Roach’s induction coincides with NAIDOC Week which takes place this week.
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Sia will deliver a special pre-recorded performance from Los Angeles for this year’s awards ceremony.
Delta Goodrem to host 2020 ARIA Awards
ARIA is thrilled to announce today that the host of the 34th Annual ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music, is multiple ARIA Award winner and multi-platinum singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem. Goodrem is no stranger to the ARIAs, having won 12 ARIA Awards. Her extensive resume is indicative of an extraordinary career, her album Innocent Eyes is the second best selling album from an Australian artist of all time and held the number one spot on the ARIA albums chart for 29 consecutive weeks.
With all of her exceptional career achievements, nine-seasons in the coaches chair on The Voice Australia, this makes her the natural choice as host of the 34th Annual ARIA Awards, a role she will be undertaking for the very first time.
"I am beyond honoured to be hosting the 2020 ARIA Awards bringing to people’s homes the music that has meant so much to them this year. The Australian music industry has had a year unlike any other we have ever faced before, and I am so looking forward to celebrating with you all – albeit remotely, as we come together to recognise and celebrate how talented this industry is to a global audience,” said Delta Goodrem.
Dan Rosen, Chief Executive for ARIA said: "We are very excited to have Delta Goodrem as our host for the 2020 ARIA Awards. She is no stranger to the ARIA stage, having taken home 12 ARIAs and delivered us a number of magic moments over her stellar career. This year she has dealt with the challenges of 2020 by remaining creative whilst raising funds and awareness for people in need. I can’t wait for Delta to lead our reflection – and celebration – of a one-of-a-kind year.”
Delta Goodrem is an artist in the truest sense – bringing stories to life as a singer-songwriter and performer, and has made giving back a priority in life through her philanthropy and recently launching the Delta Goodrem Foundation. Delta has achieved multi-platinum selling status, nine #1 singles, four #1 albums, 17 top 10 hits, 12 ARIA Awards, a Silver Logie Award & three World Music Awards. Goodrem’s first album, Innocent Eyes, was one of the highest-selling debut albums in Australian history. The album spent a record-breaking 29 weeks at #1 in Australia. It topped the Australian Albums Charts and reached 23x platinum in sales. Her last album Wings of the Wild debuted at #1 with the platinum hit song ‘Wings’, the singer’s 9th #1 single.
2020 has seen the world face unprecedented times. For Delta Goodrem it’s been an opportunity to release incredibly powerful music and connect with fans in a way only she can. Delta was inspired to write ‘Let It Rain’ after the devastation caused by bushfires across Australia at the beginning of the year. She teamed up with Apple Music, Sony Music, and iHeart Radio for the release, with all proceeds going to aid with Red Cross Bushfire Relief. In February she took to the stage in front of 70,000 fans at ANZ Stadium as part of the Fire Fight Australia concert which was broadcast nationally. Her incredibly moving performance of ‘Let It Rain’ was included on the live album release, Artists Unite For Fire Fight: Concert For National Bushfire Relief.
In April, Global Citizen together with Lady Gaga invited Goodrem to perform as part of the online One World: Together At Home festival in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization. Delta was the only artist performing in Australia with the event capturing over 270 million viewers from around the world. On Anzac Day this year, Delta was one of four hosts of the Music From The Home Front live music event broadcast on the Nine Network, and performed ‘Down Under’ with Men At Work’s Colin Hay.
In May, Delta returned to our television screens as the longest serving coach on The Voice Australia, and celebrated 150 episodes. Goodrem has mentored her artists to victory, as the winning coach for the 2016 & 2017 seasons of The Voice and was the winning coach on the first ever English-speaking version of The Voice Kids.
Keen to connect with her fans from all over the world in a year of disconnect, Delta launched The Bunkerdown Sessions via her social media platforms for 26 weeks. Performing live deep cuts from her extensive catalogue, she surprised fans by performing the first single, ‘Keep Climbing’ off her highly anticipated sixth studio album. ‘Keep Climbing’ centres on resilience and never giving up, providing a much needed message of strength and solidarity during challenging times. Goodrem followed up with the release of a second single, ‘Paralyzed’. The deeply personal track focuses on a life changing moment of reset. Most recently, the empowering and uptempo anthem ‘Solid Gold’, has delighted fans. These tracks build towards the release of Goodrem’s sixth studio album, set for release in the coming months.
Her sixth studio album is set to be her most candid, soul-bearing release yet. Telling stories of coming into her own as a woman, Delta is utilising her phenomenal song-writing talents to share deeply personal moments she never thought she would share. The production has been kept minimal, focusing instead on emotional lyrics and live instrumentation. Every song was started at the piano just like she did back when she first started out, enabling her to feel strong in this chapter of her life, being her authentic self musically, and knowing who she is as an artist. Having been involved in music and TV from a young age, so much of her life has been lived in the public eye. This new era of music sees Goodrem opening up and sharing stories she’s not shared before, with people already responding to her transparency and vulnerability.
She also launched the Delta Goodrem Foundation, which strives to spread kindness, hope and support for those facing illness, hardship and inequality. With a lead collaboration with St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, to help fund medical research in cellular therapy for blood cancers and auto-immune disease, $1+ GST from every ticket purchased to the Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Tour will be donated to the Foundation – visit deltagoodremfoundation.org for more information. Delta will be back out on the road in April and May 2021 on her Bridge Over Troubled Dreams Australian Arena tour, with tickets on sale now.
Surprising fans around the world, Delta Goodrem last week released her brand new Christmas album, Only Santa Knows through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The album is available to purchase or download here with a vinyl copy of the album due for release on December 11th.
Today also sees the announcement of the Australian and international stars who will be presenting this year’s ARIA Awards. The ceremony will feature: last year’s host and 4x ARIA Award winner Guy Sebastian, Australian icons INXS, 4 x ARIA Award winner Tones and I, Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, international pop superstar Robbie Williams, beloved comedian and musician Tim Minchin, rapper Briggs, multiple ARIA Award winner artist Christine Anu, global superstar Keith Urban and Nine Network personality Richard Wilkins, television personality Sophie Monk, comedians Joel Creasey and Hamish Blake and YouTube Music’s Director of Urban Music Tuma Basa along with A$AP Ferg.
PRESENTERS:
Briggs
Christine Anu
Delta Goodrem
Guy Sebastian
Hamish Blake
INXS
Joel Creasey
Julia Gillard
Keith Urban
Richard Wilkins
Sophie Monk
Tim Minchin
Tones and I
Tuma Basa & A$AP FergThe ARIA Awards celebrates the second year in partnership with YouTube Music, supporting ARIA to proudly showcase the achievements of the Australian music industry in their 34th annual event. The ARIAs will also once again be proudly supported by the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW and broadcast to screens across Australia on the Nine Network.
With 2020 challenging the Australian arts and music industries in a myriad of ways, ARIA is determined to put on a COVID-safe ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music that will be an opportunity to celebrate the power of music.
Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about the 2020 ARIA Awards in partnership with YouTube Music.
https://twitter.com/ARIA_Official/status/1328051419707043840
Delta was invited to host the 2016 ARIA Awards but had to pull out the day before the event, due to illness. The Veronicas were asked to host the telecast and did a great job under the circumstances.
The ARIA has revealed there will be a pre-show on ARIA Awards day on Wednesday, November 25, hosted by Ash London and Mitch Churi and include presentations of the first awards. It will be streamed live around the world on ARIA’s YouTube channel from 4.30pm AEDT.
UPDATE 23/11: there will be a special virtual tribute during Wednesday’s awards to ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Helen Reddy, who died in the US in September.
2020 Aria Awards
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, AT 7.30PM ON NINE AND 9NOW
The 34th ARIA Awards, hosted by Delta Goodrem, will be presented next Wednesday at 7.30pm on Nine and 9Now, live from The Star Event Stage in Sydney.
The awards ceremony will feature performances from international stars Billie Eilish, performing her new single Therefore I Am from Los Angeles, Sam Smith, appearing exclusively from Abbey Road Studios in London, and Australia’s biggest pop export, Sia.
They will be joined by a host of top Australian performers, including 2020 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Archie Roach, Tame Impala, Amy Shark, Lime Cordiale and Sampa The Great.
An amazing tribute to the late Helen Reddy, performing her anthem I Am Woman, will feature a stellar lineup of 27 of Australia’s biggest female artists including Delta Goodrem, Marcia Hines, Kate Ceberano, Christine Anu, Missy Higgins, Jessica Mauboy, Kate Miller-Heidke, Samantha Jade, Dami Im and many more.
Leading the award nominations with eight is Sydney rock duo Lime Cordiale, followed by multi-instrumentalist and producer Tame Impala with seven. Other nominees include Zambian-born, Melbourne-based rapper Sampa The Great, as well as previous ARIA Award winners including Tones and I, Amy Shark, Jessica Mauboy and Troye Sivan.
A host of Australian and international presenters will be on hand for Australian music’s night of nights, including global superstars Robbie Williams, Mick Fleetwood and Keith Urban, Australia’s pop princess Kylie Minogue, last year’s host and four-time ARIA Award winner Guy Sebastian, last year’s breakout star Tones and I, comedians Hamish Blake and Joel Creasy, plus Nine personalities Brooke Boney and Richard Wilkins.
I never, ever know who half of these acts are. And music is more important to me than media is 
. I never understand that about the Aria’s.
It’s because you are old. 
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The graphics remind me of those used by Nine for its on-screen presentation in the mid 2000s.
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I also believe this could be a fact.
I wish they had shown ALL (or at least more) of the actual awards. They showed some of the "earlier winners throughout the ceremony - without showing any of the nominations in each category . Too many “gags” between presenters.
There was a pre-show this afternoon streamed live on YouTube, hosted by Ash London and Mitch Churi from The Star which went for nearly 2 hours. 16 awards were presented including all the nominations. You can catch up here
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Highlight of the ARIA Awards show.
I Am Woman Tribute to Helen Reddy | 2020 ARIA Awards
25 Nov 2020
I Am Woman Tribute to Helen Reddy at the 2020 ARIA Awards from The Star, Sydney, performed by:AMY SHARK
CHRISTINE ANU
DELTA GOODREM
EMMA WATKINS
JESSICA MAUBOY
KATE CEBERANO
MARCIA HINES
MONTAIGNE
THE MCCLYMONTS
TONES AND IJoining in the tribute as part of the virtual chorus Amy Sheppard, Christie Wheelan-Browne, Clare Bowen, Dami Im, Emma Donovan, Erika Heynatz, Fanny Lumsden, GRAACE, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, KLP, Missy Higgins, Mo’Ju, Odette, Samantha Jade, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Thandi Phoenix and Wendy Matthews.
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Montaigne looked rather tired.
For a night that is supposed to celebrate and showcase Australian music, why is there always such a need for including big name US music. Last night could have easily done without Billie, Sam, Robbie, and even Sia, and could have given these presenting and performance spots to Australian artists instead.
Do they get the big names because they think people won’t watch without them? They do it every year and it always seems so odd to me.
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sia is Australian
She is. I just feel like the spirit of the night use to be about showcasing young and upcoming artists and bands, rather than giving well established and extremely successful stars yet another opportunity to be in the spotlight. Maybe that’s just me.
should be a mix of both up-and-coming artists and established Australian acts. The established acts are sometimes nominated themselves, so why not get some to perform.
Sadly, the television ratings for the awards last night werent that good.
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Amazing he was able to make it.
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The ARIA Award for Best Breakthrough Artist will now be known as The Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist ARIA Award after the Mushroom Records founder who died on March 2. Gudinski’s family signed off on the new, permanent ARIA award in his honour this week.
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