It was here, in the late 80s, that Ceberano earned a formidable reputation for her soul, jazz and pop repertoire. Quite rightly radio labelled her as having “one of the greatest voices our music industry has ever produced” Kate’s first solo album was the live recording "Kate Ceberano and her Septet", released in 1987. The following year, Ceberano collaborated with Wendy Matthews on the album 'You've Always Got The Blues', which was the soundtrack to the ABC Television show Stringer. The album peaked at No. 7 in the ARIA charts and earned her a nomination for the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist in 1988. In 1989, Ceberano released her acclaimed album 'Brave'. The album was the 20th highest-selling album in Australia in the 1980s and spawned four singles, including "Bedroom Eyes", which became the 5th highest-selling single in Australia in 1989 and the highest-selling single by an Australian artist in that year.
At the 1989 ARIA awards, she won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist, as well as 'Highest Selling Single' for "Bedroom Eyes". At the end of 1990, she received three Mo Awards for Jazz Performer, Female Rock Performer and Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year. Ceberano contributed "Nature Boy" to the The Crossing soundtrack, before releasing the albums 'Like Now', in 1990, and 'Think About It!', in 1991. In 1992, Ceberano joined the Australian cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, in which she performed the role of Mary Magdalene, and the show toured nationally. The album was the highest-selling album in Australia in 1992, certified 4 x platinum. Two singles were released from the album, including "Everything's Alright" (with John Farnham and Jon Stevens), which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA charts.
Ceberano won a Logie Award for Most Popular Music Video in 1993 for "Everything's Alright". "I Don't Know How To Love Him" was the second single and won Ceberano another nomination for Best Female Artist in 1993. Kate followed this success with her own late-night cabaret-style show on ABC TV simply dubbed Kate Ceberano And Friends (1993-1994), the album from which went Gold. It peaked at No. 19 in 1994. In 1996 Kate released her next solo album 'Blue Box', which also went Gold and saw her nominated for another Best Female Artist at the ARIA’s. In 1997 Kate wrote and released what has become an Australian pop classic ''Pash''. A gorgeous slice of three-minute pop, the song went Platinum and established Kate as one of our leading female songwriters.
The subsequent album 'Pash' shot to #5 in the ARIA charts, was certified gold and produced the singles "Pash" and "Love Is Alive". Richard Wilkins of the Today Show simply referred to her as “Australian Music Royalty”. Ceberano returned with her 2003 studio album 'Girl Can Help It'. In 2007, Ceberano saluted the 1980s with her cover album 'Nine Lime Avenue', which was recorded in three weeks while she was on television show Dancing with the Stars. The album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 4 and gave Ceberano her first 'top 5' album since 1989's 'Brave'. Ceberano toured in late 2007 before recording another cover album, released in 2008, titled 'So Much Beauty', which peaked at No. 9 in Australia. Ceberano released three albums in 2009: the first is a collaborative jazz album that was recorded with Mark Isham, titled 'Bittersweet', which earned Ceberano a nomination at the 2009 ARIA awards; the second, an indie album with Dallas Cosmas, titled 'Dallas et Kate'; and in November, Ceberano released her first Christmas album, simply titled 'Merry Christmas', which was certified gold.
Ceberano was appointed the Victorian Ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. As the Victorian Ambassador, she helps to raise funds and awareness about breast cancer. Ceberano explained: “I like to be as involved as I possibly can in causes I feel strongly about. Yes I am a musician, but if I can do more to help others then I will.” Her memoir, I'm Talking: My Life, My Words, My Music, was published by Hachette Australia in 2014. She co-wrote the book with Tom Gilling. On 3 October 2015, she sang the Australian national anthem before AFL Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne, Australia.
SINGLES
Bedroom Eyes
| 8 MAY '89 | #2 |
Love Dimension
| 17 JUL '89 | #14 |
Young Boys Are My Weakness
| 30 OCT '89 | #15 |
That's What I Call Love
| 4 MAR '90 | #30 |
Every Little Thing
| 21 JUL '91 | #34 |
Satisfied
| 13 OCT '91 | #71 |
See Right Through
| 1 DEC '91 | #33 |
Everything's Alright | John Farnham, Kate Ceberano & Jon Stevens | 26 JUL '92 | #6 |
I Don't Know How to Love Him | 6 DEC '92 | #38 |
All That I Want is You
| 3 JUL '94 | #88 |
Change
| 3 DEC '95 | #100 |
Love and Affection
| 14 JUL '96 | #91 |
Pash
| 14 DEC '97 | #10 |
Love is Alive
| 13 APR '98 | #57 |
I Won't Let You Down
| 7 JUN '99 | #50 |
True Romantic
| 25 OCT '99 | #79 |
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Ceberano
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
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