"Gotye Wouter ""Wally"" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), known professionally as Gotye ( ), is a Belgian-born Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. The name ""Gotye"" is a pronunciation respelling of ""Gauthier"", the French cognate of Gotye's given Dutch name ""Wouter"" (English ""Walter"", hence the nickname ""Wally""). Gotye has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is a founding member of the Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics, who have independently released four studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002. His voice has been compared to those of Peter Gabriel"
"Making Mirrors Making Mirrors is the third studio album by Belgian-Australian artist Gotye. The album was released in Australia on 19 August 2011. In December 2011 it was announced that ""Making Mirrors"" was voted Triple J listeners' number-one album of 2011, making Gotye the first artist to win the Triple J album poll twice. It included the hit ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", which reached and topped charts worldwide. In Poland, after one day of release, the album was certified platinum. The album won the 2013 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. The album was largely recorded at a"
"so relatable."" The album won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. !scope=""row""|Australia !scope=""row""|Austria !scope=""row""|Belgium !scope=""row""|Canada !scope=""row""|Denmark !scope=""row""|France !scope=""row""|Germany !scope=""row""|Italy !scope=""row""|Poland !scope=""row""|United Kingdom !scope=""row""|United States Making Mirrors Making Mirrors is the third studio album by Belgian-Australian artist Gotye. The album was released in Australia on 19 August 2011. In December 2011 it was announced that ""Making Mirrors"" was voted Triple J listeners' number-one album of 2011, making Gotye the first artist to win the Triple J album poll twice. It included the hit ""Somebody That I Used to Know"", which reached and topped charts worldwide. In Poland, after"
"Save Me (Gotye song) ""Save Me"" is a song written and recorded by a Flemish-Australian singer and songwriter Gotye. The song was released in Australia by on 13 August 2012 as the fifth single from his third studio album, ""Making Mirrors"" (2011), a year after the release of his signature song ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". Like most of the tracks from Gotye's album, he wrote and recorded the song in a barn on his parent's block of land in the Mornington Peninsula near his hometown, Melbourne in Victoria. The song is lyrically based on Gotye's depression, and the"
"Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John, (born 26 September 1948) is an English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five number-one and ten other top ten ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles, and two number-one ""Billboard"" 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. She has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She starred in the musical film ""Grease"", and is"
"named best male artist and producer of the year. The song came ninth in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013. In 2013, the song won two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year. Commercially, ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" is Gotye's most successful and signature song. It has topped charts in the US, UK, and Australia, as well as 23 other national charts, and reached the top 10 in more than 30 countries around the world. The song has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, becoming one of"
"Hottest 100 countdown-also rising to number three on the ARIA charts. The most prominent Australian song during 2011 and early 2012 was Gotye's ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" which reached number 1 in 11 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The song also reached number 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 countdown and featured New Zealander pop singer, Kimbra, who also placed three times on the Triple J Hottest 100 as a solo artist. Electropop in Australia has been dominated by the use of synthesizers and"
"World's Highest-Paid Entertainers"". Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran, (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, ""No. 5 Collaborations Project"". After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, ""+"" (pronounced ""plus""), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been"
"in 1959 in Ingham, Queensland and grew up as a member of the Murri peoples. His father, Albert Geia, was a cane cutter and indigenous elder, who was one of the leaders of the Palm Island strike of 1957. As a result Albert, and other leaders, were banned from the island. Geia is a composer, guitarist, singer and didgeridoo player and has been recognised as one of the most influential figures in the development of contemporary Indigenous music. In the late 1970s he was a member of a Kuku Yalanji dance troupe. He moved to Adelaide to attend the Centre"
"and his partner Maud birthed a daughter, Léonie. In August 2018, Gotye co-wrote an original verse and was sampled in the Broods single ""Eyes a Mess"", which did so to his early hit single ""Heart's a Mess"", released in 2006. The ""Australian"" newspaper identified Gotye in its ""top 50 most influential Australians in the arts"" list; the selection was largely based upon the success of the ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" song and the publication described the composition as ""one of the most successful songs in Australian music history"". Gotye Wouter ""Wally"" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), known"
"Gordie Sampson Gordon Francis ""Gordie"" Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia. Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to achieve international success as a songwriter based in Nashville. He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Rascal Flatts, among many other country performers. As of 2011, he has also released four albums as a solo performer. Sampson has received many awards"
"of Australia in 2016 for her services to music and her local community. Patsy Biscoe Patsy Biscoe (born 21 March 1946) is an Australian children's television personality, singer and guitarist. She regularly appeared on children's national television shows, ""Here's Humphrey"" and ""Fat Cat and Friends"". She has released many children's music albums containing nursery rhymes and similar children's songs and has sold in excess of 500,000 units in her musical career. Biscoe was born in Shimla, India, to a British army officer and a civil servant. She came to Australia and settled in Sydney with her family during the Partition"
"Gladys Moncrieff Gladys Moncrieff OBE (13 April 1892 – 8 February 1976) was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatre and recordings that she became known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'. Moncrieff was born in Bundaberg, Queensland. Her father Robert Edward Moncrieff was a piano tuner, and her mother, who went by the stage name Amy Lambell, was a professional singer; they lived in North Isis. She attended several schools in north Queensland, and quickly became involved in music. Her first stage performance was at the age of six at the Queen's Theatre in"
"December 2013, ""Love and Forgiveness"" was recognized as one of the Top 50 Albums of 2013 by ""American Songwriter"". Courtney Jaye Courtney Jaye (born February 15, 1978) is an American singer/songwriter. Courtney Jaye Goldberg was born on February 15, 1978 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Alpharetta, Georgia, when she was a freshman in high school. It was at this time she discovered The Grateful Dead and Neil Young, and also began to play the guitar. After becoming immersed in the bohemian culture, she headed out west and lived in the mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona. She worked as an"
"the Year at the 55th annual Grammy Awards for """"Somebody That I Used to Know"""" (Gotye, featuring Kimbra) in 2013. The record was produced by Wally De Backer (Gotye) and engineered and mixed by Wally and Franc. The song also won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance as performed by Gotye and Kimbra, and the ""Making Mirrors"" album took home the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Tétaz is of Swiss descent. He grew up in a musical family on a dairy farm near Warrion, in the western district of Victoria. His mother, Heather was a music"
"Somebody That I Used to Know ""Somebody That I Used to Know"" is a song written by Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter Gotye, featuring New Zealand singer Kimbra. The song was released in Australia and New Zealand by on 5 July 2011 as the second single from Gotye's third studio album, ""Making Mirrors"" (2011). It was later released by Universal Music in December 2011 in the United Kingdom, and in January 2012 in the United States and Ireland. ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" was written and recorded by Gotye at his parents' house on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and is lyrically"
"through Japan, North America, Europe, the Middle East and finished in Australia in December 2012. On 15 February 2013, ""Fractured Heart"", an interactive sound and light sculpture designed and built by illuminart in collaboration with Gotye, was launched at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) headquarters in Canberra, Australia. Gotye also curated and presented a special screening of works by some of his favourite animators, including those who have worked with him on the music videos for ""Hearts a Mess"", ""Easy Way Out"" and ""State of the Art"". In 2014, Gotye performed with Tex Perkins and Nicky Bomba in"
"Dancing"" in 2003, the novella ""Room Tone"" in 2007, and ""Savage Adoration,"" her latest release, in 2009. Track listings: discogs.com Gale Garnett Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a New Zealand–born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her Grammy-winning folk hit ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine"". Garnett has since carved out a career as a writer and actress. Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was 11. She made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest"
"and husky vocal delivery"". Geyer's iconic status in the Australian music industry was recognised when she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on 14 July 2005, alongside The Easybeats, Hunters & Collectors, Smoky Dawson, Split Enz and Normie Rowe. Geyer and fellow 1970s singer, Marcia Hines, are the subjects of Australian academic, Jon Stratton's 2008 Cultural Studies article, ""A Jew Singing Like a Black Woman in Australia: Race, Renée Geyer, and Marcia Hines"". Renée Geyer was born in 1953 in Melbourne, Australia, to a Hungarian Jewish father, Edward Geyer, and a Slovakian Jewish mother, a Holocaust survivor, as"
"Gossling Helen Elizabeth Croome (born 1983), better known by her stage-name Gossling, is a folk/pop singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Gossling formed after Croome put Psychology/Sociology studies on hold to concentrate on a Bachelor of Music (Composition) at Box Hill Institute. In 2009 Croome met the musicians now joining her as Gossling being Joshua Jones – bass, Peter Marin – drums and Ryan Meeking- guitar. Gossling is currently signed to Australian record label Dew Process and UK label Polydor. Her debut album ""Harvest of Gold"" was released in late 2013 to positive reviews. Her songs have been used in several popular"
"Col Joye Colin Frederick Jacobsen AM (born 13 April 1937 in Sydney, New South Wales), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur, (he has also recorded various other cross-over styles such as country music), with a career spanning some sixty years. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, that was emerging from the USA and the United Kingdom. Joye started his career as a jewellery salesman,"
"Gordi (musician) Sophie Payten (born 28 December 1992), known professionally as Gordi, is an Australian folktronica singer/songwriter. Payten is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, where she currently resides. Payten hails from the small town of Canowindra, (population 2,381) in the central west of New South Wales. Payten began receiving both national and international attention after playing independently across Sydney whilst at University, and releasing tracks online through government-funded national Australian radio station Triple J’s project Unearthed. After gaining some traction on the Australian music scene, and some radioplay on both Triple J itself and independent, not-for-profit Sydney community"
"Gold Coast on 30, 31 December 2012. On 10 February 2013, Kimbra and Gotye won the ""Record of the Year"" and ""Best Pop Duo/Group Performance"" awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show for ""Somebody That I Used to Know"". This achievement made her only the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award in history. Kimbra was also featured with the R&B singer John Legend in the song ""Made to Love"", published in the album ""Love in the Future"". The single was released on 11 June 2013 and the album was released on 30 August 2013. On 15"
"Golden Guitar by Country Music Association of Australia at their annual awards ceremony in Tamworth. Geoff Mack Albert Geoffrey McElhinney OAM (20 December 1922 – 21 July 2017), better known as Geoff Mack, was a country singer-songwriter and aircraft mechanic. As a songwriter, he wrote the song ""I've Been Everywhere"" which was an Australian hit for Lucky Starr in April 1962 and became popular in North America when adapted for Hank Snow in November. More than 130 cover versions have been recorded. In 2008, Mack was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown. Born on 20 December 1922 in Surrey"
"Eyes Wide Open (Gotye song) ""Eyes Wide Open"" is a song by the Belgian-born Australian musician Gotye from his third studio album ""Making Mirrors"". It was released as a digital download on 5 November 2010 in Australia and 4 June 2012 in the United States and United Kingdom. The song was written and produced by Gotye. It peaked at No. 55 on the Australian Singles Chart and was voted in at No. 25 in the 2010 Triple J Hottest 100. A music video to accompany the release of ""Eyes Wide Open"" was first released onto YouTube on 25 October 2010"
"her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. In November 2011, on the 25th anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, she was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame. In December 2016, ""Billboard"" ranked her as the 18th most successful dance artist of all-time. Minogue signed a new global recording contract with BMG Rights Management in early 2017. Her latest album ""Golden"" was released on 6 April 2018, debuting at No. 1 in the UK and Australia. Kylie was born to Ronald Charles Minogue and Carol Ann Jones in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 May"
"of the two second-longest-running Australian number-one songs, with eight weeks at the top, tied with Savage Garden's 1997 song ""Truly Madly Deeply"", and behind Daddy Cool's 1971 hit ""Eagle Rock"", which stayed there for ten weeks. On August 2011 the song was released in Belgium and the Netherlands. After a few weeks in the charts, it reached number 1 in both countries, topping the Belgian Singles Chart for 12 weeks. Also in August, ""Somebody That I Used To Know"" debuted at number 4 in New Zealand on the RIANZ Singles Chart, reaching number 1 three weeks later, thus making Gotye"
"Iggy Azalea Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea (), is an Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, model and television personality. Azalea moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a career in music, and has since resided in Los Angeles. Her stage name, from the masculine ""Egnatius"", comes from the name of her dog and the street she lived on. She earned public recognition after releasing music videos for her songs ""Pu$$y"" and ""Two Times"" on YouTube. In 2012 Azalea signed a recording contract with Grand Hustle Records, which is owned"
"Pam Sheyne Pamela Sheyne was born in New Zealand. She is a songwriter, producer, mentor and singer best known for co-writing Christina Aguilera’s global smash debut single “Genie In A Bottle”. She has achieved 50+ million record sales and over 100 RIAA Platinum, Gold and Silver Certified sales awards worldwide, an Ivor Novello Award along with 7 BMI citations for USA radio plays. Sheyne grew up in New Zealand and moved to the UK in her late teens. She spent several years in London as a session singer and backing vocalist for artists including; The Pet Shop Boys, Bryan Adams,"
"December 2011, for her accomplishments in music and entertainment, for her work on social issues and for being a positive role model in the world today. Ofie Kodjoe Ofie Kodjoe is an American Ghanaian singer, actress, radio presenter and motivational speaker. Ofie was born in New York City to W.B. Ofuatey-Kodjoe, a political science professor, and Virginie Ofuatey-Kodjoe (Nee Coussey). The middle child of three, with sister Ayeki and Brother Nene (deceased), she received her primary school education in Queens, NY before returning with her family to Ghana, where she attended school at Aburi Girls Secondary School. She then moved"
"Gary Chaw Gary Chaw (born 9 July 1979 in Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia), also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is renowned for his stage presence, wide vocal range, and rich voice. In addition, he composes for himself and other singers. Chaw lived with his grandfather since he was 11 months old as his parents separated when he was 9 months old. He received his early education in Canada when he was 9. He later went"
"Gale Garnett Gale Zoë Garnett (born 17 July 1942) is a New Zealand–born Canadian singer best known in the United States for her Grammy-winning folk hit ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine"". Garnett has since carved out a career as a writer and actress. Garnett was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Canada with her family when she was 11. She made her public singing debut in 1960, while at the same time pursuing an acting career, making guest appearances on television shows such as ""77 Sunset Strip."" She made her New York nightclub debut in 1963 and was"
"the Diamond Award for his best-selling album ""Boy in the Box"". He has also been honoured by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Hart was born on May 31, 1962, in Montreal, Quebec, the youngest of five children of Mina (Weber) and Robert Hart, both Montréal natives. His paternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, while Corey's mother was from a Romanian Jewish family. Hart's parents separated when he was 10 years old. Hart then returned to Montreal to live with his mother and older"