1997 ARIA Music Awards

1997 ARIA Music Awards
Date22 September 1997 (1997-09-22)
VenueCapitol Theatre,
Sydney, New South Wales
Hosted byPaul McDermott
Most awardsSavage Garden (10)
Most nominationsSavage Garden (13)
Websiteariaawards.com.au
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten
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The 11th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards) were held on 22 September 1997 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.[1][2] The event was hosted by Australian actor–comedian Paul McDermott, with presenters Elle McFeast, Kylie Minogue, Ben Folds, Colin Buchanan, the Presidents of the United States of America and others.[1][3] Savage Garden dominated this year, receiving a record ten awards including Album of the Year for Savage Garden, Single of the Year for "Truly Madly Deeply", Best Group and seven other trophies.[1]

In addition to the annually presented awards, a Special Achievement Award was given to Charles Fisher and an Outstanding Achievement Award was received by Peter André.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: the Bee Gees, Graeme Bell and Paul Kelly.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Australia 1997 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ^ O'Grady, Anthony. "The 11th Annual ARIA Music Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ "ARIA Music Awards of 1997". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2017.