2011 ARIA Music Awards

The latter ceremony took place on 27 November at the Allphones Arena, Sydney,[1][2] and was telecast Nine Network's channel Go!

[1] For the second time in ARIA Awards history, public votes were used for the categories, "Most Popular International Artist" and "Most Popular Australian Artist"; and for the first time for a new category "Most Popular Australian Live Artist".

[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page – on 27 November at the same ceremony as the ARIA Awards.

[1] Molly Meldrum introduced Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, who inducted Kylie Minogue; while actor, David Wenham, inducted The Wiggles – including former member Greg Page.

[2][note 3] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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Gotye won six awards.
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Drapht received seven nominations.
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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu received six nominations.
Eskimo Joe received six nominations.
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Guy Sebastian received four nominations.