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    ARIA Music Award

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    Album of the Year

    • Winner
      • Ian Moss
      For the album "Matchbook"
    • Kate Ceberano
      • Kate Ceberano
      For the album "Brave"
      • Stephen Cummings
      For the album "A New Kind of Blue"
      • Hunters & Collectors
      For the album "Ghost Nation"
      • Paul Kelly & The Messengers
      For the album "So Much Water So Close To Home"

    Best Adult Contemporary Album

    • Winner
      • Stephen Cummings
      For the album "A New Kind of Blue"
      • Dragon
      For the album "Bondi Road"
      • Not Drowning Waving
      For the album "Claim"
      • Paul Kelly & The Messengers
      For the album "So Much Water So Close To Home"
      • John Williamson
      For the album "Warragul"

    Best Comedy Release

    • Tom Gleisner in Episode #10.6 (2022)
      Winners
      • Tom Gleisner
      • Santo Cilauro
      • Tony Martin
      • Rob Sitch
      • Michael Veitch
      For the album "The D Generation: The Satanic Sketches"
    • [object Object]

      The Comedy Company

      7.4 (161)
      For the album "Comedy Company Classics"
    • [object Object]

      Fast Forward

      7.9 (379)
      For the album "Fast Forward - Take One"
      • Kevin Bloody Wilson
      For the album "My Australian Roots"
      • John Doyle(as Roy Slaven)
      For the album "Rampaging Roy... The Life and Times of Roy Slaven"

    Best Female Artist

    • Kate Ceberano
      Winner
      • Kate Ceberano
      For the album "Brave"
      • Robyne Dunn
      For the album "Labour of Liberty"
      • Gyan Evans(as Gyan)
      For the album "Gyan"
    • Kylie Minogue
      • Kylie Minogue
      For the album "Enjoy Yourself"
    • Jenny Morris
      • Jenny Morris
      For the album "Shiver"

    Best Group

    • Winner
      • The Black Sorrows
      For the album "Hold On to Me'
      • 1927
      For the song "Compulsory Hero"
      • Boom Crash Opera
      For the album "These Here Are Crazy Times"
      • Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
      For the album "Johnny Diesel & the Injectors"
      • Hunters & Collectors
      For the album "Ghost Nation"

    Best Independent Release

    • Winner
      • Wild Pumpkins At Midnight
      For the album "This Machine Is Made of People"
      • The Dubrovniks
      For the album "Dubrovnik Blues"
      • Girl Monstar
      For the songs "Surfing on a Wave" and "He's Hell"
      • Sirocco
      For the album "Port of Call"
      • For Various Artists for the album "Rockin' Bethlehem"

      Best Indigenous Release

      • Winner
        • Weddings Parties Anything
        For the album "The Big Don't Argue"
        • Coloured Stone
        For the album "Wild Desert Rose"
        • Gondwanaland
        For the album "Wildlife"
        • Scrap Metal
        For the album "Broken Down Man"
        • Yothu Yindi
        For the album "Homeland Movement"

      Best Male Artist

      • Winner
        • Ian Moss
        For the album "Matchbook"
        • Peter Blakeley
        For the song "Crying in the Chapel"
        • Joe Camilleri
        For the song "Angel Dove"
        • Stephen Cummings
        For the album "A New Kind of Blue"
      • Paul Kelly
        • Paul Kelly
        For the album "So Much Water So Close To Home"

      Best New Talent

      • Winner
        • Gyan Evans(as Gyan)
        For the album "Gyan"
        • The Hummingbirds
        For the album "loveBUZZ"
        • Martha's Vineyard
        For the album "Martha's Vineyard"
        • Tall Tales & True
        For the album "Shiver"
        • Tania Bowra
        For the album "Heaven and Earth"

      Breakthrough Artist - Album

      • Winner
        • Ian Moss
        For the album "Matchbook"
        • Gyan Evans
        For the album "Gyan"
        • Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
        For the album "Johnny Diesel & The Injectors"
        • The Hummingbirds
        For the album "loveBUZZ"
        • Max Q
        For the album "Max Q"

      Breakthrough Artist - Single

      • Winner
        • Ian Moss
        For the song "Tucker's Daughter"
        • Girl Overboard
        For the song "I Can't Believe"
        • Gyan Evans(as Gyan)
        For the song "Wait"
        • The Hummingbirds
        For the song "Blush"
        • Max Q
        For the song "Way of the World"

      Single of the Year

      • Winner
        • Peter Blakeley
        For the song "Crying in the Chapel"
        • Hunters & Collectors
        For the song "When The River Runs Dry"
        • Ian Moss
        For the song "Tucker's Daughter"
        • Max Q
        For the song "Way of the World"
        • The Black Sorrows
        For the song "Chained to the Wheel"

      Artisan Award

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      Best Video

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        1927: Compulsory Hero

        6.2 (5)
        1927
      • [object Object]

        Boom Crash Opera: Onion Skin

        Boom Crash Opera
      • Hunters & Collectors: When the River Runs Dry

        Hunters & Collectors
      • Jenny Morris: Saved Me

        Jenny Morris
      • Max Q: Sometimes

        Max Q
      • Peter Miller: Spirits Song

        Peter Miller

      Engineer of the Year

      • Winner
        • Alan Wright(engineer)
        For Richard Clapton's "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "I Am an Island", Icehouse's "Touch the Fire", Jenny Morris' "Save Me" and "She Has to Be Loved", and Noiseworks' "Simple Man".
        • Mark Moffatt(engineer)
        For Bell Jar's "Burn", Mental as Anything's "The World Seems Difficult", Flying Emus' "Different Drum", and Neil Murray's "Calm and Crystal Clear" and "Clever Man"
        • Doug Roberts(engineer)
        For Boom Crash Opera's "Onion Skin", "Get Out of the House!", "The Best Thing", and "End Up Where I Started"
        • Paula Jones(engineer)
        For Max Q's "Max Q"
        • Doug Brady(engineer)
        For The Black Sorrows' "Fire Down Below", John Farnham & Dani'Elle's "Communication", Girl Overboard's "I Can't Believe". and David Hirschfelder's "Page One"

      Producer of the Year

      • Andrew Farriss
        Winner
        • Andrew Farriss(producer)
        For Jenny Morris' "Shiver"
        • Charles Fisher(producer)
        For 1927's "Compulsory Hero" and Gyan's "Gyan"
        • Mark Moffatt(producer)
        For Nick Barker & the Reptiles' "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", Neil Murray's "Clever Man" and "Calm and Crystal Clear", Steve Hoy's "Raindance", Paul Norton's "Stuck on You", The Shivers' "Washaway", Ross Wilson's "You Got a Mirror" and "Who Do You Take It To"
        • Jeff Burstin(producer)
        • Joe Camilleri(producer)
        For Black Sorrows' "The Crack Up" and "Chained to the Wheel"
        • Clive Martin(producer)
        • Hunters & Collectors(producer)
        For Hunters & Collectors' "Ghost Nation"

      Song of the Year

      • Winners
        • Ian Moss(songwriter)
        • Don Walker(songwriter)
        For the song "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss
        • Joe Camilleri(songwriter)
        • Nick Smith(songwriter)
        For the song "Chained to the Wheel" by The Black Sorrows
      • Aaron Zigman at an event for Alpha Dog (2006)
        • Peter Blakeley(songwriter)
        • Aaron Zigman(songwriter)
        For the song "Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley
        • Mark Seymour(songwriter)
        • John Archer(songwriter)
        • Doug Falconer(songwriter)
        • Jack Howard(songwriter)
        • Robert Miles(songwriter)
        • Barry Palmer(songwriter)
        • Jeremy Smith(songwriter)
        • Michael Waters(songwriter)
        For the song "When the River Runs Dry" by Hunters and Collectors
      • Paul Kelly
        • Paul Kelly(songwriter)
        For the song "Careless" by Paul Kelly & The Messengers

      Fine Arts Award

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      Best Children's Album

      • Winner
          To Various Artists for "0-9 Series"
          • Don Spencer
          For the album "Australia For Kids"
        • Noni Hazlehurst
          • Noni Hazlehurst
          • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
          For the album "Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals"
          • Peter Combe
          For the album "Chopsticks"
        • [object Object]

          Pugwall

          7.9 (255)
          To the cast of Pugwall for "Pugwall: Original Music from the Television Series"

        Best Classical Album

        • Winner
          • Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
          For the album "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons"
          • The Australian Youth Orchestra
          For the album "Works by Koehne, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ravel"
          • Geoffrey Collins
          • David Miller
          For the album "Flute Australia Volume 2"
          • Jane Rutter
          For the album "Nocturnes & Preludes for Flutes"
          • To Various Artists for the album "Landscapes"

          Best Jazz Album

          • Winner
            • Paul Grabowsky Trio
            For the album "Six by Three"
            • Allan Browne
            For the album "Genre Jumping Jazz"
            • James Morrison
            For the album "Swiss Encounter - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival"
            • Vince Jones
            For the album "Trustworthy Little Sweethearts"

          Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording

          • [object Object]

            Sons of Steel

            4.9 (343)
            To Various Artists for the soundtrack album
          • [object Object]

            Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds

            6.4 (861)
            To Various Artists for the soundtrack album
          • [object Object]

            The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

            6.6 (4.2K)
            To Various Artists for the soundtrack album

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          • The Motorola ARIA Awards

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          Event date

          March 26, 1990

          Event location

          Australia

          Event links

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