The ARIA Achievement Awards and ARIA Icon Awards, are awards presented periodically at the annual
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
, which recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and are "awarded at the discretion of the ARIA Board." They are handed out by the
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival Records (Australia), Festival, Sony Music ...
(ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."
The awards listed below are given periodically to Australian-based artists or industry personnel within the categories:
ARIA Outstanding Achievement Awards (first presented in
1988),
ARIA Special Achievement Awards (first in
1989
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),
ARIA Lifetime Achievement Awards (first in
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
) and
ARIA Icon Awards (first in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
).
Awardees
Outstanding Achievement
In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
Special Achievement
In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
Lifetime Achievement
In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
Icon Awards
In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
Notes
References
External links
The ARIA Awards Official website
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