian Music.
Imported superstar performer Alicia Keys enchanted the audience with a spellbinding rendition of her hit ‘Girl On Fire’, while New Zealand breakout star Lorde impressed with her performance of ‘Team’.
ARIA CEO Dan Rosen capped the night off by paying tribute to those to triumphed.
“2013 has been a remarkable year for Australian music and that was certainly evident with the wealth of talent present in the room tonight,” he said. “The collection of tonight’s winners and performers shows the amazing talent currently in the Australian music industry and ARIA is proud to be able to present these artists to the Australian public and celebrate their achievements. ARIA congratulates all of tonight’s winners, in particular Tame Impala, Flume, Guy Sebastian and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds who all won multiple ARIA Awards.”
Here’s who picked up the pointy gongs last night, with winners in italics. * Full list of winners available at www.ariaawards.com.au
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires
Flume – Flume
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon
Tame Impala – Lonerism
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Sarah Blasko – I Awake
Missy Higgins – Set Me On Fire
Emma Louise – vs Head vs Heart
Jessica Mauboy – To The End Of The Earth
Abbe May – Kiss My Apocalypse
BEST MALE ARTIST
Matt Corby – Resolution
Flume – Flume
Paul Kelly – Spring and Fall
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon
Keith Urban – Little Bit Of Everything
BEST GROUP
Birds Of Tokyo – March Fires
Boy & Bear – Harlequin Dream
Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
Tame Impala – Lonerism
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : RELEASE
Big Scary – Not Art
Flume – Flume
Vance Joy – God Loves You When You’re Dancing
The Rubens – The Rubens
RüFüS – Atlas
BEST POP RELEASE
Empire Of The Sun – Ice On The Dune
Vance Joy – God Loves You When You’re Dancing
The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
San Cisco – San Cisco
Guy Sebastian – Armageddon
BEST DANCE RELEASE
Flume – Flume
Jagwar Ma – Howlin
The Potbelleez – Saved In A Bottle
The Presets – Pacifica
RüFüS – Atlas
BEST URBAN ALBUM
Bliss n Eso – Circus In The Sky
Horrorshow – King Amongst Many
Illy – Bring it Back
Seth Sentry – This Was Tomorrow
Urthboy – Smokey’s Haunt
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Big Scary – Not Art
The Drones – I See Seaweed
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
San Cisco – San Cisco
Sheppard – Let Me Down Easy
PUBLICLY VOTED AWARDS
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SONG OF THE YEAR – presented by the Today Network
Birds of Tokyo – Lanterns
Bombs Away Feat. The Twins – Party Bass
Matt Corby – Resolution
Flume – Holdin On
Samantha Jade – What You’ve Done To Me
Vance Joy – Riptide
Justice Crew – Best Night
Guy Sebastian – Get Along
Stafford Brothers feat. Lil Wayne and Christina Milian – Hello
Timomatic – Parachute
BEST VIDEO – presented by YouTube
Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns (Directed by Josh Logue)
Matt Corby – Resolution (Directed by Bryce Jepson)
Flight Facilities – Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) (Directed by Dave Ma)
Flume – Holdin On (Directed by Joe Nappa)
Samantha Jade – Firestarter (Directed by Christopher Frey)
Vance Joy – Riptide (Directed by Dimitri Basil)
Justice Crew – Best Night (Directed by Marc Furmie)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street (Directed by John Hillcoat)
San Cisco – Fred Astaire (Directed by Andrew Nowrojee)
Timomatic – Parachute (Directed by Marc Furmie and Elisa Mercurio)
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT – presented by Qantas
Birds Of Tokyo
Matt Corby
The Drones
Flume
Karnivool
Paul Kelly & Neil Finn
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Guy Sebastian
Tame Impala
Keith Urban
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST – presented by Nova
Birdy
Michael Buble
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Bruno Mars
Mumford & Sons
Of Monsters And Men
One Direction
P!nk
Ed Sheeran
Taylor Swift
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