The 27th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2013 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony occurred on 1 December at the Star Event Centre,[1][2] and was telecast on Nine Network's channel Go! at 7:30pm.[3][4]
2013 ARIA Music Awards | ||||
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Date | 1 December 2013 (2013-12-01) | |||
Venue | Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales | |||
Most awards | Flume (4) | |||
Most nominations | Flume (8) | |||
Website | ariaawards | |||
Television/radio coverage | ||||
Network | Nine Network | |||
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The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 14 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards.[1] Public votes were used for the categories, "Song of the Year", "Best Australian Live Act", "Best International Artist" and "Best Video".[2][4]
Also on 1 December ARIA inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame;[5][6] ARIA also created a new award category, ARIA Industry Icon, which was awarded to promoter and record label owner, Michael Gudinski.[7]
The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards.[8][9]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.[1]
Album of the Year | Best Group |
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Best Male Artist | Best Female Artist |
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Breakthrough Artist – Release | Best Independent Release |
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Best Adult Contemporary Album | Best Blues & Roots Album |
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Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album | Best Rock Album |
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Best Urban Album | Best Country Album |
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Best Children's Album | Best Comedy Release |
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Best Pop Release | Best Dance Release |
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Song of the Year[note 1] | Best Video[note 1] |
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Best Australian Live Act[note 1] | Best International Artist[note 1] |
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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][10][note 2]
Best Classical Album |
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Best Jazz Album |
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Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album |
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Best World Music Album |
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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][10][note 3]
Best Cover Art |
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Engineer of the Year |
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Producer of the Year |
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