The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome.^[1][2]

Awards

ARIA Awards

Winners highlighted in bold with nominations below them in plain.^[1]

• Album of the Year
  • Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
    • Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend
    • george – Polyserena
    • Kylie Minogue – Fever
    • Silverchair – Diorama
• Single of the Year
  • Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
    • Alex Lloyd – "Amazing"
    • Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart"
    • Kasey Chambers – "Not Pretty Enough"
    • The Vines – "Get Free"
• Highest Selling Album
  • Kylie Minogue – Fever
    • Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend
    • Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
    • Nikki Webster – Follow Your Heart
    • The 12th Man – The Final Dig?
• Highest Selling Single
  • Kylie Minogue – "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
    • Alex Lloyd – "Amazing"
    • Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss"
    • Kasey Chambers – "Not Pretty Enough"
    • Shakaya – "Stop Calling Me"
• Best Group
  • Silverchair – Diorama
    • george – Polyserena
    • Grinspoon – New Detention
    • Powderfinger – "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun"
    • The Vines – Highly Evolved
• Best Female Artist
  • Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
    • Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss"
    • Kylie Minogue – Fever
    • Lisa Miller – Car Tape
    • Natalie Imbruglia – White Lilies Island
• Best Male Artist
  • Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend
    • Dan Brodie – Empty Arms Broken Hearts
    • Darren Hayes – Spin
    • Paul Kelly – Nothing But a Dream
    • Paul Mac – 3000 Feet High
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
  • george – Polyserena
    • 1200 Techniques – Choose One
    • Dan Brodie & The Broken Arrows – Empty Arms Broken Hearts
    • Eskimo Joe – Girl
    • The Vines – Highly Evolved
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
  • The Vines – "Get Free"
    • 1200 Techniques – "Karma (What Goes Around)"
    • Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss"
    • Machine Gun Fellatio – "Girl of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)"
    • The Waifs – "London Still"
• Best Pop Release
  • Kylie Minogue – Fever
    • Disco Montego – "Beautiful"
    • george – Polyserena
    • Holly Valance – "Kiss Kiss"
    • The Whitlams – Torch the Moon
• Best Dance Release
  • Paul Mac – 3000 Feet High
    • 1200 Techniques – "Karma (What Goes Around)"
    • Gerling – "Dust Me Selecta"
    • Katalyst – Manipulating Agent
    • [Love] Tattoo – [Love] Tattoo
• Best Rock Album
  • Silverchair – Diorama
    • Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend
    • Grinspoon – New Detention
    • Motor Ace – Shoot This
    • The Vines – Highly Evolved
• Best Country Album
  • Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
    • Adam Harvey – Workin' Overtime
    • Catherine Britt – Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures
    • Lee Kernaghan – Electric Rodeo
    • Troy Cassar-Daley – Long Way Home
• Best Independent Release
  • 1200 Techniques – Karma (What Goes Around)
    • Icecream Hands – "Rain Hail Shine"
    • Killing Heidi – Heavensent
    • Lisa Miller – Car Tape
    • The Waifs – "London Still"
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
  • Paul Kelly – Nothing But a Dream
    • Archie Roach – Sensual Being
    • Jimmy Little – Resonate
    • Lisa Miller – Car Tape
    • Vika and Linda – Love is Mighty Close
• Best Blues & Roots Album
  • Jeff Lang & Bob Brozman – Rolling Through This World
    • Backsliders – Hanoi
    • Bondi Cigars – Down in the Valley
    • Dave Steel – Home Is a Hard Thing to Find
    • Mick Hart – Upside Down in the Full Face of Optimism
• Best Children's Album
  • Hi-5 – Boom Boom Beat
    • The Hooley Dooleys – Roll Up! Roll Up!
    • The Star Girls – The Star Girls from Planet Groove
    • Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sean O'Boyle – Symphony of Lullabies
    • The Wiggles – Wiggly Safari
• Best Comedy Release
  • The 12th Man – The Final Dig?
    • The Drugs – The Bold and The Beautiful
    • Kevin Bloody Wilson – The Second Kumin' of Kev
    • "Slamming" Sam Kekovich – You Know It Makes Sense
    • The Umbilical Brothers – "Don't Dance to This"

Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
  • Andrea Keller – Thirteen Sketches
    • Dale Barlow – Dale Barlow Live
    • James Morrison – Scream Machine
    • James Muller – Thrum
    • The Umbrellas – Bravo Nino Rota
• Best Classical Album
  • Slava Grigoryan – Sonatas & Fantasies
    • David Hobson – Handel: Arias
    • Genevieve Lacey, Linda Kent – Piracy
    • Geoffrey Lancaster – Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 1
    • Yvonne Kenny, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Gorecki: Symphony No. 3
• Best Original Cast / Show Production Recording
  • Various – The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
    • Judi Connelli – Back to Before
    • Opera Australia, Simone Young – Verdi: Requiem
    • Original Australian Cast Recording – The Wizard of Oz
    • Play Act One – Story of Abbey
• Best Original Soundtrack Production Recording
  • Paul Kelly, Shane O' Mara, Steve Hadley, Bruce Haymes, Peter Luscombe – Lantana
    • Graham Tardif & Rolf de Heer (composers), Archie Roach (performer) – The Tracker
    • David Thrussell – The Hard Word
    • Mario Millo – Changi
    • Various – Dirty Deeds
• Best World Music Album
  • Monsieur Camembert – Live on Stage
    • Coda – There Is a Way to Fly
    • Kim Sanders – You Can't Get There From Here
    • Nabarlek – Bininj Manborlh / Blackfella Road
    • Various – Corroboration

Artisan Awards

• Producer of the Year
  • Daniel Johns – Silverchair – Diorama
    • Alex Lloyd, Magnus Fiennes – Alex Lloyd – Watching Angels Mend
    • Daniel Denholm – The Whitlams – Torch the Moon
    • David Nicholas, george – george – Polyserena
    • Gerling, Magoo – Gerling – When Young Terrorists Chase the Sun
    • Phil McKellar – Grinspoon – New Detention
    • Richard Pleasance & Paul Kelly – Archie Roach – Sensual Being
• Engineer of the Year
  • Anton Hagop – Silverchair – Diorama
    • Adam Rhodes & DW Norton – Superheist – "A Dignified Rage"
    • Daniel Denholm – The Whitlams – Torch the Moon
    • Paul Mac – Paul Mac – 3000 Feet High
    • Phil McKellar – Grinspoon – Chemical Heart
• Best Video
  • Michael Gracey, Babyfoot Productions – 1200 Techniques – "Karma (What Goes Around)"
    • Jolyon Watkins – Gerling – "Dust Me Selecta"
    • Michael Spiccia, Prodigy Films – Disco Montego – "Beautiful"
    • Nash Edgerton – Eskimo Joe – "Liar"
    • Square-Eyed Films – Silverchair – "The Greatest View"
• Best Cover Art
  • Darren Glindemann, John Watson, Melissa Chenery, Daniel Johns – Silverchair – Diorama
    • Art of the State, Scott James Smith – The Whitlams – Torch the Moon
    • Campbell Murray Creating – Kasey Chambers – Barricades & Brickwalls
    • Chris Von Sanden – george – Polyserena
    • Craig Nicholls – The Vines – Highly Evolved

Outstanding Achievement Award

• Kylie Minogue

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame was:

• Olivia Newton-John