2008 ARIA Music Awards
| 2008 ARIA Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 October 2008 |
| Venue | Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | The Presets (8) |
| Website | ariaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Network Ten |
The 22nd annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) took place on 19 October 2008.[1] The nominees for all categories were announced on 10 September, while the winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on the same day.
Awards and nominations
[edit]Final nominees are shown in plain, with winners in bold.[1]
ARIA Awards
[edit]Album of the Year
Single of the Year
- Gabriella Cilmi – "Sweet About Me"
- Faker – "This Heart Attack"
- Sam Sparro – "Black and Gold"
- The Living End – "White Noise"
- The Presets – "My People"
Best Male Artist
- Nick Cave – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
- Paul Kelly – To Her Door (live)
- Pete Murray – Summer at Eureka
- Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro
Best Female Artist
Best Group
Best Adult Contemporary Album
Best Blues & Roots Album
- The Audreys – When the Flood Comes
- Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
- Jeff Lang – Half Seas Over
- Mia Dyson – Struck Down
- The Waifs – Sun Dirt Water
Best Children's Album
- The Wiggles – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
- Hi-5 – Planet Earth (deluxe edition)
- Jay Laga'aia – Come Dance and Sing
- Justine Clarke – Songs to Make You Smile
- The Fairies – Fairy Fun, Fun, Fun
Best Comedy Release
- Shaun Micallef – The Expurgated Micallef Tonight
- Akmal Saleh – Akmal Live and Uncensored
- Matt Tilley – Cereal Pest: Gotcha Calls – Three's a Crowd
- Merrick and Rosso – Live and Totally Wrong!
- The Umbilical Brothers – Don't Explain
Best Country Album
- Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones
- Catherine Britt – Little Wildflower
- Melinda Schneider – Be Yourself
- Sara Storer – Silver Skies
- The McClymonts – Chaos and Bright Lights
Best Dance Release
- The Presets – Apocalypso
- Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
- Mobin Master – Show Me Love
- Pnau – Pnau
- The Potbelleez – "Don't Hold Back"
Best Independent Release
Best Music DVD
- Powderfinger & Silverchair – Across the Great Divide Tour
- Hilltop Hoods – The City of Light
- Paul Kelly – Live Apples
- John Butler Trio – Live at Federation Square
- Wolfmother – Please Experience Wolfmother Live
Best Pop Release
Best Rock Album
Best Urban Release
- Bliss n Eso – Flying Colours
- A-Love – Ace of Hearts
- Katalyst – What's Happening
- Muph & Plutonic – …And Then Tomorrow Came
- Spit Syndicate – Towards the Light
- The Herd – Summerland
Breakthrough Artist – Album
Breakthrough Artist – Single
Highest Selling Album
Highest Selling Single
Fine Arts Awards
[edit]Best Classical Album
- Richard Tognetti, Neal Peres Da Costa, Daniel Yeadon – Bach Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Brett Dean
- Elena Kats-Chernin – Slow Food
- Roger Woodward – Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, Partita no. 2 & Partita no. 6
- Slava Grigoryan, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Baroque Guitar Concertos
Best Jazz Album
- Andrea Keller – Footprints
- Deni Hines & James Morrison – The Other Woman
- Grace Knight – Willow
- Joe Chindamo – Duende the Romantic Project
- Mike Nock Project – Meeting of the Waters
- Jamie Oehlers, Paul Grabowsky, David Beck – Lost and Found
Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album
- Chris Lilley – Summer Heights High soundtrack
- Cezary Skubiszewski – Night – original soundtrack
- Cast – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – the Musical
- The Square – The Square soundtrack
- Various – Countdown Spectacular 2
Best World Album
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
- Archie Roach – Journey
- David Jones – Colours of the Drum
- Joseph Tawadros – Angel
- Watussi – Tequila Sangre Fuego
Artisan Awards
[edit]The Artisan Award winners were announced on 10 September.[1] The winners are shown here in bold.[1]
Producer of the Year
- The Presets (Julian Hamilton & Kim Moyes) – The Presets – Apocalypso
- Harry Vanda & Glenn Goldsmith – British India – Thieves
- Matt Lovell / Shihad – Shihad – Beautiful Machine
- Michael Hohnen – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul
- Scott Horscroft – The Panics – Cruel Guards
Engineer of the Year
- Matt Lovell / Shihad – Shihad – Beautiful Machine
- Anthony Lycenko – Pete Murray – Summer at Eureka
- James Ash – Rogue Traders – Better in the Dark
- Scott Horscroft – The Panics – Cruel Guards
- Scott Horscroft – The Presets – Apocalypso
Best Cover Art
- Jonathan Zawada – The Presets – Apocalypso
- Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) – Faker – Be the Twilight
- Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) – Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones
- Alter – Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
- IOSHVA – Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
Best Video
- Kris Moyes – The Presets – "My People"
- Adam Callen – Sneaky Sound System – "Kansas City"
- Angus & Julia Stone / Josh Groom – Angus & Julia Stone – "Just a Boy"
- Damon Escott & Stephen Lance – Silverchair – "If You Keep Losing Sleep"
- James Littlemore – Pnau – "Baby"
ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductees
[edit]The following were inducted into the 2008 ARIA Hall of Fame on 1 July:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Winners by Year: 2008". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Rolf Harris stripped of his ARIA Hall of Fame induction". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.