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.
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. 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 Record of the Year Record 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) 1984 Terry Britten What's Love Got to Do With It Producer; shared with Tina Turner (artist) 1974 Olivia Newton-John I Honestly Love You Artist; shared with John Farrar (producer)
Album of the Year Album 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 2016 Samuel Dixon Adele – 25 Shared with Various Artists 2016 Cameron Craig Adele – 25 Shared with Various Artists
Song of the Year Song 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
Best New Artist Best 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
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 2012 Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know Shared with Kimbra
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Year Name Title Notes Ref 1978 Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack 1977 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
Best Hard Rock Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 2009 AC/DC War Machine 2006 Wolfmother Woman
Best Dance Recording Year Name Title Notes Ref 2004 Kylie Minogue Come into My World
Best Pop Dance Recording Year Name Title Notes Ref 2024 Kylie Minogue Padam Padam
Best Dance/Electronic Recording Year Name Title Notes Ref 2022 Rüfüs Du Sol Alive 2025 Tame Impala Neverender Shared with Justice 2026 Tame Impala End of Summer
Best Dance/Electronic Album Year Name Title Notes Ref 2016 Flume Skin
Best Alternative Music album Year Name Title Notes Ref 2012 Gotye (producer), François Tétaz (engineer/mixer) Making Mirrors 2024 Catherine Marks The Record Producer; shared with Boygenius (artist)
Best Rap Album Year Name Title Notes Ref 2015 M-Phazes The Marshall Mathers LP2 Producer; shared with Eminem (artist)
Best R&B Album Year Name Title Notes Ref 2021 Mike Waters Bigger Love Songwriter; shared with John Legend (artist)
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 1981 Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 1974 Olivia Newton-John I Honestly Love You 1972 Helen Reddy I Am Woman
Best Female Country Vocal Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 1973 Olivia Newton-John Let Me Be There
Best Male Country Vocal Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 2010 Keith Urban 'Til Summer Comes Around 2009 Keith Urban Sweet Thing 2007 Keith Urban Stupid Boy 2005 Keith Urban You'll Think of Me
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Year Name Title Notes Ref 1981 Joan Sutherland Live From Lincoln Center – Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti Shared with Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne & Richard Bonynge (conductor)
Best Classical Performance – Vocal Soloist (With or Without Orchestra) Year Name Title Notes Ref 1961 Joan Sutherland The Art of the Prima Donna Shared with Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
Video of the Year Year Name Title Notes Ref 1982 Olivia Newton-John Physical
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Year Name Notes Ref 1978 Bee Gees Shared with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Year Name Notes Ref 2007 Cameron Craig Shared with Jimmy Hogarth, Tchad Blake and Emery Dobyns
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Year Name Title Notes Ref 2018 Hugh Jackman The Greatest Showman Shared with Various Artists
Best Music Film Year Name Title Notes Ref 2018 Alan Hicks Quincy Shared with Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones (video director) and Paula DuPré Pesmen (video producer)
Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album Year Name Title Notes Ref 2009 David JacquesLive RevelationsFull 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 Gospel Album Year Name Album title Notes Ref 2016 Henry SeeleyCovered: Alive in AsiaShared with Israel Houghton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Year Name Title Notes Ref 2018 Paul MaburyYou SayShared with Lauren Daigle
Best Christian Music Album Year Name Album title Notes Ref 2018 Paul MaburyLook Up ChildShared with Lauren Daigle
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance In 2013 Best Small Ensemble Performance was renamed to Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. 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 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 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)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Year 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
References
External links Grammy Awards – Past Winners Search Australian Artists who have won a Grammy Award Grammy-winning Aussies