John Farnham is an Australian pop singer who has won and been nominated for Australian music and entertainment awards, including Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards, Countdown Music and Video Awards, and King of Pop Awards. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2003.
ARIA awards
Farnham has won 21 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards including his 2003 induction into the Hall of Fame. This induction recognised his achievement of a "significant body of recorded work" and that he "had a cultural impact within Australia". Farnham has won 20 other ARIA Awards, from a total of 60 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. 1987 was his most successful year when he won six awards from ten nominations.
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. TV Week had previously sponsored the 'King of Pop' awards. The Countdown Music and Video Awards were succeeded by the ARIA Awards. The 1986 awards ceremony was held on 19 July 1987 at Sydney Opera House, it followed the last regular Countdown show.
Go-Set Pop Poll
The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.
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. In 2004, Farnham received the JC Williamson Award, the LPA's highest honour, for his life's work in live performance.
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. 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'. 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. As Johnny Farnham, he was crowned 'King of Pop' for five consecutive years, 1969–1973 and won three other awards.
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, during 1969–1973 and received five more Logies as John Farnham for "Most Popular Music Video" during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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.
Music Victoria Awards
The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.
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