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ARIA Music Awards of 1997

The 11th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards) were held on 22 September 1997 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.[1][2] The event was hosted by Australian actor–comedian Paul McDermott, with presenters Elle McFeast, Kylie Minogue, Ben Folds, Colin Buchanan, the Presidents of the United States of America and others.[1][3] Savage Garden dominated this year, receiving a record ten awards including Album of the Year for Savage Garden, Single of the Year for "Truly Madly Deeply", Best Group and seven other trophies.[1]

In addition to the annually presented awards, a Special Achievement Award was given to Charles Fisher and an Outstanding Achievement Award was received by Peter André.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: the Bee Gees, Graeme Bell and Paul Kelly.[1][4]

Ceremony details

The event included musical performances by Ben Folds Five, the Presidents of the United States of America and Kylie Minogue.[1][3] John Farnham teamed up with crooner quartet Human Nature to debut the performance of their single, "Every Time You Cry",[1] which later became a number-three ARIA Singles Chart hit.[5] Crowded House, who won Highest Selling Album for their greatest hits compilation, Recurring Dream, reunited the year after breaking up. They commemorated Paul Kelly's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame by performing his song "Leaps and Bounds".

Various international and Australian entertainers presented awards to the winners including Australian Elle McFeast (who was nominated for Best Comedy Release), Ben Folds, Kylie Minogue and Chris Ballew, Dave Dederer and Jason Finn of the Presidents of the United States of America.[1] Four Artisan Awards were presented prior to the telecast.[3]

Presenters and performers

The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by Australian comedian and TV presenter Paul McDermott.[3] Presenters and performers were:

Multiple winners and nominees

Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.[1]

Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

Special Achievement Award

Hall of Fame Inductees

The ARIA Hall of Fame inductees were:

For Kelly's induction, Crowded House had reformed to provide a cover version of his "Leaps and Bounds".[6] In 2019 Double J's Dan Condon described this as one of the "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Australia 1997 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e O'Grady, Anthony. "The 11th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "ARIA Music Awards of 1997". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ^ "John Farnham discography". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  6. ^ a b Condon, Dan (26 November 2019). "7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads". Double J. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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