2014 ARIA Music Awards | |
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Date | 26 November 2014 |
Venue | Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Most wins | Chet Faker (5) |
Most nominations | Chet Faker (9) |
Website | ariaawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Network Ten |
The 28th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2014 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre, [1] [2] and was telecast by Network Ten. [1] [3] [4]
The final nominees for ARIA Awards categories were announced on 10 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 26 November, ARIA inducted Molly Meldrum and his TV series, Countdown , into their Hall of Fame. [5] [6] Denis Handlin, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand, and ARIA Chairman, was presented with the second ARIA Industry Icon Award. [7] In October 2021 the Board of ARIA withdrew Handlin's award. [8] Handlin had left Sony in June 2021 amid "multiple allegations of toxic culture" at the company while he was CEO. [9]
The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards.
In late October 2014 ARIA announced their Hall of Fame inductees: [5]
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 | 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 Australian Live Act [note 1] |
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Best International Artist [note 1] | Best Video [note 1] |
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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. [1] [2] [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; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. [1] [2] [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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