Editing Culture of Australia (section)

====Popular music====
{{See also|Australian rock|Australian country music}}
[[File:Paul Kelly 2007.jpg|thumb|left|Singer-songwriter [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]]]]
[[File:Kylie Minogue at The Queen's Birthday Party (cropped 3).jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[Kylie Minogue]], one of Australia's most successful pop musicians]]
[[Johnny O'Keefe]] became the first Australian [[rock and roll]] artist to reach the national charts with his 1958 hit "[[Wild One (Johnny O'Keefe song)|Wild One]]".<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150610b.htm |title=O'Keefe, John Michael (Johnny) (1935–1978) Biographical Entry – Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |chapter=O'Keefe, John Michael (Johnny) (1935–1978) |publisher=Adb.online.anu.edu.au |access-date=29 January 2011}}</ref> While American and British content dominated airwaves and record sales into the 1960s, local successes began to emerge, notably [[The Easybeats]] and [[The Seekers]].  From the 1970s onwards, [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]], which grew out of the Australian pub scene, began to gain prominence and established home-grown bands, "whose lyrics were locally specific and about issues that everyday Australians could relate to".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Noisey|first=Staff|url= https://www.vice.com/en/article/is-australian-music-identity-still-shaped-through-pub-rock/|title= Is Australian Music Identity Still Shaped Through Pub Rock?|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=1 February 2016|access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref> In this context, the [[Bee Gees]] and [[AC/DC]] rose to prominence in Australia before going on to international success. Australian performers continued to do well at a local and international level into the 1980s, for example [[Cold Chisel]], [[INXS]], [[Nick Cave]], [[Crowded House]], [[Midnight Oil]] and [[Little River Band]]. Held since 1987, the [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA]]s are Australia's premier music [[awards]]. [[Silverchair]], [[Powderfinger]], [[AC/DC]], [[John Farnham]], [[Jimmy Barnes]], the [[Bee Gees]], [[Savage Garden]], [[Tina Arena]], [[Vanessa Amorosi]] and [[Kylie Minogue]] are among the most successful artists in the awards' history. Singer-songwriter [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], whose music style straddles folk, rock, and country, has been described as the ''poet laureate'' of Australian music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=15390 |title=Civics &#124; Paul Kelly (1955–) |publisher=Civicsandcitizenship.edu.au |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602031440/http://www.civicsandcitizenship.edu.au/cce/default.asp?id=15390 |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Spurred in part by the national expansion of [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] youth radio station [[Triple J]], a string of successful alternative Australian acts have emerged since the 1990s, including [[You Am I]], [[Gotye]], [[Sia]] and [[Tame Impala]].

[[Australian country music]] has developed a style quite distinct from its American counterpart, drawing more on local folklore like the Australian [[bushranging]] tradition.<ref name="cultureandrecreation.gov.au">{{cite web |title=Australian country music - Australia's Culture Portal |url=http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/music/country/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217020802/http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/music/country/ |archive-date=17 February 2011 |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref> Pioneers of popular Australian country music include [[Tex Morton]] in the 1930s and [[Smoky Dawson]] from the 1940s onward. Known as the "King of Australian Country Music", [[Slim Dusty]] released over 100 albums in a career spanning almost six decades; his 1957 hit "[[A Pub With No Beer]]" was the first Australian single to go [[Music recording sales certification|gold]].<ref>Dave" Laing, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/sep/20/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries "Slim Dusty: Country singer famous for A Pub With No Beer"], ''The Guardian (UK)'', 20 September 2003</ref> Dusty's wife [[Joy McKean]] penned several of his most popular songs. Other notable Australian country music performers include [[John Williamson (singer)|John Williamson]] who wrote the iconic song "[[True Blue (John Williamson song)|True Blue]]", [[Lee Kernaghan]], [[Adam Brand (musician)|Adam Brand]] and [[Kasey Chambers]]. [[Olivia Newton-John]] and [[Keith Urban]] have attained success in the United States. The [[Tamworth Country Music Festival]] is held annually in [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]], the "Country Music Capital of Australia". During the festival the [[Country Music Association of Australia]] holds the [[Country Music Awards of Australia]] ceremony awarding the [[Golden Guitar]] trophies.