ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release
| ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release | |
|---|---|
1998 winner Archie Roach | |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1987 |
| Final award | 1998 |
| Currently held by | Archie Roach, Looking for Butter Boy (1998) |
| Most wins | Archie Roach (3) |
| Most nominations | Kev Carmody and Yothu Yindi (6 each) |
| Website | ariaawards |
The ARIA Music Award for Best Indigenous Release was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 1998.[1] Originally titled Best Indigenous Record in 1987,[2] it was renamed Best Aboriginal/Islander Release in 1995.[3] From 1996 it was Best Indigenous Release.[4]
The award for Best Indigenous Release was first presented to Coloured Stone for their album Human Love. It was retired after the 1998 awards with Archie Roach winning the final award for his album Looking for Butter Boy. Roach won the award three times and Weddings Parties Anything, Yothu Yindi and Christine Anu each won it twice, with all except Yothu Yindi winning both their nominations. Kev Carmody and Yothu Yindi were tied for the most nominations with six each, with both additionally contributing to the various artists album Our Home, Our Land, though Carmody never won. In 1988, upon Midnight Oil's nomination for Best Indigenous Record, their manager Gary Morris objected to the group being put in that category by ARIA, saying "an Indigenous Award should go to an indigenous band."[5]
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
Artists with multiple wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Artists with multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Including the various artists album Our Home, Our Land.
- ^ a b c d Including the various artists album Our Home, Our Land and "Yil Lull" by the supergroup Singers For The Red Black & Gold.
- ^ Including two as a member of Not Drowning, Waving and the various artists album Our Home, Our Land.
- ^ Including the various artists albums From the Bush and Our Home, Our Land.
- ^ Including one as a member of Weddings Parties Anything in 1989.
References
- ^ "Best Indigenous Release", ARIA
- ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The First Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The 9th Annual Aria Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The 10th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The 2nd Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 24 October 2020.