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The 10th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 30 September 1996 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.^[1]^[2] Presenters distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year was You Am I with six awards.^[1]

In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Silverchair and "Special Achievement Award" was presented to Slim Dusty.^[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Australian Crawl and Horrie Dargie.^[1]

[edit] Ceremony details

Deni Hines won the award for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" for "It's Alright", her acceptance speech was:

I don't know, um, thanks and grouse!^[3]

—Deni Hines, 30 September 1996

Australian Crawl's founding guitarist Brad Robinson, was unable to attend the Hall of Fame induction in person, he was hospitalised with lymphoma (diagnosed three years earlier) and died two weeks after the awards ceremony.^[4]^[5]

[edit] Awards

Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.

[edit] ARIA Awards

Album of the Year
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
- John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
- Finn – Finn
- Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- You Am I – Hourly, Daily

Single of the Year
- Ammonia – "Drugs"
- Tina Arena – "Wasn't it Good"
- Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
- Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
- You Am I – "Mr Milk"

Song of the Year
- Tina Arena – "Wasn't it Good"
- Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
- Tim Finn & Neil Finn – "Suffer Never"
- Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
- Swoop – "Apple Eyes"

Highest Selling Album
- Tina Arena – Don't Ask
- John Williamson – True Blue
- Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
- Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
- Max Sharam – Million Year Girl

Highest Selling Single
- CBD – "Let's Groove"
- Crowded House – "Everything Is Good for You"
- Merril Bainbridge – "Under the Water"
- Peter Andre – "Mysterious Girl"
- Regurgitator – "New Detention"

Best Group
- The Badloves – Holy Roadside
- Crowded House – Everything Is Good for You
- Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- Silverchair – Blind
- You Am I

Best Female Artist
- Christine Anu – Come On
- Tina Arena – "Wasn't it Good"
- Kate Ceberano – "Change"
- Deni Hines – Imagination
- Max Sharam – "Is it OK" / "Huntinground"

Best Male Artist
- Diesel – Short Cool Ones
- John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
- Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
- Paul Kelly – Deeper Water
- Tex Perkins – Live at the Continental

Best New Talent
- Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
- Human Nature – Got it Goin' On
- Fiona Kernaghan – Cypress Grove
- Rail – Bad Hair Life
- Ute – Under the Eternal

Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Ammonia – Mint 400
- Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
- Deni Hines – Imagination
- Pollyanna – Long Player
- Regurgitator – Tu-Plang

Breakthrough Artist – Single
- Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
- Nikka Costa – "Master Blaster"
- Deni Hines – "It's Alright"
- Rail – "Immune Deficiency"
- Savage Garden – "I Want You"

Best Dance Release
- DJ Darren & DJ Pee Wee – "I Feel It"
- FSOM – Chapter One
- Infusion – Smoke Screen
- Itch-E and Scratch-E – Howling Dog
- Renegade Funktrain – Renegade Funktrain

Best Pop Release
- Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
- Christine Anu – Come On
- Tina Arena – "Wasn't it Good"
- Hoodoo Gurus – Blue Cave
- Swoop – The Woxo Principle

Best Country Album
- Graham Connors – The Here and Now
- The Dead Ringer Band – Home Fires
- Lee Kernaghan – 1959
- Tania Kernaghan – December Moon
- The Wheel – The Wheel

Best Independent Release
- Custard – Wisenheimer
- Ed Kuepper – The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper
- TISM – Greg! The Stop Sign
- Underground Lovers – Rushall Station
- You Am I – Hourly, Daily

Best Alternative Release
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
- Pollyanna – Long Player
- Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
- You Am I – Hourly, Daily

Best Indigenous Release
- Christine Anu – "Come On"
- Kev Carmody – Images and Illusions
- Blekbala Mujik – Blekbala Mujik
- Various – Our Home Our Land
- Warumpi Band – Too Much Humbug

Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Kate Ceberano – Change
- Stephen Cummings – Escapist
- Tommy Emmanuel – Classical Gas
- John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
- Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Man

Best Comedy Release
- Austen Tayshus – I'm Jacques Chirac
- Bucko & Champs – Aussie Christmas
- Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
- Silverpram – Frogstamp
- The Vaughans – Who Farted?

[edit] Fine Arts Awards

Best Jazz Album
- Bob Barnard – Live at the Sydney Opera House
- Bob Bertles Quintet – Rhythm of the Heart
- The Engine Room – Full Steam Ahead
- Paul Grabowsky Trio – When Words Fail
- Barney McGall – Exit

Best Classical Album
- Australian Chamber Orchestra – Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Strings
- Australian Chamber Orchestra – Spirit
- Australian Ensemble – Shostakovich
- Macquarie Trio – Beethoven Piano Trios
- Marshall McGuire – Awakening

Best Children's Album
- Bananas in Pyjamas – It's Singing Time
- Peter Combe – Little Groover
- Gillian Eastoe – Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition
- Christine Hutchinson – Grand Fairies Ball
- The Wiggles – Wake Up Jeff!

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Martin Armiger – Fornicon
- Australian Cast Recording – Beauty & the Beast
- Australian Cast Recording – The Secret Garden
- Iva Davies – The Berlin Tapes
- Cezary Skubiszewski – Lillian's Story
- Nigel Westlake – Babe

Best World Music Album
- The Cafe of the Gate of Salvation – A Window in Heaven
- Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser
- Mara! – Rulno Vlno
- Sirocco – Stars and Fires
- Various – Womadelaide 1995

[edit] Artisan Awards

Producer of the Year
- David Bridie – Monique Brumby – Fool for You
- The Badloves, Doug Roberts – The Badloves – Holy Roadside
- Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- Victor Vaughan – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
- You Am I – You Am I – Hourly, Daily

Engineer of the Year
- Doug Brady – John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
- Chris Dickie – Six Mile High – Header
- Magoo – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- Paul McKercher, Wayne Conolly – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
- Tom Whitten – Powderfinger – Automatic

Best Video
- Robbie Douglas-Turner – The Cruel Sea – "Too Fast for Me"
- John Fransic – Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
- John Hillcoat, Polly Borland – Frente! – "Sit on My Hands"
- Andrew Lancaster – You Am I – "Soldiers"
- John Witteron – Hoodoo Gurus – "Waking up Tired"

Best Cover Art
- Simon Anderson – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
- Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
- Janet English, George Stajsic – Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
- Tony Mahoney – Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
- Reg Mombassa – Mental As Anything – Liar Liar Pants on Fire

[edit] Achievement awards

[edit] Outstanding Achievement Award

- Silverchair

[edit] Special Achievement Award

- Slim Dusty

[edit] ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall Of Fame inductees were:

- Australian Crawl
- Horrie Dargie

[edit] Performers

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
^ "Australia 1996 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1996-aria.htm. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 9781921332111. http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040803073711/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=49. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
^ Petkovski, Suzi (December 1996). "Master Blaster". Australian Tennis Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. http://www.webcitation.org/5klVY9UJV. Retrieved 30 May 2008.

[edit] External links

[ARIA1996-0] "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1996: 10th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

[TallP1996-1] "Australia 1996 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1996-aria.htm. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

[Jeff-2] Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 230. ISBN 9781921332111. http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[McF-3] McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Australian Crawl'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040803073711/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=49. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

[OzTennis-4] Petkovski, Suzi (December 1996). "Master Blaster". Australian Tennis Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. http://www.webcitation.org/5klVY9UJV. Retrieved 30 May 2008.

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