About The Show
Date: November 26, 2011
City: Sydney
This Year's Performers
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
Single Of The Year
Best Male Artist
Best Group
Breakthrough Artist — Single
Best Independent Release
Best Adult Contemporary Album
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Winner: Billy Thorpe
Billy Thorpe's Tangier
- Mark Seymour and the Undertow Undertow
- Damien Leith Roy
- John Farnham Jack
- Colin Hay Gathering Mercury
Best Blues & Roots Album
Best Children's Album
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Winner: Wiggles
Ukulele Baby!
- Play School Let's Play Together
- Holly Throsby See!
- Dirtgirlworld Dig It
Best Comedy Release
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Winner:
Hamish & Andy Celebrating 50 Glorious Years - Tim Minchin Tim Minchin & The Heritage Orchestra
- Josh Thomas Josh Thomas 'Surprise': Warehouse Comedy Festival
- Adam Hills Inflatable
- Buddy Goode The One and Only Buddy Goode
Best Country Album
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Winner: Kasey Chambers
Little Bird
- Troy Cassar-Daley Live
- Shane Nicholson Bad Machines
- Keith Urban Get Closer
- Jasmine Rae Listen Here
Best Hard Rock/heavy Metal Album
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Winner: Front End Loader
Ritardando
- Floatingme Floatingme
- Dream On Dreamer Heartbound
- Cosmic Psychos Glorius Barsteds
- Coerce Ethereal Surrogate Saviour
Best Pop Release
Best Urban Album
Highest Selling Album
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Winner: Altiyan Childs
Altiyan Childs
- Various - He Will Have His Way The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn
- Keith Urban Get Closer
- Birds of Tokyo Birds Of Tokyo
- Angus & Julia Stone Down The Way
Best Classical Album
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Winner: Sally Whitwell
Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass
- Teddy Tahu Rhodes Serious Songs
- Australian Chamber Orchestra Mozart Violin Concertos Vol 2
- Latitude 37 Latitude 37
- Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet Fandango
Best Jazz Album
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Winner:
Elixir featuring Katie Noonan First Seed Ripening - Sarah McKenzie Don't Tempt Me
- The Idea of North Extraordinary Tale
- Kristin Berardi and The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra Berardi meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
- Allan Browne
- Sam Anning Shreveport Stomp
- Marc Hannaford
Best Original Soundtrack
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Winner:
Chris Lilley Angry Boys - Various Artists Mary Poppins Australian Cast Recording
- Sydney Symphony and cast conducted by Alexander Briger Don John of Austria
- Stephen Pigram, Alan Pigram, Alex Lloyd Mad Bastards
- Jed Kurzel Snowtown
Best World Music Album
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Winner: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Rrakala
- Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, Joseph & James Tawadros Band of Brothers
- Shaolin Afronauts Flight Of The Ancients
- Saltwater Band Malk
- David Bridie, Hein Arumisore, Jacob Rumbiak, Ronny Kareni & Donny Roem Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Soundtrack
