Biografia Nato in Scozia ma trasferitosi in Australia all'età di 4 anni, iniziò la sua carriera musicale come cantante nella rock band Cold Chisel per proseguire come solista, divenendo uno degli artisti più celebri e di maggiore successo nelle classifiche australiane. Ottenne 14 piazzamenti nella top 40 degli album in Australia con i Cold Chisel e 13 piazzamenti con dischi solisti, tra cui 9 piazzamenti alla numero 1.
Vita privata Ha cinque figli: dal primo matrimonio è nato il cantante David Campbell, mentre con la seconda e attuale moglie ha messo al mondo tre femmine e l'altro figlio maschio, il batterista Jackie Barnes.
È buddhista.
Discografia da solista Album in studio 1984 - Bodyswerve (Mushroom) 1985 - For the Working Class Man (Mushroom) 1987 - Freight Train Heart (Mushroom) 1990 - Two Fires (Mushroom) 1991 - Soul Deep (Mushroom) 1993 - Heat (Mushroom) 1993 - Flesh and Wood (Mushroom) 1995 - Psyclone (Mushroom) 1999 - Love and Fear (Mushroom) 2000 - Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South (Liberation Music) 2005 - Double Happiness (Liberation Music) 2007 - Out in the Blue (Liberation Music) 2009 - The Rhythm and the Blues (Liberation Music) 2010 - Rage and Ruin (Liberation Music) 2014 - 30:30 Hindsight (Liberation Music) 2016 - Soul Searchin''' (Liberation Music) 2017 - Och Aye the G'nu (con The Wiggles) (ABC Music) 2019 - My Criminal Record (Bloodlines) 2021 - Flesh and Blood (Bloodlines) 2022 - Blue Christmas (Bloodlines)
Colonne sonore 2018 - Working Class Boy (Bloodlines)
Album dal vivo 1988 - Barnestorming (Mushroom) 2001 - Raw (Mushroom Records / Thompson Music P/L) 2002 - Live (Unplugged) at the Chapel (Liberation Music) 2004 - Ride the Night Away - Live Shepherds Bush Empire 2001 (Pinnacle Records/Thompson Music P/L) 2006 - Live at Lizottes (Liberation Music) 2006 - Live in London!! August '06 (Liberation Music) 2006 - Live in Concert!!2008 - Live at the Syndey Opera House - Max Sessions (Liberation Music) 2008 - Live at the Playroom '84 (Liberation Music) 2009 - Live at the Enmore (Liberation Music) 2019 - Modus Operandi (Bloodlines)
Raccolte 1996 - Barnes Hits Anthology (Mushroom) 2003 - The Soul Sessions (Liberation Music) 2006 - In the Heat of the Night (Liberation Music) 2007 - JB50 (Liberation Music) 2015 - Best of the Soul Years (Liberation Music)
2016 - Soul Searchin: 7in Singles Box (Liberation Music)
Singoli 1984 - No Second Prize1984 - Promise Me You'll Call1985 - Daylight1985 - I'd Die to Be with You Tonight1985 - Working Class Man1986 - Ride the Night Away1986 - Good Time (INXS e Jimmy Barnes) 1987 - Too Much Ain't Enough Love1988 - Driving Wheels1988 - I'm Still on Your Side1988 - Waitin' for the Heartache1988 - When a Man Loves a Woman (live)1989 - Last Frontier (live)1990 - Lay Down Your Guns1990 - Let's Make It Last All Night1990 - Little Darling1991 - When Your Love Is Gone1991 - Love Is Enough1991 - I Gotcha1991 - When Something Is Wrong with My Baby (Jimmy Barnes e John Farnham) 1992 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough1992 - (Simply) The Best (Tina Turner e Jimmy Barnes) 1993 - Sweat It Out1993 - Stand Up1993 - Stone Cold1993 - Right by Your Side1993 - The Weight (Jimmy Barnes e The Badlovers) 1994 - You Can't Make Love without a Soul1994 - Still Got a Long Way to Go (Jimmy Barnes e Diesel) 1994 - It Will Be Alright1995 - Change of Heart1995 - Come Undone (versione solista o con The Pilgrims) 1995 - Every Beat1996 - Lover Lover1997 - Never Give You Up/Tear My Heart Out/(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher1999 - Love and Hate1999 - Thankful for the Rain2000 - Chain of Fools2000 - Land of 1000 Dances/To Love Somebody2002 - Higher (Jimmy Barnes e Gary Pinto) 2005 - Sit on My Knee (Jimmy Barnes e Dallas Crane) 2005 - Gonna Take Some Time (Jimmy Barnes e Mahalia Barnes) 2006 - Bird on a Wire (Jimmy Barnes e Troy Cassar-Daley e Bella) 2006 - Out of Time (Jimmy Barnes e Tim Rogers) 2007 - Out in the Blue2007 - Better Off Alone2007 - Out in the Blue (live)2008 - Blue Hotel2008 - I Can't Tell You Why2008 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (David Campbell e Jimmy Barnes) 2009 - Red Hot/A Fool in Love2010 - That's How It Is (When You're in Love)2010 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead2010 - God or Money2011 - Largs Pier Hotel2014 - Lay Down Your Guns (feat. The Living End) 2014 - I'd Die to Be with You Tonight (feat. Diesel) 2016 - Who Was I Foolin'? (con Lachy Doley) 2019 - My Criminal Record2019 - Shutting Down Our Town2019 - I Won't Let You Down2020 - Killing Time (con Australian Champer Orchestra) 2020 - Silent Night2021 - Flesh and Blood2021 - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (con Paul Field) 2021 - Til the Next Time2021 - Gateway to Your Heart2021 - Around in Circles2022 - Soothe Me (feat. Sam Moore) 2022 - Do You Love Me (feat. John Teskey) 2022 - Blue ChristmasCome artista ospite 2017 - Big Enough'' (Kirin J. Callinan feat. Alex Cameron, Molly Lewis e Jimmy Barnes)
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