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**List of Powderfinger awards**
Powderfinger performing at the Across the Great Divide Tour Across the Great Divide tour The Across the Great Divide tour was a concert tour by Australian alternative rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair in 2007. The tour featured concerts in 26 towns across Australia and multiple shows in New Zealand... with Silverchair Silverchair Silverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo... in September 2007.
Award	Wins	Nominations
ARIA Awards
APRA Awards APRA Awards The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
Hottest 100 Triple J Hottest 100 The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs... ^[A]
Music Industry Critics' Awards
Jack Awards Jack Awards The Jack Awards are a set of popularly-voted Australian music awards, sponsored by Tennessee whiskey company Jack Daniel's. The awards were conceived by Damien Wilson, former creative director of Peer Group Media to create a national platform that rewarded all areas of Australian live music, from...
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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
Powderfinger
Powderfinger was an Australian rock band that formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their breakup the band lineup consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill....

, an alternative

Alternative rock

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rock band

Rock Band

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based in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Australia

Australia

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. The band formed in 1989 in Brisbane

Brisbane

, and their lineup since 1992 has consisted of Bernard Fanning

Bernard Fanning

Bernard Joseph Fanning is a musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and frontman of Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989 to its dissolution in 2010....

, John Collins

John Collins (Australian musician)

John Andrew Collins is the mainstay bass guitarst for Australian rock band Powderfinger since 1989. He is one of the founding members of the band, along with guitarist Ian Haug, forming at their high school, Brisbane Grammar School as a three piece. Powderfinger has released seven studio albums, a...

, Ian Haug

Ian Haug

Ian David Haug is a lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the Australian rock band Powderfinger. Mainstays Haug and bass guitarist John Collins formed the band in Brisbane in 1989. During a hiatus in Powderfinger's career, Haug worked on a side project, The Predators, with Collins and original...

, Darren Middleton

Darren Middleton

Darren Stuart Middleton is an Australian lead guitarist for alternative rock band Powderfinger. He is also the lead singer for Drag....

and Jon Coghill

Jon Coghill

Jon Coghill is an Australian drummer best known for his work with Australian rock band, Powderfinger, although he has also toured with Regurgitator. Coghill replaced Powderfinger's original drummer Steven Bishop in 1991 when Bishop wanted to pursue further studies...

.

Powderfinger is highly successful in the Australian recording industry

Australian Recording Industry Association

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, being a recipient of the industry's flagship awards, the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

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, sixteen times. The group has also topped the Triple J Hottest 100

Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year. Voting is conducted by the internet and begins roughly two weeks prior to the new year for the previous year's songs...

chart twice, and had a total of 21 entries listed. The group has also received three awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....

from the Australasian Performing Right Association

Australasian Performing Right Association

The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...

, four Jack Awards

Jack Awards

The Jack Awards are a set of popularly-voted Australian music awards, sponsored by Tennessee whiskey company Jack Daniel's. The awards were conceived by Damien Wilson, former creative director of Peer Group Media to create a national platform that rewarded all areas of Australian live music, from...

, and four Music Industry Critics' Awards.

ARIA Awards

Powderfinger has won sixteen ARIA Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association

Australian Recording Industry Association

, from twenty-eight nominations, over a period of nine years. 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. Powderfinger has also won the award for "Best Group" twice, and has been nominated six times. The awards are presented annually by the Australian Recording Industry Association

Australian Recording Industry Association

Year	Nominated work	Award
1996	"Automatic"	Engineer of the Year
	"Pick You Up Pick You Up "Pick You Up" is the first single released from Powderfinger's second album Double Allergic. The single was released on 13 April 1996, and was Powderfinger's first moderate success both on commercial and Indie radio stations, and the most successful single from the album reaching #23 on the ARIA... "	Song of the Year
		Single of the Year
1997 ARIA Music Awards of 1997 The eleventh Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 22 September 1997 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney. The event was hosted by Australian actor–comedian Paul McDermott, with presenters Elle McFeast, Kylie Minogue, Ben Folds and The Presidents of the United...	Double Allergic Double Allergic Double Allergic is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger. Released in Australia on 2 September 1996 Polydor, the album was produced by Tim Whitten and widely considered Powderfinger's mainstream breakthrough....	Producer of the Year
		Best Alternative Release
		Best Group
		Highest Selling Album
		Album of the Year
	"D.A.F. D.A.F. (song) "D.A.F." is a song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released as a single from their second studio album, Double Allergic, on 5 August 1996."D.A.F." reached #39 on the Australian music chart... "	Song of the Year
		Single of the Year
1999	Internationalist Internationalist (album) Internationalist is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band, Powderfinger. The album was released on 7 September 1998 and was often labelled Powderfinger's most adventurous work, with greater experimentation than in previous works....	Best Cover Art
		Best Rock Album
		Album of the Year
		Best Group
	"The Day You Come The Day You Come "The Day You Come" is a song from Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist. It was released as a single on 10 August 1998.-History:... "	Single of the Year
2000	"Passenger Passenger (Powderfinger song) "Passenger" is a song from Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist. It was released as a single on 9 August 1999, and reached #30 on the Australian music chart. The single was nominated for Single of the year in 2000 at the Australian ARIA Music Awards... "	Best Cover Art
		Best Group
		Single of the Year
2001 ARIA Music Awards of 2001 The 15th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 30 October 2001 at the Capitol Theatre.-Awards:...	Odyssey Number Five Odyssey Number Five Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.The...	Best Cover Art
		Best Rock Album
		Highest Selling Album
		Best Group
		Album of the Year
	"My Happiness My Happiness (song) "My Happiness" is a song by Australian rock band Powderfinger. It was released on record label Universal Music Australia on 21 August 2000 as the first single from the band's fourth album, Odyssey Number Five... "	Single of the Year
	"Like a Dog"	Best Video
	"Like a Dog"	Highest Selling Single
2002 ARIA Music Awards of 2002 The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome.-ARIA Awards:...	"The Metre The Metre/Waiting for the Sun "The Metre" and "Waiting for the Sun" are two songs released together as a double A-Side single by Powderfinger in support of their fourth studio album Odyssey Number Five. It was released on 27 August 2001 and reached #31 on the Australian music chart. "The Metre" and "Waiting For The Sun" both... "	Best Group
2003 ARIA Music Awards of 2005 The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...	Vulture Street Vulture Street Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 29 July 2003. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1...	Best Cover Art
		Best Rock Album
		Best Group
		Album of the Year
		Highest Selling Album
	"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind " On My Mind" is a song on Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date.-Background:After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic... "	Best Video
		Single of the Year
2004 ARIA Music Awards of 2004 The 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 17 October 2004 at the Sydney Superdome within the Sydney Olympic Complex...	"Sunsets Sunsets "Sunsets" is a song released as the third single from Australian rock band Powderfinger's fifth studio album, Vulture Street. The single was released on 4 January 2004 in Australia and New Zealand.... "	Best Group
2005 ARIA Music Awards of 2005 The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...	These Days: Live in Concert	Best Music DVD
	These Days: Live in Concert	Best Group
2007 ARIA Music Awards of 2007 The 21st Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 28 October 2007 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex. Rove McManus was the host of the event...	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Dream Days at the Hotel Existence is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger, released by Universal Music on 2 June 2007 in Australia, 19 November 2007 in the United Kingdom, and 11 November 2008 in the United States on the Dew Process label...	Best Cover Art
		Best Rock Album
		Best Group
	"Lost and Running Lost and Running "Lost and Running" is a song by Australian rock group Powderfinger. It was released as the first single from the group's sixth studio album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence. It is the band's twenty-second single and peaked at No. 5 on the Australian chart, the group's second highest charting... "	Single of the Year
		Best Video
2008 ARIA Music Awards of 2008 The 22nd Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards took place on 19 October 2008...	Across the Great Divide Tour Across the Great Divide Tour (DVD) The Across the Great Divide Tour was a live DVD and release by Australian rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair. Released on 1 December 2007, it followed two Melbourne concerts during the bands' two month-long nationwide tour, titled the Across the Great Divide tour... DVD	Best Music DVD
2010	Golden Rule	Best Group
		Best Rock Album
		Most Popular Australian Album

APRA Awards

Powderfinger has won multiple APRA Awards

APRA Awards

from the Australasian Performing Right Association

Australasian Performing Right Association

, including "Songwriter of the Year" in 2004. The band has also won "Song of the Year" twice, in 2000 and 2001.

Year	Nominated work	Award
1996	"Pick You Up"	Song of the Year
1999	"The Day You Come"	Song of the Year
2000	"Passenger"	Song of the Year
2001	"My Happiness"	Song of the Year
2004 APRA Awards of 2004 The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2004 are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards ceremony occurred on 24 May at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, they were presented by APRA and the...	Powderfinger	Songwriter of the Year
	"On My Mind (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind " On My Mind" is a song on Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was released as a single in 2003 and reached #9 on the Australian music chart, the band's third highest charting single to date.-Background:After two albums of Powderfinger releasing singles that were either acoustic... "	Most Performed Australian Work

Triple J Hottest 100

Powderfinger has appeared in Triple J

Triple J

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's Hottest 100

Triple J Hottest 100

21 times, as well as appearing on five CD

Compact Disc

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releases and one DVD release. Of their nineteen appearances, they topped the chart twice; in 1999

Triple J Hottest 100, 1999

The 1999 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 2000, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J...

with "These Days", and in 2000

Triple J Hottest 100, 2000

The 2000 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2001, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 37 songs was released...

with "My Happiness". "My Happiness" and "These Days" also appeared on CD releases in their respective years.

Year	Ranking	Single	CD?	DVD?
1996 Triple J Hottest 100, 1996 The 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1997, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC...	6	"Pick You Up"	No	N/A
	18	"D.A.F."	Yes	N/A
	32	"Living Type Living Type "Living Type" is the third single released from Powderfinger's second album Double Allergic. The single was released on 11 November 1996. The song, written by Bernard Fanning, the band's lead singer, concerned the victims of Charles Manson. The song was well received by the public, who voted it... "	No	N/A
1997 Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 The 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J, and was broadcast on Australia Day 1998. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released...	66	"JC"	No	N/A
1998 Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 1999, was the sixth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 of the songs was released...	8	"The Day You Come"	Yes	N/A
	46	"Don't Wanna Be Left Out Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" and "Good-Day Ray" are songs from Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist. These songs were released together as a single on 9 November 1998.-Music video:... "	No	N/A
1999 Triple J Hottest 100, 1999 The 1999 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 2000, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J...			Yes	N/A
	25	"Already Gone Already Gone (Powderfinger song) "Already Gone" is a song from Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist. It was released as a single on 12 February 1999.Australian Idol's first season runner-up Shannon Noll performed "Already Gone" in the 22 September episode of Australian Idol 2003 as his contribution to the Australian... "	No	N/A
	68	"Good-Day Ray Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray "Don't Wanna Be Left Out" and "Good-Day Ray" are songs from Powderfinger's third studio album Internationalist. These songs were released together as a single on 9 November 1998.-Music video:... "	No	N/A
	100	"Passenger"	No	N/A
2000 Triple J Hottest 100, 2000 The 2000 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2001, was the eighth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 37 songs was released...			Yes	N/A
	3	"My Kind of Scene My Kind of Scene "My Kind of Scene" is a song by Australian rock band Powderfinger. the song was initially written for their fourth studio album Odyssey Number Five however the band was requested to contribute a song to the soundtrack for the 2000 film Mission: Impossible 2... "	No	N/A
2003 Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 January 2004, was the eleventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs...	4	"(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"	Yes	Yes
	7	"Sunsets"	No	No
	10	"Love Your Way Love Your Way "Love Your Way" is a 2004 single from Powderfinger's fifth studio album Vulture Street. It was the second single released from Vulture Street and reached #37 on the Australian music chart.... "	No	No
	76	"Rockin' Rocks"	No	No
	77	"Stumblin' Stumblin' "Stumblin" is a song released as a promotional single from Australian rock group Powderfinger's first live album These Days: Live in Concert... "	No	No
2004 Triple J Hottest 100, 2004 The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J....	9	"Bless My Soul Bless My Soul "Bless My Soul" is a single from Powderfinger's first "best of" album, Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000. The other new song on the album, "Process This," was not released as a single... "	No	No
	68	"Process This"	No	No
2007 Triple J Hottest 100, 2007 The 2007 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2008. It was the fifteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J....	15	"Lost and Running"	No	No
	66	"I Don't Remember I Don't Remember "I Don't Remember" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, from the album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence. It made its radio debut on 9 July 2007 on Australian radio stations, and was subsequently released as a single and digital download on 4 August 2007 in Australia, 3... "	No	No
2009 Triple J Hottest 100, 2009 The 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2010. It is the seventeenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J....	49	"All Of The Dreamers All of the Dreamers "All of the Dreamers" is an alternative rock song recorded by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger. The song was written by Powderfinger and produced by Nick DiDia... "	Yes	Yes

Other awards and achievements

1999 Music Industry Critics' Awards
Nominated work	Award	Result
"The Day You Come"	Song of the Year
"The Day You Come"	Best EP/Single
Internationalist	Best Australian Album
Internationalist	Best CD/Album Production

In 1999, the band won four awards at the annual Music Industry Critics' Awards (see right), and Internationalist was voted one of the "Best 100 Albums" of the 1990s by JUICE magazine.

Powderfinger has received four Jack Awards

Jack Awards

from Bourbon whiskey

Bourbon whiskey

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producers Jack Daniels

Jack Daniel's

Jack Daniel's is a brand of sour mash Tennessee whiskey that is among the world's best-selling liquors. It is known for its square bottles and black label. As of November, 2007, one blogger was claiming that it was the best-selling whiskey in the world. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee by...

. 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.

In 2004, Powderfinger were named the "Most Broadcast Act" of the year by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia.

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.

ARIA Awards

APRA Awards

Triple J Hottest 100

Other awards and achievements

See also