26th CMAA
Country Music Awards Ceremony
1998 Golden Guitar Awards
Saturday, 24 Jan 1998
Don Willis Arena, Showground, NSW
Toyota was the sponsor this year. “Golden Guitar” trophies were given to winners. Highlight of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, the Awards was organised by Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA).
The 1998 Country Music Awards honored country music artists for musical performances and other career achievements during the 1998 calendar year.
In 1993 the name changed from the Australasian Country Music Awards to its present name Country Music Awards of Australia.
Album of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley True Believer Columbia/Sony APRA Song of the Year Richard Porteous Living In The Circle Recorded by the Dead Ringer Band (Massive) Top Selling John Williamson Pipe Dream (EMI) Bush Ballad of the Year Lady Is A Truckie Written by Joy McKean Recorded by Slim Dusty EMI (Slim Dusty Enterprises) Heritage Song of the Year Colin Buchanan Edge Of The Kimberley Warner (Rondor) Instrumental of the Year Keith Urban Clutterbilly Warner (MCA) Video Track of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley Little Things Director Ross Wood Columbia/Song (Warner/Chappell) | Male Vocalist of the Year Troy Cassar-Daley Little Things Columbia/Sony (Warner/Chappell) Female Vocalist of the Year Tania Kernaghan Dunroamin’ Station ABC (Warner/Chappell) New Talent of the Year Sherrie Austin One Solitary Tear Arista/BMG (Peer:Control) Vocal Group or Duo of the Year Dead Ringer Band Living In The Circle Massive (Massive) Vocal Collaboration of the Year Tanya Self & Adam Harvey Drive Away ABC (ASCAP:BMI) Producer of the Year Garth Porter Roll of Renown Rocky Page |