Lee Kernaghan, born April 15, 1964 in Corryong, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian country singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Raised in Albury, New South Wales, under the influence of his father, country singer Ray Kernaghan, he gained national attention with his 1992 single “Boys from the Bush”, which reached Number 1 on the Australian country charts. His debut album, The Outback Club (1992), won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album. He followed with Three Chain Road (1993), which also won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album. His subsequent platinum-certified albums include 1959 (1995), Hat Town (1998), Rules of the Road (2000), Electric Rodeo (2002), The New Bush (2006), Spirit of the Bush (2007), Planet Country (2009), Beautiful Noise (2012), Spirit of the Anzacs (2015), The 25th Anniversary Album (2017), and Backroad Nation (2019), with Spirit of the Anzacs topping the ARIA Albums Chart. Kernaghan has accumulated 38 Golden Guitar awards, 4 ARIA Awards, and 4 APRA Awards. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2004 and named Australian of the Year in 2008.
