John Peter Farnham, AO (born July 1, 1949) is a British-born Australian pop singer. Domestically he has remained one of Australia’s best-known performers over a career spanning 40 years. He is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five consecutive decades.
Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that enjoyed major international success between 1997 and 2000. The band was composed of Darren Hayes (vocals) and Daniel Jones (keyboards and guitar). They had a string of hits in the late nineties, and are best remembered today for their ballad Truly Madly Deeply, which is considered their signature song, and the songs To the Moon and Back, I Knew I Loved You, Crash and Burn, I Want You and Affirmation.
Human Nature is an Australian pop vocal group, originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. The band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was released. Human Nature’s 3 follow-up albums all went multi-platinum in Australia. The band has also enjoyed some chart success internationally. As of 2008, the band consists of:
Billy Field is an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit Bad Habits. Another single, You Weren’t in Love with Me, reached the number one position on the Australian record chart. His two main albums include Bad Habits which was released in 1982, and the Best of Billy Field: You Weren’t in Love with Me released in 2005. Field was born and raised in the small Riverina town of Urana New South Wales.
Diana Anaid or Diana Ah Naid is an Australian singer-songwriter, whose real name is Diana Gosper. She released her first album, Diana Ah Naid at the age of 19. Her follow-up album, I don’t think I’m pregnant, was released in 1999, with the singles Love Song for a Girl, Don’t Believe in Love, and Perfect Family. In 2007, she also released a single entitled Cheatin’ on Me and is also the first single to be released from her own record label, Forola Records.
Hayley Michelle Aitken is an Australian singer-songwriter. Her debut album Watching TV was pushed back several times, due to the sale of Zomba records to BMG Records, currently unreleased. Hayley was then signed to BMG records but asked to be released from her contract in 2004 so she could be free to pursue her own direction. Her first single, That Girl, which is also the video below, was featured on an Australian Promo CD for Britney Spears - Stronger.
Amity Renae Dry is an Australian singer-songwriter, who got her big break after appearing on the Nine Network reality show The Block. Through the exposure of her talents on the show, Amity gained a record contract and released an album during the media promotion of the show.
Melissa Morrison Higgins or simply Missy Higgins, was born on August 19, 1983 and is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. She is known for her hit singles Scar, The Special Two, and Steer.
Christopher Bryce Murphy, more popularly known as Chris Murphy is an Australian male singer-songwriter who became famous when he placed fourth in Australian Idol 2006. Chris Murphy is also the lead singer of an Australian band, Murphy’s Lore.
Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. Kylie Minogue, born May 28, 1968, rose to prominence back in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before she began her career as a pop artist in 1987.