Kasey Chambers Nominated for 6 ARIA Awards; Tour of USA Scheduled for February 2003.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 Kasey Chambers has done it again! For the third year in a row, the award-winning Aussie Alt-country/pop crossover phenomenon has been nominated for the prestigious ARIA Award in her native Australia. Only this time, she's up for 6 of them. She is one of very few artists to have been nominated in 6 different categories which include: "Album of the Year," "Best Country Album," and "Highest Selling Album" for her current release, BARRICADES & BRICKWALLS. The first hit single from the album, "Not Pretty Enough," is up for: "Single of the Year," and "Highest Selling Single." Kasey has also been nominated for "Best Female Artist." Kasey was awarded her first ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Award and Australian Grammy equivalent) in 1999 for "Country Album of the Year" with her first solo album, THE CAPTAIN. That album remained a staple on the Aussie Country and Pop charts for nearly two years, certified double Platinum and was awarded a second ARIA in 2000 for "Female Pop Artist of the Year," and won "Best Album of the Year" by the Country Music Association of Australia. Meanwhile in America, THE CAPTAIN had placed on over 50 "Best Of" and "Top Ten" lists that year including Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of the Year 2000" and the annual Village Voice sponsored "Pazz and Jop" poll. This summer Kasey has already won three more awards: The "Golden Guitar Award" at the annual Australian Country Music Australian country music is a vibrant part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass, to yodelling to folk to the more popular. Australia has a long tradition of country music, which has developed a style quite distinct from its U.S. Awards, The Variety Award's "Entertainer of the Year," and the APRA's prestigious "Australian Songwriter of the Year," which is an award voted on by a panel of other Australian recording artists. The winners of this year's ARIA's will be announced October 15, 2002. BARRICADES & BRICKWALLS was originally released Stateside state·side adj. 1. Of or in the continental United States. 2. Alaska Of or in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. adv. Informal 1. in February 2002, and is still going strong with sales surpassing the 100k mark, and it seems as though there is no end in sight for nonstop critical praise. Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person Magazine called it: "The down-under sequel to `O Brother, Where Art Thou?' A true country girl who can summon the bygone by·gone adj. Gone by; past: bygone days. n. One, especially a grievance, that is past: Let bygones be bygones. keen of abandoned bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. angels." "The twenty-five-year-old displays a beyond-her-years songwriting maturity, with lyrics that ooze OOZE - Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992. the sincerity of an old soul." -- Elle Rolling Stone will once again honor Chambers in their "Women Who Rock" special edition next month. Following the birth of her son, Talon in June, Chambers will finally return to the road for her first American First American may refer to:
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