ARIA Achievement Awards


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, 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, ARIA Special Achievement Awards, ARIA Lifetime Achievement Awards and ARIA Icon Awards.

Winners

Outstanding Achievement

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
YearWinner
1988
John Farnham
1989
INXS
1990
Kylie Minogue
1991
Midnight Oil
1996
Silverchair
1997
Peter Andre
1998
Savage Garden
1999
Natalie Imbruglia
2000
Slim Dusty
2000
Tina Arena
2001
Keith Urban
2002
Kyle Minogue
2003
The Wiggles
2015
Lee Kernaghan

Special Achievement

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
YearWinner
1989
Kylie Minogue
1992
Michael Gudinski
1992
Mushroom Records
1993
Ian "Molly" Meldrum
1994
Stan Rofe
1996
Slim Dusty
1997
Charles Fisher
1999
Bill Armstrong
1999
Ron Tudor
2000
Daryl Somers

Lifetime Achievement

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
YearWinner
1991
Ted Albert
2007
John Woodruff
2008
John Laws

Icon Awards

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.
YearWinner
2013
Michael Gudinski
2014
Denis Handlin
2016
Sebastian Chase
2017
Roger Davies
2019
Michael Chugg