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The 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

or simply the ARIAs

ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

) were held on 17 October 2004 at the Sydney Superdome within the Sydney Olympic Complex. The ceremony, hosted by Rove McManus

Rove McManus

John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the self-titled variety show Rove, and is the owner of the production company Roving Enterprises...

and produced by Roving Enterprises

Roving Enterprises

Roving Enterprises is an Australian television production company, run by comedian Rove McManus. The company is responsible for producing many shows and events, mainly for Network Ten...

for Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

, was held for the first time on a Sunday night and averaged 1.39 million viewers. The 2004 ARIA Fine Arts Awards had been presented at a ceremony weeks earlier.

ARIA Awards

Album of the Year
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – Get Born
  Get Born
  -B-Sides:#"Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2#"Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On....
- The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives (album)
  The Dissociatives is an album by the Australian duo of the same name consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance music producer Paul Mac. The band met when Paul Mac remixed the Silverchair song "Freak" off the "Freak Show" album and subsequent albums "Neon Ballroom" and "Diorama"...
- Kasey Chambers
  Kasey Chambers
  Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.-Solo success:...
  
  – Wayward Angel
  Wayward Angel
  -Charts:-Release details:-Personnel:*Mick Albeck — fiddle*Kerry Buchanan — drums*Bill Chambers — dobro, lap steel guitar, harmony*Kasey Chambers — harmony*Nash Chambers — producer, engineer, mixing, harmony...
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...

Single of the Year
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. Written by Nic Cester & Cameron Muncey, the song is often cited for ...
  
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- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – "From the Sea
  From the Sea
  "From the Sea" is the first single by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, taken from their second studio album, A Song Is a City. It was their most successful single at that time, reaching number 33 on the ARIA Charts...
  
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- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – "Zebra"
- Missy Higgins
  Missy Higgins
  Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
  
  – "Scar
  Scar (song)
  "Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven, it was the first single from Higgins' debut album The Sound of White...
  
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- Pete Murray – "So Beautiful"

Best Male Artist
- John Butler
  John Butler (musician)
  John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...
- Alex Lloyd
  Alex Lloyd
  Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...
  
  – Distant Light
- Tim Rogers
  Tim Rogers
  Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...
  
  – Spit Polish
  Spit Polish
  Spit Polish is the second solo album by Tim Rogers, and the first to feature his backing band The Temperance Union. The album was released on the April 26, 2004 as a digipack, and was later re-released in a standard jewel case. A vinyl LP was also pressed for sale at gigs...
- Dan Kelly
  Dan Kelly (musician)
  Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the second oldest of six children and the nephew of Paul Kelly. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990...
  
  – Sing the Tabloid Blues
  The Tabloid Blues
  The Tabloid Blues is the debut album by Australian act Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males.The album was released on 15 March 2004 on In-Fidelity Records and distributed by Shock records....

Best Female Artist
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Body Language
  Body Language (Kylie Minogue album)
  Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, released on 20 November 2003 by Parlophone. While Body Language failed to reach the chart and sales success of its predecessor, 2001's Fever, it still managed to chart inside the top five in several countries...
- Lisa Miller
  Lisa Miller
  Lisa Miller is an Australian singer/songwriter known for her clear, bitter-sweet voice and poignant semi-biographical songs.-Biography:Miller grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone, the daughter of social realist painter Peter Miller...
  
  – Version Originale
  Version Originale
  For the usage in cinema, see Versional originale Version Originale is the fourth album by Melbourne singer-songwriter Lisa Miller. It is an album of original material which followed up her previous album, Car Tape, a collection of cover versions...

Best Group
- The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
  – The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire (album)
  The Cat Empire is the eponymous studio debut album of Melbourne band The Cat Empire. Released in October 2003 in Australia, it went platinum in Australia in February 2004.-Recording of the album:...
- Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
- The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives (album)
  The Dissociatives is an album by the Australian duo of the same name consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance music producer Paul Mac. The band met when Paul Mac remixed the Silverchair song "Freak" off the "Freak Show" album and subsequent albums "Neon Ballroom" and "Diorama"...

Highest Selling Album
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – Get Born
  Get Born
  -B-Sides:#"Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2#"Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On....
- Shannon Noll
  Shannon Noll
  Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...
  
  – That's What I'm Talking About
  That's What I'm Talking About
  That's What I'm Talking About is the debut album by Australian singer Shannon Noll, released on 8 February 2004 . The album includes a longer version of his number one smash-hit, 5x Platinum debut single, "What About Me", the Bryan Adams penned Top 5 single, "Drive", as well as the number one...
- Guy Sebastian
  Guy Sebastian
  Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
  
  – Just as I Am
  Just as I Am (Guy Sebastian album)
  Just as I Am is the debut album by the first Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.Given the relative popularity of Australian Idol in late 2003, BMG Australia subsequently contracted Sebastian for a record before Christmas 2003. He wanted to record a mixture of pop and R&B material...
- Pete Murray
  Pete Murray (singer-songwriter)
  Peter "Pete" Kenneth Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first three full-length albums have all reached #1 on the Australian music charts...
  
  – Feeler

Highest Selling Single
- Guy Sebastian
  Guy Sebastian
  Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
  
  – "Angels Brought Me Here
  Angels Brought Me Here
  "Angels Brought Me Here" is a pop song written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid for 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian, for his first album Just as I Am . Recorded versions were made for both grand finalists, Sebastian and Shannon Noll, with only Sebastian's version officially released by BMG...
  
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- Delta Goodrem
  Delta Goodrem
  Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
  
  – "Predictable"
- Paulini
  Paulini Curuenavuli
  Paulini Curuenavuli , commonly known as Paulini, is an Australian R&B/pop singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as a contestant of the first season of the television series, Australian Idol in 2003....
  
  – "Angel Eyes"
- Spiderbait
  Spiderbait
  Spiderbait are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Finley in 1989 by bass guitarist Janet English, singer-drummer Mark Maher , and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart...
  
  – "Black Betty
  Black Betty
  "Black Betty" is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case an 18th century marching...
  
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- Shannon Noll
  Shannon Noll
  Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...
  
  – "What About Me?
  What About Me (song)
  "What About Me" is a song written by Garry Frost and Frances Swan, first recorded by Australian rock band Moving Pictures from their album Days of Innocence. It was the band's first number-one single in Australia spending six consecutive weeks on the top; there, it was the second-highest selling...
  
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Best Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – Get Born
  Get Born
  -B-Sides:#"Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2#"Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On....
- The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
  – The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire (album)
  The Cat Empire is the eponymous studio debut album of Melbourne band The Cat Empire. Released in October 2003 in Australia, it went platinum in Australia in February 2004.-Recording of the album:...
- Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males
  Dan Kelly (musician)
  Daniel "Dan" Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the second oldest of six children and the nephew of Paul Kelly. He grew up in Queensland and learnt the guitar at thirteen, studying Environmental Science at University, in Brisbane, in 1990...
  
  – Sing the Tabloid Blues
  The Tabloid Blues
  The Tabloid Blues is the debut album by Australian act Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males.The album was released on 15 March 2004 on In-Fidelity Records and distributed by Shock records....
- Xavier Rudd
  Xavier Rudd
  Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in 1978 and grew up in Torquay, Victoria. He attended St. Joseph's College, Geelong....
  
  – Solace
- Dallas Crane
  Dallas Crane
  Dallas Crane is an Australian alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia.Dallas Crane was named after the father of a mate of the band.In January 2004, the band signed a recording and publishing deal with Albert Productions, the home of AC/DC. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly,...
  
  – Dallas Crane
  Dallas Crane (album)
  Dallas Crane is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Dallas Crane. It was released in 2004 and was nominated for the ARIA Music Awards in the Best Rock Album category...

Best Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  Are You Gonna Be My Girl
  "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by the Australian rock band Jet, featured on their 2003 album Get Born. It was the first single from the album, released in 2003 in Australia and the UK, and in 2004 in the United States. Written by Nic Cester & Cameron Muncey, the song is often cited for ...
  
  "
- The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
  – "Days Like These
  Days Like These (song)
  "Days Like These" was the second single taken from The Cat Empire's 2003 debut album. It was their first CD single released in their native Australia, where it peaked at #37 in the singles chart.-Track listing:#"Days Like These " - 3:49...
  
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- Missy Higgins
  Missy Higgins
  Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
  
  – "Scar
  Scar (song)
  "Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven, it was the first single from Higgins' debut album The Sound of White...
  
  "
- Dallas Crane
  Dallas Crane
  Dallas Crane is an Australian alternative rock band from Melbourne, Australia.Dallas Crane was named after the father of a mate of the band.In January 2004, the band signed a recording and publishing deal with Albert Productions, the home of AC/DC. The band recorded an album with Wayne Connolly,...
  
  – "Dirty Hearts"
- Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
  
  – "Relapse
  Little Birdy (EP)
  Little Birdy is the debut EP by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy. The EP was co-produced by Little Birdy with Andy Lawson, Joel Quartermain, and Rodney Aravena from Perth's Debaser Studios...
  
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Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Paul Kelly
  Paul Kelly (musician)
  Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
  
  – Ways & Means
- Diesel
  Johnny Diesel
  Johnny Diesel is an Australian musician, who has released material as leader of Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, under his birth name, or by the epithet Diesel...
  
  – Singled Out
  Singled Out
  Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex.The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy...
- Jimmy Little
  Jimmy Little
  Jimmy Little AO , is an Australian Aboriginal musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist, whose career has spanned six decades. For many years he was the only Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene...
  
  – Life's What You Make It
- george
  George (band)
  George are a rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Their first album, Polyserena reached #1 in the Australian Charts on 17 March 2002.-History:...
  
  – Unity
  Unity (George album)
  -The making of the album:The band recorded the album in Byron Bay during 2003. The album was produced by David Nicholas assisted by Justin Tresidder. Melbourne composer Paul Grabowsky also assisted with orchestral and horn arrangements....
- Lisa Miller
  Lisa Miller
  Lisa Miller is an Australian singer/songwriter known for her clear, bitter-sweet voice and poignant semi-biographical songs.-Biography:Miller grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone, the daughter of social realist painter Peter Miller...
  
  – Version Originale
  Version Originale
  For the usage in cinema, see Versional originale Version Originale is the fourth album by Melbourne singer-songwriter Lisa Miller. It is an album of original material which followed up her previous album, Car Tape, a collection of cover versions...

Best Blues & Roots Album
- Ash Grunwald
  Ash Grunwald
  Ash Grunwald is an Australian radio announcer and blues musician.-Early career:...
  
  – I Don't Believe
- Jim Conway's Big Wheel
  Jim Conway
  Jim Conway is an Australian harmonica player and with his brother, Mic Conway, was a co-founder of the 1970s humour, theatre and rock group, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band....
  
  – Little Story
- Xavier Rudd
  Xavier Rudd
  Xavier Rudd is an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in 1978 and grew up in Torquay, Victoria. He attended St. Joseph's College, Geelong....
  
  – Solace
- Jeff Lang
  Jeff Lang
  Jeff Lang is an Australian songwriter, singer and slide guitarist. A leading performer in the Australian roots music scene and purveyer of his self-described "disturbed folk" style, which incorporates primarily folk, blues and rock...
  
  – Whatever Makes You Happy

Best Children's Album

Hi-5 – 'Hi-5 Holiday

Amica – Life Is Fun

Hooley Dooleys
Hooley Dooleys
The Hooley Dooleys are an Australian children's performing act. They originally appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, but have since appeared on commercial television and as a live touring act...

– Wonderful

The Wiggles
The Wiggles
The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...

– Top of the Tots

The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club is a children's television series based on the books written by Bonnie Bryant and is an Australia/Canada co-production. Like the book series, the scripted live action series follows the lives of three teenage girls in training to compete in equestrian competitions at the fictional...

– Friends Forever

Best Comedy Release

Scared Weird Little Guys
Scared Weird Little Guys
Scared Weird Little Guys were an Australian comedy music duo formed in July 1990, comprising John Chaplin-Fleming and Rusty Berther...

– Bits and Pieces

Lee Perry & Gary Eck
Gary Eck
-Career:Eck has starred in several Australian movies, including 2003's You Can't Stop The Murders and The Night We Called It A Day, and also in 2006's BoyTown...

– The Hollywood Motel

Reg Reagan – Am I Ever Gonna See the Biff Again?

Tripod
Tripod (band)
Tripod is an Australian musical comedy act, specialising in improv, parody and satire. As its name suggests, the band is a trio; it comprises Scod , Yon and Gatesy...

– About an Hour of Song in an Hour...Again

Tripod
Tripod (band)
Tripod is an Australian musical comedy act, specialising in improv, parody and satire. As its name suggests, the band is a trio; it comprises Scod , Yon and Gatesy...

– Live - Fegh Maha

Best Country Album
- Adam Brand
  Adam Brand
  Adam Brand is an Australian musician who sings country music. Active since 1997, he has released seven studio albums and thirteen singles. His first three albums are all certified platinum in Australia...
  
  – Get Loud
- Melinda Schneider
  Melinda Schneider
  Melinda Schneider is an Australian country music performer and the daughter of yodeler Mary Schneider. Schneider performed with her mother on the album The Magic of Yodeling at the age of eight. She studied dance as a child and made her acting debut on the popular Australian drama A Country...
  
  – Family Tree
- Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley
  Troy Cassar-Daley is a multi-award-winning country musician from New South Wales, Australia.He released his first EP, "Dream Out Loud", in 1994 and was nominated for his first Golden Guitar for Best Male Vocalist the same year...
  
  – Borrowed and Blue
- Slim Dusty
  Slim Dusty
  David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
  
  – Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions
  Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions
  Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions is an album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty, who was recording the album when he died on 19 September 2003.-Chart success:...

Best Dance Release
- Infusion
  Infusion (band)
  Infusion is an Australian electronica band from Wollongong who are known for their energetic live performances and long résumé of remixes. Founding members Jamie Stevens and Manuel Sharrad met in Wollongong, where they both went to high school. Though third member Frank Xavier also hails from...
  
  – "Girls Can Be Cruel"
- Cam Farrar – Wasted
- NuBreed
  NuBreed
  NuBreed is a trio of Australian producers Jason Catherine, Michael Walburgh, and Danny Bonnici. They have performed several remixes for artists such as The Crystal Method, Luke Chable, and Way Out West. They have also recorded several DJ mixes including Electric_02 for EQ Recordings and an entry...
  
  – The Original
- Cut Copy
  Cut Copy
  Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
  
  – "Future"
- Mr Timothy – "I Am Tha 1"

Best Independent Release
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...

Best Music DVD
- Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil
  Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...
  
  – Best of Both Worlds
- Grinspoon
  Grinspoon
  Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...
  
  – 23 Hours of Waiting Around
- You Am I
  You Am I
  You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
  
  – The Cream & the Crock
  The Cream & The Crock (DVD)
  The Cream & The Crock is a music video compilation DVD by the rock band You Am I from 2003, containing all of their music videos up to and including the singles from Deliverance, as well as live footage, TV appearances, interviews, commentaries on the music videos and a specially-made documentary...
- INXS
  INXS
  INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
  
  – I'm Only Looking
- Pete Murray – Passing Time

Best Pop Release
- Missy Higgins
  Missy Higgins
  Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
  
  – "Scar
  Scar (song)
  "Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven, it was the first single from Higgins' debut album The Sound of White...
  
  "
- Delta Goodrem
  Delta Goodrem
  Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
  
  – "Not Me, Not I
  Not Me, Not I
  Official remixes*"Not Me, Not I" *"Not Me, Not I" *"Not Me, Not I" -Charts:-Sales:...
  
  "
- Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
  
  – Body Language
  Body Language (Kylie Minogue album)
  Body Language is the ninth studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, released on 20 November 2003 by Parlophone. While Body Language failed to reach the chart and sales success of its predecessor, 2001's Fever, it still managed to chart inside the top five in several countries...
- Pete Murray – "So Beautiful"
- The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives (album)
  The Dissociatives is an album by the Australian duo of the same name consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance music producer Paul Mac. The band met when Paul Mac remixed the Silverchair song "Freak" off the "Freak Show" album and subsequent albums "Neon Ballroom" and "Diorama"...

Best Rock Album
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
  
  – Get Born
  Get Born
  -B-Sides:#"Hold On" - featured on the soundtrack for the movie Spider-Man 2#"Hey Kids" - B-side to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"; also featured on the soundtrack to the movie Elektra and later as a bonus track on their 2006 album Shine On....

Best Urban Release
- Koolism
  Koolism
  Koolism is an Australian hip hop duo originating from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.The members are lyricist Hau Latukefu and producer/DJ/musician Danielsan Ichiban .-History:Koolism started out in 1992 when Elleson joined a group by the name...
  
  – Part 3 - Random Thoughts
  Random Thoughts (Koolism album)
  Part 3 Random Thoughts is a studio album by Australian hip hop artists, Koolism, released 10 May 2004 by Invada Records.The new album features guest appearances from Rodney P , N'fa and BVA & Raph...

Artisan Awards

Best Cover Art
- James Hackett – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives (album)
  The Dissociatives is an album by the Australian duo of the same name consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance music producer Paul Mac. The band met when Paul Mac remixed the Silverchair song "Freak" off the "Freak Show" album and subsequent albums "Neon Ballroom" and "Diorama"...
- Peter Barrett & Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – Eskimo Joe – A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
- James Bellesini, Love Police – The Vines
  The Vines
  https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:LandingCheck?landing_page=L11_1121_WMUK_Jimmy_DDOptimised&utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=C11_1121_WMUK_DDvOneOff&utm_source=B11_1121_WMUK_Jimmy&language=en&country=GB...
  
  – Winning Days
  Winning Days
  Winning Days is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band The Vines, following their debut, Highly Evolved, and was released on 23 March 2004. The enhanced CD has the music video for "Ride". Winning Days was recorded in the summer of 2003 at Bearsville Studios in New York and was...
  
  ; – You Am I
  You Am I
  You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...
  
  – The Cream & The Crock
- Mathematics – Kasey Chambers
  Kasey Chambers
  Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.-Solo success:...
  
  – Wayward Angel
  Wayward Angel
  -Charts:-Release details:-Personnel:*Mick Albeck — fiddle*Kerry Buchanan — drums*Bill Chambers — dobro, lap steel guitar, harmony*Kasey Chambers — harmony*Nash Chambers — producer, engineer, mixing, harmony...
- Tom Walker – John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...

Best Video
- James Hackett – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – "Somewhere Down the Barrel"
- Paul Butler, Scott Walton & 50/50 – Spiderbait
  Spiderbait
  Spiderbait are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Finley in 1989 by bass guitarist Janet English, singer-drummer Mark Maher , and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart...
  
  – "Black Betty
  Black Betty
  "Black Betty" is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case an 18th century marching...
  
  "
- Claudia Castle – Pete Murray – "So Beautiful"
- Nash Edgerton – The Sleepy Jackson
  The Sleepy Jackson
  The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Luke Steele...
  
  – "Good Dancers"
- Squareyed Films – Missy Higgins
  Missy Higgins
  Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
  
  – "Scar
  Scar (song)
  "Scar" is a pop song written by Australian singer Missy Higgins and Kevin Griffin of American band Better Than Ezra. Released on 2 August 2004 on Eleven, it was the first single from Higgins' debut album The Sound of White...
  
  "

Engineer of the Year
- Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – Eskimo Joe – A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
- Andy Baldwin – The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
  – The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire (album)
  The Cat Empire is the eponymous studio debut album of Melbourne band The Cat Empire. Released in October 2003 in Australia, it went platinum in Australia in February 2004.-Recording of the album:...
- Brent Clark – Alex Lloyd
  Alex Lloyd
  Alex Lloyd is an Australian singer-songwriter. His most popular album Watching Angels Mend, which includes the songs "Amazing" and "Green", was released in 2001 went double platinum. His third album Distant Light released in 2003 featured three songs that made the Australian top 40 singles charts...
  
  – Distant Light
- Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell
  Matt Lovell is a notable Australian record producer and mixer for many artists, such as; Something for Kate, The Mess Hall, Tom Morgan and Shihad...
  
  – Jebediah
  Jebediah
  Jebediah is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Kevin Mitchell, guitarist Chris Daymond, bassist Vanessa Thornton, and Kevin's brother Brett Mitchell on drums...
  
  – Braxton Hicks
  Braxton Hicks (album)
  Braxton Hicks is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Jebediah, released on Redline Records on 12 July 2004.- Making of the album :...
- Phil McKellar – Sunk Loto
  Sunk Loto
  Sunk Loto was an alternative metal band from Queensland, Australia. The band's members were vocalist, Jason Brown, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Luke McDonald, drummer Dane Brown and Sean Van Gennip who was the bass player in the band from 1998 until 2006...
  
  – Between Birth and Death
- Robyn Mai – John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...

Producer of the Year
- Paul McKercher, Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe
  Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
  
  – Eskimo Joe – A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City
  A Song Is a City is the second studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 17 May 2004.The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts and was number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the...
- Andy Baldwin & The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
  – The Cat Empire – The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire (album)
  The Cat Empire is the eponymous studio debut album of Melbourne band The Cat Empire. Released in October 2003 in Australia, it went platinum in Australia in February 2004.-Recording of the album:...
- Daniel Johns
  Daniel Johns
  Daniel Paul Johns is an Australian musician, vocalist, composer, guitarist, and pianist, best known as the frontman of the rock band Silverchair. He is also part of The Dissociatives...
  
  & Paul Mac
  Paul Mac
  Paul Mac is a musician, producer and music remixer from Sydney, Australia. He was classically trained at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music. Paul Mac formed the bands Smash Mac Mac, Itch-e And Scratch-e, The Lab, and The Dissociatives, as well as releasing two records under his own name...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives are an Australian band consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair, Australian dance producer DJ Paul Mac, and touring members Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes from Sydney electronic duo "The Presets"...
  
  – The Dissociatives
  The Dissociatives (album)
  The Dissociatives is an album by the Australian duo of the same name consisting of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance music producer Paul Mac. The band met when Paul Mac remixed the Silverchair song "Freak" off the "Freak Show" album and subsequent albums "Neon Ballroom" and "Diorama"...
- John Butler
  John Butler (musician)
  John Charles Wiltshire-Butler or John Charles Butler is an Australian musician, songwriter, record label owner and producer...
  
  – John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
  
  – Sunrise Over Sea
  Sunrise over Sea
  Sunrise Over Sea is the third album of The John Butler Trio and the fifth featuring John Butler. It was released in March 2004.- Conception and production :...
- Paul McKercher & Pete Murray – Pete Murray – "So Beautiful"

Fine Arts Awards

For the first time, in 2004, the ARIA Fine Arts Awards were presented at a separate ceremony held weeks earlier.

Best Classical Album
- Teddy Tahu Rhodes
  Teddy Tahu Rhodes
  -Early life:Teddy Tahu Rhodes was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 30 August 1966, to a British mother and a New Zealand father. The Maori word "Tahu", which means "to set on fire", was added to the family name soon after they settled in New Zealand...
  
  – The Voice
- Diana Doherty
  Diana Doherty
  Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist, currently Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.-Life:Diana Doherty was born in Brisbane, where she began her education. She attended Brisbane State High School...
  
  – Souvenirs
- Sara Macliver
  Sara Macliver
  Sara Macliver is an Australian soprano singer, born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.Sara is one of Australia’s most popular and versatile artists, appearing in operas, concert and recital performances and on numerous recordings...
  
  , Sally-Anne Russell – Bach Arias and Duets
- William Barton
  William Barton (musician)
  William Barton is an Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo player. He was born in Mount Isa, Queensland on 4 June 1981. and learned to play from his uncle, an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga tribes of Western Queensland...
  
  , Queensland Orchestra – Sculthorpe:Songs of Sea and Sky
- Gerard Williams
  Gerard Williams
  Gerard Anthony Williams is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Langston University....
  
  , Sinfonia Australis – Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos

Best Jazz Album
- The Necks
  The Necks
  The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass...
  
  – Drive By
- Alister Spence Trio – Flux
- Michelle Nicolle – The Crying Game
- Mike Nock's Big Small Band
  Mike Nock
  Mike Nock is a jazz pianist, currently based in Australia. He began studying piano at 11 and by 18 was performing in Australia. He headed a trio that toured England in 1961 and then attended Berklee College of Music...
  
  – Big Small Band Live
- Paul Grabowsky
  Paul Grabowsky
  -Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
  
  – Tales of Time and Space

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- David Bridie
  David Bridie
  David Bridie is a musician from Melbourne, Australia. Bridie first rose to prominence as a member of Not Drowning, Waving, which he started in the early 1980s with guitarist John Phillips. They released four albums on Australian independent labels to some level of critical acclaim and very limited...
  
  – Nautical Forlorn
- Australian Chamber Orchestra
  Australian Chamber Orchestra
  The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed Artistic Director....
  
  – Musical Renegades
- Decoder Ring
  Decoder Ring
  Decoder Ring is an experimental electronic-rock crossover group from Australia.-Biography:Decoder Ring was formed in 2001, in Sydney, Australia. The original line-up consisted of Matt Fitzgerald Geoff Towner , Pete Kelly , Kenny Davis Jr &...
  
  – Somersault OST
- Elizabeth Drake – Japanese Story
- Various – Australian Idol Final 12

Best World Music Album
- Seaman Dan
  Seaman Dan
  Henry Gibson "Seaman" Dan , known universally as Seaman Dan, is a Torres Strait Islander singer-songwriter with a national and international reputation whose first recording was released in 2000...
  
  – Perfect Pearl
- Jane Rutter
  Jane Rutter
  Jane Rutter is an Australian musician - a classical flautist with the ability to cross over into jazz and pop. She has performed in the UK, Europe, US, South-East Asia, the South Pacific, South America and China...
  
  , Slava Grigoryan
  Slava Grigoryan
  Slava Grigoryan is an Australian classical guitarist and recording artist of Armenian heritage.He was born in Kazakhstan to Eduard and Irina Grigoryan, both professional violinists. His family emigrated to Australia in 1981 and he was raised in Melbourne. Grigoryan began to study guitar with his...
  
  – Brazil
- Joseph Tawadros
  Joseph Tawadros
  Joseph Tawadros is an oud virtuoso from Australia.Joseph never ceases to amaze and at 28 has established himself as one the world’s leading oud performers and composers...
  
  – Storyteller
- Mohamed Bangoura – Djembe Kan
- Saltwater Band
  Saltwater Band
  Saltwater Band are an Indigenous Roots band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, around 560 kilometres from Darwin. The members are Yolngu and they sing mostly in language. Their songs are a mixture of traditional songs and reggae/ska influenced pop...
  
  – Djarridjarri - Blue Flag

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

Little River Band
Little River Band
Little River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only...

1970s members of Little River Band: Beeb Birtles

Beeb Birtles

Beeb Birtles , is a Dutch / Australian musician, one of the founding members of the Little River Band....

, David Briggs

David Briggs (Australian musician)

David Briggs is an Australian musician and record producer, educated at Wesley College, Melbourne best known for his time as a guitarist in the rock band, Little River Band between 1976 and 1981.In 1976 he joined Little River Band. He wrote their hit single "Lonesome Loser", as well as "Happy...

, Graeham Goble

Graeham Goble

Graeham George Goble is a musician, singer/songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of rock performers Little River Band ....

, George McArdle, Derek Pellicci and Glenn Shorrock

Glenn Shorrock

Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer....

, were inducted into the Hall of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame

Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

. The later members including fellow Australian, John Farnham

John Farnham

John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

, and US-based musicians, were not included in this induction. Due to a 2002 legal ruling on their right to use the band's name—two US-based members held the trademark

Trademark

A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...

—they performed as Classic Lineup of the Little River Band or Little River Band – Classic Lineup (sources vary). Shorrock had already been inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991

ARIA Music Awards of 1991

The Fifth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 25 March 1991 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. International host Bob Geldof was assisted by presenters to distribute 24 awards...

and Farnham was inducted, for his solo work, in 2003

ARIA Music Awards of 2003

The 17th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 21 October 2003 at the Sydney Superdome.-ARIA Awards:*Album of the Year**Powderfinger – Vulture Street...

Performers

The following artists performed on stage during the 2004 ARIA Awards:

Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe
Eskimo Joe is an Australian alternative rock band formed by Stuart MacLeod on guitars, Joel Quartermain on drums and guitar and Kavyen Temperley on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997....
Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.-Solo success:...
Jet
Jet (band)
Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
John Butler Trio
John Butler Trio
The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins
Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
Pete Murray
Pete Murray (singer-songwriter)
Peter "Pete" Kenneth Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first three full-length albums have all reached #1 on the Australian music charts...
Shannon Noll
Shannon Noll
Shannon Noll first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first two albums That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and Lift in 2005 debuted at No...
Spiderbait
Spiderbait
Spiderbait are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Finley in 1989 by bass guitarist Janet English, singer-drummer Mark Maher , and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version of the 1930s Lead Belly song "Black Betty" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart...

Channel V award

Channel V
Channel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...

Oz Artist of the Year
- Guy Sebastian
  Guy Sebastian
  Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
- Jet
  Jet (band)
  Jet are an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne, . The band consists of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively...
- Delta Goodrem
  Delta Goodrem
  Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
- Grinspoon
  Grinspoon
  Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...
- John Butler Trio
  John Butler Trio
  The John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...

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