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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 In London - January
2009
In a taxi with… Antipodean rocker Shannon
Noll
The most successful radio artist in
Australian history explains why he swapped
sheep-shearing for Australian Idol and power
ballads
‘He’s an Aussie rock star, is he?’ asks Ron
our cabbie, drolly, possibly alerted to
Shannon Noll’s status by the fact that he’s
hanging out of the window, waving an
Australian flag and yelling ‘g’day’ at
bewildered passers-by.
In fact, 33-year-old Shannon is the Aussie
rock star of the moment. After finishing as
runner-up in the first season of Australian
Idol – the antipodean variant of the TV
talent show – back in 2003 (‘I always say I
came first out of all the losers,’ he grins),
Shannon’s Bryan Adams-meets-Bon-Jovi soft
rock has won over his native country to the
tune of ten consecutive top-ten singles and
three multi-platinum-selling albums.
Now the UK is getting a chance to succumb to
Shannon’s rough-hewn charms with his first UK
album release, What Matters the Most; and
from June he’ll be touring as Parson
Nathaniel in Jeff Wayne’s rock opera War of
the Worlds, alongside Jennifer Ellison (he’s
already played the role to great acclaim at
home).
Shannon is amusingly enraptured by the flash
cars purring by us in Regent’s Park:
‘Strewth, look at that Range Rover, what a
beaut.’ And, taxi antics notwithstanding, he
insists, ‘I’m not at all “look at me”. Back
home, if I go out, I wait in line with
everyone else and dress normally, in surfing
shorts and a singlet.’
If that makes Shannon sound like an
archetypal Aussie, his upbringing confirms
it. He was born in the tiny outback town of
Condobolin, where his parents ran a
4,500-acre sheep farm. ‘I could drive a car
when I was four and I sheared my first sheep
when I was five,’ he beams.
As a teenager, Shannon formed a cover band
with his older brothers: ‘We did Green Day
and Foo Fighters songs, and we played all
these tiny pubs where the old geezers were
more interested in watching the footy,’ he
says.
‘I’m not at all “look at me”. Back home, if I
go out, I wait in line and dress normally, in
surfing shorts and a singlet’
Shannon’s idyll was shattered in 2001, when
his father was killed after one of the farm’s
fuel tanks collapsed on him (‘Now I Run’, a
song from What Matters the Most, is dedicated
to him).
Two drought-stricken years later, the bank
foreclosed on the farm, and Shannon, who by
then had two sons, Cody and Blake, by
childhood sweetheart Rochelle Ogsten (the
couple married in 2004 and have since had a
daughter, Sienna), was close to destitute.
‘That’s why I went on Idol,’ he says now, ‘to
try to help my family out, not because I
wanted to be famous or anything like that.
‘At the same time, though, I’d always had
this really strong feeling that something was
going to happen for me with music. I was 26
when the Idol auditions came along, and I
thought, “It’s now or never.” ’
Shannon’s heart-rending back story swept up
Idol viewers, and even melted the heart of
the show’s Cowell-like Mr Nasty, Ian Dickson.
‘The only thing he could call me on was that
I couldn’t dance,’ he laughs.
Shannon’s ordinary-Joe persona and
drivetime-friendly power ballads have made
him the most successful radio artist in
Australian history, and recent
drink-and-drugs-phase confessions have only
cemented his devoted fan base. ‘I think I’ve
been successful by staying true to myself,’
he says. ‘But you’d be a fool to think fame’s
going to last for ever.’
Shannon would, however, like it to last long
enough to make inroads into the UK and even,
perhaps, the US. If things take off, he might
move his family over here. ‘My wife wants to
see the world and my kids will get to know
other cultures and, more importantly, get to
see Legoland.’
But if Shannon sometimes allows himself to
dream of inhabiting the same universe as his
hero Elvis Presley – ‘He had the complete
package: looks, voice, moves,’ he sighs – he
quickly debunks such lofty aspirations.
‘If it all goes belly up, I could always go
back to sheep-shearing,’ he says, as we drop
him back at his hotel. ‘You never know when a
skill like that might come in handy.’
Shannon Noll’s single ‘Shine’ will be out on
27 April, and his album, What Matters the
Most,
on 4 May (RCA)
By Stuart Husband
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