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2nd ARIA Awards Ceremony
29 March 1988
Sheraton Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Hosted by international guest Cliff Richard.
The ARIA Awards is Australia’s premier music awards ceremony. It is run by the Australian Recording Industry Association to recognise excellence, innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
Unlike today’s lively ARIA Award Ceremony, the first three years had no live performances and the awards ceremony was not televised until 3 years later in 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
AC/DC, Slim Dusty, Johnny O’Keefe, Col Joye, Vanda & Young, Dame Joan SutherlandOutstanding Achievement Award
John Farnham
| Best Group Crowded House Best Female Artist Jenny Morris Best Male Artist John Farnham Best New Talent Weddings Parties Anything | Best Country Album The Flying Emus This Town Best Comedy Release The 12th Man Wired World Of Sport Best Children’s Album Peter Combe Toffee Apple Best Adult Contemporary Album John Farnham Touch Of Paradise Best Indigenous Release Gondwanaland Gondwanaland |
Fine Arts Awards
| Best Classical Album Voss – Voss | Best Jazz Album Vince Jones – It All Ends Up In Tears |
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast, Show Recording Original Cast Recording – Nine |
Artisan Awards
| Best Video Claudia Castle for – Paul Kelly – To Her Door | Engineer Of The Year David Douglas |
| Best Cover Art Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris, Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Diesel & Dust |
