JIMMY BARNES, COLD CHISEL ARIAAWARDS: 5 (1 AS COLD CHISEL)
Best Male Artist, 1989, 1992; Highest Selling Album, 1992; Hall of Fame, 1993 (Cold Chisel); Hall of Fame, 2005 “When I was a little kid Australian music was considered to be kind of second rate. Our artists were viewed as the poor cousins of the really good artists who all came from Britain and America. Over my life that attitude has thankfully changed and I think the ARIAs have helped that along. These days nobody doubts that Australian music is worldclass so it makes sense to recognise that in various ways including award shows.”