List of awards and nominations received by John Farnham

John Farnham awards and nominations

Statue of John Farnham, Melbourne Docklands
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations ARIA Awards 20 56 Countdown Music and Video Awards 4 4 King of Pop Awards 8 8 Logie Awards 10 10 Mo Awards Entertainment industry awards 14 14
Totals
Awards won	56
Nominations	92

John Farnham is an Australian pop singer who has won and been nominated for Australian music and entertainment awards,^[1] including Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards,^[2] Countdown Music and Video Awards,^[3][4][5] and King of Pop Awards.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2003.^[8]

ARIA awards

Farnham has won 20 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards including his 2003 induction into the Hall of Fame.^[2][7][8] This induction recognised his achievement of a "significant body of recorded work" and that he "had a cultural impact within Australia".^[8] Farnham has won 19 other ARIA Awards, from a total of 56 nominations, including winning five for Highest Selling Album in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994 and 1999; and four for Best Adult Contemporary Album in 1987, 1988, 1996 and 2003.^[2] 1987 was his most successful year when he won six awards from ten nominations.^[2]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1987	"You're the Voice"	Highest Selling Single	Won
		Single of the Year	Won
	Whispering Jack	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won
		Highest Selling Album	Won
		Album of the Year	Won
		Best Male Artist	Won
	Whispering Jack – Ross Fraser	Producer of the Year	Nominated
	Whispering Jack – Doug Brady	Engineer of the Year	Nominated
	Whispering Jack – Steve Malpass	Best Cover Artist	Nominated
	"No One Comes Close" – Eric McCusker	Best Songwriter	Nominated
1988	John Farnham	Outstanding Achievement Award	Won
	John Farnham	Best Male Artist	Won
	"Touch of Paradise"	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won
1989	Age of Reason	Highest Selling Album	Won
		Album of the Year	Nominated
		Best Male Artist	Nominated
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated
	Age of Reason – Ross Fraser	Producer of the Year	Won
	Age of Reason – Malpass & Burrows	Best Cover Art	Nominated
	"Age of Reason"	Single of the Year	Nominated
		Highest Selling Single	Nominated
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	"Age of Reason" – Stephen Priest & Steve Hopkins	Best Video	Nominated
1991	Chain Reaction	Highest Selling Album	Won
		Album of the Year	Nominated
		Best Male Artist	Won
	"That's Freedom"	Single of the Year	Nominated
	"Burn for You"	Song of the Year	Won
1992	Full House	Best Male Artist	Nominated
	"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"	Single of the Year	Nominated
1994	"Seemed Like a Good Idea (At the Time)"[nb 1]	Best Video	Nominated
	Then Again	Best Male Artist	Nominated
		Highest Selling Album	Won
		Album of the Year	Nominated
1996	Romeo's Heart[nb 2]	Album of the Year	Nominated
		Best Male Artist	Nominated
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won
		Engineer of the Year	Nominated
1997	Romeo's Heart	Highest Selling Album	Nominated
	"All Kinds of People"	Best Video	Nominated
	"Heart's on Fire"[nb 3]	Engineer of the Year	Nominated
1998	Anthology	Highest Selling Album	Nominated
	"Every Time You Cry"	Highest Selling Single	Nominated
1999	Highlights from The Main Event	Highest Selling Album	Won
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated
2000	Live at the Regent[nb 4]	Best Original Cast / Show Recording	Nominated
		Engineer of the Year	Won
2001	33^1⁄3[nb 5]	Highest Selling Album	Nominated
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated
		Engineer of the Year	Nominated
2003	The Last Time	Highest Selling Album	Nominated
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won
		Hall of Fame	Won
2005	Together in Concert	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated
2011	Jack	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated
2015	Two Strong Hearts Live	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated

Countdown awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week but then independently.^[14] TV Week had previously sponsored the 'King of Pop' awards.^[14] The Countdown Music and Video Awards were succeeded by the ARIA Awards.^[14][15][16] The 1986 awards ceremony was held on 19 July 1987 at Sydney Opera House, it followed the last regular Countdown show.^[4][17][18]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1986	Whispering Jack	Best Album	Won
	"You're the Voice"	Best Single	Won
		Best Performance in a Video	Won
	John Farnham	Outstanding Achievement	Won

Helpmann awards

The Helpmann Awards are an accolade, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA), for achievements in disciplines of Australia's live performance sectors, including theatre, musicals, opera, ballet, dance and concerts.^[19] In 2004, Farnham received the JC Williamson Award, the LPA's highest honour,^[20] for his life's work in live performance.^[21]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2004	Himself	JC Williamson Award	Won

King of Pop awards

Teen-oriented pop music magazine, Go-Set was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.^[3][4] In 1967 the most popular performer was Normie Rowe and when the awards were announced on the Go!! television show there was a crowning of Rowe as 'King of Pop'.^[3][4] In the following years, TV Week provided coupons for readers to vote for their choice, a similar system had been in use for TV's Logie Awards since 1960. The 'King of Pop' awards ceremony was televised by the 0-10 Network from 1967 to 1975, and from 1976 to 1978 by the Nine Network.^[22] As Johnny Farnham, he was crowned 'King of Pop' for five consecutive years, 1969–1973 and won three other awards.^[3][4]

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1969	Johnny Farnham	King of Pop	Won
1970	Johnny Farnham	King of Pop	Won
1971	Johnny Farnham	King of Pop	Won
	Johnny Farnham	Best Dressed Male Performer	Won
1972	Johnny Farnham	King of Pop	Won
	"Walking the Floor"	Most Popular Australian Single	Won
1973	Johnny Farnham	King of Pop	Won
	Hits 1: Magic Rock 'N' Roll	Most Popular Australian Album	Won

Logie awards

Television guide TV Week developed a set of awards in 1958 which became the Logie Awards, the magazine provided coupons for readers to vote for their choice in a variety of categories from 1960. As Johnny Farnham, he was voted "Best Teenage Personality" on television for five years in a row,^{[23][24][25][26][27]} during 1969–1973 and received five more Logies as John Farnham for "Most Popular Music Video" during the late 1980s and early 1990s.^{[28][29][30][31][32]}

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1969	Johnny Farnham	Best Teenage Personality	Won
1970	Johnny Farnham	Best Teenage Personality	Won
1971	Johnny Farnham	Best Teenage Personality	Won
1972	Johnny Farnham	Best Teenage Personality	Won
1973	Johnny Farnham	Best Teenage Personality	Won
1987	"You're the Voice"[nb 6]	Most Popular Music Video	Won
1989	"Age of Reason"[nb 7]	Most Popular Music Video	Won
1991	"Chain Reaction"[nb 8]	Most Popular Music Video	Won
1992	"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"[nb 9]	Most Popular Music Video	Won
1993	"Everything's Alright"[nb 10]	Most Popular Music Video	Won

Mo awards

The Mo Awards are Australia's entertainment industry awards, which began in 1975, as the New South Wales Star Awards, when they become a national awards program in the next year, Don Lane proposed the name, Mo Awards, in honor of Australian entertainer Roy "Mo McCackie" Rene. Award categories are reviewed annually and adapted to changing trends. Farnham has won "Male Vocal" or "Male Vocal Performer" on seven occasions from 14 award wins.^{[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]}

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1978	Johnny Farnham	Male Vocal	Won
1979	Johnny Farnham	Male Vocal	Won
1980	John Farnham	Male Vocal	Won
	John Farnham	Entertainer of the Year	Won
1981	John Farnham	Male Vocal	Won
1982	John Farnham	Male Vocal	Won
1986	John Farnham	Entertainer of the Year	Won
1987	John Farnham	Daily Telegraph — Male	Won
	John Farnham	Male Vocal Performer	Won
1988	John Farnham	Daily Telegraph — Male	Won
	John Farnham	Male Vocal Performer	Won
1991	John Farnham	Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year	Won
1999	Main Event (Anthony Warlow, John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John)	Australian Performer of the Year	Won
2000	John Farnham	Arena Performer of the Year	Won

Notes

1. The video for "Seemed Like a Good Idea (At the Time)" was directed by Craig Griffin.^[9]
2. The album Romeo's Heart was engineered by Doug Brady.^[10]
3. The song "Heart's on Fire" was engineered by Doug Brady.^[11]
4. The album Live at the Regent was engineered by Doug Brady.^[12]
5. The album 33¹⁄₃ was engineered by Doug Brady.^[13]
6. The video for "You're the Voice" was directed by Meiert Avis.
7. The video for "Age of Reason" was directed by .
8. The video for "Chain Reaction" was directed by .
9. "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" was performed by Farnham and Jimmy Barnes who shared the award.^[31] The video was directed by .
10. "Everything's Alright" was performed by Farnham, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens who shared the award.^[32] The video was directed by .

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