Six Australian Music Acts Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame for 40th Anniversary
Six Australian music acts — Gurrumul, Jenny Morris, Kate Ceberano, Spiderbait, The Living End, and Vika and Linda Bull — were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Sydney. ARIA typically inducts one artist per year but elevated six simultaneously as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. The mass induction recognises decades-long contributions to Australian music culture across multiple genres.
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted six acts into its Hall of Fame on Thursday night in Sydney, marking the organisation's 40th anniversary with an unusually large cohort. The inductees span rock, pop, and Indigenous music: Melbourne rockers The Living End, known for 'Prisoner of Society' and six ARIA awards; singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano, who joins AC/DC, Midnight Oil, and Kylie Minogue as one of only four Australian artists with top 10 albums in five consecutive decades; and Spiderbait, who rose from rural NSW to international recognition. Indigenous artist Gurrumul, who died in 2017 aged 46, received a posthumous induction — his second, having previously been inducted with Yothu Yindi in 2012 — in recognition of his role in bringing Indigenous music to global audiences. New Zealand-born Jenny Morris and sibling vocal duo Vika and Linda Bull rounded out the class. Members of the inducted acts reflected on long, often gruelling careers, with The Living End's Chris Cheney describing the honour as a rare prompt to look back on a journey that began when the band members were 15 years old.
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Six Australian music acts inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame
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