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Jimmy Barnes

real name James Dixon Swan

Australian rock singer-songwriter, frontman of Cold Chisel

Australia · b. 1956-04-28

Jimmy Barnes is credited on 510 releases across 182 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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510

Credits

182

Albums

7

Decades active

268

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Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer. He was born James Dixon Swan on 28 April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. The combination of 14 Australian Top 40 albums for Cold Chisel and 12 charting solo albums gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist.
His offspring include: Mahalia Barnes, Eliza-Jane Barnes,,.

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Credited work

510 releases · 182 albums · active 1968–2026

  • Performance · 1,570
  • Production · 68
  • Other credits · 41
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: Rhinoceros Studios · Paradise Studios (2) · The Plant Studios · EMI Studios 301

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