Delta Goodrem

Delta Goodrem at the Logie Awards (2012)

Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984 in Sydney ) is an Australian singer and songwriter , pianist and actress .

Career

Goodrem has been playing the piano since she was eight . During her childhood she made a few commercials and had a guest role on the television series Police Rescue . When she was twelve she made a demo tape that she sent to her favorite football team , the Sydney Swans. Goodrem was hoping to sing the Australian national anthem before a Swans game.

The demo tape was forwarded to manager Glenn Wheatley, a sponsor of the Swans. Thanks to Wheatley, Goodrem got a recording deal with Sony at the age of 15 ; a year later her first single I Don't Care was released . The already finished album Delta was never released.

Since 2002, Goodrem played in the Australian series Neighbors (Neighbors) the role of Nina Tucker . This series also made stars like Kylie Minogue , Natalie Imbruglia and Jason Donovan known.

On November 11, 2002, Goodrem's second single Born to Try was released , which became her first number one hit. Born to Try is also the first release from their debut album Innocent Eyes , from which four more singles followed and also became number one hits. Innocent Eyes was number one on the Australian album charts for over 30 weeks and went platinum 15 times.

In the summer of 2003, it was announced that Goodrem had Hodgkin's disease , a type of lymph node cancer . She had to undergo constant chemotherapy . In the spring of 2004, cancer was considered defeated. In November 2004 Goodrem started her comeback with the single Out of the Blue and the album Mistaken Identity . Both, single and album, were again number one in the Australian charts.

In September 2007 Goodrem released their new single In This Life from their third album Delta which was released on October 20, 2007 in Australia. The single and album made it to number one in the Australian charts. Her second single Believe Again from her third album made it to number two on the charts.

She has been a jury member and coach on the Australian singing talent show The Voice , which airs on Nine Network , since the first season in 2012 .

In 2015, Goodrem was first seen in a musical in Cats .

In May 2018, the two-part biopic Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You with Goodrem in the lead role as Olivia Newton-John premiered on Australian television. At the same time, the album I Honestly Love You was released , which contains songs from the film, including Let Me Be There and Love is a Gift in a duet with Newton-John. Goodrem and Newton-John have been friends for several years.

Life

From 2004 to 2011 Goodrem was in a relationship with Irish singer Brian McFadden . From mid-2011 to February 2012 she was in a steady relationship with Nick Jonas .

Discography

Goodrem (2006)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2003	Innocent Eyes	DE20th gold (17 weeks)DE	AT27 (6 weeks) AT	CH14 (15 weeks) CH	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (42 weeks)UK	-	AU1 × 15 15 times platinum (65 weeks)AU	Released in 2006 in Japan as a hybrid album. 2013 reissue with bonus DVD
2004	Mistaken Identity	DE59 (8 weeks) DE	AT62 (3 weeks) AT	CH50 (5 weeks) CH	UK25th gold (13 weeks)UK	-	AU1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (32 weeks)AU
2007	delta	-	-	-	-	US116 (1 week) US	AU1 × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)AU
2012	Child of the Universe	-	-	-	-	-	AU2 gold (10 weeks)AU
2016	Wings of the Wild	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 gold (21 weeks)AU
2018	I honestly love you	-	-	-	-	-	AU4 (3 weeks) AU

EPs

• 2012: Christmas

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2002	Born to Try Innocent Eyes	DE61 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH58 (6 weeks) CH	UK3 (13 weeks) UK	-	AU1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (22 weeks)AU
2003	Lost Without You Innocent Eyes	DE27 (17 weeks) DE	AT14 (16 weeks) AT	CH47 (9 weeks) CH	UK4 (13 weeks) UK	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)AU
	Innocent Eyes Innocent Eyes	-	-	-	UK9 (10 weeks) UK	-	AU1 platinum (20 weeks)AU
	Not Me, Not I Innocent Eyes	-	-	-	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	-	AU1 platinum (17 weeks)AU
	Predictable Innocent Eyes	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (17 weeks)AU
2004	Out of the Blue Mistaken Identity	DE54 (7 weeks) DE	AT46 (7 weeks) AT	CH60 (5 weeks) CH	UK9 (13 weeks) UK	-	AU1 platinum (16 weeks)AU
2005	Mistaken Identity Mistaken Identity	-	-	-	-	-	AU7th gold (7 weeks)AU
	Almost Here Mistaken Identity	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT34 (12 weeks) AT	CH36 (10 weeks) CH	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	-	AU1 platinum (15 weeks)AU	with Brian McFadden
	A Little Too Late Mistaken Identity	-	-	-	-	-	AU13 (10 weeks) AU
2006	Together We Are One Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 Opening Ceremony	-	-	-	-	-	AU2 gold (17 weeks)AU
2007	In This Life Delta	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)AU
	Believe Again Delta	-	-	-	-	-	AU2 platinum (12 weeks)AU
2008	You Will Only Break My Heart Delta	-	-	-	-	-	AU14 (7 weeks) AU
	I Can't Break It to My Heart Delta	-	-	-	-	-	AU13 (3 weeks) AU
2012	Sitting on Top of the World Child of the Universe	-	-	-	-	-	AU2 × 3 Triple platinum (14 weeks)AU
	Dancing with a Broken Heart Child of the Universe	-	-	-	-	-	AU15th gold (3 weeks)AU
	Wish You Were Here Child of the Universe	-	-	-	-	-	AU5 platinum (7 weeks)AU
2013	Heart Hypnotic	-	-	-	-	-	AU7th gold (4 weeks)AU
2015	Only Human Wings of the Wild	-	-	-	-	-	AU46 (1 week) AU
	Wings Wings of the Wild	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)AU
2016	Dear Life Wings of the Wild	-	-	-	-	-	AU3 platinum (5 weeks)AU
	Enough Wings of the Wild	-	-	-	-	-	AU27 (5 weeks) AU	feat. Gizzle
2018	Think about you	-	-	-	-	-	AU19th gold (2 weeks)AU

More singles

• 2001: I Don't Care
• 2005: Be Strong
• 2006: Flawed (released only in Japan)
• 2014: Love ... Thy Will Be Done

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2010	Mistakes	-	-	-	-	-	AU41 (2 weeks) AU	Brian McFadden feat. Delta Goodrem
2013	Bayini (Live)	-	-	-	-	-	AU4 (1 week) AU	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu feat. Delta Goodrem & Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Further guest contributions

• 2011: I'm Not Ready ( Michael Bolton feat.Delta Goodrem)
• 2013: Steppin 'Out with My Baby ( Tony Bennett feat.Delta Goodrem)

Video albums

• 2003: Delta (AU:× 12Twelve times platinum )
• 2005: The Visualize Tour: Live in Concert (AU:× 4Quadruple platinum )
• 2009: Believe Again Live Tour (AU:gold)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	8 × gold8th	61 × platinum61	3,627,500	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	-	150,000	musikindustrie.de
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	3 × platinum3	1,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × gold10	64 × platinum64

swell

1. ↑ https://www.mamamia.com.au/delta-goodrem-cats/
2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8426934/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt
3. ↑ https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/delta-goodrem-set-to-release-i-honestly-love-you/
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US AU
5. ↑ [1]

Web links

Commons : Delta Goodrem  - Collection of Images

• Delta Goodrem in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official Delta Goodrem international website