Jimmy Barnes
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"James Dixon Swan", better known as "Jimmy Barnes", is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father, Jim Swan, was a prizefighter and his older brother Swanee (singer)/John Swan also works as a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at the time. His career both as 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 13 charting solo albums, including nine No. 1s, gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist.

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