2010 ARIA Awards Nominations - MusicNSW

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Album of the Year
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Tame Impala — Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Single of the Year
Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo — Plans (EMI)
Sia – Clap Your Hands (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)
Washington – How To Tame Lions (Mercury/UMA)

Best Female Artist
Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction (Island/UMA)
Kylie Minogue — Aphrodite (Mushroom Records/Warner Music)
Lisa Mitchell – Oh! Hark! (Warner Music Australia)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

Best Male Artist
Dan Kelly – Dan Kelly’s Dream (Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That (Sony Music)
John Butler – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Paul Dempsey – Fast Friends (EMI)

Best Group
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Powderfinger – Golden Rule (UMA)
Tame Impala — Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
The Temper Trap – Love Lost (Liberation Music)

Best Independent Release
Art vs Science – Magic Fountain (Green/MGM)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax (Suppression Records/Shock)
John Butler Trio – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Best Adult Alternative Album
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (Original Matters/EMI)
Basement Birds – Basement Birds (Basement Birds)
Clare Bowditch – Modern Day Addiction (Island/UMA)
The Cat Empire — Cinema (EMI)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)
Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth (Dew Process/Universal Music)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Angie Hart – Eat My Shadow (ABC Music)
Crowded House — Intriguer (UMA)
Jimmy Barnes – The Rhythm and the Blues (Liberation Music)
Lisa Miller – Car Tape 2 (Raoul/Other Tongues)
Perry Keyes – Johnny Ray’s Downtown (Laughing Outlaw/Inertia)

Best Blues & Roots Album
Ash Grunwald – Hot Mama Vibes (Delta Groove/Shock)
Dan Sultan – Get Out While You Can (MGM)
Jeff Lang — Chimeradour (ABC Music)
John Butler Trio – April Uprising (Jarrah Records/MGM)
The Wilson Pickers – Shake It Down (ABC Music)

Best Children’s Album
Greta Bradman – Forest Of Dreams: Classical Lullabies To Get Lost In (Sony Music)
Jay Laga’aia – I Can Play Anything (ABC Music)
Justine Clarke – Great Big World (ABC Music)
Little Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies – Little Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies (Liberation Music)
The Wiggles – Let’s Eat! (ABC Music)

Best Classical Album
Alexander Tsiboulski – Australian Guitar Music (Naxos/Select Audio-Visual Distribution)
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra & Paul Dyer – Tapas – Tastes Of The Baroque (ABC Classics)
Li- Wei Qin — Beethoven Cello Sonatas (Decca/UMA)
David Hobson – Enchanted Way (ABC Classics)
Geoffrey Lancaster – Haydn: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Tall Poppies Records)
Richard Tognetti, Christopher Moore, Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mozart Violin Concertos (BIS Records/Select Audio-Visual Distribution)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Bach Arias (ABC Classics)

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Best Jazz Album
Dick & Christa Hughes – Twenty First Century Blues (ABC Music)
James Morrison & The Idea Of North – Feels Like Spring (ABC Jazz)
Joe Chindamo – Another Place Some Other Time (Jazzhead/MGM)
Joseph Tawadros – The Hour of Separation (Independent/Planet)
The Necks – Silverwater (Fish of Milk/Shock)

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show/Album
Burkhard Dallwitz – Underbelly – Original Television Soundtrack (Sony Music)
Christopher Gordon & Various Artists – Mao’s Last Dancer (Sony Music)
triple j’s Tribute To Paul Kelly (ABC Music)
Various Artists – Bran Nue Dae (Sony Music)
Various Artists featuring Luke Steele, Empire of the Sun & The Middle East Accidents Happen (Sandcastle Music/MGM)

Best World Music Album
Archie Roach – Music Deli Presents Archie Roach – (1988/ABC Music)
Joseph Tawadros – The Prophet: Music Inspired By The Poetry of Kahlil Gibran (Planet/Independent)
Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh & Jeff Lang – Djan Djan (ABC Music)
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra- Do Anything Go Anywhere (The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra/MGM)
Xavier Rudd – Koonyum (Sun Salt/X)

Best Comedy Release
Andrew Hanson, Chris Taylor & Craig Shuftan – The Blow Parade (ABC Music)
Arj Barker -Arj Barker Forever (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
Heath Franklin – Heath Franklin’s Chopper: Make Deadsh*ts History (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
Jimeoin – Jimeoin on Ice Live (Beyond Home Entertainment, Punchline Comedy)
The Bedroom Philosopher – Songs from the 86 Tram (Nanpop Records/Shock)

Best Country Album
Adam Harvey – Both Sides Now (Sony Music)
Catherine Britt – Catherine Britt (ABC Music)
Jason Walker – Ceiling Sun Letters (Laughing Outlaw/Inertia)
Lee Kernaghan – Planet Country (ABC Music)
The McClymonts – Wrapped Up Good (UMA)

Best Dance Release
Art vs Science – Magic Fountain (Green/MGM)
Miami Horror — Sometimes (EMI)
Midnight Juggernauts – The Crystal Axis (Siberia/Inertia)
Pendulum — Immersion (Warner Bros UK)
Yolanda Be Cool and Dcup – We No Speak Americano (Sweat it Out/Central Station Records)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory (EMI)
Dead Letter Circus – This is the Warning (Warner Music Australia)
Parkway Drive – Deep Blue (Resist Records/Shock)
The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods (Boomtown/Shock)
Violent Soho – Violent Soho (Liberation Music)

Best Music DVD
Birds of Tokyo – The Broken Strings Tour DVD (MGM)
Bliss N Eso- Flying Colours Live (Illusive Sounds)
Josh Pyke – The Lighthouse (Ivy League)
Various – Sound Relief (Liberation Music)
Various – Before Too Long: triple j’s Tribute to Paul Kelly (ABC Music)

Best Pop Release
Bluejuice – Head of the Hawk (Dew Process/Universal Music)
Empire of the Sun – Half Mast (EMI)
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That (Sony Music)
Kylie Minogue — Aphrodite (Warner Music Australia)
Sia – We Are Born (Monkey Puzzle/Inertia)

Best Rock Album
Birds of Tokyo – Birds Of Tokyo (EMI)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Rush to Relax (Suppression Records/Shock)
Powderfinger – Golden Rule (UMA)
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)

Best Urban Album
Bliss N Eso – Running on Air (Illusive Sounds)
Lowrider – Round the World (Illusive Sounds)
M-Phazes – Good Gracious (Obese Records)
Space Invadas – Soul-Fi (Invada/Inertia)
Urthboy — Spitshine (Elefant Traks/Inertia)

Breakthrough Artist
Amy Meredith — Restless (Sony Music)
Cloud Control – Bliss Release (Ivy League Records/Universal)
Philadelphia Grand Jury – Hope is for Hopers (Normal People Making Music/Boomtown/Shock)
Tame Impala- Innerspeaker (Modular Recordings)
Washington – I Believe You Liar (Mercury/UMA)

VIDEOS — Watch our ARIA Nominee video playlist

2010 ARIA AWARD PUBLIC VOTED NOMINEES

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Most Popular Australian Album
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
Guy Sebastian- Like It Like That
Jimmy Barnes – The Rhythm and the Blues
John Butler Trio – April Uprising
Kate Miller-Heidke -Curiouser
Powderfinger – Golden Rule
Stan Walker – Introducing
The Temper Trap – Conditions
Vanessa Amorosi – Hazardous

Most Popular Australian Single
Brian McFadden -Just Say So
Gabriella Cilmi – On A Mission
Guy Sebastian – Like It Like That
Guy Sebastian – Art of Love (featuring Jordin Sparks)
Kate Miller-Heidke – The Last Day on Earth
Stan Walker – Black Box
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Vanessa Amorosi – This is Who I am
Vanessa Amorosi – Mr. Mysterious
Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup- We Speak No Americano

Most Popular International Artist
Beyonce
Black Eyed Peas
David Guetta
Eminem
Jason Derulo
Katy Perry
Ke$ha
Lady Gaga
Michael Buble
Mumford & Sons
Owl City
Rod Stewart
Susan Boyle
Taylor Swift
Train