This list details Australian musicians, performers, producers and composers that have been successful in winning a Grammy Award. Many on the list have also been inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Hall of Fame.[1]
A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognise outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on 4 May 1959, and it was set up to honour musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958.
Australian musicians and performers have produced a wide variety of popular music which has been commercially successful on the international scene.[2][3] However, success at the Grammy Awards has been quite rare for Australian musicians. The first Australian to win a Grammy was Joan Sutherland in 1961. The most successful Australians (all of whom were not born in Australia) are The Bee Gees, Olivia Newton-John and Keith Urban who have won 4 Grammy Awards each.
Categories
editRecord of the Year
editRecord of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song.
Year | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used To Know | Artist, producer & engineer/mixer; shared with Kimbra (artist), François Tétaz (engineer/mixer) & William Bowden (mastering engineer) | [4] |
1984 | Terry Britten | What's Love Got To Do With It | Producer; shared with Tina Turner (artist) | [5] |
1974 | Olivia Newton-John | I Honestly Love You | Artist; shared with John Farrar (producer) | [6][7] |
Album of the Year
editAlbum of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a full album.
Year | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack | Shared with Various Artists | [8][9] |
2016 | Samuel Dixon | Adele – 25 | Shared with Various Artists | [10][11] |
Song of the Year
editSong of the Year is awarded to the composer(s) of the song.
Year | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | Terry Britten | What's Love Got To Do With It | Shared with Graham Lyle | [5] |
Best New Artist
editBest New Artist is awarded to a promising breakthrough performer who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording that establishes the public identity of that artist (which is not necessarily their first proper release).
Year | Name | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1982 | Men at Work | [12][13] |
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used To Know | Shared with Kimbra | [4] |
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack | [8][9] | |
1977 | Bee Gees | How Deep Is Your Love | [14] |
Best Hard Rock Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | AC/DC | War Machine | [15] | |
2006 | Wolfmother | Woman | [16] |
Best Dance Recording
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Kylie Minogue | Come into My World | [17] |
Best Pop Dance Recording
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Kylie Minogue | Padam Padam | [18] |
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Rüfüs Du Sol | Alive |
Best Dance/Electronic Album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Flume | Skin | [19] |
Best Alternative Music album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Gotye | Making Mirrors | [4] |
Best Rap Album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | M-Phazes | The Marshall Mathers LP2 | Producer; shared with Eminem (artist) |
Best R&B Album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Mike Waters | Bigger Love | Songwriter; shared with John Legend (artist) | [20][21] |
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Rick Springfield | Jessie's Girl | [22] |
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1974 | Olivia Newton-John | I Honestly Love You | [6][7] | |
1972 | Helen Reddy | I Am Woman | [23][24] |
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | Olivia Newton-John | Let Me Be There | [25][26] |
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Keith Urban | 'Til Summer Comes Around | [27] | |
2009 | Keith Urban | Sweet Thing | [28] | |
2007 | Keith Urban | Stupid Boy | [29] | |
2005 | Keith Urban | You'll Think of Me | [30] |
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Joan Sutherland | Live From Lincoln Center – Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti | Shared with Luciano Pavarotti & Marilyn Horne & Richard Bonynge (conductor) | [31] |
Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (With or Without Orchestra)
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | Joan Sutherland | The Art of the Prima Donna | Shared with Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor) | [32] |
Video of the Year
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | Olivia Newton-John | Physical | [33] |
Best New Age Album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Wouter Kellerman and Ricky Kej | Winds of Samsara | Lamine Sonko - songwriter/vocalist |
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
editYear | Name | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | Bee Gees | Shared with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson | [8][9] |
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Hugh Jackman | The Greatest Showman | Shared with Various Artists | [34] |
Best Music Film
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Alan Hicks | Quincy | Shared with Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones (video director) and Paula DuPré Pesmen (video producer) | [35] |
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | David Jacques | Live Revelations | Full Credits: Third Day (Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell), artist. Chris Biggs, David Jacques & Don McCollister, engineers/mixers. Third Day (Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell), producer. |
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
editYear | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Paul Mabury | You Say | Shared with Lauren Daigle |
Best Christian Music Album
editYear | Name | Album Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Paul Mabury | Look Up Child | Shared with Lauren Daigle |
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
editIn 2013 Best Small Ensemble Performance was renamed to Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.[36]
Year | Name | Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Tim Munro | Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music From Slide | Full credits: David Frost, producer; Eighth Blackbird (Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael J. Maccaferri & Nicholas Photinos), ensembles; Tom Lazarus, Mat Lejeune, Bill Maylone & Jon Zacks, engineers/mixers | [37][38] |
2012 | Tim Munro | Eighth Blackbird: Meanwhile | Full credits: Judith Sherman, producer; Eighth Blackbird (Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael J. Maccaferri, Tim Munro & Nicholas Photinos), ensembles; Bill Maylone, engineer/mixer | [39][38] |
2015 | Tim Munro | Eighth Blackbird: Filament | Full credits: Bryce Dessner, producer; Jonathan Low, engineer; Eighth Blackbird (Matt Albert, Matthew Duvall, Lisa Kaplan, Michael J. Maccaferri, Tim Munro & Nicholas Photinos) | [40][41][38][42] |
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
editYear | Name | Album Title | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Tommy Emmanuel | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Shared with John Carter Cash, Markus Illko, Janet Robin, Roberto Luis Rodriguez & The String Revolution |
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