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==Recognition, awards, and nominations== According to the [[Recording Industry Association of America|Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]], INXS has sold over 15 million units in the United States alone, making them the third-highest selling Australian music act in the United States behind [[AC/DC]] and The Bee Gees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=inxs#search_section |title=INXS β RIAA β Gold & Platinum Searchable Database |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230190826/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=inxs#search_section |archive-date=30 December 2023 |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America|Riaa.com]] |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> INXS has sold over 50 million records worldwide.<ref name="mediaweek"/><ref name="universalmusic"/> INXS has been nominated for numerous music awards, including [[ARIA Awards]],<ref name="ARIAList" /> [[Grammy Award]]s,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/inxs|title=INXS|date=19 November 2019|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref> and [[MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-09-ca-1872-story.html|title=INXS Rocks Off With 5 Video Awards|date=9 September 1988|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2019}} ===APRA Music Awards=== {{award table}} !{{refh}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1988|1988]] | "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]" | rowspan=4|Gold Award | {{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1980-1989/1988-music-awards/ |title=1988 Music Awards | APRA AMCOS |website=apraamcos.com.au |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317233452/http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1980-1989/1988-music-awards/ |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1989|1989]] | "[[Need You Tonight]]" | {{Won}} |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1980-1989/1989-1990-music-awards/ |title=1989β1990 Music Awards | APRA AMCOS Australia |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030100129/https://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1980-1989/1989-1990-music-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | rowspan=2|[[APRA Music Awards of 1990|1990]] | "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" | {{won}} | rowspan=2|<ref name="apraamcos.com.au">{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1990-1999/1991-music-awards/ |title=1991 Music Awards | APRA AMCOS |website=apraamcos.com.au |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317222718/http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1990-1999/1991-music-awards/ |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | "[[New Sensation]]" | {{won}} |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1991|1991]] | "[[Suicide Blonde]]" | rowspan=2|Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | {{won}} |<ref name="apraamcos.com.au"/> |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 1992|1992]] | "[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" | {{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1990-1999/1992-music-awards/ |title=1992 Music Awards | APRA AMCOS |website=apraamcos.com.au |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317223413/http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/1990-1999/1992-music-awards/ |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[APRA Music Awards of 2002|2002]] | "[[Never Tear Us Apart|Precious Heart]]" <small>(with [[Tall Paul (DJ)|Tall Paul]])</small> | Most Performed Dance Work | {{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx|title=APRA|AMCOS : History|date=20 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> {{end}} ===ARIA Awards=== INXS has won seven [[ARIA Awards|Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards]].<ref name="ARIAList"/> The band was inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] in 2001 alongside [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]].<ref name="ARIAAwards"/><ref name="ARIAHoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |title=ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame inductees listing |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080802221754/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2 August 2008}}</ref> The induction recognised their achievement of a "significant body of recorded work" and that they "had a cultural impact within Australia".<ref name="ARIAHoF"/> INXS has won six other ARIA Awards, including three for 'Best Group' in 1987, 1989 and 1992.<ref name="ARIAList"/> {{awards table}} |- |rowspan="3"| 1987 ||| "[[Listen Like Thieves (song)|Listen Like Thieves]]" || [[ARIA Award for Best Group|Best Group]] || {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"|"Good Times" (INXS & [[Jimmy Barnes]]) || [[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] || {{nom}} |- | Highest Selling Single || {{nom}} |- | 1988 || INXS || Best Group || {{nom}} |- |rowspan="4"| 1989 |||INXS || [[ARIA Achievement Awards#Outstanding Achievement|Outstanding Achievement Award]] || {{yes2|awarded}} |- | rowspan="3"| "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]" || Best Video{{#tag:ref|The video was directed by [[Richard Lowenstein]].<ref name="ARIA1989">{{cite web|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |title=1989 3rd Annual ARIA Awards |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |access-date=24 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011200102/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1989 |archive-date=11 October 2011 }}</ref>|group="nb"}} || {{won}} |- | Best Group || {{won}} |- | Single of the Year|| {{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"| 1991 ||rowspan="2"|''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'' || [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] || {{nom}} |- | Best Group || {{nom}} |- | 1992 ||| ''[[Live Baby Live]]'' || Best Group || {{won}} |- |rowspan="2"| 1993 ||| "[[Baby Don't Cry (INXS song)|Baby Don't Cry]]", "[[Heaven Sent (INXS song)|Heaven Sent]]", "[[Taste It]]"{{#tag:ref|Nomination to Niven Garland for engineering INXS tracks "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent" and "Taste It".<ref name="ARIA1993">{{cite web|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |title=1993 7th Annual ARIA Awards |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 |access-date=24 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927120818/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref>|group="nb"}} || Engineer of the Year || {{nom}} |- | ''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]'' || Best Group || {{nom}} |- |rowspan="3"| 1994 ||| "[[The Gift (INXS song)|The Gift]]"{{#tag:ref|The video was directed by [[Richard Lowenstein]].<ref name="ARIA1994">{{cite web|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |title=1994 8th Annual ARIA Awards |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1994 |access-date=24 November 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>|group="nb"}} || Best Video || {{won}} |- | "The Gift" || Highest Selling Single || {{nom}} |- | | ''[[Full Moon, Dirty Hearts]]'' || Best Group || {{nom}} |- | 2001 || INXS || [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] || {{yes2|inducted}} |- | 2004 || ''I'm Only Looking'' || [[ARIA Award for Best Music DVD|Best Music DVD]] || {{nom}} |- {{end}} ===ASCAP Pop Music Awards=== {{award table}} !{{refh}} |- | 1987 | "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]" | rowspan=6|Most Performed Songs | {{won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-06-06.pdf#page=24|page=24|title=Billboard : ASCAP POP AWARD WINNING WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS|date=6 June 1987|format=PDF|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan=4|1989 | "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" | {{won}} | rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-05-27.pdf#page=86|page=86|title=Billboard : ASCAP POP AWARD WINNING WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS|date=25 May 1989|format=PDF|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> |- | "[[New Sensation]]" | {{won}} |- | "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]" | {{won}} |- | "[[Need You Tonight]]" | {{won}} |- | 1991 | "[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" | {{won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-25.pdf#page=113|page=113|title=Billboard : ASCAP POP AWARD WINNING WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS|date=25 May 1991|format=PDF|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> {{end}} ===''Countdown'' Awards=== ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC-TV]] from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''[[TV Week]]'' but then independently.<ref name="KingPop">{{cite web |url=http://www.milesago.com/performance/kingofpop.htm |publisher=Milesago |title=TV Week "King of Pop" Awards |access-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> The [[Australian pop music awards#1981β1986: Countdown Music and Video Awards|''Countdown'' Music and Video Awards]] were succeeded by the [[ARIA Awards]].<ref name="KingPop"/> INXS won seven awards at the 1984 awards ceremony,<ref name="McF"/> which was broadcast on 25 May 1985.<ref name="Count1984">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/webgirl/main&cmd=list&range=40,8&Year~=1985&cmd=all&Id=407 |website=Baseportal.com |title=''Countdown'' Archives β 1985 β 25 May 1985 |access-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> On 20 April 1986 they won three further ''Countdown'' awards for 1985.<ref name="Count1985">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/webgirl/main&cmd=list&range=0,8&Year~=1986&cmd=all&Id=0 |title=''Countdown'' Archives β 1986 β 20 April 1986 |website=Baseportal.com |access-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> They won further award in the final awards in 1986, from five nominations.<ref name="1987noms&wins"/> {{awards table}} |- | 1980 ||| INXS || [[Johnny O'Keefe]] New Talent<ref name="Count1980">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/webgirl/main&cmd=list&range=64,8&cmd=all&Id=154 |title=''Countdown'' Archives β 1981 β 22 March 1981 |website=Baseportal.com |access-date=25 November 2008 }}</ref> || {{nom}} |- |rowspan="3" | 1982 ||| ''[[Shabooh Shoobah]]'' || Best Australian Album || {{nom}} |- | | "One Thing" || Best Australian Single || {{nom}} |- | | INXS || Most Popular Group || {{nom}} |- |rowspan="9" | 1984 ||| "[[Burn for You (INXS song)|Burn for You]]" || Best Group Performance in a Video<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | | ''[[The Swing (INXS album)|The Swing]]'' || Best Album<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | | INXS || Most Popular Australian Group<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | | [[Andrew Farriss]], [[Michael Hutchence]] || Best Songwriter<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | | "Burn for You"{{#tag:ref|Award was shared between Richard Lowenstein for the INXS video "Burn for You" and B Sharp Productions for [[Mental As Anything]] video "Apocalypso".<ref name="Count1984"/> |group="nb"}} || Best Promotional Video<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | "Burn for You" || Best Single || {{nom}} |- | "[[I Send a Message]]" || Best Single || {{nom}} |- | INXS || Most Outstanding Achievement<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- | | Michael Hutchence || Most Popular Male<ref name="Count1984"/> || {{won}} |- |rowspan="3" | 1985 ||"[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]"{{#tag:ref|Award to Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn for the INXS video "What You Need".<ref name="Count1985"/> |group="nb"}} || Best Video<ref name="Count1985"/> || {{won}} |- | INXS || Most Popular Australian Group<ref name="Count1985"/> || {{won}} |- | INXS || Most Outstanding Achievement<ref name="Count1985"/> || {{won}} |- |rowspan="5" | 1986 ||"Kiss the Dirt" || Best Group Performance in a Video<ref name="1987noms&wins">{{cite web|url=http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html|title=Final episode of Countdown|website=1970scountdown|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref> || {{won}} |- |"[[Good Times (Easybeats song)|Good Times]]" (with [[Jimmy Barnes]])|| Best Group Performance in a Video<ref name="1987noms&wins"/>|| {{nom}} |- |"Kiss the Dirt"|| Best Video<ref name="1987noms&wins"/>|| {{nom}} |- |"[[Listen Like Thieves (song)|Listen Like Thieves]]"|| Best Video<ref name="1987noms&wins"/>|| {{nom}} |- | INXS || Most Popular Australian Group<ref name="1987noms&wins"/> || {{nom}} {{end}} ===Grammy Awards=== INXS received three [[Grammy Award]] nominations.<ref name="auto1"/> {{awards table}} |- | 1988 || ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'' || Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal || {{nom}} |- | 1990 || "[[Suicide Blonde]]" || Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal || {{nom}} |- | 1994 || "[[Beautiful Girl (INXS song)|Beautiful Girl]]" || Best Short Form Music Video || {{nom}} {{end}} ===International Rock Awards=== The [[International Rock Awards]] (1989β91) was a music award ceremony broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Television]], to honour the top musicians in the genre of rock music.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rocks awards: 'Wilburys' leads list of Elvis winners|pages=20|author=Press release|journal=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher=[[Block Communications]]|issn=1068-624X|date=1 June 1989}}</ref> {{award table}} |- | 1989 | Themselves | Artist of the Year | {{nom}} {{end}} ===Mo Awards=== The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the [[Mo Awards]]), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. INXS won two awards in that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|title=MO Award Winners|website=Mo Awards|access-date=16 March 2022|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307064432/https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{awards table}} (wins only) |- | 1986 | INXS | Rock Group of the Year | {{won}} |- | 1988 | INXS | Rock Group of the Year | {{won}} |- {{end}} ===MTV Video Music Awards=== INXS won five [[MTV Video Music Awards]] for their 1988 video "[[Need You Tonight]]/[[Mediate (song)|Mediate]]".<ref name="auto2"/> {{awards table}} |- || 1986 ||| "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]" || Best Group Video || {{nom}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409482/awards|title=INXS|website=IMDb}}</ref> |- |rowspan="9"| 1988 ||rowspan="8"|"Need You Tonight/Mediate" || Viewer's Choice || {{won}}<ref name="auto"/> |- | Video of the Year || {{won}}<ref name="auto"/> |- | Best Group Video || {{won}}<ref name="auto"/> |- | Best Concept Video || {{nom}}<ref name="auto"/> |- | Breakthrough Video || {{won}}<ref name="auto"/> |- | Best Special Effects in a Video || {{nom}}{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} |- | Best Art Direction in a Video || {{nom}}{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} |- | Best Editing in a Video || {{won}}{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} |- | "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" || Best Editing in a Video || {{nom}}{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} |- | 1989 || "[[New Sensation]]" || Best Art Direction in a Video || {{nom}}{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} {{end}} ===Pollstar Concert Industry Awards=== The [[Pollstar]] Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honour artists and professionals in the concert industry.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/welcome.htm|title=Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Winners Archives β Index|magazine=Pollstar|access-date=4 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626055437/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/welcome.htm|archive-date=26 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{award table}} |- | rowspan="2" | 1986 | Themselves | Next Major Arena Headliner | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | ''Tour'' | Small Hall/Club of the Year | {{nom}} |- | 1989 | Most Creative Stage Production | {{nom}} {{end}} ===Brit Awards=== {{awards table}} |- | 1989 || INXS || Best International Group<ref name="brits.co.uk">{{cite web|author=Related Photos |url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/inxs |title=INXS | The BRIT Awards 2011 |website=Brits.co.uk |date=6 June 2011 |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809182535/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/inxs |archive-date=9 August 2011 }}</ref>|| {{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"| 1991 ||| INXS || Best International Group<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/videos/1991-best-international-group-inxs?quicktabs_1=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219193448/http://www.brits.co.uk/videos/1991-best-international-group-inxs?quicktabs_1=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2012|title=Videos | The BRIT Awards 2012|date=19 February 2012|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>|| {{won}} |- | | Michael Hutchence || Best International Male<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/britstv/1991-best-international-male-michael-hutchence |title=1991 β Best International Male β Michael Hutchence | The BRIT Awards 2011 |website=Brits.co.uk |access-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412165324/http://www.brits.co.uk/britstv/1991-best-international-male-michael-hutchence |archive-date=12 April 2012 }}</ref>|| {{won}} |- | 1992 || INXS || Best International Group<ref name="brits.co.uk"/>|| {{nom}} {{end}} ===Juno Awards=== {{award table}} |- | 1989 | INXS | International Entertainer of the Year | {{nom}} {{end}} ===World Music Awards=== {{award table}} |- | 1993 | INXS | World's Best Selling Australian Artist | {{won}} {{end}} ===Ε½ebΕΓk Music Awards=== {{award table}} !{{refh}} |- | rowspan=3|1997 | [[Michael Hutchence]] | Best International Personality | {{nom}} | rowspan=3|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2003-1997/|title=2003-1997 β Anketa Ε½ebΕΓk|website=Anketazebrik.cz|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> |- | "[[Elegantly Wasted (song)|Elegantly Wasted]]" | Best International Video | {{nom}} |- | The Death of Michael Hutchence | Best International PrΕ―ser | {{nom}} {{end}}
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