news articles 2 february

[Inside Australian Idol]

What about Shannon?
February 2, 2004 - 2:39PM


Shannon Noll's cover of Moving Pictures' What About Me has topped the Australian singles chart this week after selling 99,884 units.

The single had a more than comfortable lead over Kelis' Milkshake in at No. 2 on 11,818 sales.

Last week's top single, Outkast's Hey Ya, drops two spots to three while British songstress Jamelia breaks into the top 10, climbing seven places to ninth with Superstar.

Guy Sebastian's Angels Brought Me Here has dropped right off and out of the Top 40 this week. It sold 1,125.

The other new pop band in the chart is Mercury 4. Their single 5 Years From Now sold 3,071 copies this week, and moved up from No.20 to No.16. Last week, they debuted after selling 2,448 singles. To date, nationally, 5 Years From Now has sold 5,519 singles.

The number 40 song belonged to Heli Simpson. Don't Ask Me sold 1,193 copies this week while the No. 100 single by Busta Rhymes Light Your Ass On Fire sold 156 units.

The Black Eyed Peas' Elephunk is banging on the door of number one in the albums chart, climbing two rungs to second with Evanescence's Fallen holding the coveted top spot.


Australian singles chart

1(-) What About Me - Shannon Noll (BMG)
2(3) Milkshake - Kelis (VIR/EMI)
3(1) Hey Ya - Outkast (ARI/BMG)
4(4) My Immortal - Evanescence (EPI/SONY)
5(6) Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit (INR/UMA)
6(2) Here Without You - 3 Doors Down (UMA)
7(5) Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas (UMA)
8(9) The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera (RCA/BMG)
9(16) Superstar - Jamelia (CAP/EMI)
10(10) Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop (MUK/UMA)

Australian albums chart

1(1) Fallen - Evanescence (EPI/SONY)
2(4) Elephunk - Black Eyed Peas (A&M/UMA)
3(2) Greatest Hits - Red Hot Chili Peppers (WARNER)
4(7) Get Born - Jet (CAP/EMI)
5(8) Feeler - Pete Murray (COL/SONY)
6(3) Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (EPI/SONY)
7(5) Life For Rent - Dido (CHE/BMG)
8(10) Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down (UMA)
9(6) Vulture Street - Powderfinger (UMA)
10(11) Just As I Am - Guy Sebastian (BMG)

Undercovermedia/AAP

[Inside Australian Idol]

Shannon debuts at No.1
By Natacha Butler
February 02, 2004


CONDOBOLIN will have something to celebrate today as local boy Shannon Noll’s first single debuted at No.1 on the music charts.

Shannon Noll's clinched the top spot on the singles' chart.

The goatee-loving Australian Idol runner-up, who has left his home in rural NSW to work on his recording career in Sydney, clinched top spot with his cover of the Moving Pictures hit What About Me?.

The single, which was released on Australia Day, is the first from Noll’s debut album That's What I'm Talking About, due for release on February 9.

It’s been a busy few months for Noll, 27, since the Idol final in October, when Guy Sebastian,22, beat him to win the title in front of 3.65 million television viewers.

Noll moved to Sydney with his partner Rochelle and children Cody and Blake at the end of last year where apart from working on his music he's been getting used to his new found fame as coverboy and popstar.

There’s been little time to put his boots up though - the former farmer is on the road with twelve fellow Idol contestants, including Sebastian, for the Australian Idol tour which kicked off in Newcastle last month.

1 - What About Me - Shannon Noll
2 - Milkshake - Kelis
3 - Hey Ya - Outkast
4 - My Immortal - Evanescence
5 - Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
6 - Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
7 - Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
8 - The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera
9 - Superstar - Jamelia
10 - Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop

NEWS.com.au

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[Inside Australian Idol]

What About Shannon Noll



Shannon Noll's cover of Moving Picture's 'What About Me' has topped the Australian singles chart with week after selling 99,884 units.

The single had a more than comfortable lead over Kelis 'Milkshake' in at No. 2 on 11,818 sales.

Guy Sebastian's 'Angels Brought Me Here' has dropped right off and out of the Top 40 this week. It sold 1,125.

The other new pop band in the chart is Mercury 4. Their single '5 Years From Now' sold 3,071 copies this week, and moved up from No.20 to No.16. Last week, they debuted after selling 2,448 singles. To date, nationally, '5 Years From Now' has sold 5,519 singles.

The number 40 song belonged to Heli Simpson. 'Don't Ask Me' sold 1,193 copies this week while the No. 100 single by Busta Rhymes 'Light Your Ass On Fire' sold 156 units.


By Paul Cashmere

www.undercover.com.au/news/2004/feb2004/20040202_shannonnoll.html

[MaybeNext]

Review By Emma Chalmers – Courier Mail, Monday 2 Feb, 2004.

Seeing the Idols in Person Didn’t Spoil the Illusion

It was 2003’s most-watched program, a slick, well-branded reality TV talent quest that captivated millions of Australians.

Australian Idol was event television at its best, and last Thursday night the public got their chance to get up-close and personal when the made-for-TV spectacular crossed over to the stage.

When the Idol juggernaut rolled into town it proved that the Australian public got it right when they Guy Sebastian the series winner. The bro’ with the ‘fro was easily the best-packaged star of the night, although fans had to wait until the end of the first half to see him solo.

The first half of the stage spectacular was dedicated to giving each Idol finalist two songs and a chance to shine individually in order of their positioning in the final 12.

While some Idols like cheeky Robert “Millsy” Mills made the stage their own, others like pig farmer Peter Ryan, although possessing an entertaining voice, struggled to command such a large space.

Schoolgirl Lauren Buckley arguably had the most baffling song choice of the night with Christina Aguilera’s Fighter. It was always going to be tough for the 18-year-old with the girl-next-door image. And Buckley never showed a glimpse of the sass and sex needed to pull off such a number.

Rock chick Kelly Cavuoto nailed her songs – No Doubt’s Just a Girl and Evanescence’s Bring Me to Life, but the first half was a little laboured until the final four appeared.

When Paulini Curuenavuli opened her mouth the concert suddenly lifted a notch.

The strong performances that followed from Cosimo de Vito, Shannon Noll and Sebastian took the show into new territory and left the audience with something to talk about at the interval.

The slick second set was a treat and opened with Queen’s We Will Rock You, easily the best group performance of the night, which gave way to a succession of hits sung by different Idol combinations.

The picks were Beyonce Knowles’s Crazy in Love, which was given the Idol treatment by Sebastian, Curuenavuli, Levi Kereama and Renalah La Vauney along with the Balck Eyed Peas chart-topper Shut Up (starring Cle Morgan-Wooton, Kereama, Curuenavuli and Matt Chadwick).

The night’s most fun combination however was Killsy and “gender-illusionist” Courtney Act, who made an appearance despite not being actually picked in the final 12.

The duo did a cheeky parody of the Kylie Minogue-Robbie Williams hit Kids, but Act’s sparkly rendition of Miogue’s I Should Be So Lucky was too much of a cliched drag-queen standard.

Even though it might not be cool to admit a fondness for Idol, last Thursday night’s concert was a fun night out and a clever way to capitalise on a now-familiar brand.