The elite of the Australian music industry gathered in Sydney last night for the ARIA Number One Chart Awards. The ceremony recognised the achievements of Aussie chart toppers.
Twelve local artists were honoured for their number one albums and singles. Delta Goodrem was lauded as the first Aussie to earn 12 number ones when she claimed two gongs for the single “In This Life” and album Delta.
Delta told The Daily Telegraph that while she will spend a lot of time there this year, she won’t relocate to the United States.
“I intend to spend a lot of time there but Australia is still home,” she said.
Also earning dual awards on the night were Kylie Minogue (for “2 Hearts” and X), Damien Leith (The Winner’s Journey and Where We Land) and Silverchair (“Straight Lines” and Young Modern).
The Veronicas were also thrilled to achieve their first award for the massive dance single “Hook Me Up.”
“I think we’ve been number two and never quite got up to that number one spot. [We were like] whatever, our first album was in the top 10 for a year, that’s better than a lot of people. We don’t care about being number one,” the Brisbane twins said.
“And then when they called us and said we’d gone to number one we were like ‘Yeah!’ and we were really excited. We were like ‘Oh we do care about winning. We’re winners now.'”
The John Butler Trio, Powderfinger, and Evermore also took home awards on the night.
The ARIA Number One Chart Awards differ from the standard ARIA awards as winners are decided solely based on their retail sales.