Colin has won ten Golden Guitar Australian Country Music Awards and has written songs with Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Troy Cassar-Daley. His song "Hat Town", written with Lee Kernaghan, won an APRA Award, while his Christmas album, recorded with Greg Champion, has become an Australian classic, in particular his "Aussie Jingle Bells", now a staple at school end-of-year concerts. He was nominated for four ARIA Awards in 1993 for Best Country Album for "Hard Times" (lost to Lee Kernaghan for "The Outback Club"), in 1994 for Best Children's Album for "I Want My Mummy" (lost to Mic Conway for "Whoopee"), in 1998 for Best Country Album for "Edge of the Kimberley" (lost to Shanley Del for "My Own Sweet Time") and in 2013 for Best Comedy Release for "The TGIF Songs of Colin Buchanan" (lost to Tom &amp; Alex for "The Bits We're Least Ashamed Of").