95 Facts About Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem AM was born on November 9,1984 and is an Australian singer, songwriter, television personality and actress.

In 2007, Goodrem released Delta, her third number-one album, which saw another number-one single, "In This Life".

Delta Goodrem has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Delta Goodrem has sold over eight million albums globally and overall has won three World Music Awards, 9 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and several other awards.

Delta Goodrem served as a coach on The Voice Australia from 2012 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2020.

Delta Goodrem was reportedly paid A$2 million per season after negotiating an increase from her initial $800,000.

Delta Goodrem coached eventual winners of the show in season five in 2016 and again in season six in 2017.

Delta Goodrem was born in Sydney on 9 November 1984, to Lea and Denis Delta Goodrem.

Delta Goodrem appeared in an American advertisement aged seven for the Galoob toy company, alongside fellow Australian Bec Cartwright, and began playing piano at the same age while taking up singing, dancing and acting lessons.

Delta Goodrem appeared in adverts for companies such as Optus and Nesquik, and had several minor roles in episodes of Australian television shows including Hey Dad.

At the age of thirteen, Delta Goodrem recorded a five-song demo CD, financed through her television work.

Between June 1999 and September 2000, Goodrem worked with producers Paul Higgins and Trevor Carter on thirteen tracks for an album to be called Delta.

Delta Goodrem did a photoshoot for the album, and recorded a home-made style music video for the song "Say" which has since leaked onto the internet.

In 2002, Delta Goodrem took up the role as shy school girl and aspiring singer Nina Tucker in the popular soap Neighbours, which helped re-launch Delta Goodrem's music career.

Delta Goodrem's largely self-penned debut album, Innocent Eyes, was released on 24 March 2003 in Australia and debuted at number one on the ARIA Album Charts, breaking Australian records previously held by John Farnham's Whispering Jack by staying at number one for 29 consecutive weeks, while tying with Neil Diamond's Hot August Night as the second-longest charting number one album with a total of 29 weeks at top spot.

On 8 July 2003, at the age of 18, Delta Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Delta Goodrem was forced to put all working commitments on hold while undertaking treatment for the disease.

Delta Goodrem thanked them during The Visualise Tour for all the letters and well wishes she received.

The album's fourth single, "Not Me, Not I", was released following the announcement Delta Goodrem had been diagnosed with cancer.

Later that month, Delta Goodrem won seven ARIA Awards, including "Best Female Artist", surpassing Natalie Imbruglia's previous record of six awards in 1999.

Delta Goodrem received two nominations at the 2004 Logie Awards including a Gold Logie nomination for "Most Popular Personality on Australian Television".

In March 2004, while Delta Goodrem was still undergoing cancer treatment, Paul Higgins and Trevor Carter announced plans to release the album they had recorded with the then 15-year-old Delta Goodrem in 1999 and 2000.

Delta Goodrem's lawyers claimed the album was made up of unfinished demo recordings which were not fit for commercial release.

In March 2005, Delta Goodrem starred in her first film role in Hating Alison Ashley, a film based on the children's novel by Robin Klein, with Delta Goodrem acting the title character.

April 2005 saw Delta Goodrem relocate to New York to launch her career in the United States with a reworked version of "Lost Without You".

Delta Goodrem appeared in the last two episodes of the short-lived American series North Shore in a bid to gain greater exposure.

Plans to release a hybrid of her first two albums were later terminated and Delta Goodrem put America on hold.

In October 2006, Delta Goodrem promoted in Japan with the release of an updated version of Innocent Eyes and the Japan-only single "Flawed", which reached number one on the Japanese download chart.

Delta Goodrem was in Melbourne on Christmas Eve to headline the annual Carols by Candlelight.

On 10 August 2007, Delta Goodrem was in Los Angeles to film the music video for the album's lead single "In This Life", which is the opening theme for the anime Deltora Quest, based on the novels by fellow Australian Emily Rodda.

In 2008, Delta Goodrem focused on promoting music in Japan and the United States.

On 17 June 2008, Delta Goodrem appeared for the second time on any Billboard chart with the single, debuting at number 40 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart.

In July 2008, it was announced that Delta Goodrem would embark on a national tour of Australia, titled the Believe Again Tour.

Delta Goodrem originally announced nine dates in seven cities, but later announced more shows, performing 14 in eight cities.

Delta Goodrem recorded a duet, "Right Here With You", with Olivia Newton-John to help raise money for Newton-John's cancer hospital in Melbourne.

At the 2008 World Music Awards, held on 9 November in Monaco, Delta Goodrem received her third World Music Award for World's Best Selling Australian Artist.

On 24 November 2011, Delta Goodrem was confirmed to be a part of the judging panel of the Australian version of The Voice which aired in early 2012, coaching alongside Keith Urban, Joel Madden, and Seal.

Delta Goodrem returned for season two in 2013, again with Madden and Seal, with Ricky Martin replacing Urban.

On 30 March 2012, Delta Goodrem announced the release of her new single, "Sitting on Top of the World".

Delta Goodrem was featured on the album "Spirit of Christmas 2012", singing "Blue Christmas".

On 1 February 2013, it was confirmed that Delta Goodrem had signed with US manager Irving Azoff.

Delta Goodrem performed at the Mardi Gras in Sydney in March 2013.

On 17 June 2013, Delta Goodrem released her new single "Heart Hypnotic", which she performed on the live finale of The Voice.

Delta Goodrem celebrated 10 years since releasing her multi-platinum album Innocent Eyes which topped the Australian ARIA Charts and reached number two on the UK Albums Chart by releasing Innocent Eyes: Ten Year Anniversary Acoustic Edition on 29 November 2013, which debuted and peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Delta Goodrem revealed on her Twitter account that the decision was made because this would give her more time on her music career and more time to work on her new album.

Delta Goodrem attended the 2014 AACTA Awards where she performed "Kissing You" in tribute to Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet.

Delta Goodrem joined the Australian and New Zealand leg of Andrea Bocelli's Passion For Life Tour in September 2014.

Delta Goodrem appeared in a documentary special celebrating the anniversary titled Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK.

Delta Goodrem revealed that she has been working with DNA and Jon Hume.

On 24 July 2015, Delta Goodrem released "Wings" as the lead single from her fifth studio album Wings of the Wild.

Delta Goodrem promoted the single in New Zealand and the UK.

From October 2015 to February 2016, Delta Goodrem made her musical theatre debut playing Grizabella in an Australian version of Cats.

Delta Goodrem performed the role in the Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane legs of the show.

Delta Goodrem toured Wings of the Wild in Australia in October and November 2016.

Delta Goodrem made her return to television on the 2017 drama House Husbands.

In 2017, an advertisement for Apple Music featuring Delta Goodrem was criticised by the Advertising Standards Bureau for promoting unsafe driving.

Complaints about the video to the bureau stated that it "does not promote safe driving" and features Delta Goodrem placing her head and arms outside a moving a vehicle and "moving around in a motor vehicle with no clearly visible safety belt".

On 15 February 2018, Delta Goodrem released a single, "Think About You", which was released for streaming and download on her website on 16 February 2018.

Delta Goodrem reinvented her look which included colouring her hair darker for this promotional video.

Delta Goodrem played Olivia Newton-John in the Newton-John biopic called Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You and released a covers soundtrack album called I Honestly Love You in May 2018.

Delta Goodrem announced in December 2019 that she was "living in a music bubble", working on her sixth studio album.

Delta Goodrem was inspired to write "Let It Rain" after seeing the devastation from the bushfires across Australia.

Delta Goodrem teamed with Apple Music, Sony Music and iHeart radio for the release.

Delta Goodrem had to cancel the New Zealand portion of the tour for COVID-19 related reasons on March 2,2022.

On 12 November 2020, with no prior announcement and despite teasing an album of original material, Delta Goodrem released her sixth studio album and first Christmas album, Only Santa Knows.

Delta Goodrem did a second show in 2021 set in Luna Park for the Deluxe edition re-release of the project Delta Goodrem did a third concert with a tribute to Olivia Newton-John in 2022.

In early December 2020, Delta Goodrem left The Voice for a second time, and in early 2021 announced the release of her seventh studio album Bridge over Troubled Dreams for May of that year, alongside an autobiographical and photographic book bearing the same name.

Delta Goodrem spent most of 2020 and 2021 doing Bunkerdown Sessions for her fans on her Instagram and Facebook pages.

In June 2022, Delta Goodrem announced she was opening for Backstreet Boys on the second North American leg of their DNA World Tour.

On 28 July 2022, Delta Goodrem made a cameo appearance as Nina Tucker in the final Neighbours episode.

Delta Goodrem announced she was returning to Europe and the UK with her Hearts On the Run Tour in April and May 2023.

Delta Goodrem has since had to reschedule her tour due to losing her voice.

In 2004, Delta Goodrem began a nine-month relationship with Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis.

Later in 2004, Delta Goodrem began dating former Westlife singer Brian McFadden, with whom she collaborated on the duet "Almost Here".

Delta Goodrem has been in a relationship with fellow musician Matthew Copley since late 2017.

In February 2020, James Joseph Lafferty pleaded guilty at Downing Centre Local Court to stalking and intimidating Delta Goodrem; including writing her over 300 poems and Instagram messages along with visiting Delta Goodrem's apartment on Valentine's Day and the following day.

On 16 August 2020, Delta Goodrem released a six-minute video detailing the back story behind her song "Paralyzed".

In 2022, Delta Goodrem was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the not-for-profit sector, and to the performing arts".

Delta Goodrem's repertoire falls under the pop and adult contemporary styles, and heavily features the piano, which she usually plays barefoot while performing live.

Delta Goodrem is known for her soprano voice, which in a review of Delta was described as crystalline, fierce and illuminating in quality.

Delta Goodrem has endorsed many products such as WII, Sanitarium, So Good, Nesquik, Sunsilk and Pepsi.

Delta Goodrem has released an underwear range, Delta by Anabella and a self-titled perfume in April 2017, which by June that same year had sold 30,000 bottles and made $1 million in sales.

Delta Goodrem was honoured with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Sydney's Darling Harbour, which opened in April 2012.

In 2004, Delta Goodrem released Mistaken Identity, her second studio album, which entered the ARIA charts at number one and spawned two number-one singles and quickly gained multi-platinum status.

In 2005, Delta Goodrem embarked on The Visualise Tour, her debut concert tour of Australia, combining songs from both Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity.

Delta Goodrem shifted attention to different markets, releasing the album in the Far East and the USA.

In January 2009, Delta Goodrem embarked on the Believe Again Tour of Australia to support her third studio album.

Delta Goodrem has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Delta Goodrem is a long-standing supporter of various charities and foundations, serving as Patron of The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney and an ambassador for Starlight Children's Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Sony Foundation Australia.

In May 2005, Delta Goodrem helped launch "Teen Info on Cancer", a UK website aimed at supporting young teenage sufferers.

In November 2005, Delta Goodrem became an ambassador for Research Australia's "Thank You Day", which honours the country's health and medical researchers and received a Thank You Day Celebrity Advocacy Award "in recognition of her efforts in raising funds and awareness for Australian medical research and charities".

In 2007 Delta Goodrem was the face of Alternative Hair, in aid of cancer charity Leukaemia Research.

Delta Goodrem is a member of RADD, a group of celebrities raising awareness of the risks of drunk driving.

In 2011 Delta Goodrem became an ambassador for The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Sydney.

In July 2022, the Delta Goodrem Foundation partnered with Revlon in donating portions of lipstick sales to cancer charity Look Good Feel Better.