Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian

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songwriter and entertainer. Cassar-Daley has released thirteen studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums over 30 years, including the platinum-selling ''

The Great Country Songbook ''The Great Country Songbook'' is a studio album by Australian country music singers Adam Harvey and Troy Cassar-Daley, released in June 2013. The album debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the career highest charting album for both ...

'' with

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. Throughout this time he has received awards including five

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, forty

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s, nine

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(Australian Indigenous Artist Awards), four

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Entertainer of the Year awards and two

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Early life and career

Cassar-Daley was born on 18 May 1969 in the Sydney suburb of

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to a Maltese-Australian father and an Aboriginal mother from the

Gumbaynggirr The Gumbaynggirr people, also rendered Kumbainggar, Gumbangeri and other variant spellings, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Gumbathagang was a probable clan or sub-group. The traditional lands of th ...

and Bundjalung people. At a very young age, he moved with his mother to Grafton in north-eastern

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. At eleven, Troy went to the

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and returned the next year to busk on the streets. At 16, he and his band, Little Eagle, were touring the

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and he made the top 10 in Tamworth's Toyota Star Maker Quest. He won the 1986 "Search for a Star" competition and then toured with Brian Young for seven months in which he began to develop his songwriting skills. After returning home he replaced James Blundell as leader of country music band The Blue Heeler Band.

Solo career

By late 1993 Cassar-Daley had enough original songs for a debut EP. The first single "Dream Out Loud" was released on 24 October 1994 by Sony Music and reached number-one on the Australian country music charts. His first album, ''

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'', was released in January 1995 and won the

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at the

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. At the 1996 Country Music Awards, in Tamworth, Cassar-Daley won Best Male Vocalist. He also made a cameo appearance in the motion picture '' Race the Sun'' in which he performed a song in a bar scene. In June 1996, Cassar-Daley was part of the Australian Country Music Showcase in Nashville. The Showcase included

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and

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. As a result, Cassar-Daley returned to the US to record his new album '' True Believer'' (1998) with Steve Dorff. His follow-up, '' Big River'' (1999),won another best country album ARIA Award at the

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. His next four studio albums were '' Long Way Home'' (2002), '' Borrowed & Blue'' (2004), '' Brighter Day'' (2005), and '' I Love This Place'' (2009), the latter two also winning best country album ARIA Awards. Cassar-Daley performed the national anthem at the

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. He partnered up with

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for the singing competition '' It Takes Two'' aired on

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in 2006. In May 2007 he re-appeared on the same show, this time partnered with Krystal Forscutt, a former contestant on

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's ''Big Brother'' program. The same year, Cassar-Daley was featured in Wiggles music videos for the songs "

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" and "

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". Cassar-Daley with

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and Shane Nicholson played together at the

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on 14 March 2009 for

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which was a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis. The event was held simultaneously with another concert taking place at the

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. All the proceeds from the Melbourne Concert went to the

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Victorian Bushfire Relief Appeal. Cassar-Daley went on to release the albums ''

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'' (2012), ''

'' with

(2013), and '' Freedom Ride'' (2015). In August 2016, Cassar-Daley released his first book, an autobiography of his early life and music career titled '' Things I Carry Around'' with an accompanying album of the same title. In 2017 Cassar-Daley was the 50th inductee into the prestigious

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. In October 2018, Cassar-Daley released his 42-track double album

Greatest Hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

, along with a new single called "Wouldn't Change A Thing" on the Bloodlines label, part of

Mushroom Group Mushroom Group is the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia. It comprises more than two dozen companies. It has offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland with over 200 employees. History The Mushroom Group was found ...

. The extensive album was also released on vinyl. In June 2020, Cassar-Daley signed a worldwide label deal with

Sony Music Entertainment Australia Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony ...

; he had first signed to the label in 1995. He released the albums '' Christmas for Cowboys'' in 2020 and '' The World Today'' in 2021, which one the best country album award at that year's ARIA Music Awards.

Personal life

Cassar-Daley is married to radio and television presenter

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with whom he has two children. One of their children is singer-songwriter

Jem Cassar-Daley Jem Irene Cassar-Daley is an Australian indie pop singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of country music singer Troy Cassar-Daley and TV presenter Laurel Edwards and is a Gumbaynggirr Bundjalung woman. Early life and education Jem Cass ...

. In 2020, Cassar-Daley's participation in Australia's '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' was broadcast on SBS, where he traced both his ancestral roots on his father's side in

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, and his mother's

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ancestry.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Extended Plays

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as

AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. History The inaugural 2006 awards were held at ...

) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. They commenced in 2006. , - ,

AIR Awards of 2011 The AIR Awards of 2011 (or Jägermeister Independent Awards of 2011) is the sixth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Revolt Art Space, in Melbourn ...

, ''Troy Cassar-Daley Live'' , Best Independent Artist , , - ,

AIR Awards of 2015 The AIR Awards of 2015 (or Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards of 2015) is the tenth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at The Meat Market, North Me ...

, ''Freedom Ride'' , Best Independent Country Album , , -

APRA Awards

Cassar-Daley had been nominated for twelve awards, winning three at the APRA Awards. , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, , "Little Things" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

, , "Biggest Disappointment" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, , "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, , "Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly) , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

, , "Factory Man" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, , "Going Back Home" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , "Everything's Going to be Alright" , , Country Work of the Year , , , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , "Big Big Love" , , Song of the Year , , , - ,

, , "Big Big Love" , , Country Work of the Year , , , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , "Country Is" (Troy Cassar-Daley / Colin Buchanan) , , Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2",

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, , "Country Is" , , Most Performed Country Work , , , - , "Home" , , Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2",

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, "Another Australian Day" , rowspan="2", Song of the Year , , - , "Freedom Rive" (with Paul Kelly) , , - , rowspan="2",

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

, "Wouldn't Change a Thing" , Most Performed Country Work of the Year , , - , " Shutting Down Our Town" (Cassar-Daley) by

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featuring Troy Cassar-Daley , Most Performed Rock Work of the Year ,

ARIA Awards

Cassar-Daley has been nominated for thirteen awards, winning five at the

, - ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

, , ''

'' , ,

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, , , - ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

, , "True Believers" , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

, , '' True Believer'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

, , '' Big River'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, , '' Long Way Home'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

, , '' Borrowed & Blue'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, , '' Brighter Day'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , '' I Love This Place'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, , '' Troy Cassar-Daley Live'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

, , ''

'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

, , ''

'' (with

) , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

, , '' Freedom Ride'' , , Best Country Album , , , - ,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

, '' The World Today'' , , Best Country Album , , , -

CMAA Awards

The

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...

is an annual awards night held in January during the

, celebrating recording excellence in the

Australian country music Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass music, bluegrass, to yodeling to Australian folk music, folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English ...

industry. Cassar-Daley has won forty awards, the most of any artist. Cassar-Daley was inducted into the

in 2019. (wins only) , - , rowspan="1", 1996 , , "End of the Road" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , rowspan="3", 1998 , , ''True Believer'' , , Album of the Year , , , - , "Little Things" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , "Little Things" , , Video of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2", 2000 , , "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" , , ARPA Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="3", 2003 , , "Born to Survive" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , "Wish I Was a Train" (with Paul Kelly), , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , - , "Born to Survive" , , ARPA Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="4", 2006 , , "Lonesome But Free" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , "Bird On A Wire" (with

) , , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , - , "Yellow Belly" , , Instrumental of the Year , , , - , "Lonesome But Free" , , ARPA Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="1", 2008 , , "Everything’s Going To Be Alright" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , rowspan="6", 2010 , , ''I Love This Place'' , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , ''I Love This Place'' , , Album of the Year , , , - , "Ain’t Gonna Change for You" (with

The McClymonts The McClymonts are an Australian country music trio comprising sisters Brooke McClymont (born 1981), Samantha McClymont (born 1986) and Mollie McClymont (born 1987), originally from Grafton, New South Wales. They have released one eponymous EP an ...

) , , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , - , "Chasin' Rodeo" , , Heritage Song of the Year , , , - , "Big Big Love" , , APRA Song of the Year , , , - , "Big Big Love" , , Single of the Year , , , - , rowspan="1", 2011 , , "Sacred Bones" , , Toyota Heritage Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="5", 2013 , , ''Home'' , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , ''Home'' , , Album of the Year (Artist) , , , - , ''Home'' , , Album of the Year (Producer) , , , - , "Country Is" , , Single of the Year , , , - , "Home" , , APRA Song of the Year , , , - , rowspan="1", 2015 , , "My Country My Land" (with

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) , , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , - , rowspan="7", 2016 , , ''Freedom Ride'' , , Album of the Year (Artist) , , , - , ''Freedom Ride'' , , Album of the Year (Producer) , , , - , "Freedom Ride" , , Male Vocalist of the Year , , , - , "Freedom Ride" , , Toyota Heritage Song of the Year , , , - , "Freedom Ride" , , APRA Song of the Year , , , - , "Take a Walk in My Country" , , Single of the Year , , , - , Troy Cassar-Daley" , , CMAA Producer of the Year , , , - , rowspan="2", 2017 , , ''Things I Carry Round'' , , Album of the Year (Artist) , , , - , ''Things I Carry Round'' , , Album of the Year (Producer) , , , - , rowspan="2", 2019 , , "Shadows on the Hill" , , Heritage Song of the Year , , , - , himself , ,

, , , - , rowspan="3", 2022 , , ''The World Today'', , Top Selling Album of the Year , , , - , himself , , Male Artist of the Year , , , - , "South" (with

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) , , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , -

Deadly Awards

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, (commonly known simply as The Deadlys), was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. They ran from 1996 to 2013. , - , Deadly Awards 1997 , ''True Believer'' , Album of the Year , , - ,

Deadly Awards 2001 The Deadlys Awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Music *Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music: Gus Williams *Outstanding Contribut ...

, himself , Country Artist of the Year , , - ,

Deadly Awards 2003 Deadly Awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Music *Male Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley *Female Artist of the Year: Christine Anu * ...

, himself , Male Artist of the Year , , - ,

Deadly Awards 2004 Deadly Awards 2004 the awards were an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Music *Most Promising New Talent in Music: Casey Donovan *Single Release of t ...

, himself , Male Artist of the Year , , - , rowspan="2", Deadly Awards 2006 , himself , Male Artist of the Year , , - , "Lonesome But Free" , Single of the Year , , - , Deadly Awards 2007 , "Going Back Home" , Song of the Year , , - , Deadly Awards 2012 , ''Home'' , Album of the Year , , - ,

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), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Troy Cassar-Daley won six awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 1997 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Male Country Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1998 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Male Country Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1999 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Male Country Entertainer of the Year , , - , 2002 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Male Country Entertainer of the Year , , - , 2003 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Male Country Entertainer of the Year , , - , 2008 , Troy Cassar-Daley , Slim Dusty Male Country Vocal Performer of the Year , , -

National Indigenous Music Awards

The

recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia. They commenced in 2004. , - , rowspan="2",

, himself , Artist of the Year , , - , ''Home'' , Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="3",

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, himself , Artist of the Year , , - , ''Things I Carry Around'' , Album of the Year , , - , "Things I Carry Around" , Song of the Year , , - , rowspan="2",

, "Back On Country" , Film Clip of the Year , , -

Queensland Music Awards

The

Queensland Music Awards The Queensland Music Awards (commonly known as QMA and known as the Q Song Awards from 2006 to 2010) are annual awards celebrating Queensland's emerging artists. They commenced in 2006. Each year, the QMA Song of the Year is immortalised in a ...

(previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating

Queensland, Australia ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. (wins only) , - ,

, "Big Big Love" , Published Song of the Year ,

References

External links

Official website
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