John Farnham

John Farnham (2010)

John Peter Farnham AO (born July 1, 1949 in Dagenham , Essex , England ) is an Australian singer and has been one of the most famous and successful musicians in his home country for decades. With the song You're the Voice in 1987, Farnham had a number one hit in several European countries .

Life

Farnham, whose family emigrated to Australia in 1959, had his first commercial success with the song Sadie the Cleaning Lady , which sold 180,000 times, an Australian record in the 1960s. In the 1970s he was involved in various television productions.

From 1981 to 1984 he was the front man of the Little River Band , with whom he released three albums. The 1986 solo album Whispering Jack with the release You're the Voice was one of the greatest successes and finally gave Farnham the breakthrough. To date, John Farnham has received more than 70 platinum awards in Australia for his releases, including 24 for Whispering Jack , the second most successful album in Australian music history after Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf .

Since then he has appeared in numerous productions and concerts with other well-known pop and rock greats , such as B. at the opening of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , when he performed with Olivia Newton-John . In 2003 he was honored with induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame .

Farnham has been married to Jillian Billman since 1973 and has two sons. In 1996 he was awarded the title "Officer of the Order of Australia".

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	UK	AU	Remarks
1987	Whispering Jack	DE4th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT3 (4 months) AT	UK35 (9 weeks) UK	AU9 * × 24 24 times platinum (26 weeks)AU
1988	Age of Reason	DE14 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	AU1 × 11 Eleven times platinum (34 weeks)AU
1990	Chain reaction	-	-	-	AU1 × 8 Eight times platinum (36 weeks)AU
1991	Full house	-	-	-	AU2 × 5 Quintuple platinum (17 weeks)AU
1993	Then Again ...	-	-	-	AU1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (29 weeks)AU
1996	Romeo's Heart	-	-	-	AU2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (33 weeks)AU
1998	Highlights from the main event	-	-	-	AU5 × 5 Quintuple platinum (15 weeks)AU	with Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow
1999	Live at the Regent Theater 1st July 1999	-	-	-	AU7th platinum (5 weeks)AU
2000	33 1/3	-	-	-	AU7th platinum (5 weeks)AU
2002	The Last Time	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)AU
2005	Together in Concert	-	-	-	AU3 platinum (11 weeks)AU	with Tom Jones
2005	I Remember When I Was Young - Songs from the Great Australian Songbook	-	-	-	AU2 × 2 Double platinum (8 weeks)AU
2010	Jack	-	-	-	AU2 gold (11 weeks)AU
2011	The Acoustic Chapel Sessions	-	-	-	AU10 (8 weeks) AU
2015	Two Strong Hearts	-	-	-	AU1 gold (14 weeks)AU	with Olivia Newton-John
2016	Friends for Christmas	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)AU	with Olivia Newton-John

* The Australian rankings from before 1988 are currently not available, see also the chart format .

More albums

1968: Johnny Farnham Sings Hits from the Movies
1968: Everybody Oughta Sing a Song
1968: Sadie
1970: Christmas Is ... Johnny Farnham
1970: Looking Through a Tear
1971: Johnny

1971: Together (with Allison Durbin)
1972: Johnny Farnham Sings the Shows
1973: Hits Magic Rock 'n' Roll
1973: The Big Hits of '73 (Live)
1975: JP Farnham Sings
1980: Uncovered (AU:gold)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	title	DE	AU	Remarks
1997	Anthology 1 - Greatest Hits 1986–1997	DE40 (4 weeks) DE	AU1 × 3 Triple platinum (24 weeks)AU	only appeared in Germany in 1998 as Greatest Hits
	Anthology 2 - Classic Hits 1967–1985 (Recorded Live)	-	AU12 platinum (15 weeks)AU
	Anthology 3 - Rarities	-	AU20th gold (8 weeks)AU
2003	One Voice - The Greatest Hits	-	AU2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (27 weeks)AU	Double CD
2009	The Essential 3.0	-	AU6th gold (11 weeks)AU
2020	Greatest hits	-	AU48 × 5 Quintuple platinum (1 week)AU	First published: 2009

More compilations

1971: The Best of Johnny Farnham
1976: Johnny Farnham Greatest Hits
1980: The Best of John Farnham
1987: The John Farnham Phenomenon (18 Farnham Classics)
1987: Another Side of John Farnham

1988: The Farnham Years (with The Little River Band)
2002: Love Songs
2008: Collections

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	Remarks
1987	You're the Voice Whispering Jack	DE1 (19 weeks) DE	AT6 (3 months) AT	CH2 (15 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (18 weeks)UK	US82 (8 weeks) US	AU1AU
1987	Pressure Down Whispering Jack	DE32 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK78 (3 weeks) UK	-	AU? *AU
1988	Age of Reason Age of Reason	DE20 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK87 (5 weeks) UK	-	AU1 (19 weeks) AU
	Two Strong Hearts Age of Reason	-	-	-	-	-	AU6 (14 weeks) AU
	Beyond the Call Age of Reason	-	-	-	-	-	AU40 (3 weeks) AU
1989	Two Strong Hearts	-	-	-	UK80 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	with Danni'elle
1989	Communication	-	-	-	-	-	AU46 (6 weeks) AU	with Danni'elle
1990	Chain Reaction Chain Reaction	-	-	-	-	-	AU6 (17 weeks) AU
	That's freedom chain reaction	DE56 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	AU6 (13 weeks) AU
	Burn for You Chain Reaction	-	-	-	-	-	AU5 (11 weeks) AU
1991	In Days to Come Chain Reaction	-	-	-	-	-	AU49 (2 weeks) AU
	When Something Is Wrong with My Baby Soul Deep	-	-	-	-	-	AU3 (12 weeks) AU	with Jimmy Barnes
	Please don't ask me full house	-	-	-	-	-	AU21 (7 weeks) AU
1992	Everything's Alright Jesus Christ Superstar: The Album	-	-	-	-	-	AU6 (14 weeks) AU	with Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens
1993	Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Then Again ...	DE59 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	AU16 (12 weeks) AU	Chart entry in Germany only in April 1994
1993	Angels Then Again ...	-	-	-	-	-	AU36 (5 weeks) AU
1996	Have a Little Faith Romeo’s Heart	-	-	-	-	-	AU3 (7 weeks) AU
	A Simple Life Romeo’s Heart	-	-	-	-	-	AU29 (6 weeks) AU
	Heart's on Fire Romeo's Heart	-	-	-	-	-	AU50 (2 weeks) AU
1997	Everytime You Cry Counting Down	DE84 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	AU3 platinum (15 weeks)AU	with Human Nature chart entry in Germany only in August 1998
2000	Trying to Live My Life without You 33⅓	-	-	-	-	-	AU42 (3 weeks) AU

* The Australian rankings from before 1988 are currently not available, see also the chart format .

More singles

1967: Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
1967: Johnny Farnham (EP)
1968: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
1968: Rose Colored Glasses
1968: Jamie
1968: Underneath the Arches
1969: One
1969: Raindrops Keep Fallin 'on My Head
1970: Comic Conversation
1970: Number One (EP)
1971: Walking the Floor on My Hands
1971: Acapulco Sun
1972: Baby, without You (with Allison Durbin)
1973: Shake a Hand

1973: I Can't Dance to Your Music
1975: Things to Do
1980: Help
1984: Nothing's Gonna Stand in Our Way
1984: Justice for One
1986: Break the Ice
1986: A Touch of Paradise
1987: Reasons
1992: Full House Mega Mix
1992: Live Help
1996: Don't Let It End (EP)
2000: Man of the Hour
2000: Dare to Dream (with Olivia Newton-John)
2003: We Will Rock You (with Queen )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 1987: for the album Whispering Jack
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1990: for the album Chain Reaction
- 1991: for the single When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
- 1992: for the album Full House
Sweden Sweden
- 1987: for the single You're the Voice
- 1988: for the album Age of Reason

Platinum record

New Zealand New Zealand
- 1987: for the album Whispering Jack
- 1988: for the album Age of Reason

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	5 × gold5	84 × platinum84	6,055,000	aria.com.au
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	50,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	52,500	nztop40.co.nz
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	75,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	0! G-	0! P-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	12 × gold12	86 × platinum86

swell

↑ http://www.johnfarnham.com.au/john-farnham-makes-chart-history/
↑ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/blogs/the-tribal-mind/australias-biggest-selling-singles-and-albums-of-all-time-the-tribal-mind-archive -2014-20140719-3c7gs.html
↑ Wolfgang Büscher: Sydney inspires with a spectacular opening ceremony. In: welt.de . September 15, 2000, accessed October 7, 2018 .
^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 .
↑ It's an Honor. Australia Government, accessed July 22, 2010 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH, US / Albums DE, CH / Singles and Albums AU UK

Web links

Official website
Gold and Platinum Awards in Australia
John Farnham at Allmusic (English)
John Farnham at Discogs (English)
John Farnham in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Farnham, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Farnham, John Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian singer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dagenham , Essex, England

[1] ttp://www.johnfarnham.com.au/john-farnham-makes-chart-history/

[2] ttp://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/blogs/the-tribal-mind/australias-biggest-selling-singles-and-albums-of-all-time-the-tribal-mind-archive -2014-20140719-3c7gs.html

[welt-533719-3] Wolfgang Büscher: Sydney inspires with a spectacular opening ceremony. In: welt.de . September 15, 2000, accessed October 7, 2018 .

[4] ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 .

[5] It's an Honor. Australia Government, accessed July 22, 2010 .

[charts-6] Chart sources: Singles DE, AT, CH, US / Albums DE, CH / Singles and Albums AU UK