1. Shannon Noll was born on 16 September 1975 and is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of Australian Idol in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG.
66 Facts About Shannon Noll
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Shannon Noll has released five top-ten albums, including two number-one multi-platinum sellers.
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Shannon Noll is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive top-ten singles.
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Shannon Noll has received six ARIA Music Award nominations, including Best Pop Release for his second album Lift, and has won five ARIA No 1 Chart Awards.
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Shannon Noll won the MTV Australia Video Music Award for Best Male Artist three years in succession between 2005 and 2007.
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In 2010, Shannon Noll ended his contract with Sony, briefly signed with Universal Music Australia before signing with Warner Music Australia, to release his fifth studio album Unbroken in February 2018.
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Shannon Noll was born on 16 September 1975 in Orange, New South Wales, to Neil and Sharyn Shannon Noll.
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Shannon Noll grew up in the small town of Tullibigeal in central western New South Wales as the youngest of three children with his older brothers Adam and Damian.
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Shannon Noll spent his entire childhood and teenage years on the family farm, which raised sheep and cattle and grew cereal crops.
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Shannon Noll penned a song on his album Lift titled "Now I Run" in his father's memory.
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In 2003, Shannon Noll successfully auditioned for the first season of Australian Idol, singing Southern Sons' "Hold Me in Your Arms".
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Shannon Noll's audition impressed all three judges, including Marcia Hines who told him that she had just discovered "a voice" and Ian Dickson who informed Noll that "Australia will love you".
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Shannon Noll eventually progressed through to the grand final with Guy Sebastian, following contestant Cosima De Vito's withdrawal from the competition.
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Shortly after Idol Shannon Noll signed a five-album deal with BMG Australia, which later merged with Sony.
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Shannon Noll then embarked on the Australian Idol national tour in January 2004, with eleven other contestants from the top twelve.
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Shannon Noll's cover of boy band A1's "Learn to Fly" was released as the third and final single from That's What I'm Talking About.
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Shannon Noll received two nominations at the 2004 ARIA Music Awards, including Highest Selling Single for "What About Me" and Highest Selling Album for That's What I'm Talking About.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his first solo headlining tour titled The Overdrive Tour in April 2004 to promote the album.
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Shannon Noll's version peaked at number two and was certified platinum.
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In early 2005, Shannon Noll went on a songwriting trip to the United States and the United Kingdom to work on his second album with Desmond Child, Dianne Warren and Wayne Hector.
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Shannon Noll later decided not to use any of the material he wrote with Child and passed on a song by Warren because he preferred his work with local Australian songwriters.
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The album, with 11 out of 13 tracks co-written by Shannon Noll, covered topics including finding love, death, overcoming odds and self belief.
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Shannon Noll received two nominations at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards, including Highest Selling Single for "Shine" and Best Pop Release for Lift.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his second solo headlining tour titled the Lift Tour in January 2006 to promote the album.
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Shannon Noll was set to star in the film King of the Mountain, based loosely on the life of Australian racer Peter Brock, but he declined the offer.
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In September 2006 Shannon Noll dropped Sydney firm Caplice Management and signed with New York-based management group Worldwide Entertainment Group.
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Shannon Noll supported American rock band Live on their Australian tour the following month.
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In September 2007, Shannon Noll made his theatrical debut as Parson Nathaniel in the Australian tour of the stage musical Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
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Shannon Noll had travelled to the US earlier that year to work on the album with several songwriters and producers, including Richard Marx, Luke Ebbin and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his third solo headlining tour, titled the Turn It Up Tour, in June 2008 to promote the album.
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Shannon Noll was honoured in an episode of the Australian version of This Is Your Life.
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The album included ten of Shannon Noll's hit singles and five new tracks.
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Shannon Noll's cover of the Brian Melo song "Summertime" was released as the only single from the album and peaked at number 54.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his No Turning Back Tour to promote the album's release.
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In June 2009, Shannon Noll again appeared as Parson Nathaniel in the UK tour of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
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In January 2010, Shannon Noll announced that he had parted ways with Sony, adding that it was time for a fresh start elsewhere.
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Shannon Noll later signed with Universal Music Australia and released his fourth album A Million Suns on 14 October 2011 which debuted at number eight.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his A Million Suns Tour in 2012 to promote the album.
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Shannon Noll was forced to withdraw from the competition the following month after suffering a severe spinal injury while rehearsing a lift with Samodanova.
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From November 2012 to February 2013, Shannon Noll embarked on his In My Youth Tour which featured him performing acoustic covers of songs from the '80s that were chosen by his fans.
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In late 2013 Shannon Noll became the featured promoter of South Australian retailer Radio Rentals and its sister brand RT Edwards in Queensland.
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The commercials for Radio Rentals and RT Edwards featured Shannon Noll singing the Roy Orbison hit "You Got It".
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Shannon Noll embarked on his Invincible Tour in February 2014 and performed a mixture of old and new songs.
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Shannon Noll released "We Only Live Once" in July 2014 as the lead single from his next album, but it did not chart.
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Shannon Noll embarked on his We Only Live Once Tour in September 2014 to support the single's release.
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On 30 September 2016, Shannon Noll released the single "Who I Am", from his forthcoming fifth studio album.
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On 5 May 2017, Shannon Noll released the single "Southern Sky" This was followed by the release of a video and announcement of a national tour on 9 May On 4 December, Shannon Noll and his record label Warner Music announced his fifth studio album is titled Unbroken and was released in Australia on 2 February 2018.
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In January 2018, Shannon Noll competed in the fourth season of the Australian I'm a Celebrity.
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Shannon Noll was announced as runner-up on the show's finale on 12 March 2018.
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On 4 November 2019, Shannon Noll released a song titled "Long Live the Summer", which was the lead single for his forthcoming sixth studio album.
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Shannon Noll then went on to release a track called "Wonderful", on 20 November 2020, which was featured as the second single for the album.
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In 2020, Shannon Noll toured across New South Wales and performed over 30 intimate and acoustic shows.
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Shannon Noll additionally makes appearances and personally raises funds for charities.
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Shannon Noll regularly appears in fundraisers for Movember, a foundation that supports research into testicular cancer.
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Shannon Noll has become a popular Internet meme, particularly in Australia.
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The popular phrase "Shannon Noll was robbed of the 2003 Australian Idol title" gained popularity in 2015, with multiple Facebook pages appearing featuring the phrase.
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In June 2016, the 'GATchphrase' for the 2016 GAT was voted to be Shannon Noll was robbed of the 2003 Australian Idol title.
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Shannon Noll married his long-time girlfriend Rochelle Ogston at St Peter's Church in Cremorne, New South Wales, on 2 October 2004.
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In December 2004, Shannon Noll was caught driving drunk in his home town of Condobolin.
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Shannon Noll promptly admitted that it was a "stupid mistake".
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On 5 April 2005, Shannon Noll pleaded guilty in court to driving with a blood alcohol reading of 0.11.
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On 15 January 2017, Shannon Noll was arrested for assaulting a bouncer at an Adelaide strip club.
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Shannon Noll was charged with two counts of assault and was scheduled to appear at the Adelaide magistrates court in February 2017.
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In July 2018 during a gig at the Duck Creek Picnic Races in Nyngan, New South Wales, Shannon Noll launched an almost two-minute tirade at a crowd member who threw a can of beer on stage, receiving appreciative support from the crowd.
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On 13 September 2018, Shannon Noll was charged after NSW police allegedly found him with a bag of "white powder" while searching the premises of the Caringbah Hotel, Caringbah.
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On 11 October 2018, Shannon Noll was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.