2013 ARIA Awards: Tame Impala, Flume win big as Guy Sebastian breaks drought

ELECTRONIC artist Flume and rock travellers Tame Impala confirm their arrival as homegrown superstars while Guy Sebastian finally breaks his drought.

BREAKTHROUGH electronic artist Flume and rock travellers Tame Impala have confirmed their arrival as homegrown superstars while Guy Sebastian finally broke his drought at the 2013 ARIA Awards.

There was a lot of love in the room for Flume, who added Best Male, Dance Album and Breakthrough Artist to his Producer Of The Year award.

Flume, aka Harley Streten, joked he won Best Male and said "the coolest thing is I'm a producer, I don't even sing." Streten, 22, had even researched that no non-singer had ever won the award.

PICTURES: ALL THE ACTION FROM THE BLACK CARPET

Supporters of Guy Sebastian, who had received only two awards after 17 nominations before this year, were on their feet when he won Best Pop Release and Best Live Act, the latter voted by fans.

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News_Image_File: Guy Sebastian was on fire, winning Best Live Act and Best Pop Release.

Jeissica Mauboy enjoyed double happiness winning Best Female and having the award presented by her hero Alicia Keys. Mauboy serenaded the US star with a burst of her own hit A Woman's Worth.

Mauboy paid respect to indigenous Australian talent. "Shut the gate, this is so deadly - this award means creating pathways," the proud indigenous woman said.

News_Image_File: An elated Jessica Mauboy celebrates her ARIAs win.

Tame Impala, who closed the night with their swirling psychedelia and topped international critics lists last year, scored the prestigious Album Of The Year with Lonerism, as well as Best Group and Best Rock Album.

The band made a memorable speech thanking their crew for "doing things while we sitting around eating soft cheese."

Aussie music legend Russell Morris took out the award for Best Blues and Roots album.

Another credible Idol export, Matt Corby, won Song of the Year for Resolution - he won the same public voted award last year for Brother. Corby's acceptance speech lasted a mere 15 seconds.

News_Image_File: Jessica Mauboy wows fans on the ARIAs black carpet.

Elder statesmen Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, who enjoyed one of their most successful years on the international stage with the acclaimed Push The Sky Away, were awarded Best Independent Release and Adult Contemporary Album.

News_Image_File: Electronic artist Flume was, as predicted, an ARIAs sensation.

Another industry stalwart, Russell Morris, was a wildly popular winner for Best Blues and Roots Album with Sharkmouth, a record many labels rejected but his fans have embraced to return him to the charts.

While Australia's hip-hop community again called for ARIA to rename the Urban category, they were united in their celebration of Illy's win for last year's Bring It Back record.

They may be separated on the home front but Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson were united in the ARIA winner's roll, picking up Best Country Album for Wreck and Ruin.

Music fans voted for One Direction to take out Best International Artist, fresh in their memories after their recent five week tour of Australia.

Fans also decided Samantha Jade's Firestarter clip was the Video Of The Year.

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News_Module: The 2013 ARIA AWARDS

Soft rockers Air Supply were this year's inductees to the ARIA Hall Of Fame and veteran music man Michael Gudinski was the inaugural ARIA Industry Icon.

Internationals Alicia Keys and Lorde brought the world's attention the Australian awards with their stellar performances.

News_Image_File: Karnivool took out Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album - and managed to drop the F bomb in their acceptance speech.

In between the cheers for the winners, there were tears when The Jezabels singer Hayley Mary and pianist Sally Whitwell paid tribute to the late Mr Yunupingu and Chrissy Amphlett with their emotive version of Divinyls' Pleasure And Pain.

THE WINNERS

FLUME

'FLUME'

Best Male

Best Dance Album

Breakthrough Artist - Release

Producer Of The Year

TAME IMPALA

'LONERISM'

Album Of The Year

Best Group

Best Rock Album

News_Image_File: Singer Megan Washington arrives at the 27th Annual ARIA Awards.GUY SEBASTIAN

'ARMAGEDDON'

Best Pop Release

Best Australian Live Act

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

' PUSH THE SKY AWAY'

Best Independent Release

Best Adult Contemporary Album

JESSICA MAUBOY

'TO THE END OF THE EARTH'

Best Female Artist

News_Rich_Media: Sydney Confidential's Jonathon Moran catches up with international superstar Alicia Keys on the 2013 ARIAS red carpet.

MATT CORBY

'RESOLUTION'

ARIA Song Of The Year

RUSSELL MORRIS

'SHARKMOUTH'

Best Blues and Roots Album

JUSTINE CLARKE

'A LITTLE DAY OUT WITH JUSTINE CLARKE'

Best Children's Album

News_Rich_Media: Sydney Confidential's Briana Domjen talks with Flume. The 22-year-old sensation has been nominated for eight ARIA awards.TOM & ALEX

'THE BITS WE'RE LEAST ASHAMED OF'

(triple j)

Best Comedy Release

KASEY CHAMBERS AND SHANE NICHOLSON

'WRECK & RUIN'

Best Country Album

KARNIVOOL

'ASYMMETRY'

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

ILLY

'BRING IT BACK'

Best Urban Album

News_Rich_Media: Sydney Confidential goes behind the scenes with David Jones to see who's getting ready for tonight.SAMANTHA JADE

'FIRESTARTER'

Best Video

Directed by Christopher Frey

ONE DIRECTION

'TAKE ME HOME'

Best International Artist

AIR SUPPLY

ARIA Hall Of Fame

MICHAEL GUDINSKI

ARIA Industry Icon Award

News_Image_File: Superstar Alicia Keys makes a fan's day on the ARIAs black carpet.