In 2010, the Australian a cappella Quartet The Idea of North was nominated for an ARIA for their seventh studio album, " Feels Like Spring ", bringing a cappella music back into pop culture.

Celebrities may be known around the world ( e. g., pop stars and film actors ), within a specific country ( e. g., a top Australian rugby player ); or within a region ( e. g., a local television news anchor ).

Athol Guy of the Australian folk / pop group The Seekers plays an upright bass.

* Euphoria ( Australian band ), a 1990s Australian pop / dance trio

* Judy Stone ( 1942 –): Australian pop singer, was born and raised in Granville.

* Sophie Monk ( born 1979 ), Australian pop singer, actress and occasional model

* 1992 – Giulietta ( singer ), Australian pop singer

* Stella One Eleven, an Australian pop / rock band formed in 1997

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which was originally formed in 1962.

Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described their style as " concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock.

The Seekers were the first Australian pop group to have a top 5 hit in all three countries – Australia, UK and US.

Australian music historian, Ian McFarlane described their style as " concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock.

** Cathy Wayne, Australian pop entertainer ( d. 1969 )

* July 20 – Cathy Wayne, pop entertainer, first Australian woman killed in Vietnam War ( b. 1949 )

One of his most famous collaborations was on the song " Kids ", a duet with Australian pop star Kylie Minogue.

Jones collaborated with English-born Australian pop singer John Farnham in 2005 and released the live album John Farnham & Tom Jones-Together In Concert.

* " Closure " ( Scarlett Belle song ), a 2010 song by Australian pop duo Scarlett Belle

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has also paid homage to the film in two of her concert tours, KylieFever2002 and KylieX2008.

During his time in the UK, Simon co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group The Seekers including " I Wish You Could Be Here ," " Cloudy ", and " Red Rubber Ball "; Woodley's co-author credit was omitted from " Cloudy " on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album.

Category: Australian pop singers

Notable Australian musicians include: the opera singers Dame Nellie Melba and Dame Joan Sutherland ; country music stars Slim Dusty ( Australia's biggest selling domestic artist ) and John Williamson ; solo artists John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John, Pub rock band Cold Chisel, folk-rocker Paul Kelly ; Dance group The Avalanches ; jazz guitarist Tommy Emmanuel ; pioneer rocker Johnny O ' Keefe, global folk-rock band The Seekers, global rock and pop bands Men At Work, The EasyBeats, Air Supply, Crowded House, AC / DC, INXS, Little River Band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Midnight Oil, Dragon, Silverchair, Youth Group, You Am I and Powderfinger ; the " pop princess " Kylie Minogue, Pendulum, Pop Rock duo Savage Garden and alternative music stars the John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, Wolfmother, Tame Impala and The Vines.

Though mainstream audiences in the early sixties preferred a clean-cut style – epitomised by the acts that appeared on the Nine Network pop show Bandstand – there were a number of ' grungier ' guitar-oriented bands in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne, who were inspired by American and British instrumental and surf acts like Britain's The Shadows – who exerted an enormous influence on Australian and New Zealand music prior to the emergence of The Beatles – and American acts like guitar legend Dick Dale and The Surfaris.

* 1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer, musician, and composer ( Dead Can Dance )

* 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer

* 1953 – Peter Garrett, Australian singer and politician ( Midnight Oil )

* 1983 – Tammin Sursok, Australian actress and singer

* 1970 – Sherrié Austin, Australian actress and singer

* 1977 – Phil Jamieson, Australian singer ( Grinspoon )

* 1964 – James Blundell, Australian country singer

* 1979 – Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model

* 1982 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer / songwriter

* 1980 – Bon Scott, Australian singer ( AC / DC ) ( b. 1946 )

* 1973 – Peter André, Australian singer

* John Paul Young ( born 1950 ), Australian singer

* 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian rock singer ( Skyhooks ) ( d. 2001 )

* 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer ( Sherbet )

* 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer

* 1958 – Kirk Pengilly, Australian singer and musician ( INXS )

* 1968 – Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer

* 1985 – Stephanie McIntosh, Australian singer and actress

* 1983 – Lee Harding, Australian singer

* 1987 – Danielle Foote, Australian singer

* 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian television host, actress, and singer

* 1997 – Jack Vidgen, Australian singer

* 1951 – Steve J. Spears, Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer ( d. 2007 )

* 1960 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer ( INXS and Max Q ) ( d. 1997 )