Amorosi was discovered performing at Matrioshka, a Russian restaurant in Carnegie, by Jack Strom (After being referred by Leigh Hope) and signed a recording contract in 1997. At the age of 12, Amorosi started to perform in shopping centres and local council concerts under the supervision of her family.

She attended Emerald Primary School and Emerald Secondary College. When Amorosi was four, along with her younger sisters, Mellissa and Natasha, would go to tap, jazz and classical ballet classes, which were being run by her uncle.

She has won an APRA award with ' Shine', a VIVA Comet Award for 'Best International Newcomer' and an ARIA No.1 Chart Award with 'This Is Who I Am'.Īmorosi was born in Melbourne, in a Roman Catholic family of Italian origin, the daughter of singers Frank and Joy Amorosi. To date Amorosi has received a total of 16 ARIA and APRA nominations. In October 2016, Amorosi recorded her fifth studio album at Royal Studios in Memphis, that is slated to be released in 2019. It produced her first number one-charting single, ' This Is Who I Am'. Her fourth studio album, Hazardous, followed in 2009 and is Amorosi's second-best selling album in Australia behind her debut, The Power. The album's most successful single, ' Perfect', marked her comeback to the ARIA top 5 singles and was the most played Australian song on Australian radio for 2008. After a second studio album, Change, in 2002 and several years from the spotlight, Amorosi returned in 2008 with the release of her third studio album Somewhere in the Real World. Performed at the closing ceremony, ' Absolutely Everybody', which became an unofficial anthem of the games, went on to be a major hit in Australia and many European countries including the United Kingdom and Germany. Her performance of 'Heroes Live Forever' at the opening ceremony gained international acclaim. She performed at both the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony and its accompanying closing ceremony in Sydney. The following year, she achieved international success with her debut studio album, The Power. Her combined album and single sales have reached over two million worldwide.Īmorosi rose to fame in 1999 with the release of her debut single, ' Have a Look', which reached gold status in Australia. Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist.

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