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List Of Number-one Singles Of 2011 (Australia)
The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2011, thirteen singles claimed the top spot, including Bruno Mars' "Grenade" and Guy Sebastian's "Who's That Girl", both of which started their peak positions in late 2010. Ten acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Wynter Gordon, Pitbull, LMFAO, Lauren Bennett, GoonRock, Adele, Gotye, Kimbra, Kelly Clarkson and Reece Mastin. Five collaborations topped the chart. LMFAO earned two number-one singles during the year for "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It". The former was the longest running number-one single of 2011, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for ten consecutive weeks. It became the longest running number-one single of the 2010s in the chart's history. Adele's " Someone Like You" topped t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redfoo & Sky Blu
LMFAO (an initialism for Laughing My Freaking Ass Off) was an American electronic dance music duo consisting of Redfoo and Sky Blu (rapper), Sky Blu. Redfoo is the youngest son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Nancy Leiviska. Sky Blu is Gordy's grandson and the son of Redfoo's half-brother, Berry Gordy IV, Gordy's son with his first wife Thelma Coleman. Redfoo and Sky Blu grew up in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, where they formed the group in 2006 and later became involved in the electro house scene. The duo's 2008 debut single, "I'm in Miami Bitch", moderately entered both the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100. Its 2009 follow-ups, "La La La (LMFAO song), La La La" and "Shots (LMFAO song), Shots" (featuring Lil Jon), both entered the former chart and earned the duo further mainstream recognition. They also featured alongside Fergie (musician), Fergie on David Guetta and Chris Williss 2010 single "Gettin' Over You", which peaked at number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimbra
Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements, her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two 2013 Grammy Awards, Grammy Awards and seven Aotearoa Music Awards, New Zealand Music Awards. Kimbra's debut album, ''Vows (album), Vows'', was released in 2011. Singles from the album include "Settle Down (Kimbra song), Settle Down", "Cameo Lover" (which won an Australian Recording Industry Association Award), "Good Intent" and "Two Way Street (song), Two Way Street". A reworked version of the album was released in Europe and the United States in 2012. It featured several new songs, including "Come into My Head", "Warrior (Kimbra song), Warrior" (on which Kimbra was joined by musicians Mark Foster (musician), Mark Foster from Foster the People and DJ A-Trak), and a cover of Nina Simone's "Plain Gold Ring". ''Vows'' reached the top 5 in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reece Mastin 4, 2012
Reece derives from the Welsh name Rhys. It may refer to: * Reece (name), people with the given name or surname * Reece, Kansas, United States, an unincorporated community * Mount Reece, Antarctic Peninsula * Reece Valley, Queen Maud Land, Antartica * Reece Group, an Australian company * Reece Power Station, Tasmania, Australia, a hydroelectric power station See also * * A-Reece, stage name of South African rapper and record producer Lehlogonolo Ronald Mataboge (born 1997) * Uncle Reece, stage name of American Christian hip hop musician Maurice Hicks Jr. (born 1984) * Recce (other) * Rees (other) * Reese (other) * Reis (other) * Rhees (other) * Rhys, a surname {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele - Seattle, WA - 8
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by Adele, Her accolades include 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards (including three for Brit Award for British Album of the Year, British Album of the Year), an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, ''19 (Adele album), 19'', was released in 2008 and included the UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love#Adele version, Make You Feel My Love". ''19'' was named in the top 20 best-selling debut albums ever in the UK. She received the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album, ''21 (Adele album), 21'', in 2011. It became the world's List of best-selling albums of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truly Madly Deeply (song)
"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, released in March 1997 as the third single from their self-titled debut album (1997) by Roadshow and Warner Music. It won the 1997 ARIA Music Award for both Single of the Year and Highest Selling Single and was nominated for Song of the Year. Written by bandmates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together during the recording of their debut album. The song reached 1 in Australia, Canada, and the United States; in the latter country, ''Billboard'' ranked it the most successful song of all time on their Adult Contemporary chart. Two music videos were filmed for the track: one for its original Australian release and another for the international market, shot in Paris, France. In November 2019, the song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's selection of recordings. The songs added to the list provide a snapshot of Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Garden
Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; they formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993. They were signed to John Woodruff's talent agency and achieved international success with their No. 1 hit singles " I Want You", " To the Moon and Back" (both 1996), " Truly Madly Deeply" (1997), and " I Knew I Loved You" (1999). The band's two studio albums, '' Savage Garden'' (March 1997) and '' Affirmation'' (November 1999), reached No. 1 in Australia and Sweden; they also hit the top ten in the United Kingdom and United States. These albums sold a total of 23 million copies worldwide. The group won a record number of ten ARIA Music Awards in 1997 for their debut album and its related singles. They disbanded at the end of 2001 with Hayes continuing as a solo artist and Jones moving into record production before becoming a real estate agent. History 1993–1995: Formation Savage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody That I Used To Know
"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song written, produced and performed by the Belgian-Australian musician and singer Gotye featuring vocals from the New Zealander singer Kimbra. The song was released in Australia and New Zealand through Eleven: A Music Company, Eleven Music on 5 July 2011 as the second Single (music), single from Gotye's third Album#Types of album, studio album, ''Making Mirrors'' (2011). It was later released by Universal Music in December 2011 in the United Kingdom, and 20 January 2012 in Ireland and the United States. "Somebody That I Used to Know" was written and recorded by Gotye at his parents' house on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia, and is lyrically related to the experiences he has had with romantic relationships. The song is a mid-tempo Sentimental ballad, ballad. It Sampling (music), samples Luiz Bonfá's instrumental "Seville" from his album, ''Luiz Bonfá Plays Great Songs'' (1967) and “Milla piccolo cagnett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Someone Like You (Adele Song)
"Someone like You" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele. She and Dan Wilson (musician), Dan Wilson wrote and produced the track for her second studio album, ''21 (Adele album), 21'' (2011). XL Recordings released the song as the second single from the album on 24 January 2011 (the same day the album was released) in the United Kingdom and on 9 August 2011 in the United States. Accompanied only by a piano in the song (played by co-writer Wilson), Adele sings about the end of the relationship with her ex-partner who has moved on with someone else. "Someone like You" received universal critical acclaim, with reviewers choosing it as a highlight of ''21'' and praised the lyrics, its simple sound and Adele's vocal performance. It became a global success, topping the charts in nineteen countries and reaching the top 10 in various other regions. Following a universally acclaimed performance of the song at the 31st Brit Awards, it became Adele's first number-one single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited (NWN), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was loo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexy And I Know It
"Sexy and I Know It" is a song by American duo LMFAO from their second and final studio album, '' Sorry for Party Rocking''. It was released as the third single from the album on September 16, 2011. The song was written by Stefan Kendal Gordy, GoonRock, Erin Beck, George M. Robertson and Kenneth Oliver, and it was produced by Party Rock. It went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on January 7, 2012, and remained there for two weeks. The song became LMFAO's second number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States (after "Party Rock Anthem"), making them the first duo to have two successive number-one singles since Outkast's " Hey Ya!" (2003) and " The Way You Move" (2004). The song also reached number one in Australia, Canada, Israel and New Zealand, and charted within the top ten in nearly every country in which it charted. Commercial performance "Sexy And I Know It" debuted at number 76 on the week issue of September 17, 2011, on the US ''Billboard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
