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3rd ARIA Awards Ceremony
6 March 1989
Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW
Hosted by Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything).
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) to recognize achievements in the Australian music industry.
The 1989 ARIA Awards was moved from last year’s venue at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel to the Darling Harbour Convention Centre where it would stay for the next two years. There were no live performances again this year, but 1990 would see that change. The awards ceremony was not televised until 1991. Today’s ARIA Awards is seen by around 2 million people on television, and approximately 2,500 recording industry guests and 5,000 members of the general public.
ARIA Awards
| Hall Of Fame Ross Wilson Special Achievement Award Kylie Minogue Lifetime Achievement Award Dame Nellie Melba Outstanding Achievement Award INXS | ||
| Album Of The Year Crowded House Temple Of Low Men Highest Selling Album John Farnham Age Of Reason Single Of The Year The Church Under The Milky Way Highest Selling Single Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky Song Of The Year Crowded House Better Be Home Soon | Best Group INXS Best Female Artist Kate Ceberano Best Male Artist Jimmy Barnes Breakthrough Artist – Album Rockmelons Tales Of The City 1927 – Ish Breakthrough Artist – Single 1927 That’s When I Think Of You Best New Talent Johnny Diesel & The Injectors | Best Country Album John Williamson The Boomerang Cafe Best Comedy Release The Comedy Company The Comedy Company Album Best Adult Contemporary Album Crowded House Temple Of Low Men Best Indigenous Release Weddings Parties Anything Roaring Days Best Children’s Album Peter Combe Newspaper Mama |
Fine Arts Awards
| Best Classical Album Flederman – Flederman | Best Jazz Album Original Soundtrack – Wizards Of Oz |
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast, Show Recording Various – Stringer |
Artisan Awards
| Best Video Richard Lowenstein – INXS – Never Tear Us Apart | Engineer Of The Year Doug Brady |
| Best Cover Art Nick Seymour – Crowded House – Temple Of Low Men |
