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ARIA Music Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (931 words) |
 | It encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards (these are what is usually being referred to as "the ARIA awards") as well as Fine Arts Awards, Artisan Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards. |
 | Winning or even being nominated for an ARIA award results in a lot of media attention on an artist, and usually increases recording sales several-fold (for example, in 2005, after Ben Lee won three ARIA awards his album Awake Is the New Sleep jumped from #31 to #5 in the ARIA Charts, its highest-yet position). |
 | The Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement awards are awarded at the discretion of the ARIA Board. |
| Australian Recording Industry Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (520 words) |
 | ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. |
 | ARIA have commented that as part of the same marketing printed charts would be reinroduced into media retailing shops and their website would be redesigned. |
 | ARIA says the digital sales market accounted for $8 million revenue to the industry during 2005, or around 1.5 per cent of the overall wholesale market. |