2011 Aria Awards Nominations Announced
2011 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED Boy & Bear, Drapht, Gotye, Eskimo Joe, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Birds of Tokyo, Billy Thorpe and Guy Sebastian lead Nominations Winners announced in Artisan and Fine Arts categories! Australian Music Fans Get To Cast Their Votes! First three performances announced! Sydney, Australia – Wednesday, 12 October, 2011 (under total media embargo until 11.15am EDST): With just over six weeks until the 25th Anniversary ARIA Awards, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) today announced the Nominees in all categories along with the details of the 2011 ARIA Awards to be staged at Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, on Sunday, 27 November, 2011. Also announced today were the winners in four ARIA ARTISAN AWARD categories, four ARIA FINE ARTS categories and BEST MUSIC DVD - the first of many artists to be acknowledged by their peers for their creative contributions over the preceding 12 months. This year‟s nominations are an exciting mix of both new and established artists and set the scene for what will be a milestone celebration of 25 years of Australian music history. After a one year absence, the HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE and HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM categories make a welcome return as well as BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – SINGLE and BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – ALBUM (which were merged last year into one Breakthrough Artist category). In what is sure to once again be a hit among music lovers, Australian fans are given the opportunity to vote in three categories - MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST, MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST and MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN LIVE ARTIST, brought to you by HP and Intel, with voting details for these categories set out below.
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