ARIA Chart Awards: Red Carpet; Sydney, Australia

The ARIA #1 Chart Awards event has kicked off in Sydney today at the Ivy Bar in George St.

Many of Australian music's biggest stars and emerging performing artists were there including Missy Higgins, Gotye, Karise Eden and Reece Mastin!

The event was created to honour and showcase the Australian artists who have snatched a #1 single between August 2010 and 2012.

Karise Eden lead the way at the ceremony, with an massive six weeks at number one for her debut 'My Journey' and was followed by artists as diverse as The Wiggles, Gotye, AC/DC, Bliss N Eso, Guy Sebastian, Missy Higgins, Hillsong, Mirusia and more!

A new addition to the list was this week's chart-topping group, Justice Crew, who've rocketed to the pinnacle of the ARIA Singles Chart with their new hit 'Boom Boom'.

There were a number of impressive live performances at the event today, including Reece Mastin doing a version of 'Shout It Out.'

Winners:

SINGLES: Guy Sebastian (featuring Eve) - Who's That Girl Gotye (featuring Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know Reece Mastin - Good Night Karise Eden - Stay With Me Baby Reece Mastin - Shout It Out

ALBUMS: Bliss N Eso - Running On Air Drapht - The Life Of Riley Gotye - Making Mirrors Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun Keith Urban - The Story So Far The Temper Trap - The Temper Trap Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle Karise Eden - My Journey

MUSIC DVDS: Hilltop Hoods - Parade Of The Dead Powderfinger - Sunsets Farewell Tour The Wiggles - Ukelele Baby! Miriusa (featuring Andre Rieu)- Always And Forever AC/DC - Live At River Plate Hillsong Live - God Is Able Parkway Drive - Home Is For The Heartless

News Update:

Today in Sydney, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) held its #1 Chart Awards, which recognise Australian acts which topped the singles, album or music DVD charts between August 2010 and August 2012. ARIA is pleased to advise that Australian performers ran up a total of 61 weeks on top of one of those three charts. But when it comes to selling individual tracks, the picture is not as positive.

Over that 104-week period, just 16 weeks had an Australian song at the top of the charts — and half of that figure is a single track. The following is a list of performers that managed that:

‘Who’s That Girl’, Guy Sebastian featuring Eve (2 weeks) ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, Gotye featuring Kimbra (8 weeks) ‘Good Night’, Reece Mastin (1 week) ‘Stay With Me Baby’, Karise Eden (1 week) ‘Shout It Out’, Reece Mastin (1 week)

Websites

ARIA Awards www.ariaawards.com.au

Australian Recording Industry Association official website www.aria.com.au

Ivy Bar www.merivale.com.au/ivybar

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com

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