ARIA Music Awards of 1998

The 12th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1998 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.^[1][2] Presenters, including Democrats deputy leader Natasha Stott Despoja and former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, distributed 28 awards with the big winner for the year being Natalie Imbruglia with six awards.^[1]

In addition to previous categories, "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Savage Garden.^[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Angels and The Masters Apprentices.^[1]

Awards

Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
  • Regurgitator – Unit
    • Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
    • Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
    • The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
    • You Am I – #4 Record
• Single of the Year
  • Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
    • The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
    • The Mavis's – "Cry"
    • Kylie Minogue – "Did It Again"
    • The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
• Highest Selling Album
  • Savage Garden – Savage Garden
    • John Farnham – Anthology
    • Midnight Oil – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
    • The 12th Man – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
    • Tina Arena – In Deep

• Highest Selling Single
  • The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
    • John Farnham & Human Nature – "Every Time You Cry"
    • Natalie Imbruglia – "Big Mistake"
    • Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
    • Tina Arena – "Burn"

• Best Group
  • The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
    • Regurgitator – Unit
    • Savage Garden – "Universe"
    • The Superjesus – Sumo
    • You Am I – #4 Record
• Best Female Artist
  • Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
    • Tina Arena – In Deep
    • Monique Brumby – Thylacine
    • Kate Ceberano – "Pash"
    • Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
• Best Male Artist
  • Paul Kelly – Words and Music
    • Ed Kuepper – Live!
    • Mark Seymour – King Without a Clue
    • Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
    • Chris Wilson – The Long Weekend
• Best New Talent
  • Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
    • Bachelor Girl – "Buses and Trains"
    • Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
    • Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
    • Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
  • Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
    • Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
    • Grinspoon – Guide to Better Living
    • Jebediah – Slightly Odway
    • The Superjesus – Sumo
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
  • Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
    • Hot Rollers – "Wickerman Shoes"
    • Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
    • Primary – "Vicious Precious"
    • Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
• Best Dance Release
  • Sgt Slick – White Treble Black Bass
    • Endorphin – Embrace
    • Friendly – Hello Bellybutton
    • Frontside – "Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion"
    • Pee Wee Ferris – Social Narcotic
• Best Pop Release
  • Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
    • The Mavis's – Pink Pills
    • Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
    • Snout – Circle High and Wide
    • The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Best Country Album
  • Shanley Del – My Own Sweet Time
    • Colin Buchanan – Edge of the Kimberley
    • Troy Cassar-Daley – True Believer
    • Gina Jeffreys – Someboy's Daughter
    • The Wheel – The Wheel
• Best Independent Release
  • The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
    • The Blackeyed Susans – Spin the Bottle
    • Karma County – Olana
    • The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
    • TISM – www.tism.wanker.com
• Best Alternative Release
  • Regurgitator – Unit
    • Dirty Three – Ocean Songs
    • The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
    • The Paradise Motel – Flight Paths
    • You Am I – #4 Record
• Best Indigenous Release
  • Archie Roach – Looking for a Butter Boy
    • Gondwana – Xenophon
    • Singers for the Red Black and Gold – Yil Lull
    • John Williamson & Warren H Williams – Raining on the Rock
    • Bart Willoughby – Pathways
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
  • Archie Roach – Looking for a Butter Boy
    • David Campbell – Taking the Wheel
    • Colin Hay – Transcendental Highway
    • The Killjoys – Sun Bright Deep
    • Wendy Matthews – Ghosts
• Best Comedy Release
  • Paul McDermott – Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1
    • The 12th Man – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
    • Jimeoin – Forklift Truck
    • John Safran – "Not the Sunscreen Song"
    • Squirrel Grippers – Nine Inch Males

Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
  • Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
    • Joe Chindamo – Anyone Who Had a Heart
    • Kevin Hunt – Plays JS Bach
    • Shelley Scown with the Paul Grabowsky Trio – Angel
    • Rolf Stube – The Jazz Police
• Best Classical Album
  • Yvonne Kenny, Paul Dyer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Handel: Arias
    • Tamara Anna Cislowska – The Persian Hours
    • Slava Grigoryan – Dance of the Angels
    • Karin Schaupp – Leyenda
    • Sydney Alpha Ensemble – Elena Kats-Chernin Clocks
• Best Children's Album
  • The Wiggles – Toot, Toot!
    • The Flowerpot Gang - Happy Little Flower Pots
    • The Hooley Dooleys – Ready Set... Go!
    • George Spartels – Let's Go Out
    • Don Spencer – Australian Classics
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
  • Original Cast Recording – The Boy from Oz
    • The Necks – The Boys^{[nb 1]}
    • Cezary Skubiszewski – The Sound of One Hand Clapping
    • Various – A Little Bit of Soul
    • Various – To Hal and Bacharach
• Best World Music Album
  • Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
    • Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Duality
    • Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
    • Tigramuna – Jazz Latino - Americano
    • Tulipan – Manic Celeste
    • Xylouris Ensemble – Antipodes

Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
  • The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
    • Monique Brumby – "The Change in Me"
    • The Fauves – "Surf City Limits"
    • The Living End – "Prisoner of Society"
    • The Mavis's – "Cry"
• Producer of the Year
  • Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Unit
    • Paul Begaud – Human Nature – Whisper Your Name
    • Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar – The Cruel Sea – "Hard Times"
    • Charles Fisher – Savage Garden – "Universe"; – The Seekers – The Bush Girl
    • Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Engineer of the Year
  • Magoo – Midnight Oil – "White Skin / Black Heart"; – Regurgitator – Unit; – Skunkhour – "Another Childish Man", "Breathing Through My Eyes", "Opportunist", "Pulse"
  • Nick Launay – Silverchair – "The Door"
    • Nigel Derricks – Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
    • Tony Espie – Wendy Matthews – Ghosts excluding "Halcyon Days"
    • Rob Taylor – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Best Video
  • Baz Luhrmann – Christine Anu, David Hobson, Royce Doherty – "Now Until the Break of Day"^{[nb 2]}
    • Chris Bently – Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
    • Mark Hartley – The Cruel Sea – "Takin' All Day"
    • Jeremy Hydnes, George Pinn – Regurgitator – "Polyester Girl"
    • Quan Yeomans – Regurgitator – "Black Bugs"
• Best Cover Art
  • The Shits – Regurgitator – Unit^{[nb 3]}
    • Carl Breitkreuz, Ian Downie – Various – To Hal and Bacharach
    • Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce, Alison Smith – The Mavis's – Pink Pills
    • William Tennent, Chris Tennent – The Superjesus – Sumo
    • Kevin Wilkins – Midnight Oil – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.

Outstanding Achievement Award

• Savage Garden

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall Of Fame inductees were:

• The Angels
• The Masters Apprentices

Performers

• Bachelor Girl
• The Mavis's
• Jebediah

Notes

1. ↑ ARIA lists this entry as "The Boys for Necks - The".^[1]
2. ↑ ARIA lists Dave Dobson as one of three artists for "Now Until the Break of Day".^[1] Opera tenor, David Hobson is described as a 1998 ARIA Award winner.^[3]
3. ↑ The Shits were a duo renamed as Happyland consisting of (then) domestic partners Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator and Janet English of Spiderbait.^[4]

References

External links

• ARIA Awards official website
• List of 1998 winners