The ARIA Achievement Awards and ARIA Icon Awards, are awards presented periodically at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and are "awarded at the discretion of the ARIA Board." They are handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." The awards listed below are given periodically to Australian-based artists or industry personnel within the categories: ARIA Outstanding Achievement Awards (first presented in 1988), ARIA Special Achievement Awards (first in 1989), ARIA Lifetime Achievement Awards (first in 1991) and ARIA Icon Awards (first in 2013).
Awardees Outstanding Achievement In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour.
Year Awardee(s) 1988 John Farnham 1989(3rd) INXS 1990(4th) Kylie Minogue 1991(5th) Midnight Oil 1996(10th) Silverchair 1997(11th) Peter Andre 1998(12th) Savage Garden 1999(13th) Natalie Imbruglia 2000(14th) Slim Dusty Tina Arena 2001(15th) Keith Urban 2002(16th) Kylie Minogue 2003(17th) The Wiggles 2015(29th) Lee Kernaghan
Special Achievement In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour.
Year Awardee(s) 1989(3rd) Kylie Minogue 1992(6th) Michael GudinskiMushroom Records 1993(7th) Ian "Molly" Meldrum 1994(8th) Stan Rofe 1996(10th) Slim Dusty 1997(11th) Charles Fisher 1999(13th) Bill Armstrong Ron Tudor 2000(14th) Daryl Somers
Lifetime Achievement In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour.
Year Awardee(s) 1991(5th) Ted Albert 2007(21st) John Woodruff 2008(22nd) John Laws
Icon Awards In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour.
Year Awardee(s) 2013(27th) Michael Gudinski 2014(28th) 2016(30th) Sebastian Chase 2017(31st) Roger Davies 2019(33rd) Michael Chugg
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