Australian Idol is an Australian singing competition,which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise,Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol,which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Australian Idol was televised on Network Ten for its first seven series and was broadcast on the Southern Cross Austereo Radio Network between 2005 and 2007. The series returned in 2023 after Seven Network announced they would be picking up the show.
Lee Kernaghan OAM is an Australian country music singer,songwriter and guitarist. Kernaghan has won four ARIA Awards and three APRA Awards,and has sold over two million albums,and as of 2021,has won 38 Golden Guitars at the Country Music Awards of Australia.
Jessica Hilda Mauboy is an Australian singer,songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin,Northern Territory,she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of Australian Idol,where she was runner-up and subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. After releasing a live album of her Idol performances and briefly being a member of the girl group Young Divas in 2007,Mauboy released her debut studio album,Been Waiting,the following year. It included her first number-one single,"Burn",and became the second highest-selling Australian album of 2009,certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
Australian Idol was a televised talent contest,screened on Channel Ten for seven seasons between 2003 and 2009. Several contestants were signed to record labels,while others released their music independently. Since 2003 Australian Idol acts have placed well on the Australian music charts,with 35 number ones and 158 platinum and 41 gold certifications. Eight Idol releases appeared in the 2000 –2009 ARIA End of Decade Charts,and 24 releases have been nominated for Highest Selling ARIA Music Awards. Idol contestants have also been nominated for 33 ARIA Awards in public vote categories,where the nominees are most commonly selected from the highest selling acts of the year. There have also been 48 industry judged ARIA Award nominations. To date there have been 11 wins in sales and public vote categories,and in 2013 season one winner Guy Sebastian and season four runner up Jessica Mauboy became the first Idol contestants to win industry voted ARIA Awards.
The discography of Shannon Noll,an Australian rock singer-songwriter,consists of six studio albums,two compilation albums,thirty-five singles and one DVD. Noll came to fame in 2003 on the first season of Australian Idol and was runner-up to Guy Sebastian. He was subsequently signed to Sony BMG Australia and released the Moving Pictures classic "What About Me" which became the highest selling single of 2004. His debut album That's What I'm Talking About was a number one,multi-platinum seller,as was his 2005 follow-up Lift.
The discography of Guy Sebastian,an Australian singer,consists of nine studio albums,one compilation album,one live album,three EPs and 53 singles,including six as a featured artist and four charity singles. Sebastian won the first series of Australian Idol in 2003,and gained a record deal with Sony BMG. He has released ten albums which peaked in the top six of the ARIA Charts,including three which reached number one. The first seven achieved either platinum or multi-platinum certification. He has also released twenty three top twenty singles in Australia,with fourteen reaching the top ten,including six number ones. Sebastian is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to achieve six number-one singles,and is third overall for all Australian acts with only Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem having achieved more. He has also reached the top ten of the New Zealand charts with an album and six singles,including two number ones. Sebastian has sixty-nine platinum and seven gold certifications in Australia,the highest number for an Australian Idol contestant. "Battle Scars",a collaboration with Lupe Fiasco,spent 20 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart,peaking at number 71 and achieving platinum certification. It also reached number 2 in Norway.
The first season of Australian Idol was produced by Fremantle Media subsidiary Grundy Television in association with UK company 19TV,and was broadcast on Network Ten for 19 weeks in the latter half of 2003. The judges were Mark Holden,Marcia Hines and Ian "Dicko" Dickson.
"Running Back" is the debut single of Australian R&B recording artist Jessica Mauboy,featuring American rapper Flo Rida. The track was written by Mauboy,Audius Mtawarira,and Sean Ray Mullins,and was produced by Audius. "Running Back" was released for digital download on 19 September 2008 as the lead single from Mauboy's debut studio album,Been Waiting. Mauboy felt "so excited and honoured" to work with Flo Rida,calling it a dream come true.
"Burn" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy. It was written by Taj Jackson,Jonas Jeberg,and Mich Hansen and was produced by Jeberg and Cutfather. "Burn" was released digitally on 17 November 2008 as the second single from Mauboy's debut studio album,Been Waiting (2008). Musically,"Burn" is an R&B-dance track that incorporates electronica influences. The song became Mauboy's first number-one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 70,000 copies. "Burn" also became Mauboy's first charting single internationally,reaching number 92 on the Japan Hot 100.
Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy has released four studio albums,one live album,three soundtrack albums,one extended play,and thirty eight 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.
"What Happened to Us" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy,featuring English recording artist Jay Sean. It was written by Sean,Josh Alexander,Billy Steinberg,Jeremy Skaller,Rob Larow,Khaled Rohaim and Israel Cruz. "What Happened to Us" was leaked online in October 2010,and was released on 10 March 2011,as the third single from Mauboy's second studio album,Get 'Em Girls (2010). The song received positive reviews from critics.
"Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)" is a song recorded by Australian singer Jessica Mauboy for her third studio album,Beautiful. The song was digitally released on 27 September 2013,as the second single from the album. "Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)" was written by Mauboy,Mario Marchetti,Gino Barletta and Rebecca Johnson,and produced by Marchetti. The song received positive reviews from critics,many of whom complimented it as an anthem.
Australian singer-songwriter Washington has released four studio albums,nine extended plays,and thirty-one singles.
"The Day Before I Met You" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy from the platinum edition of her third studio album,Beautiful. It was released on 13 February 2015 as the album's sixth overall single and the second single from the platinum edition. "The Day Before I Met You" was written by Antonio Dixon,Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds,Khristopher Riddick-Tynes,Helen Jane Culver and Mauboy. Dixon and Edmonds also produced the song with The Rascals. "The Day Before I Met You" is a pop love song which features an acoustic guitar riff and "very low pitched" vocals in its verses. Lyrically,Mauboy sings about "not wanting to go back to a time before that special someone was in her life".
Spirit of the Anzacs is the thirteenth studio album by Australian country singer Lee Kernaghan. It was released digitally and physically in Australia on March 13,2015,through ABC Music. A limited deluxe edition features four additional tracks plus a 64-page booklet that includes many of the letters,stories and images behind the songs. It is Kernaghan's first number one album in Australia and has been certified Platinum by ARIA.
The discography of Australian indie pop band Sheppard consists of three studio albums,five extended plays,thirty four singles and twenty-nine music videos.
"This Ain't Love" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy,originally for a fourth studio album,but was left off the track listing of Hilda (2019). It was released on 11 September 2015 as the intended first single from the album,However the album never materialized and left "This Ain't Love" as a standalone single. "This Ain't Love" was written by Mauboy,David Sneddon and Carl Ryden,who also handled the production. It is a drum and bass song,which contains elements of soul music. The song marks a new musical direction for Mauboy as it is a departure from her usual pop and R&B style. "This Ain't Love" received mostly positive reviews from music critics,who complimented Mauboy's vocals and the production,and believed that the song had potential to do well on international charts. They also noted that it was reminiscent of artists such as Rudimental,Disclosure and Ella Eyre.
The following is a complete discography of every album and single released by New Zealand-born Australian rock music artist Jon Stevens.
The Very Best of Lee Kernaghan:Three Decades of Hits is the third greatest hits album by Australian country musician Lee Kernaghan. The 3 disc,62-track album,released on 14 January 2022 peaked at number 17 on the ARIA chart.
