Powderfinger performing at the Across the Great Divide Tour with Silverchair in September 2007. Contents | ||
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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18 | 47 | |
3 | 6 | |
2 | 21 | |
| 4 | |
4 | ||
Totals | ||
Awards won | 28 | |
Nominations | 50 | |
Footnotes | ||
The "Won" and "Nominated" cells of this infobox also include #1 rankings on lists and works that have been shortlisted. |
This is a comprehensive listing of awards won by Powderfinger , an alternative rock band who were based in Brisbane, Australia. [1] The band formed in 1989 in Brisbane, and their lineup since 1992 consisted of Bernard Fanning, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton and Jon Coghill. [2]
Powderfinger is highly successful in the Australian recording industry, being a recipient of the industry's flagship awards, the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards, eighteen times. [3] The group has also topped the Triple J Hottest 100 chart twice, and had a total of 21 entries listed. The group has also received three awards from the Australasian Performing Right Association, four Jack Awards, [4] and four Music Industry Critics' Awards. [5]
Powderfinger has won eighteen ARIA Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association, from forty-seven nominations, over a period of sixteen years. [3] In particular, Powderfinger has received the "Best Cover Art" award several times, including for Odyssey Number Five in 2001, and for Vulture Street in 2003. [3] Powderfinger has also won the award for "Best Group" twice, and has been nominated six times. [3] The awards are presented annually by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result [3] |
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1996 | "Pick You Up" | Engineer of the Year | Nominated |
Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
1997 | Double Allergic | Producer of the Year | Nominated |
Best Alternative Release | Nominated | ||
Best Group | Nominated | ||
Highest Selling Album | Nominated | ||
Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
"D.A.F." | Song of the Year | Nominated | |
Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
1999 | Internationalist | Best Cover Art | Won |
Best Rock Album | Won | ||
Album of the Year | Won | ||
Best Group | Nominated | ||
"The Day You Come" | Single of the Year | Won | |
2000 | "Passenger" | Best Cover Art | Nominated |
Best Group | Nominated | ||
Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
2001 | Odyssey Number Five | Best Cover Art | Won |
Best Rock Album | Won | ||
Highest Selling Album | Won | ||
Best Group | Won | ||
Album of the Year | Won | ||
"My Happiness" | Single of the Year | Won | |
Highest Selling Single | Nominated | ||
"Like a Dog" | Best Video | Nominated | |
2002 | "The Metre" | Best Group | Nominated |
2003 | Vulture Street | Best Cover Art | Won |
Best Rock Album | Won | ||
Best Group | Won | ||
Album of the Year | Won | ||
Highest Selling Album | Nominated | ||
"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | Best Video | Nominated | |
Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
2004 | "Sunsets" | Best Group | Nominated |
2005 | These Days: Live in Concert | Best Music DVD | Nominated |
Best Group | Nominated | ||
2007 | Dream Days at the Hotel Existence | Best Cover Art | Won |
Best Rock Album | Nominated | ||
Best Group | Nominated | ||
Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
"Lost and Running" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |
Best Video | Nominated | ||
2008 | Across the Great Divide (with Silverchair) | Best Music DVD | Won |
2010 [6] | Golden Rule | Best Group | Nominated |
Best Rock Album | Nominated | ||
Most Popular Australian Album | Won | ||
Powderfinger | Most Popular Australian Artist | Won | |
"All of the Dreamers" – Head Pictures | Best Video | Nominated | |
2011 | Sunsets Farewell Tour | Best Music DVD | Nominated |
Powderfinger has won multiple APRA Awards from the Australasian Performing Right Association, including "Songwriter of the Year" in 2004. [7] The band has also won "Song of the Year" twice, in 2000 and 2001. [8] [9]
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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1996 | "Pick You Up" | Song of the Year | Nominated [10] |
1999 | "The Day You Come" | Song of the Year | Nominated [11] |
2000 | "Passenger" | Song of the Year | Won [8] |
2001 | "My Happiness" | Song of the Year | Won [9] |
2004 | Powderfinger | Songwriter of the Year | Won [7] |
"On My Mind" | Most Performed Australian Work | Nominated [12] | |
2010 | "Burn Your Name" (Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton) | Song of the Year [13] | Shortlisted |
"All of the Dreamers" (Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton) | Shortlisted | ||
2011 | "Burn Your Name" (Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton) | Most Played Australian Work | Nominated |
Rock Work of the Year | Nominated | ||
The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia since 2001. [14] Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Sunsets The Farewell Tour | Helpmann Award for Best Australian Contemporary Concert | Won | [15] |
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Powderfinger won two awards in that time. [16]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
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1999 | Powderfinger | Rock Performers of the Year | Won |
2000 | Powderfinger | Contemporary Rock Performers of the Year | Won |
Powderfinger has appeared in Triple J's Hottest 100 22 times, as well as appearing on five CD releases and one DVD release. Of their nineteen appearances, they topped the chart twice; in 1999 with "These Days", and in 2000 with "My Happiness". [17] [18] "My Happiness" and "These Days" also appeared on CD releases in their respective years. [19] [20]
Year | Ranking | Single | CD? | DVD? |
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1996 [21] | 6 | "Pick You Up" | No | N/A |
18 | "D.A.F." | Yes | N/A | |
32 | "Living Type" | No | N/A | |
1997 [22] | 66 | "JC" | No | N/A |
1998 [23] | 8 | "The Day You Come" | Yes | N/A |
46 | "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" | No | N/A | |
1999 [17] | 1 | "These Days" | Yes | N/A |
25 | "Already Gone" | No | N/A | |
68 | "Good-Day Ray" | No | N/A | |
100 | "Passenger" | No | N/A | |
2000 [18] | 1 | "My Happiness" | Yes | N/A |
3 | "My Kind of Scene" | No | N/A | |
2003 [24] | 4 | "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | Yes | Yes |
7 | "Sunsets" | No | No | |
10 | "Love Your Way" | No | No | |
76 | "Rockin' Rocks" | No | No | |
77 | "Stumblin'" | No | No | |
2004 [25] | 9 | "Bless My Soul" | No | No |
68 | "Process This" | No | No | |
2007 [26] | 15 | "Lost and Running" | No | No |
66 | "I Don't Remember" | No | No | |
2009 [26] | 49 | "All of the Dreamers" | Yes | Yes |
Nominated work | Award | Result |
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"The Day You Come" | Song of the Year | Won |
Best EP/Single | Won | |
Internationalist | Best Australian Album | Won |
Best CD/Album Production | Won |
In 1999, the band won four awards at the annual Music Industry Critics' Awards (see right), [5] and Internationalist was voted one of the "Best 100 Albums" of the 1990s by JUICE magazine.
Powderfinger has received four Jack Awards from Bourbon whiskey producers Jack Daniels. In 2004, Powderfinger won "Best Live Band" and "Best Live Performance" for the group on Rove , and Jon Coghill won "Best Drummer". In 2005, the group won "Best Tour Art" for their tour The Revolution. [4]
In 2004, Powderfinger were named the "Most Broadcast Act" of the year by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia. [27]
In 2011, Powderfinger's album "Odyssey Number Five" was voted number one in Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Albums of all-time music poll.
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