ARIA Music Awards of 2018
The 32nd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2018 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony was held on 28 November 2018 and broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney around Australia on the Nine Network.[1]
| 2018 ARIA Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 November 2018 |
| Venue | Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Most awards | |
| Most nominations | Amy Shark (9) |
| Website | ariaawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Nine Network |
On 25 September 2018 it was announced that Keith Urban would host the event.[2][3] Final nominations were provided on 11 October 2018.[4] At the same time ARIA presented trophies for the winners of the Artisan and Fine Arts awards.[5] In total Amy Shark won four categories from nine nominations, while Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu posthumously won four from seven nominations.[1][6]
Country music singer-songwriter and musician, Kasey Chambers, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame by Paul Kelly.[1][6] Fellow singers, Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke, and Amy Sheppard provided their rendition of "Not Pretty Enough".[6] Chambers, who had also won her ninth Best Country Album for Campfire, performed the answer song, "Ain't No Little Girl".