Vanessa Amorosi

Vanessa Amorosi (2009)

Vanessa Amorosi (born August 8, 1981 in Melbourne , Victoria ) is an Australian singer-songwriter .

life and career

With the support of her parents, who are both professional singers, Vanessa Amorosi began with jazz and classical ballet at the age of four . At the age of twelve she made her first small appearances in shopping centers and restaurants. Jack Strom noticed her in a Russian restaurant while she was singing there. Together with his partner Mark Holden he signed her (MarJac Productions).

In July 1999, Amorosi released her first single Have A Look in Australia , which went gold in just a few weeks . At the end of the year, Absolutely Everybody was the second release from the later successful album The Power . This song became one of the most successful pieces by Australian artists. After their debut album was released in the spring of 2000, it already reached platinum (four times in total) in just three weeks and was sold almost 70,000 times. Her third single Shine also went gold and platinum in a short time. This was followed by a tour of Australia with Savage Garden , several awards and the invitation to appear in front of an audience of billions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney during the opening and closing ceremonies.

In September 2000 Amorosi released their first single in Europe . With Absolutely Everybody she reached the top ten in the charts of many countries. Her album The Power went gold in Germany , and in 2001 she received the Comet music award for best international newcomer , presented by the music broadcaster VIVA . Her first tour of Europe and Southeast Asia was also a huge success. In 2001 she released her second album, Turn To Me, in her homeland , which seamlessly continued the success of its predecessor. In Germany, an alternative album was released with Change . Although she was still successful with the singles One Thing Leads To Another and True To Yourself , the sales figures for the first hits did not reach them. Nevertheless, she remained a star in Australia: Because of her longstanding commitment to disadvantaged children, she was nominated for the Australian Of The Year Award in 2003 . A year later she got her first television role as a jury member on an Australian casting show. In Europe she only gave a few concerts and television appearances. Her fourth album Somewhere In The Real World was released in Australia on May 24, 2008 . On May 4, 2009 the single The Letter was released , which she recorded in a duet with the American band Hoobastank . In 2012 the contract with Universal Music Australia was terminated after the album V, which was planned for November 2011, was withdrawn at short notice.

Discography

Amorosi at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
2000	The Power	DE7th gold (34 weeks)DE	AT21 (32 weeks) AT	CH15 (31 weeks) CH	-	AU1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (62 weeks)AU	First published: April 3, 2000
2002	Change	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 18, 2002
2008	Somewhere in the Real World	-	-	-	-	AU4th gold (11 weeks)AU	First published: May 24, 2008
2009	Hazardous	-	-	-	-	AU7th gold (25 weeks)AU	First published: November 6, 2009
2019	Back to love	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 8, 2019

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
2001	Turn to Me	-	-	-	-	AU21 (3 weeks) AU	First published: October 25, 2001

More albums

• 2005: The Best of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	AU
1999	Have a look the power	DE73 (3 weeks) DE	-	CH72 (4 weeks) CH	-	AU13 gold (18 weeks)AU	First published: July 12, 1999
	Absolutely Everybody The Power	DE5 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT3 (17 weeks) AT	CH8 (27 weeks) CH	UK7 (13 weeks) UK	AU6th platinum (28 weeks)AU	First published: November 15, 1999
2000	Shine the power	DE38 (13 weeks) DE	AT46 (12 weeks) AT	CH19 (17 weeks) CH	-	AU4th platinum (26 weeks)AU	First published: May 15, 2000
	Every Time I Close My Eyes The Power	DE23 (20 weeks) DE	AT11 (22 weeks) AT	CH73 (14 weeks) CH	-	AU8th gold (13 weeks)AU	First published: December 6, 2000
2002	Spin (Everybody's Doin 'It) Change	-	-	-	-	AU34 (2 weeks) AU	First published: October 14, 2002
	One Thing Leads 2 Another Change	DE67 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH62 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: October 28, 2002
2003	True to Yourself Change	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: February 24, 2003
2007	Kiss your mom! Somewhere in the Real World	-	-	-	-	AU15 (7 weeks) AU	First published: September 8, 2007
2008	Perfect Somewhere in the Real World	-	-	-	-	AU4th gold (24 weeks)AU	First published: April 5, 2008
	The Simple Things (Something Emotional) Somewhere in the Real World	-	-	-	-	AU36 (4 weeks) AU	First published: September 20, 2008
2009	This Is Who I Am Hazardous	-	-	-	-	AU1 platinum (17 weeks)AU	First published: October 9, 2009
	Hazardous Hazardous	-	-	-	-	AU29 (5 weeks) AU	First published: December 11, 2009
2010	Mr. Mysterious Hazardous	-	-	-	-	AU4th platinum (13 weeks)AU	First release: April 2010 feat. Seany B.
	Holiday Hazardous	-	-	-	-	AU42 (2 weeks) AU	First published: August 13, 2010

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	AU
2009	The Letter For (N) ever	-	-	-	-	AU39 (2 weeks) AU	First published: June 19, 2009 Hoobastank feat. Vanessa Amorosi

swell

1. ↑ news.com.au: Vanessa Amorosi leaves Universal to rebuild career , article from August 23, 2012, accessed on October 9, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK AU
3. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE AU

Web links

Commons : Vanessa Amorosi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Vanessa Amorosi (English)
• Vanessa Amorosi at laut.de
• Vanessa Amorosi at discogs.com