ARIA Award nominations

It’s almost that time again.  When the music industry ‘dons their best outfits and provides us with much entertainment (on and off screen) for the ARIA Awards.

The nominations have been announced.  Someone always seems to dominate the awards -and this year it’s Gabriella Cilmi’s turn.  She has been nominated for the most awards – 6 in total!  Gabriella is up for:

• Single of the Year
• Best female artist
• Best breakthrough artist – album
• Best breakthrough artist – single
• Best pop release
• Highest selling single

Wow!  Well done.

Sam Sparra is close – with a massive 5 nominations!

My favourite award categories are:

• Best Independent Release: Ben Lee, Midnight Juggernauts, British India, Lior & Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu
• Best Urban: Bliss n Esso, The Herd, Muph & Plutonic, Katalyst & Spit Syndicate

Then – as usual – there are a few names that also come up across other multiple categories like Best Band, Best Single, Best Rock Album etc, which is testiment to the reactions their causing in the music industry at the moment  – names like The Presets, The Living End and Nick Cave all receiving a few nominations.

If you want to check out all the news for yourself, head across to the ARIA Awards website

Tickets are on sale to the general public – or we can all watch the frivolity on TV on Sunday, 19 October.