List of awards and nominations received by Paul Kelly
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Paul Kelly is an Australian rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

/folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 musician, singer-songwriter who started his professional career in 1974 and released his first recording in 1979. Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...

, in various guises, has released eighteen studio albums, Talk
Talk (Paul Kelly album)
Talk is the debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots and was originally released on 30 March 1981 by Mushroom Records and re-released in 1990. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons leader Joe Camilleri produced seven of the eleven tracks with the rest produced by either Martin Armiger or...

(1981), Manila
Manila (album)
-Chart positions and releases:-Track listing:All tracks written by Paul Kelly, except where noted.# "Forbidden Street"  – 7:30# "Clean this House" – 4:46# "Alive and Well" – 3:10# "Skidding Hearts" – 3:32...

(1982), Post
Post (Paul Kelly album)
Post is the first solo album by Australian singer-songwriter rock musician, Paul Kelly. Kelly had moved to Sydney by January 1985, after leaving his Melbourne-based Paul Kelly Band and the breakup of his marriage to Hilary Brown....

(1985), Gossip
Gossip (album)
Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status...

(1986), Under The Sun (1987), So Much Water So Close To Home
So Much Water So Close to Home
So Much Water, So Close to Home is an album by Australian rock band Paul Kelly and the Messengers and was originally released in August 1989. The title comes from a short story of the same name by author Raymond Carver. Carver had died in August 1988, Kelly would go on to co-write the score for the...

(1989), Comedy (1991), Hidden Things
Hidden Things
Hidden Things is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and was released in 1992 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album is a collection of songs that were recorded by Paul Kelly and both his backup bands, the Coloured Girls and The Messengers, from 1986 to 1991, but weren't put on to any...

(1992), Wanted Man (1994), Deeper Water
Deeper Water
Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written...

(1995), Words and Music
Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)
Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States...

(1998), Smoke (1999), Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy (album)
Professor Ratbaggy is the debut eponymous album by Australian rock/pop band Professor Ratbaggy and originally released on EMI Records in 1999...

(1999), Nothing But A Dream
Nothing But A Dream
...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks...

(2001), Ways & Means (2004), Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI in Australia and Capitol Records in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released...

(2005), Stardust Five
Stardust Five (album)
Stardust Five is the self-titled debut album by Stardust Five which was released in 2006. The album was mixed and produced by Tchad Blake .It was released on EMI Music in Australia and Capitol Records in the United States...

(2006), and Stolen Apples
Stolen Apples (album)
Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout....

(2007).

Kelly has won and been nominated for numerous music awards. They include eight Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards and three Australasian Performing Right Association (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....

/Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) Awards. APRA also named "To Her Door", solely written by Kelly, and "Treaty", written by Kelly and members of Indigenous Australian band Yothu Yindi
Yothu Yindi
Yothu Yindi are an Australian band with Aboriginal and balanda members formed in 1986. Aboriginal members come from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land...

, in the Top 30 best Australian songs
APRA Top 30 Australian songs
APRA's Top 30 Australian songs between 1926 and 2001 was a list created by the Australasian Performing Right Association to celebrate its 75th anniversary...

 of all time in 2001. Kelly was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame
ARIA Hall of Fame
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

 in 1997 alongside The Bee Gees
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 and Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell
Graeme Emerson Bell AO MBE is an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader...

. This induction recognised his achievement of a "significant body of recorded work" and that he "has had a cultural impact within Australia". Kelly has also won awards in the country music field with six from the Country Music Association of Australia
Country Music Association of Australia
The Country Music Association of Australia is an association formed in 1992 that promotes and represents the Australian country music industry...

 (CMAA) and three more from the Victorian Country Music Awards. As a live performer, Kelly won four Australian entertainment industry awards or Mo Awards
Mo Awards
The Mo Awards are long running annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia....

.

History

Paul Kelly has performed in many guises including: as a solo act; as the leader of various bands – the Paul Kelly Band, Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, and Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys; and as a member of the related projects Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy
Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. Sometimes thought of as a side-project of iconic Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, the band is in fact its own entity: Kelly is one of the four members .The band's name is derived from the 1960s Australian TV...

 and Stardust Five
Stardust Five
Stardust Five is five-piece surf rock/pop band based in Melbourne, Australia. The members of the band Dan Kelly, Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald have played, in other bands including The Last Gasp, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Max Q, The Blackeyed Susans and Michelle...

. He has also performed or composed award winning or nominated songs with other artists including Christine Anu
Christine Anu
-Early life:Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to a Torres Strait Islander mother from Saibai and Mabuiag Islands.-Career:Anu began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band. Her first recording was in 1993...

, Uncle Bill, Kev Carmody
Kev Carmody
Kevin Daniel "Kev" Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. His song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was recorded with co-writer Paul Kelly for their 1993 single; it was covered by the Get Up Mob in 2008 and peaked at #4 on the Australian Recording Industry Association singles...

 and Archie Roach
Archie Roach
Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...

. The category for which he has received most nominations is Best Male Artist, or its equivalent as Male Vocalist of the Year (Country Music) or Male Rock Performer, with a total of 14 nominations resulting in four wins.

Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards

These awards have been presented by the ARIA since 1987. Paul Kelly has won eight ARIA Awards from 24 nominations, including his first win in 1988 for the 'Best Video' award for "To Her Door", which was written by Kelly and performed by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. His success has been across categories, being successful twice each in the 'Best Male Artist', 'Best Original Soundtrack' and 'Best Adult Contemporary Album' categories. Notably, Kelly has been nominated for 'Best Male Artist' twelve times including a run of eight years in a row 1995 to 2002 winning in 1997 and 1998. Kelly was also inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame
ARIA Hall of Fame
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

 in 1997 alongside The Bee Gees
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 and Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell
Graeme Emerson Bell AO MBE is an Australian Dixieland and classical jazz pianist, composer and band leader...

.
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|rowspan="1"| 1988 ||rowspan="1"| "To Her Door" || Best Video ||
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| 1993 ||| "Paul Kelly Live
Live, May 1992
Live, May 1992 is a solo live double album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1992.It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and marked Kelly's solo departure from his band The Messengers. It was recorded at performances in Melbourne and Perth in May 1992...

" || Best Male Artist ||
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| 1994 ||| "Last Train" || Best Video ||
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| 1995 ||| Wanted Man || Best Male Artist ||
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| 1996 ||| Deeper Water
Deeper Water
Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and was released in September, 1995 on Mushroom Records in Australia.The album peaked at #40 on the Australian album charts and resulted in a second consecutive nomination for 'Best Male Artist' at the 1995 ARIA Awards.-Track listing:All songs written...

|| Best Male Artist ||
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|rowspan="5"| 1997 ||| How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy
How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996 on White Label Records in Australia....

|| Best Male Artist ||
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| Songs from the South || Best Cover Art ||
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| "Tease Me - Tease Me" || Engineer of the Year||
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| "How to Make Gravy" || Song of the Year ||
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| Paul Kelly || ARIA Hall of Fame
ARIA Hall of Fame
Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association has inducted artists into its ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone "ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame" event as only one or two acts could be inducted...

 ||
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| 1998 ||| Words and Music
Words and Music (Paul Kelly album)
Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. It was released on Mushroom Records in Australia and Vanguard Records in the United States...

|| Best Male Artist ||
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| 1999 ||| "I'll Be Your Lover" || Best Male Artist ||
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| 2000 ||| Smoke || Best Male Artist ||
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| 2001 ||| Roll on Summer
Roll on Summer
Roll On Summer is an EP by Australian artist Paul Kelly and originally released in October, 2000. It was released on EMI in Australia. "Every Fucking City" was recorded live at The Continental, November 25, 1999...

|| Best Male Artist ||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2002 ||| Nothing But A Dream
Nothing But A Dream
...nothing but a dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001.It was released on EMI Records in Australia. It was subsequently released in the United States on Cooking Vinyl and included four tracks from Kelly's earlier EP, Roll on Summer.-Track listing:All tracks...

|| Best Male Artist ||
|-
| Lantana
Lantana (film)
Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company...

|| Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording ||
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| Sensual Being || Producer of the Year ||
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| Nothing But A Dream || Best Adult Contemporary Album ||
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| 2004 || Ways & Means || Best Adult Contemporary Album ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2005 ||rowspan="2"| Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI in Australia and Capitol Records in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released...

|| Best Male Artist ||
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| Best Country Album ||
|-
| 2006 || Jindabyne
Jindabyne (film)
Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next...

|| Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007 ||rowspan="2"| Stolen Apples
Stolen Apples (album)
Stolen Apples is the twenty fifth album by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was released in July 2007 on EMI Music. The album is Kelly's first solo album since Ways & Means in 2004, and features religious themes throughout....

|| Best Male Artist ||
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| Best Adult Contemporary Album||
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 ||"To Her Door (Live)" || Best Male Artist ||
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| Live Apples || Best Music DVD ||

Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards

These awards were established by APRA
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...

 in 1982 to honour the achievements of songwriters and music composers, and to recognise their songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance, by its members annually. Paul Kelly has won two 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....

 out of four nominations. The songs "To Her Door" and "Treaty", written or co-written by Kelly, were also voted in the Top 30 Best Australian songs
APRA Top 30 Australian songs
APRA's Top 30 Australian songs between 1926 and 2001 was a list created by the Australasian Performing Right Association to celebrate its 75th anniversary...

 of all time in 2001 by a panel of 100 music industry personalities.
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|rowspan="1"| 1991 ||rowspan="1"| "Treaty" || Song of the Year ||
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| 1998 || "How to Make Gravy" || Song of the Year ||
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| 1999 || Paul Kelly || Songwriter of the Year ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2001 ||| "To Her Door" || Best Australian songs || Top 30
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|"Treaty" || Best Australian songs || Top 30
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| 2004 || "I Wish I was a Train" || Most Performed Country Work ||

APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards

These awards are presented annually by APRA in conjunction with Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) for television and films scores and soundtracks. Paul Kelly has won one award from four nominations.
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|rowspan="3"| 2002 ||rowspan="2"| Lantana
Lantana (film)
Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company...

|| Best Feature Film Score ||
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| Best Soundtrack Album ||
|-
| One Night the Moon
One Night the Moon
One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, and their daughter Memphis Kelly. Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins with John Romeril, it was filmed on...

|| Best Soundtrack Album ||
|-
| 2007 || Jindabyne
Jindabyne (film)
Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next...

|| Best Soundtrack Album ||

Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) Awards

These annual awards have been presented by CMAA
Country Music Association of Australia
The Country Music Association of Australia is an association formed in 1992 that promotes and represents the Australian country music industry...

 since 1973, to "encourage, promote and recognise excellence in Australian country music recording." Paul Kelly has won six Country Music Awards from twelve nominations.
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| 1994 || "From Little Things Big Things Grow
From Little Things Big Things Grow
"From Little Things Big Things Grow" is a rock protest song recorded by Australian artists Paul Kelly & The Messengers on their 1991 album Comedy, and by Kev Carmody on his 1993 album Bloodlines. It was released as a CD single by Carmody and Kelly in 1993 but failed to chart...

" || Heritage Award ||
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| 1999 || "Until Death Do Them Part" || Song of the Year ||
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| 2003 || "Wish I Was a Train" || Vocal Collaboration of the Year ||
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|rowspan="8"| 2006 ||| "You're Learning" || Vocal Collaboration of the Year ||
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| "Lonesome but Free" || APRA Song of the Year ||
|-
| rowspan ="3"|"Song of the Old Rake"|| APRA Song of the Year ||
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| Male Vocalist of the Year ||
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| Video Clip of the Year ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway
Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys and originally released in May 2005 on EMI in Australia and Capitol Records in the US. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year - 2005 Country chart. On 18 October 2005 it was re-released...

|| Album of the Year ||
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| Top Selling Album of the Year ||
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| "Rally Around the Drum" || Heritage Song of the Year ||
|-
| 2009 || "Still Here"|| Vocal Collaboration of the Year ||

Australian Entertainment Awards (Mo Awards)

The Mo Awards
Mo Awards
The Mo Awards are long running annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia....

 are the annual Australian entertainment industry awards, and recognise achievements by performers in live entertainment in Australia since 1975. The award categories are reviewed and in 2008 were: Musical Theatre, Opera, Classical, Comedy, Country and Variety. In 1989 and 1990, they included a Rock category, Paul Kelly won four Mo Awards, twice as Male Rock Performer and twice as leader of Paul Kelly and the Messengers to win the Rock Group award.
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|rowspan="2"| 1989 ||| Paul Kelly || Male Rock Performer ||
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| Paul Kelly and the Messengers || Rock Group ||
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|rowspan="2"| 1990 ||| Paul Kelly || Male Rock Performer ||
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| Paul Kelly and the Messengers || Rock Group ||

Victorian Country Music Awards

These annual awards are presented by the Victorian Country Music Association. Paul Kelly won three awards for the 2000 album Smoke or one of its tracks "Until Death Do Them Part", all recorded by Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill.
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|rowspan="3"| 2000 || rowspan="2"| "Until Death Do Them Part" || Victorian Group ||
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| Open Group ||
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|Smoke || Victorian Album of the Year ||

See also

  • Paul Kelly discography
    Paul Kelly discography
    The discography of Paul Kelly, an Australian rock artist, includes solo releases, those from various bands that Paul Kelly has led, and material from the related projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five which contain the same personnel as his bands...

    - includes sales certifications
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