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== Awards and nominations == ===ARIA Music Awards=== The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. Men at Work were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202052952/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ARIA1994"/> {{awards table}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 1994|1994]] | Men at Work | [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] | {{yes2|Inductee}} {{end}} ===Countdown Australian Music Awards=== ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' is an Australian pop music TV series that aired 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]]''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | format = [[Portable document format]] (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | rowspan="5" |1981 | "Down Under" | Best Australian Single | {{nom}} |- | ''Business as Usual'' | Best Debut Album | {{won}} |- | "Who Can It Be Now?" | Best Debut Single | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2" | Themselves | Best New Talent | {{won}} |- | Most Popular Group | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="3" | 1982 | Colin Hay (Men At Work) | Best Songwriter | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | Themselves | Most Popular Group | {{nom}} |- | Most Outstanding Achievement | {{won}} |- | rowspan="3" | 1983 | ''Cargo'' | Best Australian Album | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" | Themselves | Most Outstanding Achievement | {{won}} |- | Most Popular Group | {{nom}} |- {{end}} ===Grammy Awards=== {{awards table}} |- | [[Grammy Awards of 1983|1983]]<ref name="Grammys"/> | Men at Work | [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] | {{won}} {{end}} ===Other awards=== In August 1983 they were given a Crystal Globe Award for $100 million worth of record business by their US label.<ref name="McFarlane"/> That same year in Canada they were awarded a [[Juno Award]] for "International LP of the Year". Men at Work has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.<ref name="SaleTSORT"/> On 28 May 2001 "Down Under" was listed at No. 4 on the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs]].<ref name="APRA10"/><ref name="TallP1994"/> In October 2010, ''Business as Usual'' was listed in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell"/>
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