Australian Idol Music Releases Genres Pop, dance-pop, pop rock, synthpop, indie pop, pop punk, rock, soft rock, country rock, R&B, urban, soul, covers, jazz, folk, alternative, country Years 2003 – present Record labels BMG, Sony Music Australia, Warner Music Group, Universal Music, EMI, RCA, Ministry of Sound, Shock Records, Rajon, Decca Records Australia, Scorpio Music Charting regions Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US Australian Idol was a televised talent contest, screened on Channel Ten for seven seasons between 2003 and 2009. Several contestants were signed to record labels, while others released their music independently. Since 2003 Australian Idol acts have placed well on the Australian music charts, with numerous platinum and gold certifications.ARIA Top 50 Album and Singles Archive . Australian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011Album and Single Accreditations 1997–2016 . Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2016. Eight Idol releases appeared in the 2000 – 2009 ARIA End of Decade Charts, and 24 releases have been nominated for Highest Selling ARIA Music Awards.ARIA's End Of Decade Charts*(PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012Winners by Award – Highest Selling Album. ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.Winners by Award – Highest Selling Single. ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.Winners of the 2011 ARIA Awards.Sydney Morning Herald. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Idol contestants have also been nominated for 35 ARIA Awards in public vote categories, where the nominees are most commonly selected from the highest selling acts of the year. There have also been 50 industry judged ARIA Award nominations. To date there have been 11 wins in sales and public vote categories, and in 2013 season one winner Guy Sebastian and season four runner up Jessica Mauboy became the first Idol contestants to win peer voted ARIA Awards.ARIA Award history . ARIA Awards. Retrieved 3 January 2012WINNERS & NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Aria Awards. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.Zuel, Bernard (2 December 2013). No Idol threat as Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy beat curse at ARIAs. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015).Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations. musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015.Cronin, Seanna (5 October 2016).Flume leads nominations for 30th annual ARIA Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2016.Gallagher, Allison (10 October 2019). Here Are All The 2019 ARIA Awards Nominations.MusicFeeds. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
While many of the contestants only charted with their early releases, some, most notably Sebastian, Mauboy, season five runner up Matt Corby, season one runner up Shannon Noll, and season two runner up Anthony Callea have experienced long-term success. Nine Idol acts have charted outside Australia, including Noll and Leith who reached the top ten on the Irish charts with their debut singles, and Sebastian and season seven winner Stan Walker who have both achieved numerous top ten certified entries on the New Zealand charts.Guy Sebastian in the NZ charts.RIANZ Charts archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 January 2012.Stan Walker Discography – New Zealand Charts . RIANZ Charts archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 January 2012. Sebastian is currently the only Australian Idol contestant to chart in the US. "Battle Scars", a collaboration with Lupe Fiasco, reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, 23 on the Billboard Digital Song Chart and number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Chart. Billboard.biz. Archived from on 13 September 2012.Adams, Cameron (11 September 2012)Guy Sebastian's ARIA number one song Battle Scars with Lupe Fiasco hits 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. It spent 20 weeks in the Hot 100, and has been certified triple platinum for sales of three million.Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco – Battle Scars.aCharts.US. Retrieved 29 January 2013.Gold Platinum searchable database. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 6 November 2016 "Battle Scars" also reached number two in Norway.VG Lista – Top 20 Singles. Issue 49 2012.VG Lista. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Note: Some information in Norwegian. In January 2013 Ricki-Lee Coulter's "Do It Like That" reached number seven on the Japan Hot 100.Japan Hot 100 – 26 January 2013.Billboardbiz. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
Australian Idol contestants Australian Idol highest selling acts Guy Sebastian (season one winner) Certifications 82 Platinum 7 Gold Albums Eleven top ten albums, with nine reaching the top five, including three number ones.
17 Platinum 1 gold EPs One Top 40 EP Singles 23 top 20 singles, including 14 top tens, with six achieving number one. Two other top 50 singles.
65 Platinum 6 Gold ARIA Awards Nominations 34 Wins 7 Jessica Mauboy(season four runner up) Certifications 21 Platinum 9 Gold Albums Seven top ten albums including two number ones, and a number 11 album.
5 Platinum 2 Gold EPs One Top 30 EP Singles 16 top 20 singles, including nine top tens, one of which reached number one. Nine other top 50 singles.
16 Platinum 7 Gold ARIA Awards nominations 31 wins 2 Matt Corby (season five runner up) Certifications 21 Platinum 5 Gold Albums Four top ten albums, including a number one. 1 Gold EPs Two top 20 EPs, including one which reached number three. 10 Platinum Singles One number five single, one other top 50 single. 11 Platinum 4 gold ARIA Awards Nominations 11 Wins 2 Shannon Noll (season one runner up) Certifications 17 Platinum 3 Gold Albums Seven top ten albums, including two number ones.
9 Platinum Singles Ten top ten singles including three number ones. Two other top 50 singles.
8 Platinum 3 Gold ARIA Awards Nominations 6 Wins — Anthony Callea (season two runner up) Certifications 8 Platinum 1 Gold Albums Five top 10 albums including three number ones, and two other top 50 albums.
2 Platinum 1 Gold Singles Six top 20 singles, including five top tens, with two achieving number one.
6 Platinum ARIA Awards Nominations 3 Wins 1 Damien Leith(season four winner) Certifications 7 Platinum 1 Gold Albums Four top two albums, including two number ones, and three other top 30 albums.
6 Platinum 1 Gold Singles Two top 20 singles, including one number one.
1 Platinum ARIA Awards Nominations 4 Wins 1 Stan Walker(season seven winner) Certifications 5 Platinum 3 Gold Albums Four top 20 albums, including three top tens.
1 Platinum Singles Three top 20 singles including two top tens. Four other top 50 singles.
4 Platinum 3 Gold ARIA Awards Nominations 5 Wins — Casey Donovan(season two winner) Certifications 5 Platinum Albums One number two album.
3 Platinum Singles One number one single.
2 Platinum ARIA Awards Nominations 2 Wins — Ricki-Lee Coulter(season two finalist) Certifications 3 Platinum 3 Gold Albums A top ten and two top 40 albums.
1 Gold Singles 15 top 50 singles, including four top 20s and five top tens.
3 Platinum 2 Gold ARIA Awards Nominations 1 Wins — Young Divas* Certifications 3 Platinum 2 Gold Albums Two top ten albums.
2 Platinum 1 Gold Singles Four top 40 singles, including one top 20 and two top tens.
1 Platinum 1 Gold *Performers: Paulini – season 1, Kate DeAraugo and Emily Williams – season 3 (both albums). Ricki-Lee Coulter – season 2 (1st album). Jessica Mauboy – season 4 (2nd album). 2003 Top 12* (season one) Certifications 2 Platinum 1 Gold Albums One number three album.
2 Platinum Singles One number one single.
1 Gold * Performers – Guy Sebastian, Shannon Noll, Cosima De Vito, Paulini, Rob Mills, Levi Kereama†, Rebekah LaVauney, Kelly Cavuoto, Lauren Buckley, Cle Wootton, Peter Ryan, Matthew Chadwick Other notable contestants Season one Paulini (finalist) Albums One platinum number one album, a top 25 album, and an EP and album which charted the top 100. Singles Four top 50 singles, including a platinum certified number one. ARIA Awards Nominations 1 Wins — Joel Turner (auditions) Albums A platinum top 30 album. Singles Six top 30 singles, including a platinum number one. ARIA Awards Nominations 3 Wins — Cosima De Vito (finalist) Albums A number two gold certified album Singles Two Top 50 singles, including a platinum number one. Season three Kate DeAraugo (winner) Albums A platinum top ten album. Singles Two top ten singles including a platinum number one. ARIA Awards Nominations 1 Wins — Lee Harding (finalist) Albums A gold certified number three album. Singles Two top 30 singles including at number-one platinum debut single. ARIA Awards Nominations 1 Wins — Season four Lisa Mitchell (finalist) Albums Three top ten albums, with one certified platinum. Singles Two top 30 singles, including one which reached gold certification. ARIA Awards Nominations 5 Wins — Season five Natalie Gauci (winner) Albums A platinum certified album which reached number 11. Singles A gold certified number two single. Season six Wes Carr (winner) Albums A gold certified number two album. Singles Three top 50 singles, including a gold certified number one and number 14. ARIA Awards Nominations 1 Wins — Other contestants who have charted ARIA Top 50 Season 1 Rob Mills Levi Kereama†Axle Whitehead Courtney ActBrielle Davis Season 3 Laura GissaraJames Kannis Season 4 Dean Geyer Season 5 Carl Riseley Season 7 Hayley WarnerCasey Barnes ARIA Top 100 Season 3 Dan EnglandRoxane LeBrasse Season 4 Bobby Flynn The most successful season of Australian Idol was the first one in 2003, with the contestants achieving 19 of the 35 Australian Idol number ones, and more than half the certifications.<ref name=ARIA23></ref>Guy Sebastian – Discography . ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011Shannon Noll – Discography. ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011 Season one winner Guy Sebastian has been the most commercially successful Australian Idol contestant, with season four runner up Jessica Mauboy second.Jessica Mauboy – Discography. ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011 They are followed by season five runner up Matt Corby, season one runner up Shannon Noll, season two runner up Anthony Callea, and season four winner Damien Leith.Matt Corby – Discography. ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2015Anthony Callea – Discography . ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011Damien Leith – Discography. ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2011 These contestants have all achieved multiple chart entries and certifications. Eleven other contestants have had two or more certified top 50 releases as solo artists. Following are lists of albums, singles and DVDs released by Australian Idol contestants, including ARIA Chart peaks and runs, certifications, and any Australian chart records these releases hold.
2003 Season One Winner – Guy Sebastian Runner up – Shannon Noll
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