Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer-songwriter,musician,musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwide. Arena is multilingual,singing and recording in English,Italian,French and Spanish.
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten,and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album,Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and it eventually became Turner's biggest-selling single.
Don't Ask is the third studio album by Australian singer Tina Arena released by Columbia Records on 14 November 1994.
"Kiss from a Rose" is a song from British singer-songwriter Seal's second eponymous album (1994). The song was first released as a single in July 1994 by ZTT,Sire and Warner Bros.,and included in the film The NeverEnding Story III that year.
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up and Say... Ahh!. The band's signature song,it is also their only number-one hit in the US,reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 24,1988,for three weeks. It also charted at number 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It was a number 13 hit in the UK. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" was named number 34 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s",number 100 on their "100 Greatest Love Songs" and number seven on MTV and VH1 "Top 25 Power Ballads". Billboard ranked the song number five on their list of "The 10 Best Poison Songs".
"Back for Good" is a song by English band Take That from their third studio album,Nobody Else (1995). Released on March 27,1995 by RCA and Arista,it was written by lead singer Gary Barlow,who also co-produced it with Chris Porter. The song topped the UK Singles Chart whilst also charting at number one in 31 countries,as well as reaching the top 10 in many others. Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton directed the song's music video. At the 1996 Brit Awards,"Back for Good" won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. In 2003,Q Magazine ranked the song at number 910 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever" and in a UK poll in 2012,it was voted number 11 on the ITV special The Nation's Favourite Number One Single.
"I'll Never Break Your Heart" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. The song was written by singer-songwriters Eugene Wilde and Albert Manno and produced by Veit Renn and Timmy Allen. It was released in the United Kingdom on December 4,1995,as the second single from their self-titled debut album and was issued across the rest of Europe later the same month. It was later included on their US debut album and was released as their fourth US single in June 1998.
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the love theme and lead single from their fifth album,Agent Provocateur. The song reached number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group's biggest hit to date.
"I Swear" is a song written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery in 1993,and for American R&B group All-4-One in 1994.
"This Ain't a Love Song" is the lead single from American rock band Bon Jovi's sixth studio album,These Days (1995). The rock ballad is an example of the strong rhythm and blues influence that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora wanted the album to have. Released in May 1995 by Mercury,it reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100,number two on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart,number six on the UK Singles Chart,and number one on the Finnish Singles Chart.
"Show Me Heaven" is a song written by American singer and songwriter Maria McKee,Eric Rackin and Jay Rifkin,and recorded by McKee for the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder,released in June 1990. Produced by Peter Asher,the power ballad received favorable reviews from most music critics,reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and became the sixth-highest-selling single of 1990 in the UK. Additionally,the song became a worldwide hit,topping the charts of Belgium,the Netherlands,and Norway and becoming a top-five hit in Australia,Ireland,Sweden,and Switzerland. It has since been covered by numerous other artists,including Tina Arena.
"Always" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. The power ballad was released in September 1994 by Mercury as a single from the band's first official greatest hits album,Cross Road (1994),and went on to become one of their best-selling singles,with a million copies sold in the US and more than three million worldwide. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100,becoming their 11th and last top 10 hit. It was an international hit,peaking at number one in Belgium,Canada,Ireland and Switzerland,number two in Australia and the United Kingdom,and number four in Germany. The music video for the song was directed by Marty Callner. "Always" was bass player Alec John Such's final single with the band before he left in late 1994.
"Burn" is a song written by Tina Arena,Pam Reswick,and Steve Werfel for Arena's third album,In Deep (1997). The song was successful in her native Australia,reaching number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and earning a gold sales certification. At the time of its release,"Burn" was Australia's fastest-added single to radio. Arena also recorded the song in Italian,titled "Ti voglio qui". It was released as a single in several European countries.
Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy has released five studio albums,one live album,three soundtrack albums,two extended plays,and forty-three singles. Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol in 2006,and subsequently signed a contract with Sony Music Australia. She released her debut live album The Journey in February 2007,which features songs she performed as part of the top twelve on Australian Idol. The album debuted at number four on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA),denoting shipments of 35,000 copies. Mauboy briefly became a member of the Australian pop girl group Young Divas later that year,before resuming her solo career early in 2008.
Australian singer-songwriter Tina Arena has released thirteen studio albums,four live albums,four compilations,fifty-two singles and forty-three music videos.
Heaven Knows is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Rick Price,released in July 1992 through Sony Music-Columbia. It peaked at No. 3 in Australia in July 1992 and spent 23 weeks in the ARIA top 40 chart,and was also successful internationally in numerous countries. The album spawned five singles,all of which charted on the ARIA charts,with its first two singles cracking the top ten. The second single and title track "Heaven Knows" also charted in many countries in Europe and Asia and won the APRA Award song of the year. The fourth single was a cover of The Left Banke hit Walk Away Renee.
"Heaven Help My Heart" is a song originally recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena. It was written in 1994 by Arena with David Tyson and Dean McTaggart and released as the third single from Arena's second album,Don't Ask (1994). The song reached number 22 in her native Australia,and was a top 40 hit in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Arena performed the single on the British children's television series Fully Booked on 5 August 1995.
"If I Didn't Love You" is a song written by Tina Arena,Pam Reswick and Steve Werfel,released as the second single released from Arena's third studio album,In Deep (1997),in November 1997. The song reached number 41 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It was later included as track 11 on Arena's 2004 Greatest Hits compilation. This song is written in the key of G.
"The Things We Do for Love" is a song by British band 10cc,released as a single in 1976. It later featured on the album Deceptive Bends released in 1977 and was the group's first release after the departure of band members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme.
The 29th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2015 ARIA Artisan Awards,ARIA Hall of Fame Awards,ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.
