The Sixth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 6 March 1992 at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne.^[1][2][3] Hosts were international guest, Julian Lennon and local Richard Wilkins, they were assisted by presenters, Spinal Tap, Rod Stewart, Mick Jones and others to distribute 24 awards.^[1][4] There were live performances and for the first time the awards were televised.^[1][4]

In addition to previous categories, a "Special Achievement Award" was presented to entrepreneur Michael Gudinski and his label Mushroom Records.^[1][4] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted only one act: Skyhooks.^[1]

Presenters and performers

The ARIA Awards ceremony was co-hosted by singer-songwriter Julian Lennon and TV personality Richard Wilkins.^[4] Presenters and performers were:

Awards

Nominees for most awards are shown in plain, with winners in bold.

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
  • Baby Animals – Baby Animals
    • Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
    • Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
    • Crowded House – Woodface
    • Died Pretty – Doughboy Hollow
• Single of the Year
  • Yothu Yindi – "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"
    • Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
    • Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham – "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
    • Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
    • Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
• Highest Selling Album
  • Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
    • Cold Chisel – Chisel
    • Crowded House – Woodface
    • Ratcat – Blind Love
    • Noiseworks – Love Versus Money
    • John Farnham – Full House
• Highest Selling Single
  • Melissa – "Read My Lips"
    • Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
    • Jimmy Barnes & John Farnham – "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
    • Screaming Jets – "Better"
    • Jenny Morris – "Break in the Weather"
• Best Group
  • INXS – Live Baby Live
    • Baby Animals – Baby Animals
    • Black Sorrows – "Never Let Me Go"
    • Crowded House – Woodface
    • Hunters & Collectors – "Where Do You Go?"
• Best Female Artist
  • Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
    • Kate Ceberano – Think About It!
    • Kylie Minogue – Let's Get to It
    • Wendy Matthews – "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)"
    • Jenny Morris – Honeychild
• Best Male Artist
  • Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
    • Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses"
    • Tommy Emmanuel – Determination
    • John Farnham – Full House
    • Richard Pleasance – Galleon
• Best New Talent
  • Underground Lovers – Underground Lovers
    • Degenerates – Out of My Head
    • Euphoria – "Love You Right"
    • Melissa – "Read My Lips"
    • Jo Beth Taylor – "99 Reasons"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
  • Baby Animals – Baby Animals
    • Clouds – Penny Century
    • Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
    • Ratcat – Blind Love
    • Richard Pleasance – Galleon
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
  • Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
    • Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
    • Maybe Dolls – "Nervous Kid"
    • Troy Newman – "Love Gets Rough"
    • Richard Pleasance – "Sarah (I Miss You)"
• Best Country Album
  • Anne Kirkpatrick – Out of the Blue
    • James Blundell – "Time on His Hands"
    • Graeme Connors – Tropicali
    • Keith Urban – "Only You"
    • John Williamson – Waratah St
• Best Independent Release
  • Not Drowning, Waving – Proof
    • The Aints – Ascension
    • Def FX – Water
    • Ed Kuepper – Honey Steel's Gold
    • Underground Lovers – Underground Lovers
• Best Indigenous Release
  • Yothu Yindi – Tribal Voice
    • Archie Roach – "Down City Streets"
    • Kev Carmody – Eulogy (For a Black Person)
    • Shane Howard – "Escape from Reality"
    • Not Drowning, Waving & The Musicians of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea featuring George Telek – Tabaran
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
  • Tommy Emmanuel – Determination
    • Debbie Byrne – Caught in the Act
    • Grace Knight – Stormy Weather
    • Monica & the Moochers – Cotton on the Breeze
    • John Williamson – Waratah St
• Best Comedy Release
  • John Clarke & Bryan Dawe – The Annual Report
    • Agro – Agro Too
    • Rodney Rude – A Legend
    • Rubbery Figures – "Recession Rap"
    • Kevin Bloody Wilson – Let's Call Him Kev

Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
  • Dale Barlow – Hipnotation
    • James Morrison – Manner Dangerous
    • Mike Nock Quartet – Dark and Curious
    • Carl Orr – Seeking Spirit
    • Ten Part Invention – Ten Part Invention
• Best Classical Album
  • Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Vine: 3 Symphonies
    • Australian Ensemble – Cafe Concertino
    • The Australian Opera – Mozart Arias & Scenes
    • Geoffrey Lancaster – Fortepiano
    • Roger Woodward – Prokofiev Piano Works
• Best Children's Album
  • Peter Combe – The Absolutely Very Best of Peter Combe (So Far) Recorded in Concert
    • Agro – Agro Too
    • Ruth Cracknell – Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose
    • Noni Hazlehurst – Noni Sings Day and Night Songs and Rhymes from Play School
    • Franciscus Henri – Dancing in the Kitchen
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
  • Mario Millo – Brides of Christ
    • Jan Castor – Red Express
    • Not Drowning, Waving – Proof Soundtrack
    • Original Australian Cast – Return to the Forbidden Planet
    • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Philip Judd – Death in Brunswick

Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year^[6]
  • Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Milkayngu Mununggurr, Stuart Kellaway, Paul Kelly, Cal Williams – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty"
    • Phil Buckle – Southern Sons – "Hold Me in Your Arms"
    • Suze DeMarchi, Eddie Parise, Dave Leslie – Baby Animals – "Early Warning"
    • Deborah Conway, Scott Cutler – Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning"
    • Neil Finn – Crowded House – "Fall at Your Feet"
• Producer of the Year^[7]
  • Simon Hussey – Craig McLachlan – "On My Own"; Daryl Braithwaite – "The Horses", "Higher than Hope", "Don't Hold Back Your Love"; James Reyne – "Slave"
    • Mark Moffatt, Gavin Campbell, Robert Goodge, Paul Main – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"
    • Nick Mainsbridge – Def FX – "Water"; – Ratcat – "Blind Love Don't Go Now"; – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
    • Richard Pleasance – Richard Pleasance – "Don't Cry"; Deborah Conway – "It's Only the Beginning", "Release Me", "White Roses"
    • Ross Fraser – Southern Sons – "Hold Me in Your Arms"; John Farnham – "In Days to Come", "That's Freedom"
• Engineer of the Year
  • David Price, Ted Howard, Greg Henderson, Simon Polinski – Yothu Yindi – "Maralitja", "Dharpa", "Treaty", "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)", "Tribal Voice"
    • Peter Cobbin – Grace Knight – "Crazy", "Fever", "Stormy Weather", "That Ole Devil Called Love"
    • Paul Kosky – Crowded House – "Chocolate Cake", "Woodface"
    • Nick Mainsbridge – Def FX – "Water"; – Ratcat – "Blind Love Don't Go Now"; – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
    • Doug Roberts – Deborah Conway – "Release Me", "White Roses", "Someday"
• Best Video
  • John Hillcoat – Crowded House – "Chocolate Cake"
    • Paul Elliott – Boom Crash Opera – "Holywater"
    • Stephen Johnson – Yothu Yindi – "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)"
    • Marcel Lunam – Died Pretty – "D.C."
    • Brendon Young – Tall Tales and True – "Lifeboat"
• Best Cover Art
  • Louise Beach, Mushroom Art – Yothu Yindi – Tribal Voice
    • Pierre Baroni, Mushroom Art – Jimmy Barnes – Soul Deep
    • Pierre Baroni, Mushroom Art – Deborah Conway – String of Pearls
    • Richard Pleasance, Ross Hipwell – Richard Pleasance – Galleon
    • Tommy Steele, Nick Seymour – Crowded House – Woodface

Special Achievement Award

• Michael Gudinski & Mushroom Records

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

The Hall of Fame inductee was:

• Skyhooks