She's one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide.

But Tina Arena has never quite felt she's been given the recognition she deserves.

Until now, that is.

The singer with the tiny frame and soaring vocals has taken her place among hundreds of notable Australians on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra .

The portrait, a giant black-and-white diptych created by renowned fashion photographer Georges Antoni, was commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of her first appearance on Australian screens as an eight-year-old on Young Talent Time .

Five decades, 21 albums and a swathe of national and international awards later, Arena, whose family migrated to Australia from Sicily, has taken her place in the pantheon of Australia

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