ARIA Music Awards of 1999

1999 ARIA Music Awards
Date12 October 1999 (1999-10-12)
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awardsPowderfinger (4)
Most nominationsSilverchair (9)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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The 13th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 12 October 1999 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.[1][2] Hosted by Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and presenters, including Melanie C of the Spice Girls, Tina Cousins, Fiona Horne and Molly Meldrum, distributed 33 awards.[3] The big winner for the year was Powderfinger with four awards.[1][3]

Two new categories, Best Original Cast / Show Recording and Best Blues and Roots Album were created; while Song of the Year (Songwriter), Best Indigenous Release and Best New Talent categories were retired.[1][3] In addition to the annually presented awards, a Special Achievement Award was received by both recording studio owner Bill Armstrong (see Armstrong Studios) and Fable Record's creator Ron Tudor.[3] An Outstanding Achievement Award was received by Natalie Imbruglia.[1][3] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Jimmy Little and Richard Clapton.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Australia 1999 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e O'Grady, Anthony. "The 13th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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