Artists from Australia

258 published artists from Australia, led by AC/DC, Kylie Minogue and Sia. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

258 published artists from Australia; 873 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists19 tier 1 · 15 tier 2 · 224 tier 3: 258
Release groups: 5,209
Studio albums: 985
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 873
Timeline events: 1,816
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 580.6M
Claimed salessum of stored claims; implausible values excluded: 200M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 26 years
Full biographies: 217
Biography words: 509,402

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 2000s (41 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1950s	1
1960s	4
1970s	15
1980s	19
1990s	34
2000s	41
2010s	28
2020s	5

111 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Australia

Top 8 genres by artist count. pop music is the most common, with 28 artists.

Covers from Australia

873 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Power Up
AC/DC · 2020
Rock or Bust
AC/DC · 2014
Black Ice
AC/DC · 2008
The Document
AC/DC · 2007
Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC · 2000
Ballbreaker
AC/DC · 1995
Fire Your Guns
AC/DC · 1991
The Razors Edge
AC/DC · 1990
Blow Up Your Video
AC/DC · 1988
Fly on the Wall
AC/DC · 1985
Flick of the Switch
AC/DC · 1983
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
AC/DC · 1981

Leaders

AC/DC has the most release groups (392); Slim Dusty the longest career (67 years); INXS the most awards (46).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
AC/DC	392
Kylie Minogue	249
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	200
Sia	187
Dead Can Dance	176

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Slim Dusty	67
The Seekers	60
John Farnham	56
John Williamson	55
AC/DC	52

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
INXS	46
Troye Sivan	26
Kylie Minogue	22
5 Seconds of Summer	18
Paul Kelly	17

Other countries with pop music artists, and the browse view for Australia.

pop music in other countries

United States 596
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 252
Japan 207
France 160
Canada 129
Turkey 116
Sweden 99
Germany 75

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Most famous artists from Australia

AC/DC

Australia · Group · 1973–present

hard rock, rock and roll, blues rock, classic rock

37.2M listeners · 103 wikis

Kylie Minogue

Australia · Person · born 1968

pop music, dance-pop, synth-pop, electropop, nu-disco

19.1M listeners · 123 wikis

Sia

Australia · Person · born 1975

electropop, indie pop

68.9M listeners · 80 wikis

Hugh Jackman

Australia · Person · born 1968

7.7M listeners · 106 wikis

Tame Impala

Australia · Group · 2007–present

psychedelic rock, alternative rock, psychedelic pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, dream pop

60.9M listeners · 43 wikis

Troye Sivan

Australia · Person · born 1995

pop music, synth-pop, electropop, indie pop, dream pop

19.9M listeners · 54 wikis

5 Seconds of Summer

Australia · Group · 2011–present

pop rock, pop-punk

20.3M listeners · 51 wikis

The Kid Laroi

Australia · Person · born 2003

pop music, contemporary R&B, alternative rock, pop-punk, emo rap, Australian hip-hop

40.1M listeners · 32 wikis

Natalie Imbruglia

Australia · Person · born 1975

pop music, pop rock, adult contemporary music

9.4M listeners · 63 wikis

Iggy Azalea

Australia · Person · born 1990

pop music, electronic music, electronic dance music, hip-hop, trap music, pop rap, electropop

8.3M listeners · 65 wikis

Empire of the Sun

Australia · Group · 2007–present

electronic music, glam rock, electronic dance music, alternative rock, synth-pop, new wave, electronic rock

38.3M listeners · 29 wikis

INXS

Australia · Group · 1977–2012

alternative rock, dance-rock, new wave, funk rock, pub rock

9.5M listeners · 49 wikis

Artists from Australia

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Australia

Covers from Australia

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

pop music in other countries

Browse

Most famous artists from Australia

AC/DC

Kylie Minogue

Sia

Hugh Jackman

Tame Impala

Troye Sivan

5 Seconds of Summer

The Kid Laroi

Natalie Imbruglia

Iggy Azalea

Empire of the Sun

INXS

More from Australia

Tones and I

Vance Joy

Men at Work

Crowded House

Savage Garden

Chase Atlantic

Dean Lewis

Air Supply

Flume

Keith Urban

The Temper Trap

Pnau

Fisher

Timmy Trumpet

Rüfüs Du Sol

Hillsong United

Shouse

Sonny Fodera

Angus Young

Nick Cave

Malcolm Young

Phil Rudd

Dead Can Dance

Delta Goodrem

Dami Im

Cody Simpson

Jessica Mauboy

Guy Sebastian

Michael Hutchence

Darren Hayes

Kate Miller-Heidke

Percy Grainger

Tommy Emmanuel

Tina Arena

Tim Minchin

Felix

Bang Chan

Vanessa Amorosi

Missy Higgins

George Young

Sick Puppies

John Farnham

The Seekers

Arthur Benjamin

Angus & Julia Stone

Daniel Johns

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Jung Ryeo-won

The Easybeats

Malcolm Williamson

Kevin Parker

Clare Bowen

Slim Dusty

Sam Sparro