Colin Buchanan (born 23 May 1964) is an Australian singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist.

Early life

Colin moved with his family to

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, Australia, as a six-year-old, and then Peakhurst, Sydney, before moving to the outback in 1988 with his wife for a couple of years, studying with Cornerstone Community. This included a year in Bourke, in the corner country of New South Wales, and another in

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Career

Colin has won ten

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Australian Country Music Awards and has written songs with

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, Adam Brand and

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. His song "Hat Town", written with Lee Kernaghan, won an

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, while his Christmas album, recorded with

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, has become an Australian classic, in particular his "Aussie

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", now a staple at school end-of-year concerts. He was nominated for four

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

for

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for ''Hard Times'' (lost to Lee Kernaghan for ''

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''), in

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for

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for ''I Want My Mummy'' (lost to

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for ''Whoopee''), in

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for Best Country Album for ''Edge of the Kimberley'' (lost to

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for ''My Own Sweet Time'') and in

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for Best Comedy Release for ''The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan'' (lost to

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for ''

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''). Colin was a regular presenter on ABC TV's '' Play School'' from 1992 to 1999, when the program was revamped. More recently he appeared on ''Playhouse Disney'', a co-production between Australia's

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and

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. He appeared with

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each year representing Seven and Disney on

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. For 20 years he hosted Qantas' in-flight audio entertainment, predominantly "Big Country", pioneering the guest co-host format eventually adopted across all Qantas in-flight audio channels. Since the mid-1990s, Colin has devoted much of his time to producing Christian albums. In particular, his children's albums are popular across Australia, United Kingdom and in parts of the United States. A former school teacher at several schools, his songs can be heard playing in many a primary classroom and Sunday School.

Personal life

Colin and his wife Robyn have four children; Elliot, Laura, Emily and Riley.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

*''Bourke To Beaconsfield'' (2006) *''The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan'' (Double CD) (2013)

Religious Children's albums

*''I Want My Mummy'' (1993) *''Remember the Lord'' (1996) *''Practise Being Godly'' (1997) *''Follow the Saviour'' (1998) *''Live in the Big Tent'' (2000) *''Special Edition Volume # 1'' (compilation of demos) (2001) *''10, 9, 8... God Is Great'' (2002) *''Baa Baa Doo Baa Baa'' (compilation) (2003) *''Jesus Rocks the World'' (2004) *''King of Christmas'' (Double CD) (2005) *''Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo'' (2006) *''Colin's Favourites'' (Compilation) (2007) *''Super Saviour'' (2008) *''Boom Chicka Boom'' (2009) *''God Rock'' (2011) *''Live in the Big Tent (Special Edition)'' (2010) *''King of the Jungle'' (2013) *''The Jesus Hokey Pokey'' (2014) *''Jingle Jingle Jesus'' (2015) *''Boss of the Cross'' (2016) *''Colin's Crackers Favourites Vol 2'' (2016) *''Living on the Rock'' (2016) *''Colin's New Testament Big Bible Story Songs'' (2017) *''Jesus The Game Changer'' (2017) *''Fam Bam Bible Jam!'' (2018) *''Catechismo Kids'' (2019) *''Colin Buchanan's Old Testament Sing-A-Long'' (2020)

Charted and certified singles

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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. They commenced in 1987.

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

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(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the

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, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. Buchanan has won seven awards and two as a songwriter. (wins only) , - , 1992 , Colin Buchanan – "Galahs in the Gidgee" , New Talent of the Year , , - , 1993 , "A Drover's Wife" , Heritage Award , , - , 1998 , "Edge of the Kimberley" , Heritage Song of the Year , , - , rowspan="2", 1999 , "Tough Job" (with

) , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , - , "That Old Caravan" , Bush Ballad of the Year , , - , 2000 , "They Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore" , APRA Song of the Year , , - , 2005 , "Missin' Slim" (with Lee Kernaghan) , rowspan="2", Heritage Song of the Year , , - , 2007 , "Close As a Whisper (The Gift)"
(performed by Lee Kernaghan – written by Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter & Colin Buchanan) , , - , 2010 , "The Road to Thargomindah"
(performed by The Bushwackers – written Colin Buchanan) , Bush Ballad of the Year , , - , 2025 , "Laura & Giselle" , Bush Ballad of the Year , , -

Tamworth Songwriters Awards

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. They commenced in 1986. Colin Buchanan has won six awards. (wins only) , - , 1990 , "Up to Their Eyeballs" by Colin Buchanan , Amateur Traditional Award , , - , 1991 , "Debutantes Ball" by Colin Buchanan , Professional Traditional Award , , - , 1994 , "Dem Doggies Don't Care" by Colin Buchanan , rowspan="3", Children's Song of the Year , , - , 2003 , "Jesus Is No Fairytale" by Colin Buchanan , , - , 2006 , "King of Christmas" by Colin Buchanan , , - , 2015 , Colin Buchanan , Songmaker Award , , -

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Colin 1964 births Living people APRA Award winners Australian country singer-songwriters Australian performers of Christian music Irish emigrants to Australia Australian country guitarists Australian male guitarists Australian children's television presenters Australian Christians Australian acoustic guitarists Australian harmonica players Australian male singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters Australian multi-instrumentalists