Australian Idol discography
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 34 number ones and 154 platinum and 39 gold certifications. 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. Idol contestants have also been nominated for 32 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 46 industry judged ARIA Award nominations. To date there have been ten 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 industry voted ARIA Awards.
While many of the contestants only charted with their early releases, some, most notably Sebastian, Mauboy, season one runner up Shannon Noll, season two runner up Anthony Callea and season five runner up Matt Corby 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. 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. It spent 20 weeks in the Hot 100 and has been certified platinum for sales of one million. "Battle Scars" also reached number two in Norway. In January 2013 Ricki-Lee Coulter's "Do It Like That" reached number seven on the Japan Hot 100.
Australian releases
The most successful season of Australian Idol was the first one in 2003, with the contestants achieving 18 of the 34 Australian Idol number ones, and almost half the certifications. Season one winner Guy Sebastian has been the most commercially successful Australian Idol contestant, with season four runner up Jessica Mauboy second. They are followed by season one runner up Shannon Noll, season five runner up Matt Corby, season two runner up Anthony Callea, and season four winner Damien Leith. 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 Australian Idol (Season one)
Winner – Guy SebastianRunner up – Shannon Noll
Albums
EPs
Singles
2004 Australian Idol (Season two)
Winner – Casey DonovanRunner up – Anthony Callea
Albums
EPs
Singles
2005 Australian Idol (Season three)
Winner – Kate DeAraugoRunner up – Emily Williams
Albums
EPs
Singles
2006 Australian Idol (Season four)
Winner – Damien LeithRunner up – Jessica Mauboy
Albums
EPs
Singles
2007 Australian Idol (Season five)
Winner – Natalie GauciRunner up – Matt Corby
Albums
EPs
Singles
2008 Australian Idol (Season six)
Winner – Wes CarrRunner up – Luke Dickens
Albums
EPs
Singles
2009 Australian Idol (Season seven)
Winner – Stan WalkerRunner up – Hayley Warner
Albums
EPs
Singles
Young Divas
The Young Divas was a group of four female contestants from various Idol years, active during 2006 and 2007. Originally the group was made up of Season One finalist Paulini, Season Two finalist Ricki-Lee Coulter, and Season Three winner and runner up Kate DeAraugo and Emily Williams. After the first album Coulter left the group and was replaced by Season Four runner up Jessica Mauboy. The group disbanded after the second album.Albums
| Year | Artist | Title | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Artist | Title | Chart peak | Weeks in Top 10 | Weeks in Top 50 | Certification award |
| 2006 | Young Divas | Young Divas | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2× platinum |
| 2007 | Young Divas | New Attitude | 10 | 1 | 8 | Gold |
Singles
Album and single certification totals
Release history and total certificationsAlbum certifications
| Artist | Platinum | Gold | Sales |
| Guy Sebastian | 15 | 1 | 1,085,000+ |
| Shannon Noll | 9 | — | 630,000+ |
| Damien Leith | 6 | 1 | 455,000+ |
| Jessica Mauboy | 5 | 2 | 420,000+ |
| Casey Donovan | 3 | — | 210,000+ |
| Anthony Callea | 2 | 1 | 175,000+ |
| Young Divas | 2 | 1 | 175,000+ |
| 2003 Top 12 | 2 | — | 140,000+ |
| Paulini | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Joel Turner | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Kate DeAraugo | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Natalie Gauci | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Lisa Mitchell | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Stan Walker | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Cosima De Vito | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Lee Harding | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Ricki-Lee Coulter | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Wes Carr | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Matt Corby | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
EP certifications
| Artist | Platinum | Gold | Sales |
| Matt Corby | 6 | — | 420,000+ |
Single certifications
| Artist | Platinum | Gold | Sales |
| Guy Sebastian | 50 | 4 | 3,640,000+ |
| Jessica Mauboy | 15 | 6 | 1,260,000+ |
| Shannon Noll | 8 | 3 | 665,000+ |
| Anthony Callea | 6 | — | 420,000+ |
| Stan Walker | 4 | 3 | 385,000+ |
| Ricki-Lee | 3 | 2 | 280,000+ |
| Matt Corby | 3 | 1 | 245,000+ |
| Casey Donovan | 2 | — | 140,000+ |
| Young Divas | 1 | 1 | 105,000+ |
| Paulini | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Cosima | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Joel Turner | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Kate DeAraugo | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Lee Harding | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Damien Leith | 1 | — | 70,000+ |
| Wes Carr | — | 2 | 70,000+ |
| 2003 Top 12 | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Rob Mills | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Natalie Gauci | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Axle Whitehead | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Lisa Mitchell | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
| Hayley Warner | — | 1 | 35,000+ |
Australian Idol DVDs
Chart achievements
Australian Idol records
Highest selling Australian Idol albums#endnote_a|- Just as I Am, Guy Sebastian – 6× platinum
- That's What I'm Talking About, Shannon Noll – 5× platinum
- The Winner's Journey, Damien Leith – 4× platinum
- Lift, Shannon Noll – 3× platinum
- For You, Casey Donovan – 3× platinum
Best chart runs – Albums
- Most weeks at number one – The Winner's Journey, Damien Leith
- Most weeks in top ten – That's What I'm Talking About, Shannon Noll and Armageddon, Guy Sebastian
- Most weeks in top 50 – Been Waiting, Jessica Mauboy
- Into the Flame, Matt Corby – 6× platinum
- Highest peak – Into the Flame, Matt Corby
- Most weeks in top ten – Into the Flame, Matt Corby
- Most weeks in top 50 – Into the Flame, Matt Corby
- "Battle Scars", Guy Sebastian – 11× platinum
- "Angels Brought Me Here", Guy Sebastian – 5× platinum
- "Who's That Girl", Guy Sebastian – 5× platinum
- "The Prayer", Anthony Callea – 4× platinum
- "What About Me", Shannon Noll – 4× platinum
- "Don't Worry Be Happy", Guy Sebastian – 4× platinum
- "Like it Like That", Guy Sebastian – 4× platinum
- "Like a Drum", Guy Sebastian – 4× platinum
- Most weeks at number one – "Battle Scars", Guy Sebastian featuring Lupe Fiasco
- Most weeks in top ten – "These Kids", Joel Turner
- Most weeks in top 50 – "This Time I Know It's for Real", Young Divas
Australian chart records
- Guy Sebastian's album Just as I Am – Second highest one week sales ever recorded in Australia, and the highest for an Australian artist. Sold 163,711 units in its first week of release.
- Guy Sebastian – Only male Australian artist to achieve six number one singles in Australian chart history, and he is third overall for all Australian acts. Only Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem have achieved more.
- Shannon Noll – Noll's first ten singles released between 2004 and 2007 all reached the top ten of the ARIA Singles Chart, making him the only male Australian artist to achieve ten consecutive top ten singles in Australian chart history. John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes and Sebastian have all achieved more than ten, but they were nonconsecutive.
- Guy Sebastian's single "Angels Brought Me Here" – Held the record of being the highest selling Australian artist song of all time until 2011. Prior to 2003 the highest recorded sales for an Australian artist song were for John Farnham's 1968 single "Sadie " with sales of 180,000+ units. "Angels Brought Me Here" became the first Australian artist song in chart history to reach 4× platinum certification and eventually achieved 5× platinum certification in 2019. It remained the highest selling Australian artist song until its sales were surpassed by Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" in 2011, which eventually reached 11× platinum in 2013. Since then a number of other Australian songs have also reached higher than 4× platinum certification, including Sebastian's own single "Battle Scars" featuring Lupe Fiasco which also achieved 11× platinum certification.
- Anthony Callea's single "The Prayer" – Highest one week single sales for both an Australian artist and an artist on debut, and second highest one week sales in Australian Chart history for any artist, behind Elton John's Princess Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind". "The Prayer" sold over 147,000 copies in its first full week of sales. Sebastian has the second highest one week sales for an Australian artist and third overall with 128,679 copies of "Angels Brought Me Here" sold in its first week.
End of Decade Charts
2000 - 2009
2010 - 2019
ARIA Music Awards
As well as administering the official Australian music charts, ARIA also holds the annual ARIA Music Awards to recognise excellence, innovation and achievement in Australian music. The awards have industry judged and highest selling categories, and since 2010 public vote categories where the criteria for selection as a nominee is most commonly being one of the highest selling acts during the year. Australian Idol contestants have been nominated for 102 ARIA Awards since 2004, with 24 highest selling nominations, 32 nominations for publicly voted categories, and 46 industry judged nominations. Guy Sebastian has received the most nominations with 32, including six wins. Jessica Mauboy has had 27 nominations including two wins, and Matt Corby ten nominations with two wins. Shannon Noll has received six nominations. In 2013 Sebastian and Mauboy became the first Idol contestants to win industry voted ARIA Awards. Sebastian for Best Pop Release, and Mauboy for Best Female Artist.International releases
Nine Australian Idol contestants have charted outside of Australia with at least one release, in countries including New Zealand, Ireland, Germany, Norway and the UK. Stan Walker and Guy Sebastian have achieved multiple chart entries and certifications in New Zealand. Sebastian has also achieved three certified singles in Sweden, and is currently the only Australian Idol contestant to chart in the United States. "Battle Scars", a collaboration with Lupe Fiasco, reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, number 23 on the Billboard Digital Song Chart and number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Chart. The song spent 20 weeks in the Hot 100, and has been certified platinum for sales of one million. In January 2013 Ricki-Lee Coulter's "Do It Like That" reached number seven on the Japan Hot 100. Matt Corby's debut album Telluric charted in four European countries in 2016.Albums
Singles#endnote_a|
Note a ^ Sebastian's single "Angels Brought Me Here" was released in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore. His official biography states the song reached number one in four Asian countries. There are no online records for this charting.
Footnotes
- ARIA Chart reports