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SHANNON NOLL is one of the most popular male singers in Australia at the moment, he has also proven to be one of Australias most popular touring artists, having performed several sold-out tours from 2004-2006 consisting of hundreds of concerts.
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SHANNON NOLL is one of the most popular male singers in Australia at the moment, he has also proven to be one of Australias most popular touring artists, having performed several sold-out tours from 2004-2006 consisting of hundreds of concerts.
His wonderful success is due to his unbeatable work ethic, devotion to his fans and love of performing, teamed with his incredible natural abilities as a dazzling entertainer with unique, husky rock vocals.
Shannons debut album, -THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT-, contained several genres including Pop, Rock, Country-Rock, Power-Ballads and to date has been accredited 5 times Platinum.
Shannon released 3 singles from the album, including the Rock-Ballad -LEARN TO FLY- (Gold accred.) which alongside the albums debut single -WHAT ABOUT ME- (4 times Plat. accred) debuted on the AUST singles charts at number 1 and the BRYAN ADAMS co-written rock-song -DRIVE- (Plat. accred) which debuted at number 4, Shannon also released to radio only -NEW BEGINNING-. In addition, he released a DVD which debuted at number 2.
Internationally Shannon released -WHAT ABOUT ME- in Ireland which debuted at number 2 and spent several months on the singles chart.
Shannon has also enjoyed being the recipient of many public-voted awards such as THE NICKELODEAN KIDS CHOICE AWARDS as well as numerous awards for his music videos.
In 2005 Shannon won the inaugural AUSTRALIAN MTV AWARDS award for BEST MALE, which he followed up in 2006 by winning the award for BEST MALE for a 2nd time.
From his debut in January 2004 to the end of 2006 Shannon has been awarded SEVERAL Australian Record Industry Awards for charting in the number 1 position.
Shannon gives freely of his time and talents towards many charities in Australia, even starting his own charitable cause to create safer working conditions for farm workers, brought about by the fact that Shannon lost his own Father in a shocking farming accident several years ago.
He also released a sporting song (which debuted at number 2) with all the proceeds going to the RED CROSS.
Shannon co-wrote 11 of the 13 songs on his 2nd album -LIFT- which was released in October 2005 to rave reviews from both music critics and fans alike, it consists of the same genre-mix as his debut album, a bit heavier on the rock and more heartfelt lyrically, the album along with its debut single -SHINE- both debuted at number 1 on the Australian Music Charts, to date the album -LIFT- has been accredited TRIPLE Platinum the debut single -SHINE- has been accredited Platinum, the 2nd single released from this album, was the title track -LIFT- followed by a 3rd single -NOW I RUN- a song Shannon wrote in tribute to his father, and the 4th and final single released from Shannons 2nd album was -LONELY- a magnificent power ballad.
At the end of 2005 Shannon was presented by his record company with a plaque commemorating his achievement of ONE MILLION TOTAL SALES. (A MASSIVE achievement in a country of only 20 million people)
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Shannon Noll BIO
His music career is less than five years old
but already multi-platinum selling rock star
Shannon Noll has been dubbed an icon.
It’s not hard to see why. Over the course of
three albums, Shannon has re-written
Australian chart history by notching up 10
consecutive top 10 singles on the ARIA
charts, including five ARIA #1 chart awards.
In addition to walking off with the MTV VMA
award for Best Male Artist three years
running, beating the likes of Robbie Williams
and Justin Timberlake, Shannon was also voted
his home country’s Favourite Australian at
the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
His debut album “That’s What I’m Talking
About” went five times platinum and was a
fixture on the top 100 albums chart for
almost a year. In fact, the combined success
of all three albums has made Shannon a
platinum selling artist 11 times over.
Among his most recent accolades was a
successful stint treading the boards as
Parson Nathaniel in Jeff Wayne’s musical
adaptation of War of the Worlds. Following
rave reviews in Australia, he will reprise
the role for UK audiences next year, opposite
Jennifer Ellison.
His extraordinary talent may have fast
tracked him to the big-time but, for Shannon,
these achievements pale in comparison to the
impact his music has on his fans.
Shannon’s #1 hit single “Lift” earned the
prestigious award as the Most Performed Work
in 2007. It also prompted a thank you letter
from a fan who credited the song for saving
his life. These are the real achievements for
Shannon.
“I’m driven by my effect on people and
whatever I write has to be honest. That may
be why my songs speak to people. ”
Born and raised in the tiny Australian
outback town of Condobolin, (pop. 3500)
Shannon’s childhood was a happy one, spent
with his two older brothers, Adam and Damian,
on their parents’ isolated 4,500 acre sheep
farm.
Sheep shearers on the farm by day, Shannon
and his brothers formed a band, rehearsing in
the shearing shed. In their free time, the
trio would travel hundreds of miles to play
in small pubs across the vast New South Wales
territory. But Shannon was caught between
two ambitions. Although being a musician
appealed to him, the teenager was on the
verge of becoming a professional footballer.
Overnight all dreams and plans vanished when
his father, Neil, was killed in a farming
accident. Days later, the close-knit family
was further devastated when the bank
foreclosed on their drought-stricken farm.
They were forced to sell the property that
had been owned by the Noll family for more
than 100 years.
Years later, as a fledgling song-writer,
Shannon would write one of his most emotive
tracks, “Now I Run” in tribute to his father.
It was a difficult task, as Shannon
explains:
“The track is inspired by my father’s
passing and I wanted to make sure I did him
justice, so it was a touchy thing to write
about so early in my writing career.”
With the Noll family reeling and close to
destitute, it was not a hunger for fame that
led Shannon to audition for the first season
of Australian Idol. He had one goal – to earn
enough money for his family’s survival.
Catching the judges’ attention from the
start, Shannon made it all the way to the
final, coming in runner up to winner Guy
Sebastian.
Like other post-Idol contestants, Shannon
struggled to be taken seriously as a musician
at first. But critics soon fell silent as his
popularity grew and he continued to top the
charts, making him one of the few Idol
contestants outside the US to maintain a
successful career away from the show.
The runaway success of his songs can be
marked not only by chart awards. His hit
single “Shine” has been the official theme
song for the UK’s “Cricket on Five” since
2005. Another hit single “LOUD,” has been
played in stadiums and ball parks across the
US from the National Football League to Major
League Baseball games. A favourite of sports
fans, the song was also the chosen anthem for
Australia’s National Rugby and National
Football Leagues’ respective final
championship games last year.
“LOUD” is the first single from Turn It Up,
the star’s third album, on which he
collaborated with multi-Grammy nominated
producer Luke Ebbin and Bon Jovi guitarist,
Richie Sambora.
“Working with Richie was amazing, “says
Shannon. “He had no preconceived ideas of
where I came from. He just treated me and
respected me as an equal.”
Sambora, who co-wrote and played on the track
“Sorry Is Just Too Late” is no less
complimentary. “Shannon is a Rock and Roll
steed… a classic voice with a contemporary
flair. We had a great time working together.”
A Rock and Roll steed he may be, but Shannon
doesn’t buy into the whole rock star
off-stage lifestyle.
“The way I look at it, it’s more the bloke on
stage is the rock star. He’s not the bloke
throwing a TV set into the pool. I couldn’t
do it,” laughs Shannon, “I’d be too worried
about hitting some poor bastard lying out by
the pool trying to get a tan.”
It doesn’t matter what label he’s given, the
reason for his continued success is simple:
Shannon Noll is the genuine article.
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