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Startin' Somethin'
''Startin' Somethin is the first and only album by Scandal'us, the winners of the second series of the Australian version of the talent program ''Popstars''. It was released on 7 May 2001 and reached number two on the Australian Albums Chart. History ''Startin' Somethin was recorded in early 2001 while the ''Popstars'' program was airing on the Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ..., and the show included footage of the group in the recording studio, laying down vocals for songs. It was the group's only album before disbanding. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certification References 2000 debut albums Scandal'us albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal'us
Scandal'us (or Scandal'Us) were the winners of the Australian ''Popstars 2'' in 2001 (successors of Bardot, the winners of the first Australian ''Popstars'' in 2000). They won an ARIA chart award for their No. 1 debut single " Me, Myself & I". Their second and final single, " Make Me Crazy", only reached No. 30. Their debut album, '' Startin' Somethin''', debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The group disbanded in 2002. Members *Anna Belperio (from Adelaide) *Jason Bird (from Melbourne) *Simon Ditcham (from Hobart) * Tamara Jaber (from Sydney) *Daniela Scala (from Adelaide) Solo releases Tamara Jaber released two solo singles, " Ooh Ahh" and " Hard for Me" under the mononym Tamara. Both reached the ARIA Top 30. Tamara was the only person signed to her radio personality ex-husband Kyle Sandilands's label King Kyle Records. He was criticised for promoting his girlfriend's single on his popular radio show. A solo album was meant for release but never eventuated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanity (music Store)
Sanity is an Australian chain of music and entertainment stores and is the country's second-largest retailer of recorded audio and video discs. It is privately owned by Ray Itaoui, and as of December 2022, comprises 41 outlets across Australia. The brand specialises in the sale of CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and related merchandise and accessories, sold from its network of stores and website. The Sanity brand was owned and conceived by Brazin Limited from 1992, before being folded into BB Retail Capital in 2006, then became a company in its own right after it was divested to Itaoui in 2009. At its peak, there were more than 150 Sanity outlets across every state and territory of Australia. Brazin and Sanity history 1980s In 1980, 20-year-old Brett Blundy and a business partner he met from school bought two rundown record stores called Disco Stick. They immediately closed one, combined the stock into the Pakenham store (situated in a small shopping arcade) and reopened as Jetts, selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Mushroom Records
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern. Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in regard to commemoration or thanking to the gods, goddesses or saints: they are called patronal festivals. They may also provide entertainment, which was particularly important to local communities before the advent of mass-produced ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gray (songwriter)
Paul Francis Gray (28 November 1963 – 24 April 2018) was an Australian songwriter, pianist, singer and record producer. He met with early success as the lead vocalist for the 1980s funk/pop band Wa Wa Nee. After the disbanding of Wa Wa Nee, Gray concentrated on work as a keyboard player, musical director, songwriter and producer. He worked with many highly successful Australian artists, including Tina Arena, Kate Ceberano and Bardot. Gray appeared in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert series in Australia between late August and early September 2007 as a performer and musical director. He sang two songs: "Stimulation" and "Sugar Free". In 2012, Gray appeared on an episode of ''Myf Warhurst’s Nice'', singing a duet of " Islands in the Stream" with Warhurst. Death Gray was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, in 2014, and died from the disease on 24 April 2018, at age 54. The news was announced by his brother and fellow band member, Mark. Selective discograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me, Myself & I (Scandal'us Song)
"Me, Myself & I" is a song by Australian pop group Scandal'us. It was released as the debut single from their album ''Startin' Somethin''' and reached number one on the Australia ARIA Singles Chart in 2001, staying there for three weeks. It was the country's 15th-most-successful hit of 2001 and received a double-platinum sales certification. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the song won Highest Selling Single. Track listings Australian maxi-CD single 1 # "Me, Myself & I" (single mix) – 3:10 # "Me, Myself & I" (Funk Corporation remix) – 3:49 # "Me, Myself & I" (Mayday vs. Cadell – High Energy mix) – 3:32 # "Me, Myself & I" (karaoke mix) – 3:08 Australian maxi-CD single 2 (Festival Mushroom 020312) # "Me, Myself & I" (single mix) – 3:06 # "Me, Myself & I" (RnB mix) – 3:22 # "Me, Myself & I" (Mayday vs. Cadell – High Energy mix) – 3:29 # "Me, Myself & I" (karaoke mix) – 3:06 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications In popular cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make Me Crazy
"Make Me Crazy" is the second and final single by Scandal'us from their debut album '' Startin' Somethin'''. It did not live up to the success of their debut single, " Me, Myself & I", only managing to debut and peak at No. 30 on the Australian ARIA Charts The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici .... This was the last release from the band before they broke up in 2002. Track listing ; Maxi Single # "Make Me Crazy" (3:15) # "Make Me Crazy" (Crazy Nights Mix) (3:30) # "Make Me Crazy" (Wired Meshmix) (3:26) # "Make Me Crazy" (KCB Klubbmix) (3:34) # "Make Me Crazy" (Karaoke Mix) (3:17) Charts References 2001 singles Warner Music Group singles 2001 songs {{2000s-pop-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popstars
''Popstars'' is an international reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ... franchise aimed to find new singing talent. Serving as a precursor to the Idols (franchise), ''Idol'' franchise, ''Popstars (New Zealand TV series), Popstars'' first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the girl group TrueBliss. Despite all shows in the ''Popstars'' franchise having been off air in recent years, it remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries, and producing groups such as Girls Aloud that had success on the UK charts for the next ten years after winning. The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's ''Idols'' franchise. History The series originated in New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it is the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. The Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programing—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2022, the Seven Network is the highest-rated television network in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Headquarters Seven's admin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Wicks
Dinesh Wicks (born 26 November 1974) is an Australian composer, creative director and music entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of The D.A's Office, a music production and composition house specializing in music for screen. Dinesh Wickremeratne was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1974, moving to Australia with his parents in 1976 and residing in Sydney until relocating to Los Angeles in 2012. Wicks is a featured composer on the scores for over 300 TV series, and together with his creative and business partner Adam Gock has won the APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award for 'Most Performed Composer – Australia' nine times (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011). Wicks and Gock were recognized for their contribution to the Australian music industry in 2014 with the coveted APRA AMCOS International Achievement Award. The D.A's Office also won the US ASCAP's Top Series Music Award in 2013 and 2014. Wicks and Gock expanded the company to include US operations in 2012 and Wicks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
