ARIA Achievement Awards#Outstanding Achievement

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{{Infobox award

| name = ARIA Achievement Awards and Icon Awards

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)

| country = Australia

| year = 1989

| holder =

| website = {{URL|ariaawards.com.au}}

}}

The ARIA Achievement Awards and ARIA Icon Awards, are awards presented periodically at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and are "awarded at the discretion of the ARIA Board."{{cite web|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/about|title=ARIA Awards – About|accessdate=26 December 2019|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)}} They are handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |title=What We Do |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |accessdate=26 December 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129113827/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/what-we-do.htm |archivedate=29 January 2012 |df=dmy }} The awards listed below are given periodically to Australian-based artists or industry personnel within the categories: ARIA Outstanding Achievement Awards (first presented in 1988), ARIA Special Achievement Awards (first in 1989), ARIA Lifetime Achievement Awards (first in 1991) and ARIA Icon Awards (first in 2013).

Awardees

= Outstanding Achievement =

In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.{{cite web|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Outstanding-Achievement-Award?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Outstanding Achievement Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate= 26 December 2019 }}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="19%" | Awardee(s)

align="center" | 1988
{{small|(2nd)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John Farnham

align="center" | 1989
(3rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| INXS

align="center" | 1990
(4th)

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Kylie Minogue

align="center" | 1991
(5th)

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Midnight Oil

align="center" | 1996
(10th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Silverchair

align="center" | 1997
(11th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Peter Andre

align="center" | 1998
(12th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Savage Garden

align="center" | 1999
(13th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Natalie Imbruglia

rowspan="2" align="center" | 2000
(14th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Slim Dusty

style="background:#FAEB86"| Tina Arena
align="center" | 2001
(15th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Keith Urban

align="center" | 2002
(16th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Kylie Minogue

align="center" | 2003
(17th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| The Wiggles

align="center" | 2015
(29th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Lee Kernaghan

= Special Achievement =

In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.{{cite web|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Outstanding-Achievement-Award?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Special Achievement Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate= 28 December 2019 }}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="19%" | Awardee(s)

align="center" | 1989
(3rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Kylie Minogue

rowspan="2" align="center" | 1992
(6th)

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Michael Gudinski

style="background:#FAEB86" |Mushroom Records
align="center" | 1993
(7th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Ian "Molly" Meldrum

align="center" | 1994
(8th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Stan Rofe

align="center" | 1996
(10th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Slim Dusty

align="center" | 1997
(11th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Charles Fisher

rowspan="2" align="center" | 1999
(13th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Bill Armstrong

style="background:#FAEB86"| Ron Tudor
align="center" | 2000
(14th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Daryl Somers

= Lifetime Achievement =

In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.{{cite web|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Lifetime-Achievement-Award?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Lifetime Achievement Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate= 28 December 2019 }}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="19%" | Awardee(s)

align="center" | 1991
(5th)

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Ted Albert

align="center" | 2007
(21st)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John Woodruff

align="center" | 2008
(22nd)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| John Laws

= Icon Awards =

In the following table, the awardee is highlighted in colour, and in boldface.{{cite web|url=https://ariaawards.com.au/history/icon-award?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Icon Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate= 28 December 2019 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.mediaweek.com.au/2017-aria-awards/ | title = Sony Music's Gang of Youths dominate memorable 2017 ARIA Awards ceremony | work = MediaWeek | date = 29 November 2017 | accessdate = 15 October 2020 }}{{cite news | url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/News/2019/2019-ARIA-Award-Winners-Announced | title = 2019 ARIA Award Winners Announced | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 27 November 2019 | accessdate = 30 January 2020 }}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="19%" | Awardee(s)

align="center" | 2013
(27th)

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Michael Gudinski

align="center" | 2014
(28th)

| {{red|Denis Handlin}}{{refn|In October 2021 the Board of ARIA withdrew Handlin's award{{cite web | url = https://www.aria.com.au/industry/news/a-statement-from-aria-2 | title = A Statement from ARIA | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | date = 15 October 2021 | access-date = 31 October 2021 }} amid "multiple allegations of toxic culture" at Sony Australia while he was CEO.{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/21/sony-music-australia-allegations-toxic-work-culture | title = Revealed: multiple allegations of toxic culture at Sony Music Australia as CEO Denis Handlin leaves {{!}} Australian music | last = Burke | first = Kelly | work = The Guardian | date = 21 June 2021 | access-date = 31 October 2021 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-15/ex-sony-boss-denis-handlin-stripped-of-aria-award/100542820 | title = Former Sony Music boss Denis Handlin stripped of lifetime ARIA award after revelations of toxic work culture | last1 = Tobin | first1 = Grace | last2 = Carter | first2 = Lucy | last3 = Russell | first3 = Ali | work = ABC News | date = 15 October 2021 | access-date = 31 October 2021 }}|group="note"}}

align="center" | 2016
(30th)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Sebastian Chase

align="center" | 2017
(31st)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Roger Davies

align="center" | 2019
(33rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Michael Chugg

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