The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.[1][2] There had been a 18-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year" and so reflect that year's works.[1][3] Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 eligible submissions.[3] 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 – both first time they were won by a female.[1][3]
In addition to previous categories, the former category Best Pop/Dance Release was split into Best Pop Release and Best Dance Release.[3] Another new category Best World Music Album was also presented for the first time.[1][3] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted: The Seekers.[1]
The ARIA Awards ceremony was hosted by radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs.[3] Presenters and performers were:
Itch-E and Scratch-E won the inaugural award for Best Dance Release.[3] One of the duo, Paul Mac's acceptance speech included:
We'd like to thank all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible.[5]— Paul Mac, 20 October 1995
We'd like to thank all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible.[5]
One of the sponsors of the ceremony was the National Drug Offensive, which withdrew their financial backing. The jargon term, ecstasy, for a psychoactive drug was bleeped for the TV broadcast.[5] In 2005 Mac explained that he did not expect to win and so had no speech prepared.[5]
Final nominees are shown, in plain, with winners in bold.[6]
The Hall of Fame inductee was:
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