Flume, Tame Impala Clean Up At The ARIAs

To cap off a remarkable year, Sydney producer Flume took out three awards at tonight's ARIA Awards, including Best Male Artist, Best Dance Album and Breakthrough Artist/Release, while Tame Impala went home with Album Of The Year, Best Group and Best Year Rock Album.

Also securing numerous awards, Guy Sebastian saw Best Pop Release and Best Live Performance, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Push The Sky Away took out Best Independent Release and Best Adult Contemporary Album, and more than 40 years since co-founding Mushroom Records and Mushroom Music Publishing, Michael Gudinski was awarded the very first ARIA Industry Icon Award, while legendary rockers Air Supply were inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.

ARIA CEO Dan Rosen said the results of this year's awards were evidence that 2013 has been a remarkable year for Australian music.

“The collection of tonight's winners and performers shows the amazing talent currently in the Australian music industry and ARIA is proud to be able to present these artists to the Australian public and celebrate their achievements,” Mr Rosen said.

“ARIA congratulates all of tonight's winners, in particular Tame Impala, Flume, Guy Sebastian and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.”

ARIA Award-winning artists Hayley Mary (The Jezabels) and Sally Whitwell paid tribute to loved and respected ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees Yunupingu and Chrissy Amphlett with a performance of Divinyls' Pleasure And Pain.

Those attending the awards at its new home of The Star Event Centre in Sydney were also treated to performances from Flume with special guest Isabella Manfredi (The Preatures), Jessica Mauboy and Samantha Jade as well as ARIA-nominated artists Birds Of Tokyo, Vance Joy, Bliss N Eso and Sheppard, and DJ sets from Alison Wonderland, Stafford Brothers, The Faders and The Potbelleez.

International superstar Alicia Keys rattled off her hit singles Girl On Fire and Brand New Me, Lorde capped off her stellar year with a performance of her gold-selling single Team before Tame Impala closed the night in-style with a performance of their track Feels Like We Only Go Backwards.

2013 ARIA AWARD WINNERS:

BEST GROUP
Tame Impala

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Tame Impala - Lonerism

SONG OF THE YEAR (PRESENTED BY THE TODAY NETWORK)
Matt Corby - Resolution

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Jessica Mauboy

BEST MALE ARTIST
Flume

ARIA INDUSTRY ICON AWARD

Michael Gudinski

ARIA HALL OF FAME

Air Supply

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – RELEASE (PRESENTED BY PPCA)
Flume – Flume

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Flume

BEST DANCE ALBUM
Flume - Flume

BEST ROCK ALBUM (PRESENTED BY HARD ROCK CAFE)
Tame Impala

BEST POP RELEASE
Guy Sebastian - Armageddon

BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT (PRESENTED BY QANTAS)
Guy Sebastian - Get Along Tour

BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Kasey Chambers And Shane Nicholson - Wreck & Ruin

BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
Karnivool - Asymmetry

BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM
Russell Morris - Sharkmouth

BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
Justine Clarke - A Little Day Out With Justine Clarke

BEST COMEDY RELEASE
Tom & Alex - The Bits We're Least Ashamed Of (Triple J)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
One Direction - Take Me Home

BEST URBAN ALBUM
Illy - Bring It Back

BEST VIDEO (PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE)
Samantha Jade - Firestarter (Directed By Christopher Frey)