Editing Music of Australia (section)

===Children's music===
[[File:Wiggles 2007 Lineup.jpg|thumb|[[The Wiggles]]' lineup in 2007, riding in the Big Red Car during a concert]]

Children's music in Australia developed gradually over the latter half of the 20th century. Some of the most recognised performers in that period were those associated with the long-running [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] series ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'', including veteran actor-musician [[Don Spencer]] and actor and singer [[Noni Hazlehurst]]. Children's music remained a relatively small segment of the Australian music industry until the emergence of groundbreaking children's group [[the Wiggles]] in the late 1990s. The multi-award-winning four-piece group rapidly gained international popularity in the early 2000s and by the end of the decade they had become one of the most popular children's groups in the world. The Wiggles now boasts a huge fanbase in many regions including Australasia, Britain, Asia, and the Americas.

In 2008, the Wiggles were named [[Business Review Weekly]]'s top-earning Australian entertainers for the fourth year in a row, having earned [[Australian dollar|A$]]45&nbsp;million in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=183 |title=Wiggles beat Kylie Minogue, Russell Crowe to top of earnings list |publisher=meeja.com.au |date=10 September 2008 |access-date=10 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019213347/http://meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=183 |archive-date=19 October 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have been called "the world's biggest preschool band" and "your child's first rock band".<ref name="babysband">{{cite news | last = Wright | first = Anders | title = Baby's first rock band | work = San Diego Citybeat | date = 25 March 2008 | url = http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/baby_s_first_rock_band/6758/ | access-date = 31 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080820030105/http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/baby_s_first_rock_band/6758/ | archive-date = 20 August 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The group has achieved worldwide success with their children's albums, videos, [[television series]], and concert appearances. They have earned 18 [[Music recording sales certification|gold]], 13 [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]], three double-platinum, and ten multi-platinum awards; additionally 15 ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album (making ARIA history as the most awarded ARIA winner in the one category), received the ARIA for Best Australian Live Act, and been inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]].

By 2002, the Wiggles had become the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s (ABC) most successful pre-school television program. They have performed for over 1.5&nbsp;million children in the US between 2005 and 2008.<ref name = "fabfour">{{cite news | last = Markstrom | first = Serena | title = Fab Four of kid rock comes to town | work = The Register Guard | date = 21 March 2008 | url = http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=77938&sid=42&fid=1 | access-date = 23 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090924031958/http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=77938&sid=42&fid=1 | archive-date = 24 September 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> They have won [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] song writing awards for Best Children's Song three times and earned ADSDA's award for Highest Selling Children's Album four times.<ref name="aboutus">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.thewiggles.com.au/au/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818171550/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/au/about/ |archive-date=18 August 2007 |access-date=23 January 2007 |publisher=The Wiggles}}</ref> They have been nominated for [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA's]] Best Children's Album award nineteen times, and won the award twelve times.<ref>They won in 1995 for "Big Red Car", in 1996 for "Wake Up Jeff!", in 1998 for "Toot Toot!", in 2005 for "Live Hot Potatoes"{{cite web | title = History: List of winners | publisher = ARIA Awards 2007 | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=W&artist=Wiggles%20%20The | access-date = 2 October 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090213032716/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=W&artist=Wiggles%20%20The | archive-date = 13 February 2009}} Additionally, the Aria Awards List by performers omits the Wiggles nomination and winning of the award in 2007 for [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2007 Pop Goes the Wiggles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718204222/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2007 |date=18 July 2008 }} and [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2006 Racing to the Rainbow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015949/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2006 |date=19 May 2011 }} in 2006.</ref> In 2003, they received ARIA's Outstanding Achievement Award for their success in the U.S.<ref name="aboutus"/> and were also inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/wiggles-kylie-to-be-inducted-into-arias-hall-of-fame-20111031-1mr7r.html |title=Wiggles, Kylie to be inducted into ARIA's Hall of Fame |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101201550/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/wiggles-kylie-to-be-inducted-into-arias-hall-of-fame-20111031-1mr7r.html |archive-date=1 November 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Peter Combe]], [[Patsy Biscoe]] and [[Hi-5 (Australian group)|Hi-5]] are other notable names within the industry.