The 13th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 12 October 1999 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.[1][2] Hosted by Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and presenters, including Melanie C of the Spice Girls, Tina Cousins, Fiona Horne and Molly Meldrum, distributed 33 awards.[3] The big winner for the year was Powderfinger with four awards.[1][3]
1999 ARIA Music Awards | |
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Date | 12 October 1999 |
Venue | Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
Most awards | Powderfinger (4) |
Most nominations | Silverchair (9) |
Website | ariaawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Network Ten |
Two new categories, Best Original Cast / Show Recording and Best Blues and Roots Album were created; while Song of the Year (Songwriter), Best Indigenous Release and Best New Talent categories were retired.[1][3] In addition to the annually presented awards, a Special Achievement Award was received by both recording studio owner Bill Armstrong (see Armstrong Studios) and Fable Record's creator Ron Tudor.[3] An Outstanding Achievement Award was received by Natalie Imbruglia.[1][3] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Jimmy Little and Richard Clapton.[1]
The ceremony was hosted by TV comedians, Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and 33 awards were presented by Melanie C of the Spice Girls, Tina Cousins, Fiona Horne, former Countdown host Molly Meldrum and others.[1][3]
Presenters and performers were:
Presenter(s) | Performer(s) | Ref. |
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Harry Connick Jr. | Spiderbait | [3] |
the Tea Party | ||
Fiona Horne | Powderfinger | |
Merrick and Rosso | ||
Nick Bennett | Regurgitator | |
Dylan Lewis | ||
Sarah McLeod | Bachelor Girl | |
Leah McLeod | ||
Troy Cassar-Daley | Human Nature | |
Shanley Del | ||
Garbage | ||
Melanie C | Frenzal Rhomb – "Never Had So Much Fun" | [3][4] |
Tim Freedman | ||
Kate Ceberano | ||
The Living End | Killing Heidi | [3] |
Jimmy Barnes |
Final nominees for awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.
The Hall of Fame inductees were: