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Encyclopedia > ARIA Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987.


ARIA Music Awards by year


Event Top award winners
ARIA Music Awards of 2004 Jet (6), John Butler Trio (3)
ARIA Music Awards of 2003 Delta Goodrem (7), Powderfinger (3)
ARIA Music Awards of 2002 Kasey Chambers (5), Silverchair (3), Kylie Minogue (3)



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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.
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