After being discovered at 15 years old,Vanessa Amorosi achieved amazing success in 1998 with her debut single Have A Look. The single went Gold after only seven weeks in the ARIA charts. This achievement was followed by mega-hits in Australia and Europe with Absolutely Everybody, and Shine, and at the age of 18 years Vanessa became the first Australian female to reach #1 on the National ARIA chart with her debut album ‘The Power’. The album went to sell over 1 million copies across the world. Following this success, Vanessa performed at the opening & closing Sydney 2000 Olympic ceremonies, the Manchester Commonwealth Games and received a vast collection of awards both within Australia and Internationally.
In January 2006, Vanessa relaunched her recording career by signing to Universal Music worldwide with new powerhouse manager, Ralph Carr. Deciding to record in Los Angeles “to get out of her comfort zone”, Vanessa wrote hundreds of songs with some of the greatest talents in the world, including Australia’s Josh Abrahams as well as America’s Pam Reswick (Tina Arena) and Dave Tyson (Alannah Myles). She recorded with songwriters and producers Ron Aniello (Barenaked Ladies) Greg Wells (Mika, Timbaland) and Cliff Magness (Pink, Avril Lavigne).
The resulting album Somewhere In The Real World achieved top 5 position in the ARIA charts and is Vanessa’s fourth Australian Gold Album. Displaying her lyrical maturity and amazing musicianship the album is home to Top 5 Platinum Single 'Perfect', 'Kiss Ya Mama' and 3rd single 'The Simple Things (Something Emotional)'.
Spending the first half of the 2009 in LA and Sweden writing and recording for the latest album, 'Hazardous'. With the fierce first single 'This Is Who I Am' released in October. The album is slated for release in November and 2009 is set to be a massive year for Vanessa.
