Vanessa Amorosi has arrived! After her non-eventful comeback late last year with the rather naff "Kiss Your Mama!" (ARIA #15) comes the best single of her career, "Perfect". If radio play is any indicator so far, this could very well be Vanessa's "Shine" of 2008. "Perfect" is a stunning slow burning rock-ballad which reminds me a tad of Kelly Clarkson's "Sober". But wait till you see the gorgeous music video, it will change your perception of the Vanessa Amorosi you once knew. In it, we see a vamped-up Vanessa slowly strip off all her fake and material accessories. It looks quite expensive - good to see proper money being invested into such a great song. And boy has she grown into a bit of stunner! Good to see her discover some style and a make-up box.
I've lost count of how many times the new album "Somewhere In The Real World" has been delayed, but it looks like the FINAL release date will be May 26.
A bit of background information about Vanessa:
Vanessa Amorossi was Australia's IT girl in the early 00s. Her debut album "The Power", released when she was just 17 years old, was a #1 hit in Australia, with sales of 4x platinum. In Germany, the album went Top 10 and Gold. The singles where all big hits on radio and the charts alike: "Have A Look", "The Power", the Top 5 "Shine" and her most memorable world-wide hit, the dance anthem "Absolutely Everybody" (a Top 5 all over Europe and #7 in the UK). Proof of her popularity were her performances at the opening and closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Her following studio album, 2001's "Turn To Me" flopped due to lack of promotion and any singles being released from it, stalling at #21 in Australia. After that her career in Australia kind of died. She continued on in Germany with the release of her third studio album "Change" which reached #64 over there. Although the single from "Change", "Spin (Everybody's Doing It)", was released in Australia (#34), the album was never released here. 2006 saw the unexpected release of a "Best Of" CD/DVD collection. Let's hope "Perfect" brings back one of Australia's best voices back into the spotlight.
3 comments:
So after seeing your blog yesterday I was inspired to do my own Aussie Blog, something I'd thought about doing for a couple of months.
Anyway, I just wanted to say I LOVE how we both have the exact same topic title "Vanessa Amorosi is Perfect" *giggle*
Ness Ness is LOVE! So is her new video. I ADORE Perfect! So so much!! Almost as much as Pez does! ;)
We are both spot on about Ness Ness' perfectness! Now I just need to find her Best Of cd/dvd for $10 at JB! haha
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