''So Fresh'' is an Australian

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series. It began in 2000, as a joint venture from

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(later merged into Sony) and

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, replacing the prior '' Hit Machine'' series, which ran from 1993 to 2000. Since 2000, ''So Fresh'' albums have been released four times per year, named after each season (Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring), consisting of current hit songs from artists signed to Sony, BMG or Universal. ''So Fresh'' albums have been highly successful in Australia. Every edition from ''Spring 2000'' to ''Winter 2016'' was certified at least platinum (for over 70,000 copies shipped or sold), and every year from 2001–2011, 2014–2015 and 2017–2022, the year's highest selling compilation in Australia has been a ''So Fresh'' album. As of ''Summer 2023'', all 90 seasonal ''So Fresh'' albums have reached number one on the

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Compilations Chart. Various other ''So Fresh'' spin-off albums have also been released, including an annual Christmas compilation each year from 2002 to 2019, and several DVD releases. From September 2003 until approximately November 2006, ''So Fresh'' also ran a weekly TV show on the

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, featuring "music clips, interviews ndthe ARIA top 10", hosted by

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(replaced by

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circa early 2004) and Elysia Pratt.

Discography

Main series

Typically, ''So Fresh''s Autumn, Winter and Spring releases are a single CD, while the Summer releases are a two-CD set, mixing current hits with the "biggest hits" or "best" of the past year. From ''Autumn 2008'' to ''Autumn 2016'', the Autumn, Winter and Spring releases included a "bonus DVD" with music videos for selected songs from the CD (from ''Winter 2014'' onwards, separate CD-only versions were also released). Since ''Summer 2015'', the Summer albums have been released in both double-disc versions, and single-disc versions without the "best of".

Discography

Main series

Christmas releases

Other CD releases

DVD releases

References

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