1993 ARIA Music Awards

1993 ARIA Music Awards
Date14 April 1993 (1993-04-14)
VenueSydney Entertainment Centre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Most awardsWendy Matthews (3)
Most nominationsDiesel (6)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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The Seventh Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) was held on 14 April 1993 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney.[1][2][3] Host, Richard Wilkins, was assisted by presenters, James Reyne, Elle Macpherson, Billy Birmingham, Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Daryl Somers and others, to distribute 24 awards.[1][4] There were live performances and the awards were televised.[1][4]

In addition to previous categories, a Special Achievement Award was presented to former Countdown host and music commentator Molly Meldrum who provided one of the longest acceptance speeches in ARIA history.[1][4][5] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: Peter Allen and Cold Chisel.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ^ "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2013. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Year', '7th Annual ARIA Awards (1993)', and 'Option Show Nominations'
  3. ^ "Australia 1993 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  4. ^ a b c O'Grady, Anthony. "The 7th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 29 June 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 228–230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009.