44 Facts About Vanessa Amorosi

Vanessa Joy Amorosi was born on 8 August 1981 and is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist.

Vanessa Amorosi's combined album and single sales have reached over two million worldwide.

Vanessa Amorosi performed at both the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony and its accompanying closing ceremony in Sydney.

In October 2016, Vanessa Amorosi recorded her fifth studio album at Royal Studios in Memphis, that is slated to be released in 2019.

Vanessa Amorosi was born in Melbourne, in a Roman Catholic family of Italian origin, the daughter of singers Frank and Joy Vanessa Amorosi.

When Vanessa Amorosi was four, along with her younger sisters, Mellissa and Natasha, would go to tap, jazz and classical ballet classes, which were being run by her uncle.

Vanessa Amorosi attended Emerald Primary School and Emerald Secondary College.

At the age of 12, Vanessa Amorosi started to perform in shopping centres and local council concerts under the supervision of her family.

Vanessa Amorosi was discovered performing at Matrioshka, a Russian restaurant in Carnegie, by Jack Strom and signed a recording contract in 1997.

In 1999, Vanessa Amorosi released her debut single "Have a Look" which became a Top 20 hit and went gold in Australia.

Vanessa Amorosi performed at many large events such as the NRL Grand Final, the opening of the Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island and the new millennium on New Year's Eve at Darling Harbour.

Vanessa Amorosi was one of many celebrities to appear in the commercial.

Vanessa Amorosi received six ARIA nominations in the year 2000 awards and The Power was nominated for "Best Female Artist" and "Best Pop Release" in the ARIA Music Awards of 2001.

In October 2001, Vanessa Amorosi released Turn to Me, a compilation album with new songs and tracks from The Power, which were previously unreleased in Australia.

On 18 November 2002, Vanessa Amorosi released her second studio album Change.

In February 2003, Vanessa Amorosi performed her blues set for the first time at the Melbourne International Music and Blues Festival and traveled to Germany to perform her third single "True To Yourself" from the album Change on Top of the Pops and the hugely successful long-running show Wetten, dass.

On 25 January 2006, it was revealed that Vanessa Amorosi signed with manager Ralph Carr, having completed her seven-year management with MarJac Productions.

Vanessa Amorosi still has the farm where endangered animals can find refuge, although she does not get to visit much; her friends run it for her.

Vanessa Amorosi supported Kiss on their 2008 tour of Australia.

In 2008, Vanessa Amorosi released the album Somewhere in the Real World, through Universal Music Australia, on 24 May 2008.

Vanessa Amorosi released her second single, "Perfect", digitally on 5 April and physically on 26 April 2008.

Vanessa Amorosi appears in the video which was shot in Los Angeles at Lacy Street Studio with director Paul Brown.

Vanessa Amorosi flew to Los Angeles to film the video for "Hazardous" with director Paul Brown, which was serviced Thursday, 17 December 2009.

On 4 March 2010, Vanessa Amorosi announced "Mr Mysterious" as the third single from the Hazardous album via newsletter.

In September 2010, Vanessa Amorosi revealed on her official Twitter account she was back in the studio again with MachoPsycho in London.

The song was featured on Channel 7's AFL Grand Final ad which resulted in Vanessa Amorosi performing at the AFL Grand Final in 2011.

The tracklist and previews were already available in the Australian iTunes store, but on 3 November 2011, Vanessa Amorosi announced her album due for release on 11 November would be delayed until further notice.

In 2012, Vanessa Amorosi began played several shows with former Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart.

Vanessa Amorosi appeared as a featured vocalist on Stewart's 2013 album Lucky Numbers.

In 2017, Vanessa Amorosi was featured on a duet with Australian singer-songwriter Jon Stevens entitled "Something 'Bout You", from his album Starlight, co-written and produced by Dave Stewart.

Vanessa Amorosi was featured in the song "Delicious" with Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter.

Vanessa Amorosi recorded her new album in October 2016, at Royal Studios in Memphis, with Dave Stewart serving as the producer.

Vanessa Amorosi was in Los Angeles on 11 March 2017 for a photo shoot for the album, and has returned to Hollywood for post-production of the album.

In January 2019, a list of artists that contributed to Vanessa Amorosi's upcoming "Back to Love" album were announced.

In November 2019, it was announced that Vanessa Amorosi would be competing in Eurovision - Australia Decides in hopes of representing Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

On 30 March 2020, Vanessa Amorosi released "Coming Down Off You", the first of a series of new songs, released weekly, every Monday, leading to release of The Blacklisted Collection on 26 June 2020.

On 4 February 2022, Vanessa Amorosi announced the released City of Angels, scheduled for release on 18 March 2022.

On 5 March 2022, Vanessa Amorosi performed "Absolutely Everybody" at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as part of American Express's float.

On 5 August 2022, Vanessa Amorosi released "Good Times Are Coming", a stand-alone single to coincide with her performance of "Amazing" at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony.

In December 2022, Vanessa Amorosi was seen recording with Dave Stewart at Bay Street Records in Nassau, Bahamas.

On 13 January 2023, Vanessa Amorosi performed at the opening concert of the 2022 Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, SA.

On 26 January 2023, Vanessa Amorosi performed at the Australia Day concert in Rooty Hill, NSW.

On 27 January 2023, Vanessa Amorosi performed at the Australian Open Finals Festival.

On 19 March 2023, Vanessa Amorosi performed at the Mandurah Crab Fest in Perth.