ARIA Music Awards of 2007


The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 28 October 2007 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. Rove McManus was the host of the event. The nominees for all categories were announced on 19 September, while the winners of the Artisan Awards were announced on that same day.

Awards and nominations

All nominees are shown in plain, with winners shown in bold.

ARIA Awards

;Album of the Year
;Single of the Year
  • Silverchair – "Straight Lines"
  • *Architecture in Helsinki – "Heart It Races"
  • *The John Butler Trio – "Funky Tonight"
  • *Powderfinger – "Lost and Running"
  • *Sneaky Sound System – "UFO"
;Best Male Artist
;Best Female Artist
;Best Group
;Best Adult Contemporary Album
;Best Blues & Roots Album
;Best Children's Album
;Best Comedy Release
;Best Country Album
;Best Dance Release
;Best Independent Release
;Best Music DVD
;Best Pop Release
;Best Rock Album
;Best Urban Release
;Breakthrough Artist – Album
;Breakthrough Artist – Single
  • Operator Please – "Just a Song About Ping Pong"
  • *Damien Leith – "Night of My Life"
  • *Kate Miller-Heidke – "Words"
  • *Small Mercies – "Innocent"
  • *Something With Numbers – "Apple of the Eye "
;Highest Selling Album
;Highest Selling Single
;Channel Oz Artist of the Year
;Best Classical Album
;Best Jazz Album
;Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album
;Best World Album
The Artisan Award winners were announced on 19 September. The winners are shown in bold, other nominees are in plain.
;Producer of the Year
;Engineer of the Year
;Best Cover Art
;Best Video
The following were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame on 18 July:
Added to these inductees on 28 October, was:
Instead of a traditional acceptance speech, Cave noted that he didn't understand why he was inducted and the Bad Seeds weren't. Due to the membership of Tomas Wylder, Jim Sclavunos, and James Johnston, the band does not qualify as Australian. In rebellion against this ruling, Cave unofficially inducted Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Conway Savage and Martyn P. Casey of the Bad Seeds; as well as Rowland S. Howard and Tracy Pew of the Birthday Party; "by the power vested in by this award". Cave did not name Hugo Race of the Bad Seeds nor Phill Calvert of The Birthday Party, who are Australian, in his unofficial induction. He did, however, close by thanking his mother, wife and sons.

Performers

It was announced that the following artists were the special performers of the event:

Main Show

The broadcast of the 2007 awards was controversial; it was revealed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's Media Watch that Channel 10 had used subliminal advertising—which is illegal under Australian Media and Broadcasting rules—TEN disputed the finding, however their defence was also criticised by Media Watch, as demonstrating ignorance of these rules.