ARIA Awards 2011: Annual Australian Music Winners Revealed

Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 9:44 am , filed under Shows by Lee Matthew

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Australian music, the 2011 ARIA Awards winners have now been revealed. Celebrating the 25th anniversary struck by opening act MC Drapht on the red carpet showdown that was held on Sydney, Australia on Sunday (November 27).

2011 ARIA Awards also paid tribute to ‘Kylie Minogue’ and ‘The Wiggles’ with both acts inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.

2011 ARIA Awards Winners listed below:

Album of the Year: Boy & Bear – Moonfire

Single of the Year: Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra)

Best Male Artist: Gotye 

Best Female Artist: Kimbra

Best Group: Boy & Bear

Breakthrough Artist (Album): Boy & Bear – Moonfire

Breakthrough Artist (Single): Boy & Bear – ‘Feeding Line’

Best Independent Release: Art vs Science – ‘The Experiment’

Best Adult Alternative Album: Boy & Bear – Moonfire

Best Adult Contemporary Album: Billy Thorpe – Billy Thorpe’s Tangier

Best Blues & Roots Album: The Audreys – Sometimes the Stars

Best Children’s Album: The Wiggles – Ukulele Baby!

Best Comedy Release: Hamish & Andy – ‘Celebrating 50 Glorious Years’

Best Country Album: Kasey Chambers – Little Bird

Best Dance Release: Cut Copy – ‘Zonoscope’

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album: Front End Loader – Ritardando

Best Pop Release: Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra)

Best Rock Album: The Living End – The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating

Best Urban Album: Drapht – The Life of Riley

Highest Selling Album: Altiyan Childs – Altiyan Childs

Highest Selling Single: Guy Sebastian – ‘Who’s that Girl’ (featuring Eve)

Best Classical Album: Sally Whitwell – Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass

Best Jazz Album: Elixir featuring Katie Noonan, First Seed Ripening

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album: Chris Lilley – Angry Boys: Official Soundtrack Album

Best World Music Album: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala

Best Music DVD: AC/DC – Live at River Plate

Best Cover Art: Alter, for Cut Copy – ‘Zonoscope’

Best Video: Natasha Pincus for Starkraving Productions, for Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra)

Engineer of the Year: Francois Tetaz, for Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra)

Producer of the Year: Wally De Backer, for Gotye – ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ (featuring Kimbra)

2011 Public Voted ARIA Awards Winners

Most Popular Australian Artist: Birds of Tokyo

Most Popular International Artist: P!nk

Most Popular Australian Live Artist: The Living End

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