ARIA Music Awards of 1995


The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 19-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year". Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 preliminary nominations. Big winners for the year were Silverchair with five awards and Tina Arena with four, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year.
In addition to previous categories, new categories for "Best Dance Release" and "Best World Music Album" were presented for the first time. The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Seekers.

Ceremony details

won the inaugural award for "Best Dance Release", Paul Mac's acceptance speech included:
One of the sponsors of the awards ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, in 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had not prepared a speech.

Awards

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

ARIA Awards

The Hall of Fame inductee was: