''A Place I've Never Been'' is the first studio album by '' Australian Idol'' series three winner

Kate DeAraugo Katherine Jenna DeAraugo (born 5 November 1985) is an Australian singer-songwriter who in 2005 was the third winner of ''Australian Idol''. After ''Idol'', DeAraugo signed to Sony BMG and released her debut single, " Maybe Tonight", in November ...

, released in Australia by Sony/BMG Australia as well as

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on 12 December 2005 (see

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). DeAraugo chose the album title from album track "The Most Beautiful Place" which is her favourite song from the album. The album has a mixture of genre between

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and

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songs – some written by

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and

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. A

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of the

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song " Heaven" was featured on the album. The

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released from the album "

Maybe Tonight "Maybe Tonight" is a pop song written by Dave Bassett, Jess Cates and Lindy Robbins, produced by Bryon Jones and Adam Reily for Kate DeAraugo's first album '' A Place I've Never Been'' (2005). It was released as the album's first single on 28 ...

" and " Faded" became top ten hits on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The singles released from ''A Place I've Never Been'' were successful in DeAraugo's home country Australia. "Maybe Tonight", the first single released, was the "Winner's Single" of season three of '' Australian Idol'', where DeAraugo came first place. It debuted at number-one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart with sales of 20,307 copies and was nominated for "Highest Selling Single" at the 2006

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."Idol goes into sales decline"
'' Herald Sun''. Retrieved 14 March 2009."2006: 20th Annual ARIA Awards"
. '' ARIA Award''. Retrieved 14 March 2009. The album's second single, " Faded", became a hit making it DeAraugo's second top ten single. It went to spend twenty-four weeks in the top one hundred. ''A Place I've Never Been'' had overall commercial success in Australia. In mid December 2005, it debuted at number ten on the Australian

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with sales of 15,683 copies. Cashmere, Paul, (27 December 2006)
"Damien Leith Has Biggest Seller of the Year"
. Undercover Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 10 March 2009. The album's second week on the chart saw it fall twelve spots to number twenty-two.A Place I've Never Been – Australian chart performance
. ''Australian-charts''. Retrieved 9 September 2007. It went on to spend eight weeks in the top fifty rising twice up the chart and spent nineteen weeks in the top one hundred."ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 1 May 2006"
''

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''. Retrieved 12 March 2009. The

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awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping 70,000 copies and it became the ninetieth highest selling album in Australia for 2006."ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums"
''

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''. Retrieved 12 March 2009."ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2006"
''

''. Retrieved 12 March 2009. Promotion for the album included live performances, instore appearances and guest appearances. DeAraugo performed the album's lead single, "

", on the Australian morning show ''

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'' on 2 December 2005 which was held at

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."Kate DeAraugo Storms Radio! Catch Our New Australian Idol Live On Sunrise This Friday"
. '' Sony BMG''. Retrieved 13 March 2009. She also performed at the

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Eve celebration with the

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at the lawns of the Parliament House, Canberra on 25 January 2006."Kate DeAraugo + Rogue Traders Rock Out At Australia Day Eve Party!"
. '' Sony BMG''. Retrieved 13 March 2009. Some instore appearances DeAraugo attended to includes: Myer City Store Miss Shop in Sydney on 11 December 2005; Pacific Fair,

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on 15 December 2005 and Myer Lonsdale Store in

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on 17 December 2005."Kate Dearaugo Instores Announced!"
. '' Sony BMG''. Retrieved 13 March 2009. DeAraugo was also a guest on the

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music quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'' on 15 February 2006, the first episode of the show that was aired in 2006.

Track listing

#" Faded" (Matthew Gerrard,

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) – 3:30 #"

" (Dave Bassett,

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Lindy Robbins Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, whose songs include Demi Lovato's " Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me", David Guetta's " Dangerous" featuring Sam Martin, MKTO's "Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's " Tonight, Toni ...

) – 3:38 #" Heaven" (

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) – 4:07 #"World Stands Still" (Andy Love, Steve Lewinson, Pete Lewinson) – 3:58 #"Famous for Leaving" (Andrew Dodd,

, Adam Watts) – 4:15 #"If This Is Love" (

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) – 3:44 #"Victim" (Dave Anthony, Adam Reily) – 2:47 #"It's Obvious" (Glenn Cunningham, Carmen Smith) – 3:56 #"You Brought the Sunshine" (Cunningham) – 4:12 #"The Most Beautiful Place" (Robbins, Cates, Tom Leanard) – 3:59

Charts

Year-End charts

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''A Place I've Never Been'': *Greg Critchley – drum (track 1). *Sam Dixon – bass (track 2). *

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– bass,

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(track 1). *Dave Leslie –

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(track 2), guitar (track 1). *

– background vocals (track 1). * Rod McCormack – acoustic guitar (track 2). *Carmen Smith – background vocals (tracks 1 and 2). *Juanita Tippens – background vocals (track 2).

References

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