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Take 40 at the Arias 2008
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2008 Arias

The 22nd Annual Motorola ARIA Awards will be held on Sunday October 19 in Sydney and here at Take 40 we are psyched! Get all the info on who’s nominated plus watch our chat with the nominees and check out some of the nominated songs in our awesome ARIA Nominees Video Playlist!

The Nominations
  • Highest Selling Single
    • Delta Goodrem
      In This Life (Sony BMG)
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Sweet About Me (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • The Potbelleez
      Don't Hold Back (Vicious/EMI)
    • The Veronicas
      Untouched (Warner Music Australia)
    • The Veronicas
      Hook Me Up (Warner Music Australia)
  • Highest Selling Album
    • David Campbell
      The Swing Sessions 2 (Sony BMG)
    • Delta Goodrem
      Delta (Sony BMG)
    • Guy Sebastian
      The Memphis Album (Sony BMG)
    • The Veronicas
      Hook Me Up (Warner Music Australia)
    • Tina Arena
      Songs of Love and Loss (EMI)
  • Best Blues and Roots Album
    • Angus & Julia Stone
      A Book Like This (Capitol/EMI)
    • Jeff Lang
      Half Seas Over (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
    • Mia Dyson
      Struck Down (Black Door Records/MGM)
    • The Audreys
      When The Flood Comes (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
    • The Waifs
      Sun Dirt Water (Jarrah Records/MGM)
  • Best Children's Album
    • Hi-5
      Planet Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Sony BMG)
    • Jay Laga'aia
      Come Dance And Sing (ABC Music)
    • Justine Clarke
      Songs To Make You Smile (ABC Music)
    • The Fairies
      Fairy Fun, Fun, Fun (ABC Music)
    • The Wiggles
      You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (ABC Music)
  • Best Dance Release
    • Cut Copy
      In Ghost Colours (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
    • Mobin Master
      Show Me Love (Safari Music/One Love Music/Sony BMG)
    • Pnau
      Pnau (etcetc)
    • The Potbelleez
      Don't Hold Back (Vicious/EMI)
    • The Presets
      Apocalypso (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Urban Release
    • A-Love
      Ace Of Hearts (Crookneck Records/Shogun Distribution)
    • Bliss 'n Eso
      Flying Colours (Illusive Sounds)
    • Katalyst
      What's Happening (Invada/Inertia)
    • Muph & Plutonic
      ... And Then Tomorrow Came (Obese Records)
    • Spit Syndicate
      Towards The Light (Obese Records)
    • The Herd
      Summerland (Elefant Traks/Inertia)
  • Best Independent Release
    • Ben Lee
      Ripe (Inertia Recordings)
    • British India
      Thieves (Flashpoint/Shock Entertainment)
    • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
      Gurrumul (Skinnyfish Music/MGM)
    • Lior
      Corner Of An Endless Road (Independent/MGM)
    • Midnight Juggernauts
      Dystopia (Siberia/Inertia)
  • Best Music DVD
    • Hilltop Hoods
      City Of Light (Obese Records)
    • Paul Kelly
      Live Apples (Capitol/EMI)
    • Powderfinger/Silverchair
      Across the Great Divide (Universal Music Australia)
    • The John Butler Trio
      Live At Federation Square (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
    • Wolfmother
      Please Experience Wolfmother (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Rock Album
    • Eddy Current Suppression Ring
      Primary Colours (Aarght/Shock Entertainment)
    • Faker
      Be The Twilight (Capitol/EMI)
    • Gyroscope
      Breed Obsession (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
      Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Virgin/EMI)
    • The Living End
      White Noise (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Adult Contemporary Album
    • Clare Bowditch
      The Moon Looked On (Capitol/EMI)
    • Jimmy Barnes
      Out In the Blue (Liberation Music)
    • Katie Noonan
      Skin (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Robert Forster
      The Evangelist (Capitol/EMI)
    • The Panics
      Cruel Guards (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Pop Release
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Lessons To Be Learned (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Kylie Minogue
      X (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Operator Please
      Yes Yes Vindictive (Virgin/EMI)
    • Sam Sparro
      Black and Gold (Universal Music Australia)
    • The Veronicas
      Hook Me Up (Warner Music Australia)
  • Best Country Album
    • Catherine Britt
      Little WildFlower (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
    • Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
      Rattlin' Bones (Liberation Music)
    • Melinda Schneider
      Be Yourself (destraMusic/Sony)
    • Sara Storer
      Silver Skies (EMI)
    • The McClymonts
      Chaos and Bright Lights (Universal Music Australia)
  • Breakthrough Artist - Single
    • Angus & Julia Stone
      The Beast (Capitol/EMI)
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Sweet About Me (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Sam Sparro
      Black and Gold (Universal Music Australia)
    • The Panics
      Don't Fight It (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
    • The Potbelleez
      Don't Hold Back (Vicious/EMI)
  • Breakthrough Artist - Album
    • Angus & Julia Stone
      A Book Like This (Capitol/EMI)
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Lessons To Be Learned (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Midnight Juggernauts
      Dystopia (Siberia/Inertia)
    • Operator Please
      Yes Yes Vindictive (Virgin/EMI)
    • Sam Sparro
      Sam Sparro (Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Group
    • Angus & Julia Stone
      A Book Like This (Capitol/EMI)
    • Faker
      Be The Twilight (Capitol/EMI)
    • Silverchair
      If You Keep Losing Sleep (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)
    • The Living End
      White Noise (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
    • The Presets
      Apocalypso (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Male Artist
    • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
      Gurrumul (Skinnyfish Music/MGM)
    • Nick Cave
      Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Virgin/EMI)
    • Paul Kelly
      To Her Door (Live) (Capitol/EMI)
    • Pete Murray
      Summer At Eureka (Columbia/Sony BMG)
    • Sam Sparro
      Sam Sparro (Universal Music Australia)
  • Best Female Artist
    • Clare Bowditch
      The Moon Looked On (Capitol/EMI)
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Lessons To Be Learned (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Holly Throsby
      A Loud Call (Spunk/Virgin)
    • Kylie Minogue
      X (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Missy Higgins
      Peachy (Eleven/Virgin/EMI)
  • Single of the Year
    • Faker
      This Heart Attack (Capitol/EMI)
    • Gabriella Cilmi
      Sweet About Me (Mushroom Records/Warner Music Australia)
    • Sam Sparro
      Black and Gold (Universal Music Australia)
    • The Living End
      White Noise (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
    • The Presets
      My People (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
  • Album of the Year
    • Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
      Gurrumul (Skinnyfish Music/MGM)
    • Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
      Rattlin' Bones (Liberation Music)
    • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
      Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Virgin/EMI)
    • The Living End
      White Noise (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
    • The Presets
      Apocalypso (Modular/Universal Music Australia)
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