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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Lee Kernaghan | image = Lee Kernaghan.jpg | alt = Man in black hat sitting on ground | caption = | landscape = yes | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Lee Raymond Kernaghan | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Victoria, Australia | instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano | genre = [[country music|Country]] | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist | years_active = 1983–present | label = [[ABC Music]] | associated_acts = The Blue Devils, Fiona Kernaghan, [[Ray Kernaghan]], [[Tania Kernaghan]] | website = http://www.leekernaghan.com.au/ }} '''Lee Kernaghan''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]] (born 15 April 1964) is an Australian [[country music]] singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was the 2008 [[Australian of the Year]], in recognition for his support of rural and regional Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-ANL%3AMA~Converted-ruth-5|title=Kernaghan. Lee|work=Music Australia|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author= Lewis, Wendy | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 | authorlink=Wendy Lewis }}</ref> ==Biography== The son of country music singer and truck driver [[Ray Kernaghan]], Lee Kernaghan was born in the Victorian town of [[Corryong]] and raised in southern [[New South Wales]]. Married to Robyn Mckelvie childern Jett. Rock In 1986, Kernaghan travelled to the [[United States]] to represent Australia at the [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] 'Fan Fair' country music festival. In 1993, his debut solo album ''The Outback Club'' won an [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA award]] for Best Country Album and his hit single "Boys from the Bush" topped the Australian country music charts. Kernaghan has dominated the charts with successive hit albums, including ''Outback Club'', ''Three Chain Road'', ''1959'', ''Hat Town'', ''[[Electric Rodeo (Lee Kernaghan album)|Electric Rodeo]]'', ''[[The New Bush]]'', ''[[Planet Country]]'', ''[[Beautiful Noise (Lee Kernaghan album)|Beautiful Noise]]'' and ''[[Spirit of the Anzacs (album)|Spirit of the Anzacs]]''. Kernaghan has made a huge impact on [[Australian country music|country music in Australia]], creating a new musical landscape for the genre when he burst onto the scene. To many people, Kernaghan represents the spirit and values of contemporary rural Australia. His love of the Australian way of life features in his music, and he is a passionate supporter of Australia's rural culture.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lee Kernaghan {{!}} Official Website{{!}} Tamworth Country Music Festival|url = http://www.tcmf.com.au/Home/Media-Portal/Artists/Lee-Kernaghan/|website = www.tcmf.com.au|accessdate = 2015-12-14|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125443/http://www.tcmf.com.au/Home/Media-Portal/Artists/Lee-Kernaghan/|archivedate = 22 December 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> During a visit to the [[Australian War Memorial]] in 2013, Kernaghan's friend and AWM Director [[Brendan Nelson|Dr. Brendan Nelson]] introduced Kernaghan to letters that were written by [[Australian Defence Force|Australian service men and women]] during various wars dating back to the landing at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] during the [[World War I|First World War]]. These letters were held in the vaults at the AWM.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Lee Kernaghan - "Outstanding Achievement Award" for Spirit of the Anzacs {{!}} Australian War Memorial|url = https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2015/12/10/lee-kernaghan-Spirit-of-the-Anzacs/|website = www.awm.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-12-14}}</ref> The power of the letters affected him deeply and the experience at the Australian War Memorial that day was the catalyst that saw these letters put to music in what would become his most recent album, ''Spirit of the Anzacs''. Upon release, ''Spirit of the Anzacs'' went platinum within 3 weeks, and dominated the ARIA album chart by holding the #1 position for four weeks and then the #2 position for another three weeks, making it the highest selling Australian album for 2015.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = ARIAs: Lee Kernaghan wins achievement award|url = http://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/music/2015/11/26/arias--lee-kernaghan-wins-achievement-award.html|website = www.skynews.com.au|accessdate = 2015-12-14}}</ref> 2015 also saw the release of Kernaghan's first book, ''The Boy from the Bush, These Are My Songs, These Are My Stories''. Kernaghan closed out 2015 with a national tour called The Songs and the Stories in Concert. Fittingly, the tour covered elements of the book and also featured songs from ''Spirit of the Anzacs''. He is the father of two sons<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/hot-in-pink-robby-x-hits-top-30-as-she-reveals-the-love-twist-on-how-she-met-her-hubby-lee-kernaghan/story-fni0cvc9-1227128976641|title = Hot in pink Robby X hits Top 30|date = 2014-11-19|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>. == Achievements == Kernaghan has won four [[ARIA Awards]] and three [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]], and has been nominated in award categories numerous times. As of 2015, Kernaghan has had 33 #1 hits on the Australian country charts, and has sold over two million albums. He was named "Hit Maker of the Decade" twice, in 2001 and 2011.<ref name=":3" /> This title goes to country artists from anywhere in the world who achieves the most amount of hits in the Australian market over the past decade. He has sold over two million albums, and won 36 [[Golden Guitar]]s at the Country Music Awards of Australia (second to [[Slim Dusty]]). Kernaghan was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2015 ARIA Awards, for ''Spirit of the Anzacs''.<ref name=":3" /> he is the best by ben hahn == Honours == Kernaghan received the [[Order of Australia|Order of Australia Medal]] in 2004.<ref name="honour1">{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1056303&search_type=advanced&showInd=true|title=KERNAGHAN, Lee Raymond OAM|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref> In 2008, he was [[Australian of the Year]],<ref name="australian1">{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23108522-5018520,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003235723/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C25197%2C23108522-5018520%2C00.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date= 3 October 2009 |title=Lee Kernaghan named Australian of the Year |date=25 January 2008 |publisher=The Australian |accessdate=16 October 2009 |df= }}</ref> in recognition for his support of rural and regional Australia; his 'Pass the Hat Around' tours have raised more than a million dollars for rural communities during a challenging period of drought.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Australian of the Year Awards|url = http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&recipientID=111|website = www.australianoftheyear.org.au|accessdate = 2015-12-14}}</ref> He was presented with the award by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]]. In 2015, Kernaghan was inducted into the [[Australian Roll of Renown]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcmf.com.au/What-s-On/Roll-of-Renown/ |title=Roll of Renown |publisher=TCMF |accessdate=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093757/https://www.tcmf.com.au/What-s-On/Roll-of-Renown/ |archive-date=21 August 2018 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ==Controversy== During July 2015, Kernaghan's music was played at anti-Islam rallies in Australia, without his permission.<ref name="the Music">{{cite news | url = http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2015/07/24/lee-kernaghan-sits-on-fence-over-reclaim-australia-use-of-song/ | title = Lee Kernaghan Sits on Fence Over Reclaim Australia Use of Song | last = (staff writer) | work = themusic.com.au | date = 24 July 2015 | accessdate = 2 July 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Reclaim">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/as-midnight-oil-demands-reclaim-australia-stop-playing-songs-lee-kernaghan-refuses-20150724-gijkuu.html | title = As Midnight Oil Demands Reclaim Australia Stop Playing Songs, Lee Kernaghan Refuses | last = Vincent | first = Peter | work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date = 24 July 2015 | accessdate = 2 July 2016 }}</ref> He responded that the use of his work should be "consistent with – and respectful of, the memory of ... [soldiers who] laid down their lives for the freedoms we have today."<ref name="Reclaim"/> Fellow local artists, [[Jimmy Barnes]], [[John Farnham]] and [[Mark Seymour]], objected to the use of their material at those rallies. ==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Album !! ARIA Albums<br>peak<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lee+Kernaghan|title=australian-charts.com – Discography Lee Kernaghan|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=10 April 2017}}</ref> !! ARIA Country Albums<br>peak!! Accreditations |- | 1985 || ''Family Tradition''<ref>Joint release by Ray and Lee Kernaghan</ref> ||align="center"|— ||align="center"|—|| - |- | 1986 || ''The Lee Kernaghan Collection''<ref>Released on cassette only</ref> ||align="center"|— ||align="center"|—|| - |- | 1992 || ''[[The Outback Club]]'' ||align="center"|86 ||align="center"|1||2× Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.leekernaghan.com/the-outback-club/|title=The Outback Club by Lee Kernaghan|publisher=www.leekernaghan.com|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 1993 || ''[[Three Chain Road]]'' ||align="center"|35 ||align="center"|1||2× Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds1998.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 1998|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 1995 || ''[[1959 (album)|1959]]'' ||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.leekernaghan.com/1959-2/|title=1959: Lee Kernaghan|publisher=www.leekernaghan.com|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 1998 || ''[[Hat Town]]'' ||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds1999.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 1999|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 1998 || ''[[The Christmas Album (Lee Kernaghan album)|The Christmas Album]]'' ||align="center"|31 ||align="center"|2|| - |- | 2000 || ''[[Rules of the Road (Lee Kernaghan album)|Rules of the Road]]'' ||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|2||Gold<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2000.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 2000|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2002 || ''[[Electric Rodeo (Lee Kernaghan album)|Electric Rodeo]]'' ||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2003.htm |title=ARIA album accreditations 2003 |publisher=www.aria.com.au |accessdate=19 January 2016 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | 2004 || ''[[The Big Ones: Greatest Hits Vol. 1]]'' ||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2007.htm |title=ARIA album accreditations 2007 |publisher=www.aria.com.au |accessdate=19 January 2016 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | 2006 || ''[[The New Bush]]'' ||align="center"|6 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2007.htm |title=ARIA album accreditations 2007 |publisher=www.aria.com.au |accessdate=19 January 2016 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | 2007 || ''[[Spirit of the Bush]]'' ||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2009.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 2009|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''[[Planet Country]]'' ||align="center"|13 ||align="center"|1||Gold<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2009.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 2009|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2011 || ''[[Ultimate Hits (Lee Kernaghan album)|Ultimate Hits]]'' ||align="center"|8 ||align="center"|1||Gold<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2013.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 2013|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''[[Beautiful Noise (Lee Kernaghan album)|Beautiful Noise]]'' ||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|2||Gold<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2013.htm|title=ARIA album accreditations 2013|publisher=www.aria.com.au|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2014 || ''[[Driving Home for Christmas (album)|Driving Home for Christmas]]'' ||align="center"|46 ||align="center"|2|| - |- | 2015 || ''[[Spirit of the Anzacs (album)|Spirit of the Anzacs]]'' ||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|1||Platinum<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2015.htm |title=ARIA album accreditations 2015 |publisher=www.aria.com.au |accessdate=19 January 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YnfYZxjp?url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/AlbumAccreds2015.htm |archivedate=25 May 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> |- | 2017 || ''[[The 25th Anniversary Album]]'' || align="center"|2 ||align="center"|1<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/country-albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 40 Country Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=3 April 2017|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> || |- | 2019 || ''Backroad Nation'' || align="center"| ||align="center"| || |} ===Singles and EPs=== ====Retail releases==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Name !! Track/s |- | 1983 || – || "Cheaters"<br>"Advance Australia Again" |- | 1986 || – || "Back to Strangers"<br>"We're Gonna Be Lovers" |- | rowspan="2"|1993 || "Boys from the Bush" || "Boys from the Bush"<br>"Searchin' for Another You" |- | "She's My Ute" || "She's My Ute"<br>"Leave Him in the Longyard" |- | 1994 || "Save the Land"<ref>Proceeds of record royalties from sales were donated to Operation Farmhand</ref> || "Save the Land" (with Trisha Yearwood)<br>"Burning Heart" |- | 1995 || "Country Crowd" || "Country Crowd"<br>"The Rope That Pulls the Wind" |- | 1997 || "This Is the Outback" || "This Is the Outback"<br>"Twango" (Instrumental)<br>"Brown Water" (Instrumental) |- | 1998 || "Tough Job" || "Tough Job" (Colin Buchanan and Lee Kernaghan)<br>"The House on Fishy Lake Road" (Colin Buchanan) |- | 2004 || "Missin' Slim" || "Missin' Slim" (with COLIN BUCHANAN)<br>"Where Country Is"<br>"Still Here to Give It My Best" (Colin Buchanan)<br>"Losin' My Blues Tonight" (with Anne Kirkpatrick) |- | rowspan="2"|2007 || "Love Shack" (The Summer Remixes)<ref name=digital>Digital download only</ref> || "Love Shack" (Urban Mix Radio Edit)<br>"Love Shack" (Groove Mix Radio Edit)<br>"Love Shack" (Groove Mix Extended Play)<br>"Love Shack" (Euro Mix)<br>"Love Shack" (Album Mix) |- | "[[Spirit of the Bush (song)|Spirit of the Bush]]" || "Spirit of the Bush" (with Adam Brand and Steve Forde)<br>"Leave Him in the Longyard" (with Slim Dusty)<br>"Life Will Bring You Home" (Adam Brand)<br>"Aussie Philosophy" (Steve Forde)<br>''Down to Earth'' (documentary)<br>"Spirit of the Bush" (music video) |- | 2009 || "Planet Country"<ref name=digital /> || "Planet Country" |- | 2010 || ''iTunes Live EP''<ref name=digital /><ref>Recorded live at the Castle Hill Apple Store</ref> || "Planet Country"<br>"Cunnamulla Fella"<br>"This Cowboys Hat"<br>"Dirt"<br>"Australian Boy" |- | 2012 || "Beautiful Noise"<ref name=digital /> || "Beautiful Noise" |- | rowspan="2"|2013 || "Lights on the Hill"<ref name=digital /> || "Lights on the Hill" (featuring [[The Wolfe Brothers]]) |- | "Spirit of the Bush"<ref name=digital /><ref>Re-released to support the NSW Bushfire Appeal</ref> || "Spirit of the Bush" (with Adam Brand and Steve Forde) |- | 2015 || "[[Spirit of the Anzacs]]"<ref name=digital /><ref>All proceeds go to Legacy and Soldier On charities</ref> || "Spirit of the Anzacs" (featuring [[Guy Sebastian]], [[Sheppard (band)|Sheppard]], [[Jon Stevens]], [[Jessica Mauboy]], [[Shannon Noll]] and [[Megan Washington]]) |} ====Airplay==== {{inc-musong|date=January 2012}} {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="1"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! <small>Country Tracks Chart<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.countrytrackschart.com.au/ | title=Country Songs Top 40 Australian Airplay Chart}}</ref><small> |- | rowspan="2"| 1992 | "Boys from the Bush" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="3"| ''The Outback Club'' |- | "High Country" |align="center"| 1 |- | rowspan="2"| 1993 | "She Waits by the Sliprails" |align="center"| 1 |- | "She's My Ute" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="4"| ''Three Chain Road'' |- | rowspan="4"| 1994 | "Three Chain Road" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Leave Him in the Longyard" <small>(with Slim Dusty)</small> |align="center"| 2 |- | "Southern Son" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Save the Land" <small>(with Trisha Yearwood)</small> |align="center"| 1 | {{N/A}} |- | rowspan="2"| 1995 | "Country Crowd" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="4"| ''1959'' |- | "1959" |align="center"| 1 |- | rowspan="4"| 1996 | "Skinny Dippin'" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Scrub Bashin'" |align="center"| 8 |- | "A Bushman Can't Survive" <small>(with Tania Kernaghan)</small> |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="2"| ''1959'': Limited Edition Double CD |- | "Working for the Man" <small>(with Troy Cassar-Daley)</small> |align="center"| 8 |- | 1997 | "This Is the Outback" |align="center"| 1 | {{N/A}} |- | rowspan="4"| 1998 | "Hat Town" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="2"| ''Hat Town'' |- | "Goondiwindi Moon" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Tough Job" <small>(Colin Buchanan and Lee Kernaghan)</small> |align="center"| 3 | {{N/A}} |- | "Getting Gone" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="3"| ''Hat Town'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1999 | "When the Snow Falls on the Alice" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Bare Essentials" |align="center"| — |- | rowspan="3"| 2000 | "Darwin Jailhouse Window" <small>(with Tex Morton)</small> |align="center"| 3 |align="center" rowspan="3"| ''Rules of the Road'' |- | "Cunnamulla Fella" |align="center"| 1 |- | "That's the Kind of Life I Live" |align="center"| 3 |- | 2001 | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" <small>(Josh Arnold and Lee Kernaghan)</small> |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| ''Galvanize'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2002 | "Something in the Water" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="2"| ''Electric Rodeo'' |- | "The Way It Is" |align="center"| 1 |- | rowspan="3"| 2003 | "I'm From the Country" <small>(with Travis Sinclair)</small> |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| ''Electric Rodeo'': Deluxe Double CD Limited Edition |- | "An Ordinary Bloke" |align="center"| 6 |align="center" rowspan="2"| ''Electric Rodeo'' |- | "Baptise the Ute" |align="center"| 6 |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | "Love Hurts" <small>(with Catherine Britt)</small> |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| ''Electric Rodeo'': Deluxe Double CD Limited Edition |- | "Missin' Slim" <small>(with Colin Buchanan)</small> |align="center"| 1 | {{N/A}} |- | 2005 | "Down Under" |align="center"| — |align="center"| ''Big Ones: Greatest Hits'' |- | rowspan="3"| 2006 | "The New Bush" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="3"| ''The New Bush'' |- | "Listen to the Radio" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Love Shack" |align="center"| 1 |- | rowspan="2"| 2007 | "Spirit of the Bush" <small>(with Adam Brand and Steve Forde)</small> |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="2"| ''Spirit of the Bush'' |- | "Sassafras Gap" |align="center"| 1 |- | 2009 | "Planet Country" |align="center"| 1 |align="center" rowspan="4"| ''Planet Country'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2010 | "Australian Boy" |align="center"| 2 |- | "Love in the Time of Drought" |align="center"| 1 |- | rowspan="4"| 2011 | "Dirt" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Channel Country Ground" <small>(Dean Perrett and Lee Kernaghan)</small> |align="center"| 16 |align="center"| ''Cattle Town'' |- | "Scars" <small>(with Dierks Bentley)</small> |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| ''Planet Country'' |- | "Fire" <small>(with Robyn McKelvie)</small> |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| ''Planet Country'': 2CD Deluxe Edition |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 | "Song of Australia" <small>(Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan and Sara Storer)</small> |align="center"| 12 |align="center"| ''The Songwriter Sessions'' |- | "Beautiful Noise" |align="center"| 5 |align="center" rowspan="4"| ''Beautiful Noise'' |- | rowspan="4"| 2013 | "Ute Me" |align="center"| 12 |- | "Flying with the King" |align="center"| 1 |- | "It's Only Country" |align="center"| 1 |- | "Lights on the Hill" <small>(with The Wolfe Brothers)</small> |align="center"| — |align="center"| ''Beautiful Noise'': Deluxe Tour Edition |- | rowspan="3"| 2014 | "Dirt Music" |align="center"| 2 |align="center"| ''Beautiful Noise'' |- | "Driving Home for Christmas" |align="center"| 4 |align="center"| ''Driving Home for Christmas'' |- | "Turn This to Gold" <small>(Keely Johnson with Lee Kernaghan)</small> |align="center"| 17 | {{N/A}} |- | 2015 | "Spirit of the Anzacs" <small>(featuring Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, Jon Stevens, Jessica Mauboy, Shannon Noll and Megan Washington)</small><ref>{{cite news|first=Kathy|last=McCabe|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/lee-kernaghan-enlists-sheppard-jessica-mauboy-and-guy-sebastian-for-spirit-of-the-anzacs-single/story-e6frfmq9-1227193702281|title=Lee Kernaghan enlists Sheppard, Jessica Mauboy and Guy Sebastian for Spirit of the Anzacs single|work=[[News.com.au]]|publisher=[[News Corp Australia]]|date=23 January 2015|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/spirit-anzacs-feat.-guy-sebastian/id958765416|title=iTunes – Music – Spirit of the Anzacs (feat. Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, Jon Stevens, Jessica Mauboy, Shannon Noll & Megan Washington) – Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (Australia). [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref> |align="center"| 20 |align="center"| ''Spirit of the Anzacs'' |} ===Musicals=== * ''[[The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular]]'' (2002) ===Music videos=== {{inc-musong|date=January 2012}} {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Video ! Director |- | rowspan="2"| 1992 | "High Country" | |- | "Boys From the Bush" | |- | 2011 | "Scars" <small>(with [[Dierks Bentley]])</small> | Robb Cox |- | 2012 | "Beautiful Noise" | |- | 2015 | "Spirit of the Anzacs"<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20DUaIzYJg|title=Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the Anzacs (Official Music Video)|via=[[YouTube]]|date=26 February 2015|accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> | |} == Awards == ===ARIA Music Awards=== The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. Kernaghan has won two awards from 9 nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Country-Album|title = ARIA Awards Search Results - Lee Kernaghan|work = ARIA Awards|publisher = www.ariaawards.com.au|date = 6 March 2015|accessdate = 6 March 2015}}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 1993|1993]] | ''The Outback Club'' | rowspan="10"| Best Country Album | {{won}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]] | ''Three Chain Road'' | {{won}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]] | ''Country Crowd'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 1996|1996]] | ''1959'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2000|2000]] | ''Rules of the Road'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2002|2002]] | ''Electric Rodeo'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2006|2006]] | ''The New Bush'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2010|2010]] | ''Planet Country'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2013|2013]] | ''Beautiful Noise'' | {{nom}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2015|2015]] | ''[[Spirit of the Anzacs (album)|Spirit of the Anzacs]]'' | {{nom}} |- {{end}} ===APRA Awards=== The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are held in Australia and New Zealand by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. Kernaghan has won four awards from eight nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apraamcos.com.au/search|title=Nine first-time winners in 12 APRA Music Award categories|work=APRA Awards|publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) &#124; [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS)|date=6 March 2015}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1993|1993]] | "Boys from the Bush" | Country Song of the Year | {{won}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1996|1996]] | "1959" | Most Performed Country Work | {{won}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1999|1999]] | "Hat Town" | Most Performed Country Work | {{won}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2004|2004]] | "Way It Is" | Most Performed Country Work | {{nom}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2007|2007]] | "New Bush" | Most Performed Country Work | {{nom}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2008|2008]] | "Spirit of the Bush" <small>(featuring Adam Brand and Steve Forde)</small> | Most Performed Country Work | {{nom}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2011|2011]] | "Planet Country" | Country Work of the Year | {{nom}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2014|2014]] | "Flying with the King" | Country Work of the Year<ref name="CWotYNom">{{cite web | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2014-awards/apra-music-awards/country-work-of-the-year/ | title = Country Work of the Year | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) &#124; Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | year = 2014 | accessdate = 5 March 2016 }}</ref> | {{won}} |- {{end}} ===Country Music Awards (CMAA)=== Kernaghan has won thirty-seven [[Golden Guitar|Golden guitar]] awards at the [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]] [[Country Music Awards of Australia]] <ref>http://country.com.au/golden-guitars/award-winners/1990s</ref> {{awards table}} |- | 1993 || "Boys from the Bush" || APRA Song of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1993 || ''The Outback Club'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1993 || "Boys from the Bush" || Male Vocalist of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1994 || "Three Chain Road" || APRA Song of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1994 || ''Three Chain Road'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1994 || "Three Chain Road" || Male Vocalist of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1994 || "Leave Him in the Longford" <small> (with [[Slim Dusty]]) </small> || Vocal Group or Duo of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1995 || ''Three Chain Road'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1996 || ''1959'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1997 || ''1959'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1997 || "A Bushman Can't Survive" <small> (with [[Tania Kernaghan]]) </small> || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || ''Hat Town'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || ''Hat Town'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || "Goondiwindi Moon" || Male Vocalist of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || "Changi Banjo" || Heritage Song of the Year || {{won}} |- | 1999 || "Tough Job" <small> (with [[Colin Buchanan (entertainer)|Colin Buchanan]]) </small> || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2003 || "[[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]" <small> (with [[Josh Arnold]]) </small> || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2003 || ''Electric Rodeo'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2003 || ''Electric Rodeo''|| Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2005 || "Missin' Slim" || Heritage Song of the Year <small> (with Colin Buchanan)</small> || {{won}} |- | 2007 || ''The New Bush'' || Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2007 || ''The New Bush'' || Male Artist of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2007 || ''The New Bush'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2007 || "Close as a Whisper (The Gift)" || Heritage Song of the Year Close || {{won}} |- | 2008 || "Spirit of the Bush" <small> (with [[Adam Brand (musician)|Adam Brand]] and Steve Forde) </small> || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2008 || "Spirit of the Bush" <small> (with Adam Brand and Steve Forde) </small> || Video of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2008 || "Spirit of the Bush" <small> (with Adam Brand and Steve Forde) </small> || Single of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2011 || ''Planet Country'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2012 || "Channel Country Ground" <small> (with [[Dean Perrett]]) </small> || Ballad of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2014 || ''Beautiful Noise'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2014 || "Flying with the King" || Male Artist of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2014 || "Flying with the King" || Single of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2014 || "Flying with the King" || Video clip of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2016 || "[[Spirit of the Anzacs]]" <br> <small> (with [[Guy Sebastian]], [[Jessica Mauboy]], [[Jon Stevens]], [[Sheppard (band)|Amy & George Sheppard]], [[Shannon Noll]] and [[Megan Washington]]) </small> || Vocal Collaboration of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2016 || "[[Spirit of the Anzacs]]" <br><small> (with Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Jon Stevens, Amy & George Sheppard, Shannon Noll and Megan Washington) </small> || Video clip of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2016 || ''[[Spirit of the Anzacs (album)|Spirit of the Anzacs]]'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2018 || ''The 25th Anniversary Album'' || Top Selling Album of the Year || {{won}} {{end}} === Music For A New Generation Awards ([[Planet Country with Big Stu & MJ|Planet Country Radio]]) === The Music For A New Generation Awards are run by the [[Planet Country with Big Stu & MJ]] radio program and celebrate crossover country artist efforts each year. The awards have featured fan voting since 2016. {{awards table}} |- | 2015 | Himself | Australian Male Artist of The Year | {{nom}} |- | 2017 | Himself | Australian Male Artist of The Year | {{won}} |- {{end}} ==Business ventures== For several years, Kernaghan owned the historic Great Western Hotel in [[Rockhampton, Queensland]], after buying the pub in 2003 when it was placed into receivership after a downturn in trade and public liability concerns.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/qld/stories/s828257.htm Kernaghan buys Great Western pub], Chris Lawson, ''[[The Country Hour|Queensland Country Hour]]'', [[ABC Rural]], 9 April 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/news/stories/s828277.htm Boy from the bush buys QLD pub], ''National Rural News'', [[ABC Rural]], 9 April 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2017.</ref> Kernaghan has described the time during which he owned the Great Western Hotel as one of the greatest periods of his life.<ref>[https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/lee-kernaghan-returns-to-second-home-country-music/2631007 Country music legend Lee Kernaghan returns to 'second home'], Michelle Gately, ''[[The Morning Bulletin]]'', 7 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2017.</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{sister project links|wikt=no|b=no|q=Lee Kernaghan|s=no|commons=Category:Lee Kernaghan|n=no|v=no|species=no}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514004036/http://www.leekernaghan.com.au/ Lee Kernaghan's Official website] * [http://realcountry.podomatic.com/entry/2013-12-09T01_58_23-08_00 Lee Kernaghan Interview - Spirit Of The Bush single re-release 2013] on [[Ben Sorensen's REAL Country]] * [http://realcountry.podomatic.com/entry/2012-12-28T20_29_11-08_00 Lee Kernaghan "Beautiful Noise" radio interview] on [[Ben Sorensen's REAL Country]] {{Australians of the Year}} {{Lee Kernaghan}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kernaghan, Lee}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Corryong]] [[Category:APRA Award winners]] [[Category:ARIA Award winners]] [[Category:Australian country singers]] [[Category:Australian country singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Australian male singers]] [[Category:Australian male musical theatre actors]] [[Category:Australian of the Year Award winners]] [[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia]] [[Category:Australian country guitarists]]'