Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem (born in Sydney on November 9, 1984) is an Australian musician, singer and actress, who started her career as Nina Tucker on the television soap opera Neighbours. She has released two number one albums, "Innocent Eyes" and "Mistaken Identity," and had 7 number one singles in Australia.

Mistaken Identity

Goodrem's second album Mistaken Identity was released on November 7, 2004 and debuted at number 1 in Australia, also charting in the UK, Germany and Switzerland. The album saw Delta collaborating with songwriters such as Cathy Dennis (who had written "Toxic" for Britney Spears and "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" for fellow Australian soap star-turned singer Kylie Minogue), among others including Billy Mann (who worked on Jessica Simpson's third album).

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Mistaken Identity - November 7 - 2004 - Britney Spears - Kylie Minogue - Jessica Simpson

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Goodrem also collaborated with Irish singer Brian McFadden, formerly of boyband Westlife on a duet entitled "Almost Here." According to reports, the married McFadden and Goodrem had embarked on an affair, reports of which were denied by both camps.

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Brian McFadden - Westlife

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In January 2005, The Sunday Mirror explosively "exposed" their fledgling relationship in a front page scoop. Both Goodrem and McFadden maintain that they had not embarked on a relationship until mid-December, by which time Goodrem and McFadden were both single, the latter having separated from Kerry Katona, formerly of Atomic Kitten, in September 2004. Some negative reports speculated that the couple's relationship was a publicity stunt to promote their duet, which was the third single from Delta's second album, and the third single from McFadden's debut album. The couple are still very much a couple 8 months on, regardless of the negative press reports.

Related Topics:
The Sunday Mirror - Kerry Katona - Atomic Kitten

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In Australia, "Mistaken Identity" the album's title track, debuted and peaked at number 7 in January 2005. The track was not promoted with Delta being in the UK at the time, promoting "Almost Here" with Brian McFadden. "Mistaken Identity" went Gold, but did not stay in the chart for as long as her previous singles. In the UK, "Almost Here" debuted at number 3, her chart best equal with her debut, "Born to Try". The song debuted at number 1 in Australia, going Platinum, where it was released as the third single from the album. On her chart positions, Delta responded to criticisms that her career was slowing down by saying, "My last single peaked at number seven, and this is number one. It is up and down." On May 29th, she released her 4th official single from "Mistaken Identity" - "A Little Too Late" It debuted and peaked at #13, a disappointment, but despite this Delta was not worried, focusing on tour rehearsals at that time. Even though her last single was a flop, "Be Strong" is slated for single release in September 26th. It is officially confirmed that "The Analyst" will not be her 10th single, after heavily rumours that it will be because a clip was played at her concert while "The Analyst" was playing. There have been high expectations from this single. A rumoured B-Side to be on that single is "Possesionless".

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