ARIA Award for Best New Talent

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The ARIA Music Award for Best New Talent was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 1998. [1]

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The award for Best New Talent was first presented in 1987. Crowded House won the award with their single "Don't Dream It's Over". It was retired after the 1998 awards with Natalie Imbruglia winning the final award for her album Left of the Middle .

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

  Winner marked in a separate colour
YearWinner(s)Album/single title
1987
(1st)
Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over"
Big Pig "Hungry Town"
Boom Crash Opera "Great Wall", "Hands Up in the Air"
Ups and Downs "The Living Kind"
Wa Wa Nee "Stimulation"
1988
(2nd)
Weddings Parties Anything Scorn of the Women
Dave Dobbyn
James Reyne
Lime Spiders
Painters and Dockers
1989
(3rd)
Johnny Diesel & The Injectors "Don't Need Love"
Died Pretty Lost
Go 101 "Build It Up"
Roaring Jack The Cat Among the Pigeons
The State "Real Love"
1990
(4th)
Gyan Gyan
The Hummingbirds loveBUZZ
Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard
Tall Tales and True Shiver
Tania Bowra Heaven and Earth
1991
(5th)
Archie Roach Charcoal Lane
Doug Anthony Allstars Icon
Sea Stories Miller's Pond
Mary-Jo Starr Too Many Movies
The Screaming Jets "C'mon"
1992
(6th)
Underground Lovers Underground Lovers
Degenerates Out Of My Head
Euphoria "Love You Right"
Melissa "Read My Lips"
Jo Beth Taylor "99 Reasons"
1993
(7th)
Things of Stone and Wood "Share This Wine"
Caligula Caligula
Girlfriend Make It Come True
Rick Price "Not a Day Goes By"
Tiddas Inside My Kitchen
1994
(8th)
The Badloves Get On Board
Margot Smith "Sleeping With The Lion"
The Robertson Brothers "I Know Why"
Swoop Thriller
Vincent Stone "Sunshine"
1995
(9th)
Silverchair Frogstomp
Magic Dirt Life Was Better
Max Sharam A Million Year Girl
Merril Bainbridge "Mouth"
The Truth "My Heavy Friend"
1996
(10th)
Monique Brumby "Fool for You"
Fiona Kernaghan Cypress Grove
Human Nature "Got It Goin' On"
Rail Bad Hair Life
Ute Under The External
1997
(11th)
The Superjesus Eight Step Rail
Fini Scad "Coppertone" / "Testrider"
Frank Bennett Five O'Clock Shadow
Jebediah "Jerks of Attention"
Rani "Always On My Mind"
1998
(12th)
Natalie Imbruglia Left of the Middle
Bachelor Girl "Buses and Trains"
Diana Ah Naid "I Go Off"
Groove Terminator "Losing Ground"
Marie Wilson "Next Time"

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References

  1. "Best New Talent", ARIA