ARIA HALL OF FAME

Induction criteria

The guidelines set out below were the principle parameters for induction when the awards first started in 1987.  The guidelines have not changed since.

1. The Hall of Fame recognises four categories of music – pop/rock, jazz, classical and country;
2. The nominees' careers must have commenced, and ideally achieved significant prominence, at least 20 years prior to the year of proposed induction;
3. Membership into the Hall of Fame is reserved exclusively for the creators of recorded music - the writers, the recording artists, and in some cases, the producers;
4. The nominees must be responsible for a significant body of recorded work;
5. The nominees work to have had a cultural impact within Australia and/or recognition within the world marketplace.

Previous inductees