The ARIA Hall of Fame is about the get bigger with the announcement that Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles will be inducted at this years ARIA Awards ceremony held in Sydney on 27th November. They’ll be joining the likes of AC/DC, Dame Joan Sutherland, Olivia Newton John, Johnny O’Keefe, Paul Kelly, John Farnham, INXS, and more who are all previous inductees.
Kylie Minogue is no stranger to the ARIAs, she’s been nominated thirty five times and gone on to win nine ARIA Awards and three Outstanding Achievement Awards. The Wiggles are also fixtures on the ARIA scene, receiving nominations for fifteen ARIA Awards, and winning nine Best Children’s Album Awards.
On their impending induction, Murray Cook (Red Wiggle) said, “It’s quite amazing to us that we’ve been together 20 years! We thought in the beginning we’d record a one off album. We had no thoughts of it being a career and here we are still going strong and still really enjoying it. It’s an amazing milestone for us because we didn’t think there would be one year, let alone 20!”
“When I heard that we were to be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame I looked up past recipients and read a virtual roll call of all the bands and artists that I grew up watching and listening to. It is quite overwhelming to think that we will be given the enormous honour of joining that company.”
Fans of Australian music will get to watch all the action of the 2011 ARIA Awards with the announcement that the Awards will screen on the No. 1 digital channel, GO!, from 7.30pm on Sunday, 27 November.
