The 2012 Aria Awards: Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Joel Madden

Next week, the ARIA Awards will be taking place in Sydney. It's Australia's night of nights, the one time the crème de la crème of our fabulous music industry get together to celebrate their achievements. And big achievements they are! It's been a huge year in Aussie music, with six singles and eight albums hitting number one on the national ARIA charts, which is no mean feat when you consider the international competition. Before the big night, you should get up to speed with all things ARIAs — like who has the most nominations, which massive international guests are performing and who's being honoured — so click through our gallery now!