ARIA Music Awards of 2014

2014 ARIA Music Awards
Date	26 November 2014
Venue	Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Official website	www.ariaawards.com.au
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Network Ten

The 28th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2014 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre,^[1][2] and was telecast by Network Ten.^[1][3][4]

The final nominees for ARIA Awards categories were announced on 10 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards.^[1] Public votes were used for the categories, Song of the Year, Best Australian Live Act, Best International Artist and Best Video.^[2][4]

Also on 26 November ARIA inducted Molly Meldrum and his TV series, Countdown, into their Hall of Fame.^[5][6] Denis Handlin, CEO, of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand, and ARIA Chairman was presented with the second annual ARIA Industry Icon Award.^[7]

2014 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
Molly Meldrum, host of Countdown (1974–87).

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.^[1]

Chet Faker was nominated for nine awards, winning five, including three Artisan Awards. Photo taken in 2013.

Sheppard were nominated for seven categories and won one award for Best Group.

Sia was nominated for six categories and won three, including Best Female Artist.

Album of the Year	Best Group
Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear Chet Faker – Built on Glass Dan Sultan – Blackbird Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful Sheppard – Bombs Away	Sheppard – Bombs Away 5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars RÜFÜS – "Sundream" Violent Soho – "Saramona Said"
Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist
Chet Faker – Built on Glass Dan Sultan – Blackbird Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra – His Life and Music Guy Sebastian – "Come Home with Me" Vance Joy – "Mess Is Mine"	Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear Adalita – All Day Venus Iggy Azalea – The New Classic Jessica Mauboy – Beautiful Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet
Breakthrough Artist	Best Independent Release
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic 5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer Andy Bull – Sea of Approval Chet Faker – Built on Glass The Kite String Tangle – Vessel EP	Chet Faker – Built on Glass Dan Sultan – Blackbird Sheppard – Bombs Away Vance Joy – "Mess Is Mine" Violent Soho – "Saramona Said"
Best Adult Contemporary Album	Best Blues & Roots Album
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly – Goin' Your Way Gossling – Harvest of Gold Kate Miller-Heidke – O Vertigo! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Live from KCRW Tina Arena – Reset	John Butler Trio – Flesh & Blood Harry Hookey – Misdiagnosed Russell Morris – Van Diemen's Land The Audreys – 'Til My Tears Roll Away The Bamboos – Fever in the Road
Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album	Best Rock Album
DZ Deathrays – Black Rat High Tension – Death Beat Shihad – FVEY Sleepmakeswaves – Love of Cartography The Amity Affliction – Let the Ocean Take Me	Dan Sultan – Blackbird Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone Ball Park Music – Puddinghead Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight Kingswood – Microscopic Wars
Best Urban Album	Best Country Album
Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars 360 – Utopia Iggy Azalea – The New Classic Illy – Cinematic Thundamentals – So We Can Remember	Kasey Chambers – Bittersweet Adam Brand – My Side of the Street Emma Swift – Emma Swift Keith Urban – Fuse The McClymonts – Here's to You & I
Best Children's Album	Best Comedy Release
The Wiggles – Apples & Bananas Alex Papps – Let's Put the Beat in Our Feet Ali McGregor – Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz Jay Laga'aia – Christmas at Jay's Place Sam Moran – Play Along with Sam: We're Gonna Dance!	Buddy Goode – It's a Buddy Goode Christmas Frank Walnut – The Frank Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster Ja'mie (Chris Lilley) – "Learning to Be Me" Ronny Chieng – The Ron Way The Beards – The Beard Album
Best Pop Release	Best Dance Release
Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear 5 Seconds of Summer – 5 Seconds of Summer Andy Bull – Sea of Approval Justice Crew – "Que Sera" Sheppard – Bombs Away	Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar – "High" Flume & Chet Faker – "Drop The Game" Nicky Night Time – Everybody Together RÜFÜS – "Sundream" The Presets – "No Fun"
Song of the Year[note 1]	Best Australian Live Act[note 1]
5 Seconds of Summer – "She Looks So Perfect" Guy Sebastian – "Like a Drum" Havana Brown – "Warrior" Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX – "Fancy" Joel Fletcher featuring Savage – "Swing" Justice Crew – "Que Sera" Nathaniel – "You" Sheppard – "Geronimo" Sia – "Chandelier" Taylor Henderson – "Borrow My Heart"	Keith Urban Boy & Bear Dan Sultan John Butler Trio Melbourne SKA Orchestra RÜFÜS Tame Impala The Preatures The Presets Violent Soho
Best International Artist[note 1]	Best Video[note 1]
One Direction – Midnight Memories Avicii – True Beyoncé – Beyoncé Coldplay – Ghost Stories Ed Sheeran – x Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Jason Derulo – Tattoos Katy Perry – Prism Lorde – Pure Heroine Pharrell Williams – G I R L	Sia – "Chandelier" – Sia Furler, Daniel Askill Bluejuice – "SOS" – Christian J Henrich, Nicholas Rabone Busby Marou – "My Second Mistake" – Renny Wijeyamohan Chet Faker – "Talk Is Cheap" – Toby & Pete Courtney Barnett – "Avant Gardener" – Charlie Ford Jessica Mauboy – "Never Be the Same" – Lawrence Lim John Butler Trio – "Only One" – Ben Young Justice Crew – "Que Sera" – Lawrence Lim Sheppard – "Geronimo" – Toby Morris Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome" – Dan Graetz

Fine Arts Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.^{[1][2][note 2]}

Best Classical Album
Lior, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Westlake – Compassion Australian World Orchestra, Zubin Mehta – Stravinsky Rite of Spring / Mahler Symphony No. 1 Emma Mathews, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja – Mozart Arias Joe Chindamo & Zoe Black – Dido's Lament Latitude 37 – Empires Andrew MacLeod, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Markus Stenz – Ades Polaris / Stanhope Piccolo Concerto Topology – Share House
Best Jazz Album
Paul Grabowsky Sextet – The Bitter Suite Andrea Keller Quartet with Strings – Wave Rider Emma Pask – Season of My Heart Graeme Lyall, John Hoffman, Tony Gould, Ben Robertson, Tony Floyd – The Hunters & Pointers Vince Jones – The Monash Sessions
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Gurrumul: His Life and Music Glenn Shorrock, Brian Cadd – The Story of Sharky and The Caddman Katie Noonan – Fierce Hearts: The Music of Love-Song-Circus Various Artists– Spirit of Akasha Various Artists – triple j's One Night Stand: Mildura
Best World Music Album
Joseph Tawadros – Permission to Evaporate Astronomy Class – Mekong Delta Sunrise Jane Rutter – Flute Spirit: Dreams and Improvisations The Barons of Tang – Into the Mouths of Hungry Giants William Barton – Birdsong at Dusk

Artisan Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.^{[1][2][note 3]}

Best Cover Artist
Tin & Ed – Chet Faker – Built on Glass Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone Celeste Potter – DZ Deathrays – Black Rat Sia Furler – Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear[1][8][9][note 4] The Leonard Brothers – 360 – Utopia
Engineer of the Year
Eric J Dubowsky – Chet Faker – Built on Glass Dustin Tebbutt – Dustin Tebbutt – Bones EP Paul McKercher – Andy Bull – Sea of Approval Matthew Lambert, Barry Francis – Hilltop Hoods – Walking Under Stars Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume – Sticky Fingers – Land of Pleasure Virginia Read – Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie – Gershwin: Take Two
Producer of the Year
Nicholas Murphy – Chet Faker – Built on Glass Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS – Troye Sivan – TRXYE Nicholas Wilson, Dann Hume – Sticky Fingers – Land of Pleasure Stuart Stuart – Sheppard – Bombs Away Virginia Read – Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie – Gershwin: Take Two

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees

In late October 2014 ARIA announced their Hall of Fame inductees:^[5]

• Molly Meldrum
• Countdown

Performers

Main show

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards.

• 5 Seconds of Summer (Opening)^[10]
• One Direction^[11]
• Chet Faker^[11]
• Hilltop Hoods^[11]
• Justice Crew^[11]
• Sheppard^[11]

Presenters

• Katy Perry^[12]
• The Veronicas^[12]
• Charli XCX^[12]

See also

• Music of Australia

Notes

1. Public voted category.
2. The winners of the Fine Arts Awards were announced on 7 October 2014.
3. The winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on 7 October 2014.
4. The main ARIA source gives Cover Art by Sia, and includes "'Best Cover Art' designed by Sia". However another ARIA source has nominees for Best Cover Art with: Zoe Zag – 1000 Forms of Fear – Sia. The album's liner notes has "All photos by Sia. Art direction by Sia. Design by Anita Marisa Boriboon and Sia. Font created by Zoe Zag".

References

1. "2014 ARIA Awards Connected By Telstra | Nominated artists revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 8 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
2. "2014 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
3. "2014 ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 7 August 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
4. "ARIA Awards 2014 Public Voting". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
5. Adams, Cameron (27 October 2014). "Molly Meldrum and Countdown to be inducted into 2014 ARIA Hall of Fame". news.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
6. "Ian 'Molly' Meldrum and Countdown to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame". ARIA Music News. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
7. "And the ARIA Award Goes To...". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
8. "Nominees – Artisan Awards – Best Cover Art". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
9. Sia. 1000 Forms of Fear (liner notes). 0:52: Inertia Recordings. 1R5234CD. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
10. McCabe, Kathy (14 October 2014). "5 Seconds Of Summer will kick off the 2014 ARIA Awards in November". News.com.au (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 17 October 2014.
11. McCabe, Kathy (4 September 2014). "The ARIA Awards just got louder with One Direction confirmed to perform on November 26". News.com.au (News Corp Australia). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
12. Jinks, Caitlin (23 November 2014). "Star studded line-up! Charli XCX joins Katy Perry and The Veronicas as a presenter at the ARIA Awards...as music stars prepare to find out who the big winners will be". Daily Mail (Australia). Ninemsn Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

External links

• Official website