Singers You Never Knew Are From Australia REACTION

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Singers You Never Knew Are From Australia REACTION

[@MertAus]

I feel so ignorant not knowing that a lot of these singers/artists are from Australia so I can only apologise for that. But Australia is absolutely stacked with amazing singers. Who is your favourite singer from Australia?

[@dianen8962]

Personally, I only knew about 6 of those artists, but John Farnham is the best Australian Performer of all time IMO

[@jennybowd2962]

Jimmy barnes, lee kernaghan

[@peterdubois65]

Everyone who knows John Farnham knows he's Australian

[@louiserawle8999]

@@peterdubois65 but born in England

[@kenchristie9214]

Singer Brian Johnson is Scottish and has never taken up residence in Australia. He replaced original singer Bon Scott who died in 1980. Bon told the band members that if anything happened to prevent home singing, Brian would be the perfect replacement.

[@brettbridger362]

This has just scratched the surface. Nick Cave, AC/DC, INXS, The Saints, Cold Chisel, The Divinyls, Silverchair, The Easybeats, Dragon, Savage Garden, Midnight Oil, Icehouse and so on. And yes, Keith Urban is very big in the US Country music scene and comes from Australia. have fun.

[@brettbridger362]

BTW, The Saints released one of the worlds first Punk Rock records in 1976. Try 'I'm Stranded kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6GwqIB6prSjqMU

[@MertAus]

Wow I really have so much research to do. Thanks for the list will for sure check out these. Can't wait to find out about them all and hear their music. I have heard Savage Garden before actually. I remember they had a few big songs in the UK I think in either 90s/00's

[@narjiicday-burns6944]

You can't forget skyhooks 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@aussiebornandbred]

Don't forget Daddy Cool lol

[@Jaibee27]

Ive noticed Dragon on a few spotify playlists for Australian music. But arent they from New Zealand?

[@lynnhamps7052]

How can you not know that Olivia Newton John is Australian? She even plays an Australian in Grease...in fact if go so far as saying she was famously Australian...RIP to a beautiful soul 💖💖💖

[@MertAus]

Yeah that is a shocker from my to be fair. I guess I have never really seen any interviews or anything with her. I only really know her from Grease (I last seen that when I was a kid) but I just assumed they were all American in that. Will need to revisit it I think. For sure RIP

[@wayneperry7413]

Have to remember the age and nationality of the reactor tbf

[@SirRossco77]

She was really good friends with John Farnham

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

She was born in the UK but moved to Australia when she was young.

[@pettee1979]

Olivia Newton John was born in Cambridge, but moved to Australia aged 5. Her dad was a Professor who went to work at Melbourne University, hence the move.

[@LynetteMcGrath]

I'm surprised no-one mentioned Wolfmother. They were huge in the 00's. Australia was a great place for music in the 80's & 90's. There was live music in pubs, clubs and theatres.

[@dannie1989]

and Jet too

[@unoriginalsyn]

Wolfmother were pretty good but what ruined them I think was their live performances, I only saw them once myself and they were pretty terrible, thought you know, not everyone can be perfect every day but I have heard consistently from others that they were bad live and you know how it is, here if your live show isn't up to scratch then you are gonna struggle

[@LynetteMcGrath]

@@unoriginalsyn I did not know that!

[@Cykera]

I'm from Newcastle so Joker and the Thief is pretty much a cult classic over here

[@johnwilson5743]

Keith Urban was born in New Zealand and still travels on a New Zealand passport. However, his family did move to Aussie as a young child. He said he just never got around to getting an Aussie passport. same as Russel Crow. Born in NZ but considers himself an Aussie but also still travels on a New Zealand passport.

[@Chapps1941]

A Country singer called _Urban_ ?

[@wilkiebarkid001]

He came to Oz as a 2 year old for Christs sake. I came to Oz as a 7 rear old. I consider myself 100% OZ.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Yes. Australia is stacked with amazing singers. Couldn't possibly put all of them in one video.

[@daveamies5031]

Well you could ...... but it'd be a really long video 🤣

[@brianmorris8045]

@@daveamies5031 One which would be worth watching even if you only had one hit from each artist.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

Australia - for a population of a land mass the same or bigger than the US - with a population of 26 million - we 'stack' it in everything! Music, sport, science, discoveries etc.

[@mnewm21]

Tina Arena is Australian but has been knighted by the French for contributions to their music industry!

[@nikitahankinson9546]

Gotye was born in Belguim but his family moved to Australia when he was a child.

[@MertAus]

Oh nice, thanks for the info! He has some voice on him

[@cgkennedy]

His name is Walter de Bakker.

[@personofearth5076]

Aussies are Irish, English, Polish, Scot, German, etc. lol what's your point?

[@jayweb51]

This video looked at Australian artists that went overseas. Two of the biggest groups to go international were The Seekers and the Bee Gees. John Farnham never looked at going overseas, except when he took over as lead singer for Australia's Little River Band.

[@frenchys_prospecting]

Mad props to Johnny Farnham. He’ll always be a national treasure

[@dawnmccarthy8679]

the Bee Gees were born in England.

[@louiserawle8999]

John went to America,and the didn't take to him...FACT!!

[@louiserawle8999]

And John Farnham was way better than 99% of American singers.

[@frenchys_prospecting]

@@dawnmccarthy8679 and AC/DC were born in Scotland but they were Australian when they hit the billboard top 100

[@cookieo-fin]

Jimmy Barnes is Scottish born. His family immigrated to Australia when he was around 5 ( I think ). He was/is the front man for the band Cold Chisel. And also has an amazing solo career. Many people wrongly think that all he does is scream. In actual fact he has an amazing range and has a fantastically powerful voice.

[@rocknral]

In his early days, in CC, he really did sing properly. Beautiful voice actually.

[@richardleonard2946]

Yes, he does have a great voice. In the early 90's he did a soul album called Soul Deep, which was amazing, probably some of his best work.

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

Actually, he really does scream. So much so he has damaged the horizontal line in his voice. You can really hear it when he talks. Such a shame because he DID have a beautiful singing voice but he abused it.

[@susansalafia2729]

How can people think he screams, he is always in tune. I don't think you can scream in tune. I agree with you grest range and entertainer

[@blackie75]

I'm surprised he always kept a bit of his accent, Bon Scott came out a little later and his accent was pure Aussie, so was Angus and Malcolm....they even had like an Aussie drawl.

[@philhogan5623]

One band a lot of people don't know are Australian is the Bee Gees.

[@nobbynobbynoob]

This is true, but they were born on the Isle of Man, a(nother ;) British dependency.

[@personofearth5076]

@@nobbynobbynoob lol nobby what are Aussies? Yes we are the convicts of the Brits mostly. WE ARE BRITISH.

[@mrd4785]

Rick Springfield is another. Shocked you haven't heard ACDC... Lets not mention Peter Andre 😁

[@MertAus]

I have heard of the name AC/DC but never heard any of their stuff. When I was at school I just listen to house music and rap music so rock was never really my thing but as I got older my musical interest has definitely expanded.

[@peterhoz]

Guy Sebastian was our first competition representative at Eurovision (we had been there the year before as a guest act, but not in the comp). This was to celebrate 30+ years of it being broadcast here by SBS TV, (since 1983 in fact) I believe the longest of any broadcaster outside Europe. We have had Aussies at Eurovision before (including Olivia who represented the UK), also consider this list of Aussies at Eurovision competing for other countries: Gina G (for UK - Ooh Aah Just a Little Bit). Don't forget also a band called INXS!

[@tyamada21]

A little bit of history regarding Australia' entertainment artists. Back in the 1950s when the only records available came into Australia from overseas artists, Australian artists had to work their buts off to sound exactly like the records to gain local support - I was one of them in the 60s. We were virtually ignored until The Seekers and Easybeats put the first holes in the wall when they hit the top in the UK and elsewhere. More often than not, the recording artists who visited Australia to perform didn't sound anything like their records, as in many cases the recordings had been over-dubbed to hide the faults/failures. To cut the story short, it was during the 70s when Olivia-Newton-John, The BeeGees,, Helen Reddy, Dave Allen and others took America by storm, that Australia suddenly lit up like a new sun and it's been shining brighter and brighter ever since. This all happened when the Aussie artists started touring the world and singing/performing live, sounding exactly as they did on their records. There is a book worth reading, although not for the faint hearted, titled 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within' - it tells a whole lot more about what I have mentioned.

[@carolynh8866]

John Farnham is super huge in Australia and was also fairly well known in the UK and Europe in the 80s and 90s ...but not well known in the US, where this list was probably made. He tried cracking the US when he was younger and also when he was with Little River Band and he never really got a foothold. And by the time he had become hugely successful in Australia he had had enough of touring and trying to make it big overseas...he hated being away from his home and his family and was just happy to stay here. He filled arena after arena...there was no need to go overseas. He didn't care about the fame or the money.

[@louiserawle8999]

He was so good ,he had nothing to prove to anyone.

[@cgkennedy]

John Farnham was classed as "too old" when he tried to break into to USA market. Sitting on their taste with that.

[@danishskiwarehouse]

Three of the original AC/DC members were Scottish born, Malcolm, Angus and Bon, so feel free to be proud of them. In fact, Bon was nicknamed “the Bonnie Scot”

[@brettbridger362]

Glad you are getting blown away by Australia. For a very small (population) country, we have a big impact.

[@MertAus]

I am really loving finding out more about Australian culture. That is the great thing about this channel, I can really learn so much

[@BiaNay92]

Loving the Australian content reactions, I'm from South Australia 👋.. i love seeing people react to our country and what we have to offer 👍💕

[@Jo_Wardy]

Queenslander here

[@aussiebornandbred]

Have you heard of the Angels? Also a great Aussie rock band

[@taniafletcher5185]

John Farnham is very unwell at the moment, hopefully he will be getting better soon and bring his beautiful voice back to us. ❤

[@michaelbentick8029]

Hi Mat, Michael from Australia here. Great to see all the recommendations below. The parents of AC/DC Emigrated from Scotland to Australia. Also if you want to see one of Australia's greatest female vocalists, check out Vanessa Amorosi. Vanessa toured in the UK and across the US and was quite successful. I recommend you watch her performance live on Dave Stewarts show. Dave was the Lead guitarist for the Eurythmics.

[@cgkennedy]

Vanessa Amorosi grew up in the Dandenongs, my sister-in-law taught her.

[@ann-pud]

A few others that you may enjoy. Crowded House, AC/DC, Natalie Imbruglia, Sia, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

[@lowerthenthelowestdeck]

Australia has very talented singers and actors , its our culture that promotes it.

[@triarb5790]

Crowded House, despite Neil Finn being a Kiwi made it big here ( in Oz) and key ban member Nick Seymour is a proud south coast Victorian. His brother being Mark Seymour of the Australian band Hunters and Collectors. Just got back from 'A day on the Green' in Geelong with The Waifs ( Australian) Angus and Julia Stone ( Australian) and the Crowdies playing in torrential, muddy, sodden, soaked to my bones rain.

[@jillmortlock8439]

"Despite Neil Finn being a kiwi"??? Seriously? Are you going to claim split enz is an Oz band next?

[@Jeni10]

Names you should search for: John Farnham (my favourite Aussie), Human Nature, Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa Amorosi, Tina Arena, and the late Peter Allen.

[@Jeni10]

In Grease, Olivia speaks with an Australian accent and says she’s from Australia. Did you not believe her? LOL! She was a singer first and only did a few acting roles.

[@coreenavenn4235]

Olivia was born in UK & family moved to Australia & she represented UK in Eurovision. Cody Simpson is a Commonwealth medal winning swimmer

[@muzza1967]

This list is more about artists that would be known overseas, even though John Farnham is a great singer and well-loved in Australia he never really did the international thing. Same for many great Aussie bands like the Saints, Icehouse, The Church, and so many others.

[@redwarpy]

John Farnham was born in Dagenham UK and grew up in Australia, just like the Bee Gees lol.

[@bev419]

Sia? You haven't heard Sia's songs??? All in good humour. Luv this vid! Greeting from Adelaide, South Australia (where Sia is from)

[@Dr_KAP]

You won’t see the best singers on this list as they didn’t go international (John Farnham and Jimmy Barnes) - the big international names from Australia that come to my mind are:- - AC/DC - INXS - Kylie Minogue - Bee Gees (sort of half English) - The Seekers - Keith Urban - Hugh Jackman (sings and acts) - Savage Garden - SIA - Olivia Newton John

[@Laraine3]

Solid list, Kappy. 💪🙂

[@ev6808]

Gang of youths Pnau Peking duk Karnivool Birds of tokyo Boy and bear Powderfinger Presets Julia and angus stone Vance joy

[@Dr_KAP]

@@ev6808 all absolutely awesome but when I ask my US/UK friends it’s the list above they’ve heard of! Might be just showing my age 🤣 🤣

[@ev6808]

@@Dr_KAP gang of youths won aria for best album in 2017 and have moved to london, were opening for foo fighters on last world tour. Presets, pnau and peking duk are big in electronic music.

[@Laraine3]

I’m adding The Saints to your list because according to legend, they taught the Sex Pistols how to play punk, he heh. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h16qppiEhLCiotE

[@adamparker9765]

Empire of the sun, Silver chair, INXS, Jet, Cold Chisel, Cat empire, all international musicians from Australia with dozens more.

[@teresapatterson1253]

I cannot believe they didn’t mention INXS. Check out Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham - When something is wrong with my baby.

[@margi9103]

Tina Arena started off as a child performer on a show called "Young Talent Time". Dannie Minogue, Kylie's sister was also a child performer on that show. Tina lived in France for many years and is well known there, but she has done a few things in Britain. She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in Australia on Monday night.

[@heatherwardell2501]

One of the best music vids to listen to is Qantas - I Still Call Australia Home. Also we are up there when it comes to inventions, inventions that have helped the world in so many ways - you'd have to find a complete list because there are so many and they are so big. Good work Mat

[@MertAus]

Someone else mentioned the Qantas ad, so will definitely need to check that out. Would also be very interested to know about the inventions. Will need to see if I can see a video about it. I am from Scotland so I am also very proud of inventions from there too. Thanks Heather, appreciate it

[@kymcruickshank9103]

Qantas ad defo worth a look. It brings most aussies to a few tears.

[@lindab424]

@@MertAus Speaking of Qantas, Australia and inventions, it was an Aussie, David Warren that invented the flight box recorder that is found in aircraft.

[@doggowhisperer6844]

It was used in a Qantas ad being sung by the Australian youth choir but the song is by Peter Allen.

[@stephanielane1821]

John Farnham is top, he is older now, though has sang with Olivia Newton John, Ray Charles, Tom Jones, Celine Dion, and is respected by so many quality Artists. John was asked to Join Queen when they lost Freddie, but he was a family man and didn't want to leave his wife and son's for too long. Although he toured Australia many times, and many famous people came to Australia to work with him. His song "Burn for you" is about missing his wife when he toured Australia, back in the day. He has such an extensive range and vocal ability he can sing anything and does sing as across so many genres of music it's amazing. I think you would like Guy Sebastian, well known in Australia, amazing voice and songwriter, he is a judge on the voice Australia, always great music. Cheers, thanks for your great reactions.

[@TheSoundofU]

There have also for many years a lot of New Zealand (Aotearoa) singers that have moved to Australia & found greater fame there.

[@carbine5378]

Keith Urban is a country singer who is Australian but lives in America. He is married to actress Nicole Kidman who is also Australian.

[@SgtGunny-gz5hg]

Guy Sebastian is a legend. Dive into his stuff. Also Jimmy Barnes is brilliant. Actually Jimmy and John Farnham have done a few songs together.

[@iceberg5220]

You'll now have to listen to Jimmy Barnes (recently in his late 60's), rendition of Chandeliers ! That will blow you away !

[@reannejarvis9464]

Tim Minchin is also Australian. Check out Divinyls and Baby Animals. 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏼🤘🏿💋❤️

[@MertAus]

Tim Minchin I know because I reacted to some of his stuff already. He is amazing!! I am going to be doing more reactions to him soon.

[@reannejarvis9464]

@@MertAus genius level talent

[@jayweb51]

Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel, Diesel, Crowded House just to name a few. The Main Event is a concert featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton John and Anthony Warlow. Classic Jack is a John Farnham concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Search on KZbin for Australian singers and groups.

[@kcrot2566]

Paul Kelly great Australian music John Farnham a legend

[@wbnj8k5]

We have a massive pub scene where the bands earn their stripes and go on to bigger and better, it’s great for us and them. I remember seeing bands like ACDC playing at Iceland in Ringwood well before they cracked the international market.

[@MrDanjacs]

We had..

[@spockatwo5694]

50 cents extra to see AC/DC, loved Iceland.

[@helenredmond2742]

I remember seeing johnny'O Keele in live pub in Brisbane sooo many yrs ago..I'm 80 and still remember it..he was also great but very sad demise.

[@caltravels9454]

The Tones and I hit song Dance Monkey is written about when she was busking, there was a regular heckler that bothered her while performing that kept saying 'dance monkey' a hit song from a pretty poor situation.

[@mariagrant2072]

Keith Urban grew up in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia before he made it big by going overseas- he now lives in the USA I think- an Aussie boy born and bred ❤🇦🇺

[@jonwaldron900]

No, Urban is born and raised in New Zealand. He did a Russel Crowe and moved to Australia in his early career years.

[@mariagrant2072]

@@jonwaldron900 - thanks - I just found he was born in NZ but his parents moved to Caboolture Queensland when he was 2 years of age and he got his start in the music industry here - my mistake on where born but lived since 2 years old in Australia before he headed overseas and made it big - he has always considered himself Australian but I would think being a born Kiwi, he would be proud of that too 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@timashwood9973]

So…the Australian “Emmy’s” are named for the middle name of the inventor of the Television. John “Logie” Baird, thus our yearly TV awards are “The Logies”, because we “dinna forget wer roots”

[@peterg219]

An Aussie, well loved by the French is Tina Arena, a beautiful soul, wonderful performer, stunning voice; please react to her "Chains".

[@jennidlugi7200]

You should react to some Delta Goodrem (Enough) and Guy Sebastian (Believer). Both amazing Australian vocalists.

[@phillipridgway8317]

If you are going to listen to AC/DC, they did one song featuring bagpipes! It is "It's a Long Way to the Top". There are two videos of it on YT, one on the streets of Melbourne and the other on an Australian pop show (which is harder to find, but the sound & video quality is much better). John Farnham does an amazing version of this song too, minus the bagpipes!!!

[@megsybond]

John Farnham was actually born in Essex, England. His family came to Australia when he was ten. The same with Olivia Newton John, who was born in Cambridge, England and emigrated to Australia when she was six. Keith Urban was born in New Zealand too. They all became naturalized Aussies.

[@carolynh8866]

Most Aussies are only a generation or 2 away from English Scottish or Irish heritage. So if you grew up here in Aus you're and Aussie . All these muso's could have gone back to their land of birth but chose Aussie land as their home. Except maybe Keith and Nicole they don't seem to spend much time in Australia anymore.

[@alexlanning712]

@@carolynh8866 true

[@farqsideways5679]

@@carolynh8866 so what's your point?

[@marynoonan6111]

Like pharlap we claim them as our own

[@colleengray6351]

The best PR for Aussie talents are Aussie fans promoting them to new listeners. If you love hip hop, you gotta start the Aussie journey. Where are all our Hilltop Hood fans, Bliss n Eso? Hilltop Hoods - Nosebleed Section, Show Business, The Hard Road Restrung, Fifty In Five - Bliss n Eso Lighthouse, Know Yourself, My Life. Plus so many other great young talents to find. You'll enjoy the rabbit hole.

[@jameswitt605]

To these you could Add INXS, The Seekers, The BGees, & Cold Chisel at least.

[@jacintatate]

I loved Natalie Imbruglia in the first Johnny English film XD.

[@carmelmcshanag8144]

Hahaha ... I only know (some of) these names because I am an Aussie so I see news about them but many of these I wouldn't ever come across in my "old school" peregrinations, so don't feel embarrassed ... Keith Urban is married to another famous Aussie, Nicole Kidman. Have you watched the "Still call Australia Home" Qantas ad yet? It has Hugh Jackman and Kylie Minogue for starters. The Vance Joy one is a bit of a misdirect, because it's a Paul Simon song ... the break out song was "Riptide" I think, which you may have heard. Not having John Farnham is not surprising, as John chose to stay mostly in Australia once he had a family and horses. Surprised INXS weren't mentioned though. Keep 'em coming!

[@MertAus]

haha that makes me feel better thanks. Oh cool I didn't know Keith Urban was married to Nicole Kidman. I actually knew she was Aussie actually. I think I probably know a lot more Aussie actors than singers now that I think about it. I have not seen that add but will defo check it out soon.

[@jonlowing7907]

Many of these on this list are actually from the UK originally; John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John, ACDC (or Acca Dacca, as we also like to call them!), The Bee Gees, not on this list but also from the UK. Jimmy Barnes, the front man from Cold Chisel, is from Glasgow, Scotland. You should check out ACDC's 'Long Way to the Top' where they include an element of their Scottish origins and then 'Live in the River Plate Argentina 2009'. That was a big one!

[@christopherharvie8716]

These scat are British is a stretch (Bee Gees excluded) they may have been born in the IK about grew up Australian and their musical careers started there. The Members of AC DC met in an immigration camp in the 60’s and their entomology is linked with The Easy Beats (the older Young brother being in that band). If these bands are from the UK the “English” cricket team is in big trouble…

[@kramrollin69]

Well done Laddie. You have featured only a MINISCULE amount of Aussie music to the World. You will probably be blown away to know that Rufus Du Sol are also Aussies!!. Ever heard of "Friday on my mind"?... Aussies. A large part of the "English" music scene have been Aussies, from the 50s. Ever heard of Frank Ifield?, well your Granny would have. Considering "Aussies" have been coming from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland for the past 240 years, and still are, its no wonder we all sound familiar to you. (same as the North Americans Euro peoples). Come for a visit, bring a hat, we sell good sunscreen, and meet yer cousins.😛

[@ritageorge2348]

At first after watching your show l thought “ where the hell have you been” but then l realised how far apart we are (Aus and UK), these days. When l arrived here in 1969 everything on tv was English, tv shows, music show adverts, but slowly they all disappeared and our tv became more American ( sadly). I recently started to watch the UK quiz show Tipping Point, it was then l realised how little l know now about my home country, l felt quiet like an idiot not being able to answer many of the questions just as your now learning about Australia.

[@mrsmicmac5548]

I love your enthusiasm and appreciation for John Farnham. You really need to check out the following videos: 1. Please Don't Ask Me - John Farnham & Olivia Newton John (1998) from a concert called the Main Event, 2. John Farnham - Black dog (Led Zeppelin cover) - Black Dog was John's sound check and warm up song 3. John Farnham & Jimmy Barnes - 'When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Hey Hey It's Saturday'. Jimmy Barnes, Scottish born Australian singer, was the lead singer of Cold Chisel and the song features Jimmy Barnes' brother-in-law, Diesel, on guitar. You’ve only just grazed the tip of the iceberg.

[@kymcruickshank9103]

You really should know about AC/DC, they’re Scottish immigrants to Australia. 😂 Three of the boys came to Australia as kids with their parents from Scotland. They picked up Bon Scott (original singer) in Perth, Western Australia and became AC/DC. Bon later died from choking on his vomit after a big night. There’s a great movie about it.

[@evanhayward1502]

LOL. I love these videos. ONJ was born in the UK but was raised in Melbourne.

[@PurpleUnicorn212]

You will need to do so many more videos to find out who is from Australia. So so many & all kinds of music.

[@seajay20]

You should do a reaction to Australian actors / movie stars - that will shock you. Hollywood loves Australian actors, re their training back here.

[@elizabethscott7660]

Farnsey will always be number 1. Guy Sebastian has amazing vocal skills. Matt Corby is incredible. Try Brother. The Living End are still the best punk rockabilly band. Two hits are Prisoner of Society and Final Solution but Wake Up is ahead of its time👍 Hein Cooper- The Art of Escape, Rusty, Invincible, Hear My Voice or Like That. 👍👍 Tash Sultana, Gang of Youths, Jet, Hilltop Hoods, The Divinyls, Daryl Braithwaite, The Church-'Under the Milky Way', Nick Cave and the Badseeds, The Black Sorrows, Crowded House, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu, Powderfinger- 'These Days', INXS, Yothu Yindi, The Rockmelons and Deni Hines, Goanna-'Solid Rock', Redgum, GANGgajang-'Sounds of Then', Icehouse-'Great Southern Land', Russell Morris- 'The Real Thing', Men at Work, Mental as Anything.

[@MertAus]

Wow thanks Elizabeth I really appreciate you taking the time to make this list. That is very comprehensive and really shows an immense amount of talent from Australia. Going to look forward to working my way through these. Thanks again!!

[@carolynh8866]

Great list but not complete without Paul Kelly, Tesky Brothers, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes,

[@oneday458]

@@carolynh8866 James Reyne on his own or with Australian Crawl. Johnny Diesel is a great one to listen to as well..

[@philhogan5623]

Impressive list of bands/singers but most of them aren't well known outside Australia (apart from INXS, Jet, The Church, Divynals), so everyone who listens to them KNOWS they're from Australia. I thought the list could have included The Bee Gees, Silverchair, The Little River Band and Rose Tattoo.

[@overlordnews4075]

Yeah Prisoner of Society legendary song.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Impossible to pick a favourite. If you put a gun to my head I might say Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. I think you'd enjoy Guy Sebastian and Tina Arena, you noticed in this compilation they both have exceptional voices.

[@veronicaleonard6370]

Keith Urban grew up in the town I live in, I have a photo of 17yo Keith with my sister-in-law when they were both singing in local clubs in the local area.

[@adunreathcooper]

4:50 Possibly you're not aware, Olivia died a few months ago, 8th August 2022. 5:11 Tina Arena was a child singer on a talent show, called Young Talen Time, at the age of 10. She was a great singer, and very precocious. She grew up and moved to France, where she was huge. In recent years she's moved back to Australia. 5:31 I'm not sure if he's still singing. He was originally a swimmer, then a singer, and this year he qualified for Australia in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 9:48 Kylie Minogue would have been at Young Talent Time with Tina Arena. Tina is 1 year older than Kylie.

[@sarahclaireclaire7586]

No....Kylie was a guest on YTT...It was Danni who was a team member...😊

[@adunreathcooper]

@@sarahclaireclaire7586 yes, Danni

[@RobNMelbourne]

Keith Urban was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia (Caboolture just north of Brisbane). Also, he is married to one of the most famous Aussies, Nicole Kidman. And, yes, he is big in the American C&W scene.

[@LifeofHazza]

Keith Urban was born in NZ but grew up in Queensland Australia. Delta is a true-blue dinky di Aussie inside and out. Olivia Newton-John an Australian legend who was big in both film, music, and charity work; RIP ONJ. Guy Sebastian won Australian Idol in 2003. Sia is from Adelaide, South Australia. Kylie & Dannii Minogue, Australia's favorite sisters found by Young Talent Time. There is so much musical talent in Australia and you have only just scratched the surface. Maybe you should work through Australian music by decade??? (And ya can't miss our good man Slim Dusty)

[@louisemcmillan3576]

You HAVE to listen to original acdc with Bon Scott as lead. There is no way you can't know their music! And as you are Scottish, you have to look up "Long Way to the Top if you Wanna Rock n Roll". You will see why when you watch it 😊 ..... Iconic film clip of the band playing on the flatbed of a truck in downtown Melbourne. Angus Young on lead guitar is one of the best known australian lead guitarists in the world.

[@alisonjohnston1665]

Keith Urban was born in NZ but moved to OZ when he was 2 ... he's an OZ and US citizen

[@carolineansell3497]

I recommend Matt Corby-Live On The Resolution Tour amazing vocals

[@julianlandy916]

Jimmy Barnes, Australian by nationality but he was born in Scotland. ACDC, their origin is Sydney but most of the band members were also born in Scotland. Also... Keith Urban - Born in New Zealand John Farnham - Born in England Olivia Newton-John - Born in England Guy Sebastian - Born in Malaysia

[@deniseorvik9504]

The Easybeats 2 are from England, 2are Dutch , 1 Scot

[@simonbird3825]

What like Pavlova

[@cgkennedy]

Keith Urban is NZ born and his family moved to Queensland when he was two. Same as Sam Neill.

[@heidicross7255]

Olivia Newton John was born in England and her family moved to Australia when she was young. She has always said she is Australian.

[@frenchys_prospecting]

Big props to Gotye. When he went solo and became famous he recruited his old band mates to tour with him and therefore gave them the opportunity to travel the world doing what they love and making money

[@beano9343]

You missed The Seekers again. Hill Top Hoods, The Living End, Wolfmother. All icons

[@wayneperry7413]

You missed the point, I was living in the UK when The Seekers were in their prime - virtually everyone knew they were Aussie musicians, it’s not about great Aussie bands, it’s about the misconceptions about Australian artists. Although I concede a lot of people might think Hilltop Hoods are English/Kiwis.

[@amygone2pot]

You need to listen to John Farnham together singing Please Don’t Ask Me live at The Opera House. Magic.

[@amygone2pot]

Together with Olivia Newton John

[@bereanborn888]

Tina Arena. Amazing voice, started as a child star, still producing albums.

[@kathydurow6814]

Daniel Johns, Silverchair, Flume, Vera Blue, The Veronicas, Thelma Plum, Troye Sivan, Sarah Blasko, The Temper Trap, The Waifs, Josh Pyke, Augie March, Boy and Bear, Ben Lee, Empire of the Sun, Nick Cave, Tim Minchin

[@Lovebug06901]

Olivia NJ born on Englad, Jimmy Barnes born in Glasgow Bon Scott ( ACDC ) born in Angus Scotland , John Farnham is Essex England. Bee Gees from Isle of Man. So many of 60s 70s 80s Australia rock is Immigrant based . ( 10 pound Poms ).

[@jayweb51]

Keith is New Zealand born Australian artist. Olivia Newton John and John Farnham do a duet, Please Don't Ask Me from The Main Event Concert. Tina Arena started on a youth talent programme in Australia, called Young Talent Time from the age of 9 to 16; started her adult career while living in France, and probably her biggest song Chains.

[@bodybalanceU2]

and Kimbra was the kiwi singer who sang with Gotye on "somebody that i use to know"

[@buckbumbleboomstein4375]

His life flashed before his eyes when Tame Impala came on

[@chaoticoldbore]

If you like the DMAs, surely you have seen their stripped back version of "Believe" by Cher on Like A Version. Its actually one of my favourite performances of anything ever. Like a Version is a segment on Australia's youth radio network Triple J. The premise is an artist comes in to the studio and performs 2 songs, one of their own and a cover and the covers are VERY diverse in both in song and genre. Some standout performances include: Matt Corby singing his own song "Brother" he covers The Black Keys "Lonely Boy" for his cover. Denzel Curry covering Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade. Chet Faker covering Sonia Dada - (Lover) You Don't Treat Me no Good The Wiggles (yes the kids band) covers Tame Impala - Elephant - this actually won Triple Js annual "Hottest 100" one of the worlds biggest public voted music polls. There are many more but i have given you a good start with these.

[@user-xt9gs8ew6j]

Im surprised you didn't know ACDC. Possibly the biggest australian music export. Fun fact, Brian Johnson is scottish. Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@cadifan]

Keith Urban has New Zealand citizenship because he was born here, Australian citizenship because he was raised there from 2 years old, US citizenship because he lives there. Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland and moved to Aus when he was 5 years old, so it's amazing he still has a Scottish accent!

[@gazza750]

John Farnham and Olivia newton John are actually British. They just live or lived in Australia for a while. Same goes for the Bee Gees

[@danielbutler8103]

8:17 Guy Sebastian was the first winner of Australian Idol

[@jacksonmoody5497]

The60s and70sin Australia had a super healthy pub circuit nearly all pubs had bands ie: healthy music culture you could move from pub to pub till you found a great band if the word spread they would start doing concerts etc .In this era before disco Australian music was as good or better than international bands . So happy to have lived in this era because nothing has come close since Go Aussie Rock

[@mradonis252]

If you like hip hop and sia then you might want to checkout her and the hilltop hoods.

[@keithmitchell3282]

one of Australia's most influential exports is Sir Les Patterson , cultural attache ,diplomat and many many strings to his bow

[@margueritedilosa2944]

LOL

[@Autotrope]

I'm most surprised at the reaction to Olivia Newton John, she's an Australian icon. In Grease she even used her natural Australian accent and it was explained in movie that she was from Australia. She appeared in advertisements for Tourism Australia

[@louiserawle8999]

Olivia Newton John was 100% English born

[@leecowell8165]

She may be an icon there but she's not Australian. Probably had dual citizenship with England though because she was born there. Judith Durham oughta be your icon.. much better singer too. they passed only a few days apart but here in the states all you heard about was Olivia.

[@louiserawle8999]

@@leecowell8165 And she lived in America..married twice to Americans with an American born daughter,but we always considered her Australian,but I agree Judith Durham was the more realistic Aussie Icon.

[@Autotrope]

Australian citizenship since 1981 - "not Australian"? Being an Australian citizen is basically the definition of what being Australian is. Just because you're a first generation Australian doesn't mean you're not Australian.

[@FacundoBonetto]

​@@leecowell8165Olivia is known worldwide, so it was obvious that her death would overshadow Judith's.

[@madenabyss6981]

Tame Impala originated in my home state perth Western Australia Bon Scott grave's is in Western Australia 2 and there is a Bon Scott statue in Fremantle

[@continental_drift]

I love your enthusiasm.

[@littleflick]

Matt Corby - Brother Live for Like a Version, Vera Blue - Hold Live for Like a Version, Tash Sultana - Jungle bedroom recording would all be good to have a look at. None really known outside of Australia but all great.

[@MertAus]

Awesome will definitely check them out Felicity. Appreciate the suggestions

[@sheridanmiller6873]

Brother by Matt Corby. Its insane and will bring tears to your eyes from his talent!

[@chrlz904]

Another vote for Matt Corby and 'Brother'. From the first notes you'll realise that he's a huge talent, but just wait for the climax.....

[@dystar112]

Keith Urban is from Caboolture near Brisbane.

[@skyegundrill1458]

An Australian singer I love is guy sensation he is so talented

[@justlinsu]

Ok now we have to get you to check out a beautiful duet with Olivia Newton John and John Farnham who were great mates from The Main Event. Also my fav singer in Australia right now is Guy Sebastian. Awesome singer/songwriter.

[@jade7249]

We proud of Olivia as well sleep well beautiful lady xx

[@michellebamford2965]

If rap is your thing and you want some Aussie rap check out The Hilltop Hoods 👌

[@clintadams8451]

Keith Urban was born in Whangarei, New Zealand.