ARIA Music Awards of 1991

Ceremony details

Awards

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
• *Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining
• **The Black Sorrows – Harley and Rose
• **John Farnham – Chain Reaction
• **INXS – X
• **Margaret Urlich – Safety in Numbers
• Single of the Year
• *Absent Friends – "I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You"
• **Divinyls – "I Touch Myself"
• **John Farnham – "That's Freedom"
• **Hunters and Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
• **Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine"
• Highest Selling Album
• *John Farnham – Chain Reaction
• Highest Selling Single
• *Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 – "Mona"
• Best Group
• *Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining
• **Boom Crash Opera – Look! Listen!!
• **The Black Sorrows – Harley and Rose
• **Hunters and Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
• **INXS – X
• Best Female Artist
• *Wendy Matthews – Émigré
• **Kate Ceberano – Like Now
• **Grace Knight – Come In Spinner
• **Jenny Morris – "Piece of My Heart"
• **Margaret Urlich – Safety in Numbers
• Best Male Artist
• *John Farnham – Chain Reaction
• **Peter Blakeley – Harry's Café De Wheels
• **Jimmy Barnes – Two Fires
• **Daryl Braithwaite – Rise
• **Stephen Cummings – "Hell "
• Best New Talent
• *Archie Roach – Charcoal Lane
• **Doug Anthony Allstars – Icon
• **Sea Stories – Miller's Pond
• **Mary-Jo Starr – Too Many Movies
• **The Screaming Jets – "C'mon"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *Margaret Urlich – Safety in Numbers
• **Absent Friends – Here's Looking Up Your Address
• **Wendy Matthews – Émigré
• **Archie Roach – Charcoal Lane
• **Southern Sons – Southern Sons
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
• *Wendy Matthews – "Token Angels"
• **Absent Friends – "I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You"
• **Archie Roach – "Took the Children Away"
• **Seven Stories – "Sleeping Through Another War"
• **Southern Sons – "Heart in Danger"
• Best Country Album
• *James Blundell – Hand It Down
• **Luhrs & Crawford – Midnight In Paradise
• **Norma Murphy – Closer Now
• **Slim Dusty – Coming Home
• **Various Artists – Breaking Ground – New Directions in Country Music
• Best Independent Release
• *The Killjoys – Ruby
• **Blue Ruin – I'm Gonna Smile
• **Girl Monstar – "Joe Cool"
• **Roaring Jack – Through the Smoke of Innocence
• **Various Artists – '
• Best Indigenous Release
• *Archie Roach – Charcoal Lane
• **Coloured Stone – Crazy Mind
• **Various Artists – Australia All Over Macca's No. 4
• **Various Artists – From the Bush
• **Wild Pumpkins At Midnight – Little Victories
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *Various Artists – "Come in Spinner"
• **Andrew Pendlebury – Zing... Went To The Strings
• **Marc Hunter – Night & Day
• **Original Cast Recording – Paris
• **Tommy Emmanuel – Dare to Be Different
• Best Comedy Release
• *'John Clarke & Bryan Dawe – Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century
• **The 12th Man – The 12th Man Again
• **The D-Generation – The Breakfast Tapes
• **Doug Anthony All Stars – Icon
• **HG Nelson & Roy Slaven – Wicket to Wicket''

  Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
• *Clarion Fracture Zone – Blue Shift
• **The Last Straw – The Last Straw
• **Dale Barlow – Horn
• **Paul Grabowsky – The Moon and You
• **James Morrison – Snappy Doo
• Best Classical Album
• *Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Sculthorpe: Orchestral Works
• **David Helfgott – David Helfgott
• **Geoffrey Simon, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Percy Grainger: Orchestral Works
• **Hartley Newnham & Nicholas Routley – Hermit of Green Light
• **The Choir of Christ Church St Laurence – Victoria: Missa Surge Propera
• Best Children's Album
• *Robyn Archer – Mrs Bottle's Burp
• **Agro – The Agro Album
• **Don Spencer – Let's Have Fun
• **Glynn Nicholas & The Funky Fossils – The Dinosaur Album
• **John Williamson – JW's Family Album
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Jon English and David Mackay – Paris
• **Brian May – Bloodmoon
• **Bruce Smeaton – Wendy Cracked a Walnut
• **Michael Askill & Nigel Westlake – Road to Xanadu – The Genius That Was China
• **Vince Jones & Grace Knight – Come in Spinner

  Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *Phil Buckle, John Farnham, Ross Fraser – "Burn for You"
• **Joe Camilleri and Nick Smith – "Harley + Rose"
• **Roger Mason – "Token Angels"
• **Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine"
• **Mark Seymour – "Turn a Blind Eye"
• Producer of the Year
• *Ross Fraser – for work with John Farnham, Southern Sons, Girl Overboard, Skyhooks
• Engineer of the Year
• *Doug Brady – for work with Tina Arena, Skyhooks, John Farnham, Southern Sons
• *David Nicholas – for work with Midnight Oil, Jenny Morris
• Best Video
• *Claudia Castle – Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine"
• Best Cover Art
• *Livingstone Clarke, Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining
• **Timothy Eames – Collected Works – Hunters & Collectors
• **Iva Davies and David Barnes – Code Blue – Icehouse
• **Jon Quinn – Chain Reaction – John Farnham
• **Capitol Art / Peter Blakeley – Harry's Café De Wheels – Peter Blakeley

  Achievement awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ted Albert

  Outstanding Achievement Award

• Midnight Oil

  ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

• Don Burrows
• Peter Dawson
• Billy Thorpe
• Glenn Shorrock

  Performers

• Ratcat
• Mick Fleetwood
• Archie Roach & Paul Kelly