ARIA Music Awards of 1996

Ceremony details

Awards

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
• *You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
• **John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
• **Finn – Finn
• **Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• Single of the Year
• *Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
• **Ammonia – "Drugs"
• **Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
• **Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
• **You Am I – "Mr. Milk"
• Highest Selling Album
• *Tina Arena – Don't Ask
• **John Williamson – True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson
• **Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
• **Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
• **Max Sharam – A Million Year Girl
• Highest Selling Single
• *CDB – "Let's Groove"
• **Crowded House – "Everything Is Good for You"
• **Merril Bainbridge – "Under the Water"
• **Peter Andre – "Mysterious Girl"
• **Regurgitator – New
• Best Group
• *You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **The Badloves – Holy Roadside
• **Crowded House – "Everything Is Good for You"
• **Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Silverchair – "Blind"
• Best Female Artist
• *Christine Anu – "Come On"
• **Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
• **Kate Ceberano – "Change"
• **Deni Hines – Imagination
• **Max Sharam – "Is it OK" / "Huntinground"
• Best Male Artist
• *Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
• **Diesel – Short Cool Ones
• **John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
• **Paul Kelly – Deeper Water
• **Tex Perkins – Live at the Continental
• Best New Talent
• *Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
• **Human Nature – "Got It Goin' On"
• **Fiona Kernaghan – Cypress Grove
• **Rail – Bad Hair Life
• **Ute – Under the External
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Ammonia – Mint 400
• **Merril Bainbridge – The Garden
• **Deni Hines – Imagination
• **Pollyanna – Long Player
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
• *Deni Hines – "It's Alright"
• **Monique Brumby – "Fool for You"
• **Nikka Costa – "Master Blaster"
• **Rail – "Immune Deficiency"
• **Savage Garden – "I Want You"
• Best Dance Release
• *Future Sound of Melbourne – Chapter One
• **DJ Darren & DJ Pee Wee – "I Feel It"
• **Infusion – Smoke Screen
• **Itch-E and Scratch-E – "Howling Dog"
• **Renegade Funktrain – Renegade Funktrain
• Best Pop Release
• *Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
• **Christine Anu – "Come On"
• **Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
• **Hoodoo Gurus – Blue Cave
• **Swoop – The Woxo Principle
• Best Country Album
• *Dead Ringer Band – Home Fires
• **Graeme Connors – The Here and Now
• **Lee Kernaghan – 1959
• **Tania Kernaghan – December Moon
• **The Wheel – The Wheel
• Best Independent Release
• *You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **Custard – Wisenheimer
• **Ed Kuepper – The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper
• **TISM – "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
• **Underground Lovers – Rushall Station
• Best Alternative Release
• *Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads
• **Pollyanna – Long Player
• **Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
• **You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• Best Indigenous Release
• *Christine Anu – "Come On"
• **Kev Carmody – Images and Illusions
• **Blekbala Mujik – Blekbala Mujik
• **Various – Our Home, Our Land
• **Warumpi Band – Too Much Humbug
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
• **Kate Ceberano – "Change"
• **Stephen Cummings – Escapist
• **Tommy Emmanuel – Classical Gas
• **Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Man
• Best Comedy Release
• *'Martin/Molloy – The Brown Album
• **Austen Tayshus – I'm Jacques Chirac
• **Bucko & Champs – Aussie Christmas
• **Silverpram – Frogstamp
• **The Vaughans – Who Farted?''

  Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
• *Paul Grabowsky Trio – When Words Fail
• **Bob Barnard – Live at the Sydney Opera House
• **Bob Bertles Quintet – Rhythm of the Heart
• **The Engine Room – Full Steam Ahead
• **Barney McCall – Exit
• Best Classical Album
• *Australian Chamber Orchestra – Peter Sculthorpe: Music for Strings
• **Australian Chamber Orchestra – Spirit
• **Australia Ensemble – Shostakovich
• **Macquarie Trio – Beethoven Piano Trios
• **Marshall McGuire – Awakening
• Best Children's Album
• *The Wiggles – Wake Up Jeff!
• **Bananas in Pyjamas – It's Singing Time!
• **Christine Hutchinson – Grand Fairies Ball
• **Gillian Eastoe – Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition
• **Peter Combe – Little Groover
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Australian Cast Recording – Beauty & the Beast
• **Australian Cast Recording – The Secret Garden
• **Iva Davies – The Berlin Tapes
• **Cezary Skubiszewski – Lilian's Story
• **Nigel Westlake – Babe
• Best World Music Album
• *Mara! – Rulno Vlno
• **Cafe of the Gate of Salvation – A Window in Heaven
• **Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaser
• **Sirocco – Stars and Fires
• **Various – Womadelaide '95

  Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
• **Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good"
• **Tim Finn & Neil Finn – "Suffer Never"
• **Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
• **Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
• Producer of the Year
• *You Am I – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **David Bridie – Monique Brumby – Fool for You
• **The Badloves, Doug Roberts – The Badloves – Holy Roadside
• **Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Victor Vaughan – Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound
• Engineer of the Year
• *Paul McKercher, Wayne Connolly – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **Doug Brady – John Farnham – Romeo's Heart
• **Chris Dickie - Six Mile High - "Homebaker", "Hallowed ground" / Header - "Restoration"
• **Magoo – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Tom Whitten – Powderfinger - "Pick You Up" / Automatic - Sister K / Bluebottle Kiss - Double Yellow Tarred
• Best Video
• *Andrew Lancaster – You Am I – "Soldiers"
• **Robbie Douglas-Turner – The Cruel Sea – "Too Fast for Me"
• **John Fransic – Swoop – "Apple Eyes"
• **John Hillcoat, Polly Borland – Frente! – "Sit on My Hands"
• **John Witteron – Hoodoo Gurus – "Waking up Tired"
• Best Cover Art
• *Reg Mombassa – Mental As Anything – Liar Liar Pants on Fire
• **Simon Anderson – You Am I – Hourly, Daily
• **Rockin' Doodles, Quan Yeomans, Ben Ely – Regurgitator – Tu-Plang
• **Janet English, George Stajsic – Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
• **Tony Mahoney – Dave Graney – The Soft 'N Sexy Sound

  Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

• Silverchair

  Special Achievement Award

• Slim Dusty

  ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

• Australian Crawl
• Horrie Dargie

  Performers

• INXS