1998 ARIA Music Awards

Ceremony details

Presenters and performers

Awards

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
• *Regurgitator – Unit
• **Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
• **Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
• **The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• **You Am I – #4 Record
• Single of the Year
• *Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
• **The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
• **The Mavis's – "Cry"
• **Kylie Minogue – "Did It Again"
• **The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
• Highest Selling Album
• *Savage Garden – Savage Garden
• **John Farnham – Anthology
• **Midnight Oil – 20,000 Watt R.S.L.
• **The 12th Man – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
• **Tina Arena – In Deep
• Highest Selling Single
• *The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
• **John Farnham & Human Nature – "Every Time You Cry"
• **Natalie Imbruglia – "Big Mistake"
• **Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
• **Tina Arena – "Burn"
• Best Group
• *The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• **Regurgitator – Unit
• **Savage Garden – "Universe"
• **The Superjesus – Sumo
• **You Am I – #4 Record
• Best Female Artist
• *Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
• **Tina Arena – In Deep
• **Monique Brumby – Thylacine
• **Kate Ceberano – "Pash"
• **Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
• Best Male Artist
• *Paul Kelly – Words and Music
• **Ed Kuepper – Live!
• **Mark Seymour – King Without a Clue
• **Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
• **Chris Wilson – The Long Weekend
• Best New Talent
• *Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
• **Bachelor Girl – "Buses and Trains"
• **Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
• **Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
• **Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
• **Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
• **Grinspoon – Guide to Better Living
• **Jebediah – Slightly Odway
• **The Superjesus – Sumo
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
• *Natalie Imbruglia – "Torn"
• **Hot Rollers – "Wickerman Shoes"
• **Diana Anaid – "I Go Off"
• **Primary – "Vicious Precious"
• **Marie Wilson – "Next Time"
• Best Dance Release
• *Sgt Slick – White Treble, Black Bass
• **Endorphin – Embrace
• **Friendly – Hello Bellybutton
• **Frontside – "Dammerung" / "Mind Distortion"
• **Pee Wee Ferris – Social Narcotic
• Best Pop Release
• *Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle
• **The Mavis's – Pink Pills
• **Kylie Minogue – Impossible Princess
• **Snout – Circle High and Wide
• **The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Best Rock Album
• *The Superjesus - Sumo
• **The Angels - Skin & Bone
• **Moler - Golden Duck
• **Ricaine - The Clarity of Distance
• **The Screaming Jets - World Gone Crazy
• Best Country Album
• *Shanley Del – My Own Sweet Time
• **Colin Buchanan – Edge of the Kimberley
• **Troy Cassar-Daley – True Believer
• **Gina Jeffreys – Someboy's Daughter
• **The Wheel – The Wheel
• Best Independent Release
• *The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• **The Blackeyed Susans – Spin the Bottle
• **Karma County – Olana
• **The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
• **TISM – www.tism.wanker.com
• Best Alternative Release
• *Regurgitator – Unit
• **Dirty Three – Ocean Songs
• **The Living End – "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society"
• **The Paradise Motel – Flight Paths
• **You Am I – #4 Record
• Best Indigenous Release
• *Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
• **Gondwana – Xenophon
• **Singers for the Red Black and Gold – "Yil Lull"
• **John Williamson & Warren H Williams – Raining on the Rock
• **Bart Willoughby – Pathways
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *Archie Roach – Looking for Butter Boy
• **David Campbell – Taking the Wheel
• **Colin Hay – Transcendental Highway
• **The Killjoys – Sun Bright Deep
• **Wendy Matthews – Ghosts
• Best Comedy Release
• *Paul McDermott – Unplugged Good News Week Tapes Volume 1
• **The 12th Man – Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life
• **Jimeoin – Forklift Truck
• **John Safran – "Not the Sunscreen Song"
• **The Squirrel Grippers – ''Nine Inch Males''

  Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
• *Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lamble – The Future in Today
• **Joe Chindamo – Anyone Who Had a Heart
• **Kevin Hunt – Plays JS Bach
• **Shelley Scown with the Paul Grabowsky Trio – Angel
• **Rolf Stube – The Jazz Police
• Best Classical Album
• *Yvonne Kenny, Paul Dyer, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Handel: Arias
• **Tamara Anna Cislowska – The Persian Hours
• **Slava Grigoryan – Dance of the Angels
• **Karin Schaupp – Leyenda
• **Sydney Alpha Ensemble – Elena Kats-Chernin Clocks
• Best Children's Album
• *The Wiggles – Toot Toot!
• **The Flowerpot Gang - Happy Little Flower Pots
• **The Hooley Dooleys – Ready Set... Go!
• **George Spartels – Let's Go Out
• **Don Spencer – Australian Classics
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Original Cast Recording – The Boy from Oz
• **The Necks – The Boys
• **Cezary Skubiszewski – The Sound of One Hand Clapping
• **Various – A Little Bit of Soul
• **Various – To Hal and Bacharach
• Best World Music Album
• *Kavisha Mazzella – Fisherman's Daughter
• **Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Duality
• **Matt Walker – I Listen to the Night
• **Tigramuna – Jazz Latino - Americano
• **Tulipan – Manic Celeste
• **Xylouris Ensemble – ''Antipodes''

  Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
• **Monique Brumby – "The Change in Me"
• **The Fauves – "Surf City Limits"
• **The Living End – "Prisoner of Society"
• **The Mavis's – "Cry"
• Producer of the Year
• *Magoo, Regurgitator – Regurgitator – Unit
• **Paul Begaud – Human Nature – Whisper Your Name
• **Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar – The Cruel Sea – "Hard Times"
• **Charles Fisher – Savage Garden – "Universe"; – The Seekers – The Bush Girl
• **Rob Taylor, Tim Freedman – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Engineer of the Year
• *Magoo – Midnight Oil – "White Skin / Black Heart"; – Regurgitator – Unit; – Skunkhour – "Another Childish Man", "Breathing Through My Eyes", "Opportunist", "Pulse"
• *Nick Launay – Silverchair – "The Door"
• **Nigel Derricks – Cordrazine – From Here to Wherever
• **Tony Espie – Wendy Matthews – Ghosts excluding "Halcyon Days"
• **Rob Taylor – The Whitlams – Eternal Nightcap
• Best Video
• *Baz Luhrmann – Christine Anu, David Hobson, Royce Doherty – "Now Until the Break of Day"
• **Chris Bently – Groove Terminator – "Losing Ground"
• **Mark Hartley – The Cruel Sea – "Takin' All Day"
• **Jeremy Hydnes, George Pinn – Regurgitator – "Polyester Girl"
• **Quan Yeomans – Regurgitator – "Black Bugs"
• Best Cover Art
• *The Shits – Regurgitator – Unit
• **Carl Breitkreuz, Ian Downie – Various – To Hal and Bacharach
• **Dominic O'Brien, Matt Thomas, Rachel Boyce, Alison Smith – The Mavis's – Pink Pills
• **William Tennent, Chris Tennent – The Superjesus – Sumo
• **Kevin Wilkins – Midnight Oil – ''20,000 Watt R.S.L.''