2012 ARIA Music Awards

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| name = 2012 ARIA Music Awards

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| date = {{start date|2012|11|29|df=yes}}

| venue = Sydney Entertainment Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales

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| website = {{URL|ariaawards.com.au/}}

| network = Nine Network

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| most_wins = Gotye (6)

| most_nominations = 360 (10)

| previous = 2011

| main = {{nowrap|ARIA Music Awards}}

| next = 2013

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The 26th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2012 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 29 November at the Sydney Entertainment Centre,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/22/aria-nominations-announced-for-2012 |title=Winners & Nominees Announced |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=5 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006022415/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/22/aria-nominations-announced-for-2012 |archive-date=6 October 2012 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2012|title=2012 ARIA Awards Winners By Year |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=5 October 2012 }} and was telecast on Nine Network's channel Go! at 7:30pm.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/20/2012-aria-awards-news-coming-soon |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230102414/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/20/2012-aria-awards-news-coming-soon |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=2012 ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=5 October 2012 }} The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 3 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. There was no peer judged "Single of the Year" category this year due to replacing it to "Song of the Year", although the "Album of the Year" category returned. The Highest Selling Single and Album categories were removed as they were in 2010.

For the third time in ARIA Awards history, public votes were being used for the categories, "Song of the Year", "Best Australian Live Act" and "Best International Artist"; and for the first time for the category "Best Video", which was moved from the Artisan Awards. The nominees for "Song of the Year" are the ten highest selling Australian single releases during the eligibility period. Sales from different releases by the same artist cannot be aggregated, and artists are only allowed to be nominated once, even if they have more than one song in the top ten. Songs must also have been released as singles during the eligibility period. The nominees for "Best Australian Live Act" were selected by a Judging School specifically formed for the purpose. The nominees for "Best Video" were selected by the ARIA Voting Academy. The nominee pool for the "Best International Artist" was drawn from the artists whose recordings make up the top ten highest selling international releases, based on album and related single sales during the eligibility period.{{cite web |url=http://ariaawards.com.au/public-voting/ |title=Public Voting – 26th ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007073145/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/public-voting/ |archive-date=7 October 2012 |access-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}

The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Yothu Yindi on 29 November at the same ceremony as the ARIA Awards.

Performers

=Pre-show=

Timomatic and Justice Crew – "Set It Off" / "Boom Boom"
Jessica Mauboy – "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" / "Land of a Thousand Dances"

=Main show=

Hilltop Hoods – "I Love It"
Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco – "Battle Scars"
Missy Higgins – "Everyone's Waiting"
Yothu Yindi with Paul Kelly, Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan and Peter Garrett – "Treaty"
In 2019 Dan Condon of Double J described this as one of "7 great performances from the history of the ARIA Awards."{{cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/aria-awards-musical-highlights/11738898 | title = 7 Great Performances from the History of the ARIA Awards – Music Reads | last = Condon | first = Dan | publisher = Double J | date = 26 November 2019 | access-date = 24 December 2020 }}
Taylor Swift – "I Knew You Were Trouble"
The Jezabels – "Endless Summer"
360 featuring Gossling – "Boys like You"
Kimbra – "Settle Down"
The Temper Trap – "Trembling Hands"

=House DJs=

Havana Brown (first half of ceremony){{cite web|last=Slight|first=Lucy|url=http://www.mtv.com.au/news/more-stars-added-to-2012-arias-line-up-5a5f854a/|title=More stars added to the 2012 ARIA line-up!|publisher=MTV Australia. Viacom|date=26 November 2012|access-date=26 November 2012|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127040518/http://www.mtv.com.au/news/more-stars-added-to-2012-arias-line-up-5a5f854a/|url-status=dead}}
Ruby Rose (second half of ceremony)

Presenters

Lanie Lane and Josh Pyke – presented Best Independent Release
Ella Hooper and Chris Cheney – presented Best Rock Album
Keiynan Lonsdale and Kate Peck - presented Best Children's Album and Best Comedy Release
Jessica Mauboy and Josh Thomas – presented Breakthrough Artist
Ricki-Lee and Example – presented Best Dance Release
Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson – presented Best Australian Live Act
Lee Kernaghan and Erin McNaught – presented Best Country Album and Best Blues & Roots Album
Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Richard Armitage – presented Best Pop Release
Nicki Minaj – presented Best Urban Album
Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald and Michael "Wippa" Wipfli – presented Best International Artist
Benji Madden and Joel Madden – presented Best Group
Matty Acton and Mel Greig – presented Song of the Year
Clare Bowditch and Bob Evans - presented Best Adult Contemporary Album
Russell Brand and Barbara Elizabeth – presented Best Female Artist
Taylor Swift and Richard Wilkins – presented Best Male Artist
Russell Brand – presented Album of the Year
Paul Kelly and Peter Garrett - inducts Yothu Yindi into the ARIA Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame Inductee

Indigenous music group from the Northern Territory, Yothu Yindi, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.{{cite news | url = http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/yothu-yindi-to-be-inducted-into-aria-hall-of-fame/story-e6frfn09-1226504277133 | title = Yothu Yindi to be inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame | last = McCabe | first = Kathy | publisher = News Limited (News Corporation) | date = 26 October 2012 | access-date = 6 November 2012 }} Lead singer, M. Yunupingu, reflected on their early years, "It was very different times in those days. We were black people coming into a white world that was sceptical of our people, but through our music we were able to open minds to Aboriginal Australia and where we as a race of people were going.”{{cite web | url = https://www.deadlyvibe.com.au/2013/03/healing-stone/ | title = Yothu Yindi inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame | work = Deadly Vibe | date = 2 March 2013 | access-date = 17 January 2020 }}

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|Yothu Yindi, photo taken in 2000

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Nominees and winners

=ARIA Awards=

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Album of the Year

! style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Group

*Gotye – Making Mirrors

The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
Boy & Bear – "Big Man"
Cold Chisel – No Plans
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking from the Sun
The Jezabels – Prisoner

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Male Artist

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Female Artist

*Gotye – Making Mirrors

360 – Falling & Flying
Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Guy Sebastian – "Battle Scars"
Keith Urban – "For You"
Matt Corby – Into the Flame

Kimbra – Vows
Jessica Mauboy – "Gotcha"
Lanie Lane – To the Horses
Missy Higgins – The Ol' Razzle Dazzle
Washington – Insomnia

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Breakthrough Artist – Release

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Independent Release

*360 – Falling & Flying

Alpine – A is for Alpine
Lanie Lane – To the Horses
Matt Corby – "Brother"
San Cisco – Awkward

The Jezabels – Prisoner
Dappled Cities – Lake Air
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies
San Cisco – Awkward
The Bamboos – Medicine Man

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Adult Contemporary Album

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Blues & Roots Album

*Missy Higgins – The Ol' Razzle Dazzle

Darren Hayes – Secret Codes and Battleships
Husky – Forever So
Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies

Jeff Lang – Carried in Mind
Angus Stone – Broken Brights
Lanie Lane – To the Horses
Mia Dyson – The Moment
Paul Greene & The Other Colours – Behind the Stars

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Rock Album

*DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams

Buried in Verona – Notorious
Frenzal Rhomb – Smoko at the Pet Food Factory
House Vs. Hurricane – Crooked Teeth
Sleepmakeswaves – ...And So We Destroyed Everything

The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap
Children Collide – Monument
Cold Chisel – No Plans
Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
The Jezabels – Prisoner

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Urban Album

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Country Album

*Hilltop Hoods – Drinking from the Sun

360 – Falling & Flying
Katalyst – Deep Impressions
The Bamboos – Medicine Man
The Herd – Future Shade

The McClymonts – Two Worlds Collide
Beccy Cole – Songs and Pictures
Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough
McAlister Kemp – Country Proud
Troy Cassar-Daley – Home

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Children's Album

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Comedy Release

*The Wiggles – Surfer Jeff

Bananas in Pyjamas - Playtime!
Dirtgirlworld - Dirtgirl Rocks The Planet
Hi-5 - Sing It Loud
Rhys Muldoon - I'm Not Singing

Buddy Goode – Unappropriate
Anthony Salame – Is This thing On?
Arj Barker – Joy Harvest
Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World
The Beards – Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Pop Release

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Dance Release

*Gotye – Making Mirrors

Guy Sebastian featuring Lupe Fiasco – "Battle Scars"
Jessica Mauboy – "Gotcha"
Kimbra – Vows
San Cisco – Awkward

Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl featuring Georgi Kay – "In My Mind"
Havana Brown – When the Lights Go Out
Hermitude – HyperParadise
Knife Party – "Rage Valley"
Sneaky Sound System – From Here to Anywhere

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Song of the Year

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Video

*Matt Corby – "Brother"

360 featuring Gossling – "Boys like You"
Delta Goodrem – "Sitting on Top of the World"
Guy Sebastian – "Don't Worry Be Happy"
Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia – "I Love It"
Jessica Mauboy featuring Stan Walker – "Galaxy"
Justice Crew – "Boom Boom"
Reece Mastin – "Good Night"
Ricki-Lee – "Do It Like That"
Timomatic – "Set It Off"

Missy Higgins – "Everyone's Waiting" (Director: Natasha Pincus)
360 featuring Gossling – "Boys like You" (Director: Alex Weltlinger)
Alpine – "Hands" (Director: Luci Schroder)
Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia – "I Love It" (Director: Animal Logic)
Jackson Firebird – "Cock Rockin'" (Director: Brent "Quincy" Buchanan and The Grindhouse)
Hermitude – "Speak of the Devil" (Director: Emma Tomelty)
Kate Miller-Heidke – "I'll Change Your Mind" (Director: Darcy Prendergast and Kate Miller-Heidke)
Lanie Lane – "(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling in Love with a Cowboy)" (Director: Josh Logue)
Bluejuice – "Act Yr Age" (Director: Sam Bennetts)
The Rubens – "My Gun" (Director: Josh Logue)

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%"| Best Australian Live Act

!style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%"| Best International Artist

*Gotye

360
Cold Chisel
Dirty Three
Hilltop Hoods
Hoodoo Gurus
Kate Miller-Heidke
The Bamboos
The Jezabels
The Living End

File:Gotye, 2012.jpg (aka Wally de Backer) was nominated for and won all six awards.]]

File:360 at his Falling and Flying CD signing.jpg was nominated for ten awards and won two.]]

File:Missy Higgins, 2012.jpg was nominated for four awards and won two.]]

File:Temper Trap Brooklyn 2009.jpg was nominated for three awards and won two.]]

File:Lanie Lane.jpg was nominated for five awards.]]

=Fine Arts Awards=

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.{{Cite web | url = http://www.aria.com.au/documents/ARIAFINEARTSARTISANAWARDSPR2012.pdf | title = ARIA Announces the Fine Arts and Artisan Nominees for 2012 | last1 = White | first1 = Niki | last2 = McEwan | first2 = Danielle | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 24 September 2012 | access-date = 29 September 2012 }}

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Classical Album
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*William Barton – *Kalkadungu* Jose Carbo with Slava and Leonard Grigoryan – My Latin Heart Orchestra of the Antipodes – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Sally Whitwell – The Good, the Bad and the Awkward Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Jazz Album
*Sarah McKenzie – *Close Your Eyes* Barney McAll – Graft Grace Knight – Keep Cool Fool James Morrison – Snappy Too Bernie McGann – Wending Steven Rossitto – Night & Day
style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
*Triple J – *Straight to You – Triple J's Tribute to Nick Cave* Jane Rutter – An Australian in Paris RocKwiz – The RocKwiz Christmas Album Jon English & the Original Cast of the Rock Show – The Rock Show Various Artists – The Sapphires Original Soundtrack
style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best World Music Album
*Joseph Tawadros – *Concerto of the Greater Sea* Dead Can Dance – Anastasis Nicky Bomba's Bustamento – Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Island Sarah Calderwood – As Night Falls Warren H Williams & the Warumungu Songmen – Winanjjara: The Song Peoples Sessions

=Artisan Awards=

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Cover Art
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*Frank de Backer and Wally de Backer – Gotye – *Making Mirrors* Carlo Santone – Gurrumul featuring Sarah Blasko – "Bayini" Christopher Doyle – The Jezabels – Prisoner Debaser – 360 – Falling & Flying Rennie Ellis – Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Engineer of the Year
*François Tétaz – Gotye – *Making Mirrors* Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels – Prisoner Matt Fell – Tim Freedman – Australian Idle Scott Horscroft and Phillip Threlfall – 360 – Falling & Flying Wayne Connolly – Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows
style="background:#FFFF99;" ! style="width="50%" \| Producer of the Year
*Styalz Fuego – 360 – *Falling & Flying* Chong Lim – Sarah McKenzie – Close Your Eyes Lachlan Mitchell – The Jezabels – Prisoner Lanie Lane – Lanie Lane – To the Horses Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell – The Good, the Bad and the Awkward