2001 ARIA Music Awards | |
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Date | 30 October 2001 |
Venue | Capitol Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Most awards | Powderfinger (6) |
Most nominations | The Avalanches (9) |
Website | ariaawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Nine Network |
The 15th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards ) were held on 30 October 2001 at the Capitol Theatre. [1] [2] Rock band Powderfinger won the most awards with six from eight nominations. [1] [3] Leading the nominations were dance, electronic group, The Avalanches, with nine nominations: they won four. [1] [3]
The following list includes the winners, highlighted in bold, and the other final nominations below them. [1]
The following were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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