1999 ARIA Music Awards

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1999 ARIA Music Awards
Date12 October 1999 (1999-10-12)
Venue Sydney Entertainment Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awards Powderfinger (4)
Most nominations Silverchair (9)
Website ariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
Network Network Ten
  1998  · ARIA Music Awards ·  2000  

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]

Contents

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]

Ceremony details

The ceremony was hosted by TV comedians, Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and 33 awards were presented by Melanie C of the Spice Girls, Tina Cousins, Fiona Horne, former Countdown host Molly Meldrum and others. [1] [3]

Presenters and performers

Presenters and performers were:

Presenter(s)Performer(s)Ref.
Harry Connick Jr. Spiderbait [3]
the Tea Party
Fiona Horne Powderfinger
Merrick and Rosso
Nick Bennett Regurgitator
Dylan Lewis
Sarah McLeod Bachelor Girl
Leah McLeod
Troy Cassar-Daley Human Nature
Shanley Del
Garbage
Melanie C Frenzal Rhomb – "Never Had So Much Fun" [3] [4]
Tim Freedman
Kate Ceberano
The Living End Killing Heidi [3]
Jimmy Barnes

Awards

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

ARIA Awards

Fine Arts Awards

Artisan Awards

Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

Special Achievement Award

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The Hall of Fame inductees were:

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