ARIA Music Awards of 2007
The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 28 October 2007 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex.[1][2] Rove McManus was the host of the event. The nominees for all categories were announced on 19 September, while the winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on that same day.[1]
| 2007 ARIA Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 October 2007 |
| Venue | Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Most awards | Silverchair (6) |
| Most nominations | Sneaky Sound System (9) |
| Website | ariaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Network Ten |
Awards and nominations
All nominees are shown in plain, with winners shown in bold.[1]
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year
- Single of the Year
- Silverchair – "Straight Lines"
- Architecture in Helsinki – "Heart It Races"
- The John Butler Trio – "Funky Tonight"
- Powderfinger – "Lost and Running"
- Sneaky Sound System – "UFO"
- Best Male Artist
- Best Female Artist
- Best Group
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Best Blues & Roots Album
- The John Butler Trio – Grand National
- Ash Grunwald – Give Signs
- C. W. Stoneking – King Hokum
- Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley – Dislocation Blues
- Xavier Rudd – White Moth
- Best Children's Album
- The Wiggles – Pop Go the Wiggles!
- Bindi Irwin – Bindi Kidfitness with Steve Irwin and The Crocmen
- Christine Anu – Chrissy's Island Family
- Coco's Lunch – Rat Trap Snap
- Hi-5 – Wow![note 1]
- The Fairies – Fairy Beach
- Best Comedy Release
- Dave Hughes – Live
- Lano and Woodley – Goodbye
- Rodney Rude – Frog Sack
- The Twelfth Man – Boned!
- Tripod – Songs from Self Saucing
- Best Country Album
- Keith Urban – Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing
- Gina Jeffreys – Walks of Life
- James Blundell – Ring Around the Moon
- Lou Bradley – Love Someone
- The Greencards – Veridian
- Best Dance Release
- Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
- Gotye – Mixed Blood
- Hook 'n' Sling and Kid Kenobi – The Bump
- poxyMusic – She Bites
- TV Rock versus Dukes of Windsor – "The Others"
- Best Independent Release
- Best Music DVD
- You Am I – Who Are They, These Rock Stars Live at the Mint
- Kisschasy – Kisschasy: The Movie
- The Grates – Till Death Do Us Party
- The Living End – Live at Festival Hall
- Various – The Countdown Spectacular
- Best Pop Release
- Best Rock Album
- Best Urban Release
- Hilltop Hoods – The Hard Road: Restrung
- Bliss n Eso – Day of the Dog: Phazed Out
- Foreign Heights – Get Yours Remix
- Jackson Jackson – The Fire Is on the Bird
- Justice & Kaos – Turn It On
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Operator Please – "Just a Song About Ping Pong"
- Damien Leith – "Night of My Life"
- Kate Miller-Heidke – "Words"
- Small Mercies – "Innocent"
- Something With Numbers – "Apple of the Eye (Lay Me Down)"
- Highest Selling Album
- Highest Selling Single
Fine Arts Awards
- Best Classical Album
- Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra – Bach Violin Concertos
- Accademia Arcadia – Trio Sonatas
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer – Sculthorpe Requiem and Orchestral Works
- Michael Keiran Harvey – Carl Vine Piano Music 1990-2006
- Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan – Impressions
- Best Jazz Album
- Mike Nock and Dave Liebman – Duologue
- Alister Spence Trio – Mercury
- Andrea Keller Quartet – Little Claps
- Joe Chindamo and Graeme Lyall – Smokingun
- Mark Isaacs – Resurgence
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album
- Choir of Hard Knocks – Choir of Hard Knocks
- David Bridie – Gone
- Monsieur Camembert – Famous Blue Cheese
- David Bridie – The Circuit
- Various – The Countdown Spectacular Live
- Best World Album
- Zulya and The Children of The Underground – 3 Nights
- Coco's Lunch – Blueprint
- Coda – Calling Mission Mu
- Joseph Tawadros – Epiphany
- Not Drowning, Waving – Maps for Sonic Adventures
Artisan Awards
The Artisan Award winners were announced on 19 September.[1] The winners are shown in bold, other nominees are in plain.[1]
- Producer of the Year
- Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke – Josh Pyke – Memories & Dust
- Nash Chambers – Kasey Chambers – Carnival
- Magoo – Kate Miller-Heidke – Little Eve
- Angus McDonald, Peter Dolso – Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
- Phillip McKellar – Something With Numbers – Perfect Distraction
- Engineer of the Year
- Wayne Connolly – Josh Pyke – Memories & Dust
- Doug Brady – David Campbell – The Swing Sessions
- Magoo – Operator Please – "Just a Song About Ping Pong"
- Paul McKercher – Sarah Blasko – What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have
- Peter Dolso – Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System
- Best Cover Art
- Aaron Hayward, Dave Homer (Debaser) – Powderfinger – Dream Days at the Hotel Existence
- Wally De Backer – Gotye – Mixed Blood
- John Engelhardt – Hilltop Hoods – The Hard Road: Restrung
- Sharon Chai, Sarah Blasko – Sarah Blasko – What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have
- Hackett Films – Silverchair – Young Modern
- Best Video
- Paul Goldman, Alice Bell – Silverchair – "Straight Lines"
- Ben Saunders, Germain McMicking – Augie March – "The Cold Acre"
- Brendan Cook – Gotye – "Heart's a Mess"
- Damon Escott, Stephan Lance (Head Pictures) – Powderfinger – "Lost and Running"
- Angus McDonald, Daimon Downey – Sneaky Sound System – "Pictures"
ARIA Hall of Fame Inductees
The following were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame on 18 July:[3]
Added to these inductees on 28 October, was:[1]
Instead of a traditional acceptance speech, Cave noted that he didn't understand why he was inducted and the Bad Seeds weren't. Due to the membership of Tomas Wylder (Switzerland), Jim Sclavunos (United States), and James Johnston (UK), the band does not qualify as Australian. In rebellion against this ruling, Cave unofficially inducted Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Conway Savage and Martyn P. Casey of the Bad Seeds; as well as Rowland S. Howard and Tracy Pew of the Birthday Party; "by the power vested in [him] by this award". Cave did not name Hugo Race of the Bad Seeds nor Phill Calvert of The Birthday Party, who are Australian, in his unofficial induction. He did, however, close by thanking his mother, wife and sons.
Channel V Oz Artist of the Year award
Performers
It was announced that the following artists were the special performers of the event:[4]
Main Show
Red-Carpet
Controversy
The broadcast of the 2007 awards was controversial; it was revealed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)'s Media Watch that Channel 10 had used subliminal advertising—which is illegal under Australian Media and Broadcasting rules—TEN disputed the finding, however their defence was also criticised by Media Watch, as demonstrating ignorance of these rules.[5]
Notes
- Despite Hi-5's album Wow! being an official nomination for Best Children's Album, it isn't listed on the ARIA Awards website under this category.
References
- "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- Lynch, Sean. "Music News: 2007 ARIA Awards". WebWombat. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- "ARIA Presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" (PDF). ARIA. 6 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008.
- GenerationQ.net - News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Opinion for GLBT Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia and South America Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "Flash Dance". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 5 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2008.