Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 19-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year". Presenters distributed 28 awards from 1060 preliminary nominations, big winner for the year was Silverchair with five awards.