Australian_pop_music_awards

*TV Week* / *Countdown* Music Awards
TV Week / Countdown Music Awards
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week, Countdown
First awarded	1980 (for 1979 works)
Last awarded	1981 (for 1980 works)

*TV Week* King of Pop Awards
TV Week King of Pop Awards
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1972
Last awarded	1978

*Go-Set* Awards
Go-Set Awards
Country	Australia
Presented by	Go-Set
First awarded	1966
Last awarded	1972

Australian pop music awards

Australian music Awards before 1987

Australian pop music awards are a series of inter-related national awards that gave recognition to popular musical artists and have included the Go-Set pop poll (1966–1972); TV Week King of Pop Awards (1967–1978);^[1]^[2]^[3] TV Week and Countdown Music Awards (1979–1980); the Countdown Awards (1981–1982) and Countdown Music and Video Awards (1983–1987).^[4] Early awards were based on popular voting from readers of teenage pop music newspaper Go-Set and television program guide TV Week.^[1]^[3] They were followed by responses from viewers of Countdown, a TV pop music series (1974–1987) on national broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).^[5]^[6] Some of the later award ceremonies incorporated listed nominees and peer-voted awards.^[7] From 1987 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) instituted its own peer-voted ARIA Music Awards.^[8]

1967–1978: King of Pop Awards

Teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.^[3]^[6] In 1967 the most popular performer was Normie Rowe and when the results were televised on the unrelated The Go!! Show there was a crowning of Rowe as 'King of Pop'.^[3]^[6] In the following years, TV Week provided coupons for readers to vote for their choice, a similar system had been in use for TV's Logie Awards since 1960. The 'King of Pop' awards ceremony was broadcast by the 0–10 Network from 1967 to 1975,^[1] and from 1976 to 1978 by the Nine Network.^[1] On the 0–10 Network, from 1972, it was run by Johnny Young's production company (Lewis-Young Productions) which also provided Young Talent Time.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

1979–1980: TV Week/Countdown Music Awards

Quick Facts TV Week / Countdown Music Awards, Country ...

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987,^[5] it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987,^[4] initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week which had sponsored the previously existing 'King of Pop' Awards.^[1] The TV Week/Countdown Rock Music Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.^[3]

The award year below relates to the year of achievement and not the year they were presented.^[34]

1980

Ceremony details: Held on 16 March 1981 at Regent Theatre Sydney, and broadcast live to air on the same night, it was hosted by Countdown host Ian "Molly" Meldrum and international guests Suzi Quatro and Jermaine Jackson.^[38] Presenters included: Lee Simon, Donnie Sutherland, Marc Hunter, James Freud, Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock and David Tickle.^[38] Performers were: Split Enz "History Never Repeats",^[39] Flowers "Icehouse",^[40] The Swingers "Counting the Beat", Air Supply "Lost in Love", "Every Woman in the World" and "All Out of Love", Australian Crawl "The Boys Light Up".^[38] Cold Chisel performed the last live number, "My Turn to Cry", to close the show and then trashed their instruments and the set.^[5]^[7]^[38] Sponsors TV Week withdrew their support for the awards and Countdown held its own awards ceremonies thereafter.^[1] The awards were voted by music industry sectors including, record companies major and independent, publishers, booking agents, radio stations and specific 'most popular' awards voted by the public.

Award winners and nominees:^[3]^[4]^[34]^[38]

Best Australian Album
- East – Cold Chisel
  - Icehouse – Flowers (later called Icehouse)^[40]
  - True Colours – Split Enz
Best Single Record
- "I Got You" – Split Enz
  - "Downhearted" – Australian Crawl
  - "State of the Heart" – Mondo Rock
Best New Talent (Johnny O'Keefe Memorial Award)
- Flowers (later called Icehouse)
Most Outstanding Achievement (for excellence in the presentation or production of Australian rock music by an individual performer, group or group member)^[34]
- Cold Chisel
  - Air Supply
  - Split Enz
Best Recorded Song Writer
- Don Walker – Cold Chisel
  - Iva Davies – Flowers/Icehouse
  - Neil Finn – Split Enz
Best Australian Producer
- Mark Opitz – East by Cold Chisel
  - Cameron Allan
  - Peter Dawkins
Best Australian Record Cover Design
- East – Cold Chisel
  - The Boys Light Up – Australian Crawl
  - Icehouse – Flowers
  - True Colours – Split Enz
Most Popular Female
- Christie Allen^[37]
  - Annalise Morrow (The Numbers)
  - Lynda Nutter (The Dugites)
Most Popular Group
- Cold Chisel
  - Australian Crawl
  - Split Enz
Most Popular Male Performer
- James Reyne (Australian Crawl)^[15]
  - Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel)
  - Jon English
Most Popular Record
- East – Cold Chisel
  - The Boys Light Up – Australian Crawl
  - True Colours – Split Enz
Best Disc Jockey (winners only, by State)
- Ian McCray 2SM Sydney, New South Wales
- Wayne Roberts 4BK Brisbane, Queensland
- Steve Curtis 5AD Adelaide, South Australia
- Jim Franklin 7HT Hobart, Tasmania
- Greg Evans 3XY Melbourne, Victoria
- Garry Shannon 6 pm Perth, West Australia

1981–1986: Countdown Australian Music Awards

Quick Facts Countdown Music and Video Awards, Country ...

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987,^[15] it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987,^[4] initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week which had sponsored the previously existing 'King of Pop' Awards.^[1] After Cold Chisel performed at the 1980 awards ceremony, and then trashed their instruments and the set,^[38] sponsors TV Week withdrew their support and Countdown held its own awards ceremonies until the 1986 awards which were broadcast in 1987.^[1] The awards ceremony was co-produced by Carolyn James (a.k.a. Carolyn Bailey) during 1981–1984 in collaboration with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA),^[41]^[42]^[43] which provided peer/industry voting for all awards except for "most popular" awards voted by the public Countdown provided coupons in the related Countdown Magazine for viewers to vote for some awards including 'Most Popular Male Performer', 'Most Popular Female Performer', 'Most Popular Group' and 'Most Popular International Act'.^[44] From 1987 ARIA instituted its own entirely peer-voted ARIA Music Awards.^[8]

The award year below relates to the year of achievement and not the year they were presented.^[34]

1985

Ceremony details: Held on 14 April 1986 at Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, and broadcast on 20 April, it was hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum and presenters included: Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch (Eurogliders), Rick Mayall and Ben Elton (The Young Ones), Sting, Vince Sorrenti, Brad Robinson, Zan Abeyratne, Richard Page, Iva Davies, Brian Canham, Brian Mannix, Tim Finn, Dee C Lee and Suzanne Dowling.^[53]^[54] Performers were: Pseudo Echo "Living in a Dream", Eurogliders "Absolutely", Do-Ré-Mi "Theme from Jungle Jim", Kids in the Kitchen "Current Stand", Mr. Mister "Kyrie", Models "Let's Build it Up", I'm Talking "Do You Wanna Be?".^[54] At the awards ceremony fans of INXS and Uncanny X-Men scuffled and as a result ARIA decided to hold their own awards,^[43] which were the entirely peer-voted ARIA Music Awards first held in 1987.^[8]

Best Album
- Fundamentals – Mental As Anything
  - Working Class Man – Jimmy Barnes
  - What a Life! – Divinyls
  - Absolutely – Eurogliders
  - Mars Needs Guitars – Hoodoo Gurus
  - Listen Like Thieves – INXS
  - Out of Mind, Out of Sight – Models
Best Debut Album
- Domestic Harmony – Do-Ré-Mi
  - Gang Gajang – Gang Gajang
  - Shine – Kids in the Kitchen
Best Debut Single
- "Man Overboard" – Do-Ré-Mi
  - "Too Young for Promises" – Koo De Tah
Best Female Performance in a Video
- "Pleasure and Pain" – Chrissy Amphlett
  - "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" – Kate Ceberano
  - "Man Overboard" – Deborah Conway
Best Group Performance in a Video
- "Live it Up" – Mental As Anything
  - "Pleasure and Pain" – Divinyls
  - "What You Need" – INXS
  - "Barbados" – Models
  - "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" – Models
Best Male Performance in a Video
- "Working Class Man" – Jimmy Barnes
  - "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" – Jimmy Barnes
  - "World's Away" – Mark Edwards
  - "My Heart's on Fire" – Fred Lonegan
  - "Live It Up" – Greedy Smith
Best Producer
- Mark Opitz for his work with Jimmy Barnes, the Venetians, Models
Best Video
- INXS's "What You Need" – Richard Lowenstein and Lyn-Marie Milbourn
Best Single
- "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" – Models
- "Live it Up" – Mental As Anything
  - "Pleasure and Pain" – Divinyls
  - "What You Need" – INXS
Best Songwriter
- Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything) – "Live it Up"
Most Outstanding Achievement
- Bob Geldof – Oz for Africa
- INXS
Most Popular Australian Group
- INXS
  - Kids in the Kitchen
  - Models
  - Pseudo Echo
  - Uncanny X-Men
Most Popular Female Performer
- Kate Ceberano
  - Chrissy Amphlett
  - Lin Buckfield
  - Tina Cross
  - Grace Knight
Most Popular International Act
- Duran Duran
  - A-ha
  - Dire Straits
  - Madonna
  - Wham!
Most Popular Male Performer
- Michael Hutchence
  - Jimmy Barnes
  - Brian Canham
  - Scott Carne
  - Brian Mannix
Most Promising New Talent (Johnny O'Keefe Memorial Award)
- Do-Ré-Mi
  - Rockmelons
  - Koo De Tah

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Position	Male	Girl	Group	Guitarist	Drummer	Composer
1	Johnny Farnham	Allison Durbin	The Masters Apprentices	Doug Ford	Colin Burgess	Johnny Young
2	Russell Morris	Wendy Saddington	Axiom	Ricky Springfield	John Dien	Jim Keays, Doug Ford
3	Ronnie Burns	Colleen Hewett	New Dream	Billy Green	Rick Brewer	Hans Poulsen
4	Alex Kadell	Liv Maessen	Town Criers	Rod Harris	Stewie Speers	Russell Morris
5	Normie Rowe	Yvonne Barrett	Zoot	Glenn Wheatley	Chris Easterby	Ricky Springfield
6	Issi Dye	Pat Carroll	The Valentines	John du Bois	Peter Reed	Billy Green
7	Jeff St John	Bev Harrell	The Sect	John Farrar	Paddy Beach	John Brownrigg
8	Doug Parkinson	Little Pattie	Doug Parkinson in Focus	Sam Dunnin	Paul Doo	Sam Dunnin
9	Ronnie Charles	Kerrie Biddell	The Flying Circus	Phil Manning	Don Lebler	Lindsay Bjerre
10	Ross D. Wyllie	Bernadette Cavanagh	Jeff St John & Copperwine	Doug Rowe	Colin Walker	Don Mudie & Brian Cadd

Position	Male	Girl	Group	Guitarist	Drummer	Composer
1	Tom Jones	Mary Hopkin	The Beatles	Eric Clapton	Ringo Starr	Paul McCartney
2	Elvis Presley	Lulu	Led Zeppelin	Jimmy Page	Ginger Baker	John Lennon, Paul McCartney
3	Paul McCartney	Diana Ross	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Jose Feliciano	John Bonham	John Lennon
4	Donovan	Julie Driscoll	The Rolling Stones	George Harrison	Keith Moon	Bob Dylan
5	Glen Campbell	Cilla Black	The Hollies	Paul McCartney	Micky Dolenz	Jimmy Webb
6	Neil Diamond	Janis Joplin	The Monkees	Jimi Hendrix	Charlie Watts	Burt Bacharach
7	Mick Jagger	Bobbie Gentry	Shocking Blue	Hank B. Marvin	Doug Clifford	Paul Simon
8	Bob Dylan	Dionne Warwick	Beach Boys	John Lennon	Dave Clark	John Fogerty
9	Jose Feliciano	Dusty Springfield	Herman's Hermits	Elvis Presley	Dennis Wilson	Harry Nilsson
10	Robert Plant	Aretha Franklin	The Jackson 5	Mick Taylor	Mitch Mitchell	Donovan

Position	Best Male Vocal	Best Girl Vocal	Best Group	Best Guitarist	Best Drummer	Best Songwriter / Composer	Best Album	Best Single	Best Bass Guitarist
1	Johnny Farnham	Allison Durbin	Daddy Cool	Ricky Springfield	Colin Burgess	Russell Morris	Choice Cuts – The Masters Apprentices	"Eleanor Rigby" – Zoot	Glenn Wheatley
2	Russell Morris	Liv Maessen	The Masters Apprentices	Doug Ford	Rick Brewer	Johnny Young	Natural High – Hans Poulsen	"Eagle Rock" – Daddy Cool	Beeb Birtles
3	Ronnie Burns	Colleen Hewett	Zoot	Phil Manning	Gary Young	Hans Poulsen	Virgo – Ronnie Burns	"Mr. America" – Russell Morris	Wayne Duncan
4	Ted Mulry	Wendy Saddington	Chain	Ross Hannaford	Mark Kennedy	Ricky Springfield	The Hoax Is Over – Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs	"Black & Blue" – Chain	Barry Sullivan
5	Hans Poulsen	Jenny Johnston	Spectrum	Denis Wilson	Barry Harvey	Jim Keays, Doug Ford	Spectrum Part One – Spectrum	"I'll Be Gone" – Spectrum	Duncan McGuire
6	Darryl Cotton	Yvonne Barrett	New Dream	John Robinson	Dannie Davidson	Ross Wilson	Kamahl – Kamahl	"Because I Love You" – The Masters Apprentices	John du Bois
7	Jim Keays	Olivia Newton-John	Autumn	Ross Wilson	Chris Easterby	Mike Rudd	Looking Through a Tear – Johnny Farnham	"Soft Delight" – New Dream	Mark Demajo
8	Ross D. Wyllie	Little Pattie	The Mixtures	Lobby Loyde	Peter Reed	Matt Taylor	Wide Open – Kahvas Jute	"Falling in Love Again" – Ted Mulry	Bill Putt
9	Matt Taylor	Dawn Dixon	Town Criers	Billy Thorpe	Stewie Speers	Ted Mulry	At the Mountains of Madness – Blackfeather	"Acapulco Sun" – Johnny Farnham	Rick Graham
10	Doug Parkinson	Marian Henderson	Blackfeather	Billy Green	Jim Yonge	John Robinson	Pirana – Pirana	"The Freak" – Zoot	Paul Wheeler

Position	Best Male Vocal	Best Girl Vocal	Best Group	Best Guitarist	Best Drummer	Best Songwriter / Composer	Best Album	Best Bass Guitarist
1	Elvis Presley	Janis Joplin	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Eric Clapton	Ringo Starr	Paul McCartney	All Things Must Pass – George Harrison	Paul McCartney
2	Tom Jones	Melanie	The Rolling Stones	George Harrison	Ginger Baker	George Harrison	Mad Dogs and Englishmen – Joe Cocker	Stu Cook
3	Joe Cocker	Mary Hopkin	The Partridge Family	Jimmy Page	Doug Clifford	John Lennon	Pendulum – Creedence Clearwater Revival	Andy Fraser
4	Elton John	Freda Payne	Deep Purple	John Fogerty	John Bonham	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	That's the Way It Is – Elvis Presley	John Paul Jones
5	George Harrison	Diana Ross	The Beatles	Ritchie Blackmore	Ian Paice	John Fogerty	Pearl – Janis Joplin	Roger Glover
6	David Cassidy	Lynn Anderson	Led Zeppelin	Peter Townshend	Simon Kirke	Neil Diamond	Deep Purple in Rock – Deep Purple	Jack Bruce
7	Paul McCartney	Aretha Franklin	Jackson Five	Paul Kossoff	Charlie Watts	Bob Dylan	John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon	Bill Wyman
8	Neil Diamond	Lulu	Free	Jimi Hendrix	Keith Moon	James Taylor	The Partridge Family Album – The Partridge Family	Klaus Voormann
9	James Taylor	Olivia Newton-John	The Hollies	Alvin Lee	Mick Avory	Cat Stevens	Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John	John Entwistle
10	Mick Jagger	Cilla Black	The Who	Paul McCartney	Michael Shrieve	Burt Bacharach	Elton John – Elton John	Noel Redding

Position	Male	Female	Group	Songwriter	Album	Single	Newcomer
1	Johnny Farnham	Colleen Hewett	Sherbet	Brian Cadd	Aztecs Live at Sunbury – Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs	"Boppin' the Blues" – Blackfeather	Robin Jolley
2	Russell Morris	Allison Durbin	Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs	Rick Springfield	Beginnings – Rick Springfield	"You're All Woman" – Sherbet	Johnny Christie
3	Rick Springfield	Alison McCallum	Blackfeather	Russell Morris	Johnny Farnham Sings the Shows	"Most People I Know" – Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs	Glen Cardier
4	Jeff Phillips	Wendy Saddington	Spectrum	Mike Rudd	Milesago – Spectrum	"Rock Me Baby" – Johnny Farnham	Rick Springfield
5	Billy Thorpe	Jeannie Lewis	Daddy Cool	Johnny Young	Bloodstone – Russell Morris	"Walking the Floor on My Hands" – Johnny Farnham	Jamie Redfern
6	Jeff St John	Yvonne Barrett	Jigsaw	Jeff St John	Colleen Hewett – Colleen Hewett	"Esmerelda" – Indelible Murtceps	Greg Quill
7	Johnny Christie	Little Pattie	Country Radio	Ted Mulry	Mississippi – Mississippi	"Day by Day" – Colleen Hewett	Johnny Young
8	Brian Cadd	Jenny Ryle	Murtceps	Billy Thorpe	Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven – Daddy Cool	"Gypsy Queen" – Country Radio	Jon English
9	Jamie Redfern	Mary	Mississippi	Hans Poulsen	Live with Friends	"When You Wish Upon a Star" – Jamie Redfern	G. Wayne Thomas
10	Johnny O'Keefe	Liv Maessen/Judy	New Dream	Kevin Borich/Phil Keys	Together – Johnny Farnham and Allison Durbin	"Hooky Jo" – Rick Springfield	Slim Newton

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Australian pop music awards

1966–1972:Go-Set pop poll results

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1967–1978: King of Pop Awards

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1979–1980: TV Week/Countdown Music Awards

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1981–1986: Countdown Australian Music Awards

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Position	Male	Female	Group	Songwriter	Album	Single
1	Cat Stevens	Carole King	The Rolling Stones	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat – Cat Stevens	"American Pie" – Don McLean
2	David Cassidy	Roberta Flack	The Bee Gees	Elton John	Thick As a Brick – Jethro Tull	"School's Out" – Alice Cooper
3	Elvis Presley	Melanie	Slade	Neil Diamond	Slade Alive! – Slade	"Take Me Bak 'Ome" – Slade
4	Joe Cocker	Janis Joplin	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Paul McCartney	Elvis: As Recorded at Madison Square Garden – Elvis Presley	"Puppy Love" – Donny Osmond
5	Rod Stewart	Karen Carpenter	Led Zeppelin	John Lennon	American Pie – Don McLean	"Long Cool Woman" – The Hollies
6	Elton John	Cilla Black	T. Rex	Rod Stewart	Cherish – David Cassidy	"Metal Guru" – T. Rex /"Run to Me" – Bee Gees
7	Mick Jagger	Aretha Franklin	Deep Purple	Don McLean	Honky Chateau – Elton John	"Metal Guru" – T. Rex /"Run to Me" – Bee Gees
8	Neil Diamond	Sonja Kristina	The Carpenters	John Fogerty	Machine Head – Deep Purple	"Morning Has Broken" – Cat Stevens
9	Marc Bolan	Olivia Newton-John	Jethro Tull	Bob Dylan	Exile on Mainstreet – The Rolling Stones	"Maggie Mae" – Rod Stewart /"Peace Train" – Cat Stevens /"Cherish" – David Cassidy
10	Leon Russell	Donna Fargo	The Partridge Family	Marc Bolan	—