1995 ARIA Music Awards | |
Venue: | Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Network: | Network Ten |
Most Wins: | Silverchair (5) |
Most Nominations: | Silverchair (9) |
Previous: | 1994 |
Next: | 1996 |
The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.[1] [2] There had been a 18-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year" and so reflect that year's works.[1] Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 eligible submissions. Big winners for the year were Silverchair with five awards and Tina Arena with four, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year – both first time they were won by a female.[1]
In addition to previous categories, the former category Best Pop/Dance Release was split into Best Pop Release and Best Dance Release. Another new category Best World Music Album was also presented for the first time.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Seekers.[1]
The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs. Presenters and performers were:
Presenter(s) | Performer(s) | |
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Peter Asher | Tina Arena | |
Billy Birmingham | ||
Kimberley Davies | ||
Suze DeMarchi | Merril Bainbridge | |
Diesel | ||
Melissa Etheridge | ||
Dave Graney | Melissa Etheridge | |
Janet Jackson | ||
Gina Jeffreys | ||
Alison Drower/Ian Rogerson | Deni Hines/Renegade Funktrain/Swoop | |
Montell Jordan | ||
Hon | ||
Michael Lee | Screaming Jets | |
Molly Meldrum | ||
Rick Price | ||
Max Sharam | Silverchair, Tim Rogers – "New Race" | [3] |
Greedy Smith | Take That | |
Michael Spiby | ||
Mandawuy Yunupingu | TISM | |
Adam Thompson | ||
Monica Trapaga | ||
Itch-E and Scratch-E won the inaugural award for Best Dance Release. One of the duo, Paul Mac's acceptance speech included:One of the sponsors of the ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, which withdrew their financial backing. The jargon term, ecstasy, for a psychoactive drug was bleeped for the TV broadcast. In 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had no speech prepared.
Final nominees are shown, in plain, with winners in bold.[4]
The Hall of Fame inductee was: