ARIA Hall of Fame

Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has inducted artists into its annual ARIA Hall of Fame. While most have been recognised at the annual ARIA Music Awards, in 2005 ARIA sought to create a separate standalone ceremony ARIA Icons: Hall of Fame event as only one or two acts could be inducted under the old format due to time restrictions.^[1] Since 2005 VH1 obtained the rights to broadcast the show live on Foxtel, Austar and Optus networks;^[2] and each year five or six acts were inducted into the Hall of Fame with an additional act inducted at the following ARIA Music Awards.^[1]

ARIA Hall of Fame
Dragon at the 2008 ARIA Hall of Fame, 1 July, Melbourne Town Hall
Awarded for	To honour the growing number of legendary performers, producers, songwriters and others who have influenced music culture in Australia.
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Recording Industry Association
First award	1988
Website	aria.com.au/pages/hall-of-fame.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network	Network Nine

At 1 July 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony, held at the Melbourne Town Hall, ARIA stated that the Hall of Fame ceremony would be completely separate from the ARIA Music Awards – there would be no additional inductees at the latter ceremony.^[3] ARIA had opened the Hall of Fame ceremony to the general public for the first time,^[3] and ARIA president Ed St John announced that a new annual exhibition, at the Arts Centre Melbourne from November, would showcase memorabilia honouring the Hall of Fame inductees.^[4] In 2011, the ceremony returned to the general ARIA Music Awards with two new inductees.^[5] In late 2017 ARIA partnered with Arts Centre Melbourne and the Australian music industry to establish the Australian Music Vault at Arts Centre Melbourne, which includes an honour board for all the inductees since 1988.^[6] In 2024, it was announced that a special separate event will be held in 2026 to induct a "large number of people into the Hall of Fame at once".^[7]

List of inductees

Year	Inductees	Ref.
1988	Joan Sutherland, Johnny O'Keefe, Slim Dusty, Col Joye, Vanda & Young, AC/DC	[8][9]
1989	Nellie Melba, Ross Wilson
1990	Percy Grainger, Sherbet
1991	Billy Thorpe, Glenn Shorrock, Don Burrows, Peter Dawson
1992	Skyhooks
1993	Cold Chisel, Peter Allen
1994	Men at Work
1995	The Seekers
1996	Australian Crawl, Horrie Dargie
1997	The Bee Gees, Paul Kelly, Graeme Bell
1998	The Masters Apprentices, The Angels
1999	Richard Clapton, Jimmy Little
2000	No inductees
2001	INXS, The Saints
2002	Olivia Newton-John
2003	John Farnham
2004	Little River Band
2005	Jimmy Barnes, Smoky Dawson, Renée Geyer, Normie Rowe, Split Enz, The Easybeats, Hunters & Collectors
2006	Daddy Cool, Divinyls, Icehouse, Helen Reddy, Rose Tattoo, Lobby Loyde, Midnight Oil
2007	Frank Ifield, Hoodoo Gurus, Marcia Hines, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Brian Cadd, Radio Birdman, Nick Cave
2008	Dragon, Russell Morris, Max Merritt, The Triffids, Rolf Harris[nb 1]
2009	Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Little Pattie, Mental As Anything, John Paul Young	[11][12]
2010	The Church, Models, Johnny Young, John Williamson, The Loved Ones	[13]
2011	Kylie Minogue, The Wiggles	[5]
2012	Yothu Yindi	[14]
2013	Air Supply	[15]
2014	Molly Meldrum, Countdown	[16]
2015	Tina Arena	[17]
2016	Crowded House	[18]
2017	Daryl Braithwaite	[19]
2018	Kasey Chambers	[20]
2019	Human Nature	[21]
2020	Archie Roach	[22]
2021	No inductees[nb 2]	[23]
2022	No inductees[nb 3]
2023	Jet	[24]
2024	Missy Higgins	[25]

Notes

1. On 1 July 2014, ARIA announced that Rolf Harris' Hall of Fame award was withdrawn after he was convicted on 12 counts of indecent assault.^[10]
2. Due to COVID-safe restrictions there were no inductions in 2021.^[23]
3. Due to the ceremony staging three tribute performances to honour inductees who had died in the year, there were no new inductions in 2022.^[23]

Repeat inductees

Eleven artists have been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame under more than one role:

• Glenn Shorrock as a solo artist in 1991, as a member of Little River Band in 2004.
• Harry Vanda and George Young of Vanda & Young as songwriters and producers in 1988, as members of The Easybeats in 2005.
• Jimmy Barnes as a member of Cold Chisel in 1993, as a solo artist in 2005.
• Ross Wilson as a solo artist and producer in 1989, as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006.
• Richard Grossman as a member of Divinyls in 2006, as a member of Hoodoo Gurus in 2007.
• Gary Young as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006, as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons in 2007.
• Neil Finn, Tim Finn and Paul Hester as members of both Split Enz in 2005 and Crowded House in 2016.
• Daryl Braithwaite as a member of Sherbet in 1990, as a solo artist in 2017.

See also

• Music portal
• Australia portal

• ARIA
• ARIA Music Awards
• VH1 Australia
• List of music museums
• Hall of Fame inductees (alphabetical category)