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1993


The Seventh Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 14 April 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney. Host, Richard Wilkins, was assisted by presenters, James Reyne, Elle Macpherson, Billy Birmingham, Tim Finn, Neil Finn and Daryl Somers to distribute 24 awards. There were live performances and the awards were televised.

In addition to previous categories, a "Special Achievement Award" was presented to former Countdown host and music commentator Ian "Molly" Meldrum who provided one of the longest acceptance speeches in ARIA history. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Peter Allen and Cold Chisel.

ARIA Awards

  • Album of the Year
    • Diesel  Hepfidelity
      • Hunters & Collectors  Cut
      • Ed Kuepper  Black Ticket Day
      • Wendy Matthews  Lily
      • Rockmelons  Form 1 Planet
  • Single of the Year
    • Wendy Matthews – "The Day You Went Away"
      • Baby Animals – "One Word"
      • Crowded House – "Weather with You"
      • Diesel – "Tip of My Tongue"
      • Weddings Parties Anything – "Father's Day"
  • Highest Selling Album
    • Jesus Christ Superstar (Cast Recording)
  • Highest Selling Single
    • Wendy Matthews – "The Day You Went Away"
  • Best Group
    • Crowded House – "Weather with You"
      • Baby Animals – "One Word"
      • The Black Sorrows  Better Times
      • The Cruel Sea  This Is Not the Way Home
      • INXS  Welcome to Wherever You Are
  • Best Female Artist
    • Wendy Matthews  Lily
      • Kate Ceberano – "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
      • Deborah Conway – "Release Me"
      • Deni Hines – "That Word (L.O.V.E.)"
      • Margaret Urlich  Chameleon Dreams
  • Best Male Artist
    • Diesel  Hepfidelity
      • Jimmy Barnes – "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
      • Paul Kelly  Paul Kelly Live
      • Jon Stevens – "Superstar"
      • Chris Wilson  Landlocked
  • Best New Talent
    • Things of Stone and Wood  Share this Wine
      • Caligula  Caligula (EP)
      • Girlfriend – "Make It Come True"
      • Rick Price – "Not a Day Goes By"
      • Tiddas  Inside My Kitchen
  • Breakthrough Artist – Album
    • Frente!  Marvin the Album
      • Company of Strangers  Company of Strangers
      • The Dukes  Harbour City
      • Rick Price  Heaven Knows
      • Chris Wilson  Landlocked
  • Breakthrough Artist – Single
    • Frente! – "Ordinary Angels"
      • Company of Strangers – "Motor City (I Get Lost)"
      • Rick Price – "Not a Day Goes By"
      • The Sharp  Talking Sly (EP)
      • Things of Stone and Wood – "Share this Wine"
  • Best Country Album
    • Lee Kernaghan  The Outback Club
      • James Blundell  This Road
      • Colin Buchanan  Hard Times
      • Keith Urban & Slim Dusty – "Lights on the Hill"
      • Brent Parlane  Brent Parlane
  • Best Independent Release
    • Ed Kuepper  Black Ticket Day
      • The Jackson Code  Strange Cargo
      • Def FX  Blink (EP)
      • Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams  Welcome to Violet
      • TISM  Beasts of Suburban
  • Best Indigenous Release
    • Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana"
      • Kev Carmody  Street Beat
      • Coloured Stone  Inma Juju
      • Gondwanaland  Wide Skies
      • Tiddas  Inside My Kitchen
  • Best Adult Contemporary Album
    • Andrew Pendlebury  Don't Hold Back that Feeling
      • Marina Prior  Aspects of Andrew Lloyd Webber
      • Various – Stairways to Heaven
      • Various – Strictly Ballroom
      • Anthony Warlow  On the Boards
  • Best Comedy Release
    • Various – Stairways to Heaven
      • The 12th Man  Still the 12th Man
      • Agro  Agro Kids Dance Album
      • Andrew Denton & the Cast of Live & Sweaty – "I Don't Care As Long As We Beat New Zealand"
      • Norman Gunston featuring Effie – "Amigos Para Siempre"/"Venereal Girl (Tribute to Madonna)"

Fine Arts Awards

  • Best Jazz Album
    • Bernie McGann  Ugly Beauty
      • Judy Bailey  Notwithstanding
      • Paul Grabowsky  Tee Vee
      • Vince Jones  Future Girl
      • James Morrison & Ray Brown – Two the Max!
  • Best Classical Album
    • Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti  Janáček: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings, Barber: Adagio for Strings, Walton: Sonata for Strings
      • The Brandenburg Orchestra  The Brandenburg Orchestra
      • West Australian Symphony Orchestra  The Transposed Heads
      • Geoffrey Lancaster  Mozart Sonatas for Fortepiano
      • Roger Woodward  The Music of Frédéric Chopin
  • Best Children's Album
    • ABC Symphony Orchestra – Classic Kids
      • Franciscus Henri  Walking On The Milky Way
      • Mike Jackson  Rufty Tufty
      • George Spartels  George from Play School
      • The Tin Lids  Snakes & Ladders
  • Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
    • John Clifford-White – Romper Stomper
      • Australian Cast Recording – Jesus Christ Superstar
      • Ricky Fataar & Others – Spotswood
      • Paul Grabowsky  The Last Days of Chez Nous
      • Various – Strictly Ballroom
      • Nigel Westlake  Antarctica

Artisan Awards

  • Song of the Year
    • Mick Thomas – "Father's Day" – Weddings Parties Anything
      • Suze De Marchi (co-writer) – "One Word" – Baby Animals
      • Diesel (co-writer) – "Tip of My Tongue" – Diesel
      • Neil Finn, Tim Finn – "Weather With You" – Crowded House
      • Bryan Jones, Jonathan Jones, Raymond Medhurst (co-writers) – "That Word (L.O.V.E.)" – Rockmelons featuring Deni Hines
  • Producer of the Year[2]
    • Simon Hussey  Daryl Braithwaite  "Nothing to Lose", Company of Strangers  "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star", "Motor City (I Get Lost)", "Sweet Love"
      • David Hirschfelder  John Farnham, Kate Ceberano, Jon Stevens – "Everything's Alright", Kate Ceberano – "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
      • Joe Camilleri  Black Sorrows – "Ain't Love the Strangest Thing", "Better Times", "Come on, Come On" – The Revelators – "Caribbean Wind"
      • Rockmelons – "Form one Planet", "It's not Over"
      • Tony Cohen  The Cruel Sea  This Is not the Way Home, TISM – "Get Thee to a Nunnery"
  • Engineer of the Year
    • Greg Henderson – Yothu Yindi – "Dharpa", "Tribal Voice"
      • Adrian Bolland – Margaret Urlich – "Boy in the Moon", "Cover to Cover"; – Teen Queens – "Can't Help Myself", "Love How You Love Me"
      • Doug Brady – 1927 – "Scars"; – Eve – "What a Lover"; – Lisa Edwards – "Cry", "So Dangerous"
      • Doug Roberts – Stephen Cummings – "Keep the Ball Rolling"
      • Niven Garland – INXS – "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent", "Taste It"
  • Best Video
    • Stephen Johnson – Yothu Yindi – "Djäpana"
      • Robbie Douglas-Turner – Frente! – "Ordinary Angels"
      • Paul Elliott – Boom Crash Opera – "Bettadaze"
      • Paul Goldman – Lisa Edwards – "Cry"
      • Chris Langman – The Sharp  Talking Sly (EP)
  • Best Cover Art
    • Paul McNeil, Richard All – Hoodoo Gurus  Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit
      • Angie Hart, Louise Beach – Frente!  Marvin the Album
      • Ian Martin, Adrienne Overall – Diesel  Hepfidelity
      • Midnight Oil, Neo One Design – Midnight Oil  Scream in Blue
      • Pascoe & Gray Design, Eryk Photography – The Black Sorrows  Better Times