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Last night's ARIA Awards were dominated by Silverchair, who took out five (5) ARIA Awards for their long awaited album Young Modern, their first LP release in more than five years. The trio have won ARIA Awards for SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Straight Lines), BEST GROUP, BEST ROCK ALBUM (Young Modern) and MOTOROLA HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE ('Straight Lines' – announced earlier Sunday on the ARIA Awards red carpet).                                                                                                                                                           For the first time in their 12-year music career Silverchair has also won the prestigious ARIA Award for ALBUM OF THE YEAR for the widely acclaimed Young Modern, their fifth studio album. Silverchair has been nominated in the ALBUM OF THE YEAR category with each album release and have finally cracked the big one. Young Modern debuted at number one on the Motorola ARIA Album Chart, becoming their 5th straight consecutive studio album to top the chart and making them the only Australian band to ever have five number one albums. Five is indeed a lucky number for the mighty Silverchair!

The BEST MALE ARTIST award was won by multi talented Melbourne based musician GOTYE (aka Wally de Backer), has taken out the honours for Mixed Blood, a remix album of songs from his extraordinarily successful debut release Like Drawing Blood.

Capping off a big year, The John Butler Trio has won two (2) ARIA Awards off the back of their fourth studio album, Grand National, in the categories of BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM and BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE.

Nick Cave was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame joining Radio Birdman, Hoodoo Gurus, Brian Cadd, Marcia Hines, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons and Frank Ifield as the cast of 2007.


2007 ARIA AWARD WINNERS

Hall of Fame Inductee
Nick Cave

Album of the Year
Silverchair - Young Modern (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Single of the Year
Silverchair - Straight Lines (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Best Group
Silverchair - Young Modern (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Best Rock Album
Silverchair - Young Modern (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Motorola Highest Selling Single
Silverchair – Straight Lines (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Best Blues and Roots Album
The John Butler Trio - Grand National (Jarrah Records/MGM)

Best Independent Release
The John Butler Trio - Grand National (Jarrah Records/MGM)

Best Dance Release
Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System (Whack Records/MGM)

Breakthrough Artist - Album
Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System (Whack Records/MGM)

Best Male Artist
Gotye - Mixed Blood (Samples 'n' Seconds/Creative Vibes)

Best Female Artist
Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night    (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Best Music DVD
You Am I - Who Are They, These Rock Stars? Live At The Mint (Virgin/EMI)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Josh Pyke - Memories & Dust (Ivy League Records)

Best Pop Release
Sarah Blasko - What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have    (Dew Process/UMA)

Best Urban Release
Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road Restrung    (Obese Records)

Best Comedy Release
Dave Hughes – Live (Liberation Music)
 
Best Children's Album
The Wiggles - Pop Go The Wiggles (ABC Music)

Best Country Album
Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing (Capitol/EMI)

Breakthrough Artist - Single
Operator Please     - Just A Song About Ping Pong (Virgin/EMI)

Motorola Highest Selling Album
Damien Leith – The Winner’s Journey (Sony BMG)

2007 ARIA FINE ARTS AWARD WINNERS PRESENTED ON 15 OCTOBER, 2007

Best Classical Album
Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra - Bach Violin Concertos    (ABC Classics)

Best Jazz Album
Mike Nock & Dave Liebman – Duologue (Birdland/Creative Vibes)

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Choir of Hard Knocks - Choir of Hard Knocks (ABC Classics)

Best World Music Album
Zulya - 3 Nights    (Unstable Ape)

2007 ARIA ARTISAN AWARD WINNERS PRESENTED ON 19 SEPTEMBER, 2007

Best Cover Art
Aaron Hayward & David Homer (Debaser) - Powderfinger - Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
 (Universal Music)

Best Video
Paul Goldman & Alice Bell - Silverchair - Straight Lines (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)

Engineer of the Year
Wayne Connolly - Josh Pyke - Memories & Dust (Ivy League Records)

Producer of the Year
Wayne Connolly & Josh Pyke - Josh Pyke - Memories & Dust (Ivy League Records)