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{{Short description|Australian actor and singer (born 1978)}}
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| caption           = Lee in 2016
| birth_name        = Benjamin Michael Lee
| alias             = DJ Dad Bod
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|9|11}}
| birth_place       = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| years_active      = 1993–present
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
| genre             = [[Indie pop]]
| label             = {{flatlist|
* Ten Fingers/Inertia
* [[ABC Music (record label)|ABC Music]]
* [[Dangerbird Records|Dangerbird]]
* [[Modular Recordings|Modular]]
* New West Records
* [[Lojinx]]
* [[Dew Process]]
}}
| current_member_of = [[Radnor and Lee]]
| past_member_of    = {{unbulleted list|[[Noise Addict]]|[[Gerling]]|[[The Bens]]}}
| spouse            = [[Ione Skye]]
| website           = {{URL|ben-lee.com}}
}}

'''Benjamin Michael Lee''' (born 11 September 1978) is an Australian musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band [[Noise Addict]], but he focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film ''[[The Rage in Placid Lake]]'' (2003).<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=July 14, 2019}}</ref> He has released eleven solo studio albums.

==Career==
{{BLP sources section|date=July 2017}}
===Noise Addict===
Lee's musical career began in 1993 with the band [[Noise Addict]], who were signed to [[Steve Pavlovic]]'s independent label Fellaheen Records, on the strength of a self-produced and distributed four-track demo recorded in Lee's bedroom. Pavlovic's connections brought the band to the attention of [[Sonic Youth]]'s [[Thurston Moore]] and [[Beastie Boys]]' [[Mike D (musician)|Mike D]], both of whom released the band's material in the US.

The group put out several releases on the Beasties' [[Grand Royal Records]]. These included the acoustic ''Young and Jaded'' EP in 1994, which contained Lee's tribute to [[Evan Dando]], "I Wish I Was Him". In 1995, Grand Royal released the band's only full-length album, the [[Brad Wood]]–produced ''Meet the Real You''. Noise Addict made a music video for the song "16", toured with [[Sebadoh]], but then broke up. Lee was also briefly a member of the alternative act [[Gerling]].

In 2009, Lee recorded a new Noise Addict album, ''It Was Never About the Audience'', with a new lineup: [[Lou Barlow]] and [[Lara Meyerratken]].

===Solo career===
Lee's solo career started at the age of 16, while he was still in Noise Addict. He began recording his first solo album, ''[[Grandpaw Would]]'', in both Sydney and [[Chicago]] with producer [[Brad Wood]]. This was followed by the 1997 album, ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]'', also produced by Wood. An alternate version of his song "Burn to Shine", produced by [[T-Bone Burnett]], played over the end credits of the film ''[[Best Men]]''. Lee was then featured on the ''[[There's Something About Mary]]'' soundtrack, with the song "How to Survive a Broken Heart". 1998's ''[[Breathing Tornados]]'', released on Pavlovic's new label [[Modular Recordings|Modular]], marked a new direction for Lee as he introduced synthesisers and increased instrumentation into his sound.

The album was a success in Australia, earning Lee [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]] nominations for Best Male Artist and Album of the Year. The album's first single, "[[Cigarettes Will Kill You]]", was also nominated for Single of the Year and finished second in that year's [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1998|Triple J Hottest 100]]. In 2001, Lee contributed a track ("Sweet Is the Night") to a Jeff Lynne tribute album ''[[Lynne Me Your Ears]]''.

Lee's fourth album, ''[[Hey You. Yes You.|hey you. yes you.]]'', was released in 2002. The first single from the album, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue", reached number 67 on the [[ARIA Charts]] and number 22 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2002|2002's Triple J Hottest 100]]. The second single, "Running with Scissors", peaked at number 82 on the ARIA charts. In 2003, he also contributed several songs to the [[Evan Dando]] solo album ''Baby I'm Bored''.

In late 2004, Lee left Steve Pavlovic's [[Modular Recordings]] and started his own record label, Ten Fingers. The first release on the label was the single, "[[Gamble Everything for Love]]", followed by the album, ''[[Awake Is the New Sleep]]'' in February 2005, which went double platinum in Australia. A defining release in his career, the album showcased a much brighter, positive side of Lee's personality, in contrast to his previous darker musings. ''Awake Is the New Sleep'' received several nominations for the 2005 [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) awards, and Lee won Best Male Artist, Best Independent Release, and Single of the Year for "[[Catch My Disease]]", which Lee wrote with Mcgowan Southworth. "Catch My Disease" also went to No. 2 on the [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2005|2005 Triple J Hottest 100]].

In addition, the song was featured on the soundtracks to the 2005 films ''[[Just Friends]]'' and ''[[Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo]]'' as well as the soundtracks to the television series ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Hidden Palms]]'' and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''. In 2006, it was used in a television commercial for [[Dell]] Computers. On 26 March 2006, Lee performed "We're All in This Together" from ''[[Awake Is the New Sleep]]'' at the closing ceremony of the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]]. The single for "We're All in This Together" was released on 8 April 2006. The CD includes cover versions of the song by Pony Up, Holidays on Ice and Gelbison. "We're All in This Together" has been used in commercials for Kohl's (2008), Coca-Cola ([[Remix]]ed Australian Summer Series Ads in 2007), the South Australian Government (2006), the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal (2007), and [[Telus Communications|Telus]] Mobility's "My Faves" (2007).

Lee released his sixth album, ''[[Ripe (Ben Lee album)|Ripe]]'', on 18 September 2007, with [[Benji Madden]] and [[Mandy Moore]] making appearances. Mandy Moore sang a light-hearted, 1950s-style duet with Lee called "Birds and Bees". "Mandy was very sweet and did her best [[Olivia Newton-John]] for me. I'm really psyched about this recording," Lee says. Madden helped out with some backing vocals, along with US band [[Rooney (band)|Rooney]] and Sara Watkins from the band [[Nickel Creek]]. "American Television" from the album was used in a VH1 advertisement for ''[[Flavor of Love 3]]'' and the song "Ripe" appeared in an episode of ''One Tree Hill'' (Season 5, episode 2).

In 2007, Lee performed a cover of [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]]'s "[[Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)|Our House]]" for Landmarks on The DL.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2007/10/29/the-dl-rock-landmarks-featuring-ben-lee|title=AOL Radio Stations &#124; Free Internet Radio|website=Spinner.com|access-date=5 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212214954/http://www.spinner.com/2007/10/29/the-dl-rock-landmarks-featuring-ben-lee|archive-date=12 February 2012}}</ref>

In February 2009, Lee released his seventh studio album, ''[[The Rebirth of Venus]]'', which received mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-rebirth-of-venus|title=Reviews for The Rebirth of Venus by Ben Lee|website=Metacritic.com|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> It featured guest performances from the likes of [[Missy Higgins]] and [[Patience Hodgson]], and peaked at No.21 on the [[ARIA Charts]].<ref name="AUS"/>

Lee's eighth studio album, ''[[Deeper into Dream]]'', was released on 11 October 2011. It was Lee's first attempt at a concept album, basing the entire 12 tracks around the [[dream]] state. Despite not charting,<ref name="AUS"/> it was received fairly favourably by critics.

In April 2013, Lee released his ninth and arguably his most experimental studio album, entitled ''[[Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/benlee/updates/20514|title=Ben Lee|website=Pledgemusic.com|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-date=8 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908231324/http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/benlee/updates/20514|url-status=dead}}</ref> with collaboration from [[Jessica Chapnik]]. The album is based upon his personal experience with the psychoactive South American drug known as [[Ayahuasca]]. Lee featured as the mentor for [[Joel Madden]]'s team on the 2013 season of ''[[The Voice (Australian TV series)|The Voice Australia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Annabel Ross|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/the-voice-is-my-rebirth-20130404-2h7qy.html|title=The Voice &#124; Ben Lee|website=Theage.com.au|date=4 April 2013 |access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

In June 2015, Lee released his 10th solo album, ''[[Love Is the Great Rebellion]]'', his first on a major label, Warner Bros. Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2015/05/album-premiere-listen-to-ben-lees-love-is-the-grea.html|title=Album Premiere: Listen to Ben Lee's Love Is the Great Rebellion|website=Pastemagazine.com|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

According to [[Radio National]]'s Geoff Wood, Lee invented the term "electro-yoga" to describe a new form of music dedicated to the practice of yoga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/rhythmdivine/yoga-music-goes-mainstream/6556536|title=Yoga music goes mainstream|last=Wood|first=Geoff|website=[[Radio National]]|date=19 June 2015|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> Lee has since followed up this release with an acoustically oriented album, entitled ''[[Freedom, Love and The Recuperation of the Human Mind]]'', in 2016, as well as a [[children's music|children's album]] called ''Ben Lee Sings Songs About [[Islam]] for the Whole Family'' in 2017. Together with former ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' star [[Josh Radnor]], Lee formed an indie-folk duo called [[Radnor and Lee]], and they released their debut self-titled album in November 2017.

2018 saw the release of ''[[B Is for Beer]]'', a soundtrack to the musical based on the novel of the same name written by [[Tom Robbins]]. Lee and Robbins had collaborated for ten years to develop the musical. Funding for the album's development came via crowd-sourcing at [[Kickstarter]].

Lee released [[Quarter Century Classix]] in 2019, a collection of cover songs he was influenced by during his teenage years. In 2020, Radnor and Lee released their second collaborative album, ''Golden State''.

In 2021, Lee competed in the [[The Masked Singer (Australian season 3)|third season]] of the [[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|Australian version of ''The Masked Singer'']] as "Professor". He finished tenth after being eliminated in the third episode.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider|first=Kate|title=Judges shocked as Ben Lee revealed on Masked Singer|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/shock-celebrity-revealed-on-masked-singer/news-story/203b796770d84a58a2e5b291c2110d8d|date=20 September 2021|website=[[news.com.au]]|publisher=[[News Corp Australia]]|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

In September 2021, The Music Network confirmed Lee had signed with [[Warner Music Australia]], releasing ''I'M FUN!'' in June 2022, preceded by single "Born for This Bullshit"; it was Lee's first album to chart in the top-50 [[ARIA Charts|ARIA album charts]] in more than seven years. The deal includes rights to his 19-album back catalogue.<ref name="Sign WM">{{cite web|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/warner-music-australia-ben-lee-signing/|title=Warner Confirms Ben Lee Signing |website= The Music Network|date=September 2021|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref> ''This One's for the Old Headz'' was released in September 2024.

==Personal life==
Lee was born in Sydney and was raised in a [[Australian Jews|Jewish]] household but did not consider himself religious as a child.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-talat-phillips/ben-lee-ayahuasca_b_3487688.html|title=Pop Singer Ben Lee Comes Out of the 'Ayahuasca Closet' [INTERVIEW]|work=The Huffington Post|date=24 June 2013}}</ref> Lee was educated at [[Moriah College]], located in Sydney's eastern suburbs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/08/1036308480999.html|title=The ballad of Ben Lee|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 November 2002|author=Molitorisz, Sacha|access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref>

Lee dated [[Claire Danes]] for several years, but their relationship ended in 2003. He married actress [[Ione Skye]] on 28 December 2008, in a [[Hindu]] wedding ceremony in [[India]]. They have one child.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Sun-Herald]]|title=The many layers of Mr. Lee|date=2 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/a-wedding-in-india-for-actress-ione-skye/|title=A Wedding in India for Actress Ione Skye|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=11 January 2009}}</ref>

Lee stated that he follows a [[pescatarian]] diet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegetarianstar.com/2008/09/22/should-ben-lee-be-de-throned|title=Vegetarian StarShould Ben Lee Be De-Throned?|website=Vegetarianstar.com|date=22 September 2008|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| Details
! colspan="1"| Peak
! rowspan="2"| Certification
|-
! style="font-size:85%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS">Peaks in Australia:
* Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ben+Lee|title=australian-charts.com – Discography Ben Lee|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=29 July 2016}}
* Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite Ryan|page=163}}
* "Nothing Much Happens": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/q1abuq2.gif|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=26 November 2016}}
* ''Love Is the Great Rebellion'': {{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-albums-florence-the-machine-debuts-at-no-1-20150606|title=ARIA Albums: Florence + The Machine Debuts at No 1|publisher=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=6 June 2015|access-date=6 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Grandpaw Would]]''
|
* Released: 22 June 1995
* Label: Fellaheen
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]''
|
* Released: 20 May 1997
* Label: Fellaheen
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Breathing Tornados]]''
|
* Released: 16 November 1998
* Label: Modular
| 13
|
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Gold<ref name=ARIACert99>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Ben Lee|type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Hey You. Yes You.|hey you. yes you.]]''
|
* Released: 15 November 2002
* Label: Modular
| 45
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Awake Is the New Sleep]]''
|
* Released: 22 February 2005
* Label: Ten Fingers
| 5
|
* ARIA: 2× Platinum<ref name=ARIACert05>{{cite certification|region=Australia|type=album|certyear=2005|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Ripe (Ben Lee album)|Ripe]]''
|
* Released: 18 September 2007
* Label: Ten Fingers
| 11
|
* ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIACert07>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Ben Lee|type=album|certyear=2007|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[The Rebirth of Venus]]''
|
* Released: 6 February 2009
* Label: [[Dew Process]]
| 21
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Deeper into Dream]]''
|
* Released: 11 October 2011
* Label: Dew Process
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work]]''
|
* Released: 22 April 2013
* Label: Ten Fingers
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Love Is the Great Rebellion]]''
|
* Released: 29 May 2015
* Label: Warner Bros.
| 71
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Freedom, Love and the Recuperation of the Human Mind]]''
|
* Released: 21 October 2016
* Label: Ben Lee, ABC Music
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''Ben Lee Sings Songs About Islam for the Whole Family''
|
* Released: 3 March 2017
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''Quarter Century Classix''
|
* Released: 22 November 2019
* Label: New West
| —
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''I'm Fun!''
|
* Released: 19 August 2022
* Label: Warner Music Australia
| 46
|
|-
! scope="row"| ''This One's for the Old Headz''
|
* Released: 20 September 2024<ref name="Old Heads and Heavy Metal">{{cite web |date=20 September 2024 |title=BEN LEE Releases New Album 'This One's For The Old Headz' |url=https://goodcalllive.com/ben-lee-releases-new-album-this-ones-for-the-old-headz/ |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=Good Call Live}}</ref>
* Label: Weirder Together
| —
|}

===Collaboration albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Radnor & Lee'' <small>(as Radnor & Lee) (with [[Josh Radnor]])</small>
|
* Released: November 2017
* Label: Radnor & Lee
|-
! scope="row"| ''Golden State'' <small>(as Radnor & Lee) (with [[Josh Radnor]])</small>
|
* Released: 19 June 2020
* Label: Flower Moon (MDT 019)
|-
! scope="row"| ''It Was Never About the Audience'' <small>(with Noise Addict)</small>
|
* Released: 30 November 2023
* Label: Weirder Together
|}

===Soundtrack albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Square (Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' <small>(with [[Jessica Chapnik Kahn]])</small>
|
* Released: 31 July 2008
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[B Is for Beer|B Is for Beer: The Musical]]'' <small>(with [[Tom Robbins]])</small>
|
* Released: 12 October 2018
|}

===Mixtapes===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''A Mixtape from Ben Lee''
|
* Released: 24 February 2015
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Away with the Pixies''
|
* Released: 1995
* Label: Fellaheen
|-
! scope="row"| ''All Nite Long''
|
* Released: 2018
* Label: Boutard Musique
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3825/ben-lee/|title=BEN LEE &#124; full Official Charts history|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Pop Queen"
| 1994
| — || —
| ''Grandpaw Would''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Cigarettes Will Kill You]]"
| 1998
| 46 || 92
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Breathing Tornados]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nothing Much Happens"
| 1999
| 136 || 95
|-
! scope="row"| "Something Borrowed, Something Blue"
| 2002
| 67 || —
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Hey You. Yes You.|hey you. yes you.]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Running with Scissors"
| 2003
| 82 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Gamble Everything for Love]]"
| 2004
| 39 || —
| rowspan="4"| ''[[Awake Is the New Sleep]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Catch My Disease]]"
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| 27 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Into the Dark"{{Ref label|note_a1|A|}}
| 97 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "We're All in This Together"
| 2006
| 59 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Love Me Like the World Is Ending]]"
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| 18 || —
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Ripe (Ben Lee album)|Ripe]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Numb"
| 54 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "I Love Pop Music"
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| 86 || —
| rowspan="3"| ''[[The Rebirth of Venus]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Rise Up"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe"
| 2010
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Big Love"
| 2015
| — || —
| ''[[Love Is the Great Rebellion]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Born for This Bullshit"<ref name="Sign WM"/>
| 2021
| — || —
| rowspan="4" | ''I'm Fun!''
|-
! scope="row"| "Like This or Like That"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/new-aus-music-playlist-our-favourite-tunes-of-the-week-100/|title=New Aus Music Playlist ADDITIONS – 08/04/22|website=[[Music Feeds]]|date=8 April 2022|access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="3"| 2022
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Parents Get High"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Arsehole"
|—
|-
! scope="row"| "Tuck Shop"<br />{{small|(with [[Ninajirachi]])}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/ben-lee-on-ninajirachi-collab-tuck-shop/gIo-kpWUl5Y/01-06-23|title=Ben Lee On Ninajirachi Collab 'Tuck Shop'|website=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]|date=2 June 2023 |access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| — || —
| rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Monday Morning"<br />{{small|(Rob & Chad featuring Ben Lee)}}
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "God Honest Truth"<br />{{small|(Shamir featuring Ben Lee)}}
| rowspan="5"| 2024
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Over Asking (Sold)"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Lovers"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ben-lee-lovers-single-58172/|title= Ben Lee Gets Sincere on the Romantic 'Lovers'|website=Rolling Stone Australiadate=19 April 2024|date= 19 April 2024|access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>
| — || —
| rowspan="3"| ''This One's for the Old Headz''
|-
! scope="row"| "Heavy Metal"<ref name="Old Heads and Heavy Metal"/>
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Positive Energy"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amrap.org.au/release/ben-lee-positive-energy|title= Positive Energy Single|website=Am Rap|date= 9 August 2024|access-date= 12 August 2024}}</ref>
| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Friendly Fire"<br />{{small|(with Fvneral)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/fvneral-ben-lee-friendly-fire-song-you-need-to-know-86972/|title= Song You Need to Know: FVNERAL (ft. Ben Lee), "Friendly Fire"|website=[[Rolling Stone Australia]]|date=13 November 2025|access-date=15 November 2025}}</ref>
| 2025
| — || —
|
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*'''A''' {{Note|note_a1}} The Australian peak for the ''Into the Dark'' EP is on the ARIA Albums Chart.

====Promotional singles====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Title
! Year
! Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Career Choice"
| 1998
| ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Dead or Anything"<br />{{small|(as part of Dando Lee Petersson Schwartzman)}}
| 2002
| ''Dando Lee Petersson Schwartzman''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[In My Life]]"
| 2005
| ''[[This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "American Television"
| 2008
| ''[[Ripe (Ben Lee album)|Ripe]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)?"
| 2009
| ''[[The Rebirth of Venus]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Forgiveness"
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Love Is the Great Rebellion]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Body of Love"
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye to Yesterday"
|}

===Other appearances===
* "[[Itchycoo Park]]" from ''[[I Shot Andy Warhol#Soundtrack|I Shot Andy Warhol]]'' (1996)
* "Make Your Move" (featuring [[Ione Skye]]) from ''[[Spider (2007 film)|Spider]]'' (2007)
* "Beautiful Flirt" (with Ione Skye and Jack Graddis) from ''[[Bear (2011 film)|Bear]]'' (2011)
* "We're All in This Together" (with [[Jack River (musician)|Jack River]] and [[Lime Cordiale]]) from ''[[Music from the Home Front]]'' (2020)

==Awards and nominations==
===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.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[AIR Awards of 2006|2006]]
|''Awake Is the New Sleep'' 
| Best Performing Independent Album
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref name="06wins">{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=[[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]]|accessdate=18 August 2020|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102536/https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Ben Lee
| Independent Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}

===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. They commenced in 1987. Lee has won four awards.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999|1999]]
| rowspan="2"| ''Breathing Tornados''
| [[ARIA Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"| 
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Best Male Artist|Best Male Artist]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
| [[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]]
| ''hey you. yes you.''
| Best Male Artist
| {{nom}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005|2005]]
| "Catch My Disease"
| Single of the Year
| {{won}}
| rowspan="6"| <ref name="ARIA2005">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217023948/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2005 |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2005 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |archive-date=17 December 2007 |access-date=2 December 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| ''Awake Is the New Sleep''
| Best Male Artist
| {{won}}
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Best Independent Release|Best Independent Release]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Award for Best Pop Release|Best Pop Release]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Awake Is the New Sleep'' (Ben Lee, Lara Meyerratken, Dan Estabrook)
| [[ARIA Award for Best Cover Art|Best Cover Art]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2006|2006]]
| rowspan="2"| "We're All in This Together"
| Best Male Artist
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3"| 
|-
| Best Independent Release
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Into the Dark''
| [[ARIA Award for Best Pop Release|Best Pop Release]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|2008]]
| ''Ripe''
| Best Independent Release
| {{nom}}
| 
|-
| ''The Square'' (with Jessica Chapnik)
| [[ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album|Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="OST">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-original-soundtrack-cast-show-album|title=History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

===APRA Awards===
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are held in Australia and New Zealand by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

{{Awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[APRA Music Awards of 2006|2006]]
| rowspan="2"| "Catch My Disease"
| Song of the Year
| {{won}}
| <ref name="SongWin">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/APRASongoftheYear/PreviousWinners.aspx | title = Previous Winners Song of the Year | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | access-date = 5 May 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| Most Performed Australian Work 
| {{won}}
| <ref name="APRAWin2006">{{cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2006Winners.aspx | title = 2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | access-date = 5 May 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110308003717/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2006Winners.aspx | archive-date = 8 March 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

===Australian Music Prize===
The [[Australian Music Prize]] (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. They commenced in 2005.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2005
|''Awake Is the New Sleep''
| Australian Music Prize
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianmusicprize.com/winners-shortlists|title=Winners & Shortlists|website=australian music prize|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=29 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180503/https://www.australianmusicprize.com/winners-shortlists|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.ben-lee.com/}}
*[http://dangerbirdrecords.com/artists/ben-lee Artist page on Dangerbird Records]
* {{IMDb name|1107858}}

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