List of awards and nominations received by Powderfinger

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]

List of Powderfinger awards and nominations

Powderfinger performing at the Across the Great Divide Tour with Silverchair in September 2007.
Award	Wins	Nominations
ARIA Awards	18	47
APRA Awards	3	6
Hottest 100^[A]	2	21
Music Industry Critics' Awards	4
Jack Awards	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.

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]

ARIA Awards

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]	Lost to
1996	"Pick You Up"	Engineer of the Year	Nominated	You Am I - Hourly, Daily
		Song of the Year	Nominated	Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - "Where The Wild Roses Grow"
		Single of the Year	Nominated	Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - "Where The Wild Roses Grow"
1997	Double Allergic	Producer of the Year	Nominated	Hoodoo Gurus - "Down On Me"/Judith Durham, Russell Hitchcock & Mandawury Yunupingu - "I Am Australian"/Savage Garden - Savage Garden/The Seekers - Far Shore
		Best Alternative Release	Nominated	Spiderbait - Ivy & The Big Apples
		Best Group	Nominated	Savage Garden - Savage Garden
		Highest Selling Album	Nominated	Crowded House - Recurring Dream: The Very Best Of Crowded House
		Album of the Year	Nominated	Savage Garden - Savage Garden
	"D.A.F."	Song of the Year	Nominated	Savage Garden - "To The Moon & Back"
		Single of the Year	Nominated	Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply"
1999	Internationalist	Best Cover Art	Won	N/A
		Best Rock Album	Won	N/A
		Album of the Year	Won	N/A
		Best Group	Nominated	The Living End - The Living End
	"The Day You Come"	Single of the Year	Won	N/A
2000	"Passenger"	Best Cover Art	Nominated	Spiderbait - "Glokenpop"
		Best Group	Nominated	Killing Heidi - Reflector
		Single of the Year	Nominated	Madison Avenue - "Don’t Call Me Baby"
2001	Odyssey Number Five	Best Cover Art	Won	N/A
		Best Rock Album	Won	N/A
		Highest Selling Album	Won	N/A
		Best Group	Won	N/A
		Album of the Year	Won	N/A
	"My Happiness"	Single of the Year	Won	N/A
		Highest Selling Single	Nominated	Scandal’Us - "Me, Myself & I"
	"Like a Dog"	Best Video	Nominated	Eskimo Joe - "Wake Up"
2002	"The Metre"	Best Group	Nominated	Silverchair - Diorama
2003	Vulture Street	Best Cover Art	Won	N/A
		Best Rock Album	Won	N/A
		Best Group	Won	N/A
		Album of the Year	Won	N/A
		Highest Selling Album	Nominated	Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes
	"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"	Best Video	Nominated	The Androids - "Do It With Madonna"
		Single of the Year	Nominated	Delta Goodrem - "Born To Try"
2004	"Sunsets"	Best Group	Nominated	Jet - Get Born
2005	These Days: Live in Concert	Best Music DVD	Nominated	Jet - Right! Right! Right!
		Best Group	Nominated	Eskimo Joe - "Older Than You"
2007	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	Best Cover Art	Won	N/A
		Best Rock Album	Nominated	Silverchair - Young Modern
		Best Group	Nominated	Silverchair - Young Modern
		Album of the Year	Nominated	Silverchair - Young Modern
	"Lost and Running"	Single of the Year	Nominated	Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
		Best Video	Nominated	Silverchair - "Straight Lines"
2008	Across the Great Divide (with Silverchair)	Best Music DVD	Won	N/A
2010[6]	Golden Rule	Best Group	Nominated	The Temper Trap - "Love Lost"
		Best Rock Album	Nominated	Birds Of Tokyo - Birds Of Tokyo
		Most Popular Australian Album	Won	N/A
	Powderfinger	Most Popular Australian Artist	Won	N/A
	"All of the Dreamers" – Head Pictures	Best Video	Nominated	Sia - "Clap Your Hands"
2011	Sunsets Farewell Tour	Best Music DVD	Nominated	AC/DC - Live At River Plate

APRA Awards

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
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]

Triple J Hottest 100

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".[13][14] "My Happiness" and "These Days" also appeared on CD releases in their respective years.[15][16]

Year	Ranking	Single	CD?	DVD?
1996[17]	6	"Pick You Up"	No	N/A
	18	"D.A.F."	Yes	N/A
	32	"Living Type"	No	N/A
1997[18]	66	"JC"	No	N/A
1998[19]	8	"The Day You Come"	Yes	N/A
	46	"Don't Wanna Be Left Out"	No	N/A
1999[13]	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[14]	1	"My Happiness"	Yes	N/A
	3	"My Kind of Scene"	No	N/A
2003[20]	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[21]	9	"Bless My Soul"	No	No
	68	"Process This"	No	No
2007[22]	15	"Lost and Running"	No	No
	66	"I Don't Remember"	No	No
2009[22]	49	"All of the Dreamers"	Yes	Yes

Other awards and achievements

1999 Music Industry Critics' Awards[5]

Nominated work	Award	Result
"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.[23]

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.

See also

• Powderfinger discography–includes chart rankings and album certifications.

References

Notes

A. ^ Powderfinger tracks have been ranked as #1 on Triple J Hottest 100 charts twice, and have been ranked in other positions 21 times.

Citations

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