Australian rock vocalist James Dixon "Jimmy" Barnes is of Scottish descent. He has established himself as one of the most well-known and successful Australian musicians of all time thanks to his career as a solo performer as well as the lead vocalist of the rock band Cold Chisel. More than any other artist, Barnes has had 15 solo albums debut at number one in Australia. Barnes also added five more number one albums in Australia as the lead singer of Cold Chisel, increasing his total to 20, comfortably surpassing the Beatles (with 14), Madonna (12), Eminem, and U2 (11)