Amy Shark dominates Australian music awards

The album also earned him the prize for Best Publication after the album's first single, last month. I said hi, Picked up the gong as producer of the year.

Shark, who wrote I said hi like a diss track to save the big-wigs industry that ignored him before Love became viral, interpreted the song to those same big wigs at ARIA, while she celebrated being the most rewarded artist of the night.

"I started so long ago to try to do it, so when you put a whole lot of work to do and people like it enough to name you and then you win it, that 's it. is so far from what I thought I could achieve one day, "she said. journalists in the newsroom. "I had made that kind of dream a long time ago so I'm waiting for someone just wake up."

The victories come from Shark's biggest tour so far, with his first shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Other big winners, 5 Seconds of Summer, won three awards: Best Group and Best Australian Concert, as well as the Apple Music Song of the Year for their single. Youngblood.

The famous indigenous artist Gurrumul has been posthumously awarded the Best Male Artist and Best Independent Film Awards, which add to the world's best music album and the best cover art awards handed out on last month at the nominations ceremony.

Gurrumul died last July. His album Djarimirri (Child of the rainbow) was published posthumously in April and at the top of the charts.

The awards were accepted by his daughter, Jasmine Yunupingu, and his longtime friend and collaborator, Michael Hohnen.

"It should be a happy moment, but it's hard to represent an artist who has left us," Hohnen said.

"He was a special person for everyone he met, and all he wanted was for people to love his music and stories," said his daughter.

At an extremely touching moment of the ceremony, her daughter joins Jessica Mauboy and Briggs from A.B. Original to perform her piece Wulminda.

Among the other winners of the evening, Courtney Barnett, whose album Tell me how you really feel was named rock album of the year; Vance Joy, who won the best contemporary adult album for Nation of the two; Parkway Drive, who won the best hard rock / heavy metal album; Pnau, who won the best dance record; and Tash Sultana who won the best blues and roots album for her critically acclaimed debut album Flow status.

Sydney musical, Ruel, has been named breakthrough artist for her title Stunned and confused from his first EP Ready. He is the youngest person to have won an ARIA.

"If it's true, it's sick," said the 16-year-old journalist.

Kasey Chambers won two honors Wednesday night. His album Campfire – co-credited to the Fireside Disciples – She was named Best Country Album when she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, making her the youngest woman to receive this honor.

She was ovationed for an emotional performance to which her father and Paul Kelly joined her.

"I never thought I would be here to have something like this," she said in her thank you speech, referring to a childhood spent in Nullarbor singing around the campfire.

"The peculiarity of growing up in this environment is that it has never been a question of final product.We had other entertainment than making music together." was her own reward … "she joked.

Prizes were hosted by Keith Urban, whose wife, Nicole Kidman, was on hand, and included performances by a number of award winners, as well as international guests, Rita Ora and George Ezra, who interpreted his hit No. 1. Shotgun.

Winners of the 2018 ARIA Award

APPLE MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Amy Shark – Monster of love

BEST ARTIST
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the rainbow)

BEST WOMEN'S ARTIST
Amy Shark – Monster of love

BEST DANCE RELEASE
Pnau – Go Bang

BEST GROUP
5 seconds of summer – Youngblood

ARTIST OF BREAK
Ruel – Stunned and confused

Best press release
Amy Shark – Monster of love

BETTER URBAN LIBERATION
Hilltop Hoods – Clark Griswold (Adrian Eagle feat)

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the rainbow)

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Courtney Barnett – Tell me how you really feel

BEST CONTEMPORARY ALBUM FOR ADULTS
Vance Joy – Nation of the two

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Kasey Chambers and the disciples by the fireside – Campfire

Best hard rock / heavy metal album
Parkway Drive – Reverence

BEST ALBUM BLUES & ROOTS
Tash Sultana – Flow status

BEST ORIGINAL SOUND OR ALBUM COUPLE OF MUSICAL THEATER
Jimmy Barnes – Working Clbad: Soundtracks

BEST ALBUM OF CHILDREN
Justine Clarke – The Justine Clarke Show!

Prices voted by the public

APPLE MUSIC SONG YEAR
5 seconds of summer – Youngblood

BEST VIDEO
Dean Lewis – Be well

BEST LIVE AUSTRALIAN ACT
5 seconds of summer – See you there tour

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Camila Cabello – Camila

TEACHER OF MUSIC OF THE YEAR
Scott Maxwell – Grant High School, Mount Gambier, South Australia