The ARIA Music Award for Best New Talent was an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards. It was presented from 1987 through to 1998.
The award for Best New Talent was first presented in 1987. Crowded House won the award with their single "Don't Dream It's Over". It was retired after the 1998 awards with Natalie Imbruglia winning the final award for her album Left of the Middle.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.
Year Winner(s) Album/single title 1987 Crowded House "Don't Dream It's Over" Big Pig "Hungry Town" Boom Crash Opera "Great Wall", "Hands Up in the Air" Ups and Downs "The Living Kind" Wa Wa Nee "Stimulation" 1988 Weddings Parties Anything Scorn of the Women Dave Dobbyn James Reyne Lime Spiders Painters and Dockers 1989 Johnny Diesel & The Injectors "Don't Need Love" Died Pretty Lost Go 101 "Build It Up" Roaring Jack The Cat Among the Pigeons The State "Real Love" 1990 Gyan Gyan The Hummingbirds loveBUZZ Martha's Vineyard Martha's Vineyard Tall Tales and True Shiver Tania Bowra Heaven and Earth 1991 Archie Roach Charcoal Lane Doug Anthony Allstars Icon Sea Stories Miller's Pond Mary-Jo Starr Too Many Movies The Screaming Jets "C'mon" 1992 Underground Lovers Underground Lovers Degenerates Out Of My Head Euphoria "Love You Right" Melissa "Read My Lips" Jo Beth Taylor "99 Reasons" 1993 Things of Stone and Wood "Share This Wine" Caligula Caligula Girlfriend Make It Come True Rick Price "Not a Day Goes By" Tiddas Inside My Kitchen 1994 The Badloves Get On Board Margot Smith "Sleeping With The Lion" The Robertson Brothers "I Know Why" Swoop Thriller Vincent Stone "Sunshine" 1995 Silverchair Frogstomp Magic Dirt Life Was Better Max Sharam A Million Year Girl Merril Bainbridge "Mouth" The Truth "My Heavy Friend" 1996 Monique Brumby "Fool for You" Fiona Kernaghan Cypress Grove Human Nature "Got It Goin' On" Rail Bad Hair Life Ute Under The External 1997 The Superjesus Eight Step Rail Fini Scad "Coppertone" / "Testrider" Frank Bennett Five O'Clock Shadow Jebediah "Jerks of Attention" Rani "Always On My Mind" 1998 Natalie Imbruglia Left of the Middle Bachelor Girl "Buses and Trains" Diana Ah Naid "I Go Off" Groove Terminator "Losing Ground" Marie Wilson "Next Time"
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