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5th ARIA Awards Ceremony
25 March 1991
Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW
Hosted by Bob Geldof.
The ARIA Awards are presented annually by the Australian Recording Industry Association to recognise achievements in the Australian music industry.
The 1991 ARIA Awards marked the first time the Awards was televised. 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 Billy Thorpe, Don Burrows, Glenn Shorrock, Pete Dawson Lifetime Achievement Award Ted Albert Outstanding Achievement Award Midnight Oil | ||
| Album Of The Year Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mining Highest Selling Album John Farnham – Chain Reaction Single Of The Year Absent Friends (I Don’t Want To Be With) Nobody But You Highest Selling Single Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 Mona Song Of The Year John Farnham – Burn For You | Best Group Midnight Oil Best Female Artist Wendy Matthews Best Male Artist John Farnham Best New Talent Archie Roach Best Children’s Album Robyn Archer Mrs Bottles Burp Best Independent Release The Killjoys – Ruby | Breakthrough Artist – Album Margaret Urlich – Safety In Numbers Breakthrough Artist – Single Wendy Matthews – Token Angels Best Comedy Release John Clarke & Bryan Dawe Great Interviews Of The 20th Century Best Country Album James Blundell – Hand It Down Best Indigenous Release Archie Roach – Charcoal Lane Best Adult Contemporary Album Various – Come In Spinner |
Fine Arts Awards
| Best Classical Album Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sculthorpe: Orchestral Works | Best Jazz Album Clarion Fracture Zone – Blue Shift |
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast, Show Recording Jon English & David Mackay – Paris |
Artisan Awards
| Best Video Claudio Castle for – Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining | Engineer Of The Year Doug Brady |
| Best Cover Art Livingstone Clarke, Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining |
