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.

Cancer

On July 8th, 2003, Delta announced that she had Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer. Goodrem's management team have been criticised for using her illness to attract favourable media coverage.

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Hodgkin's lymphoma - Cancer

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Early on in her treatment, Goodrem recorded a few new songs, and a video clip for her fourth single, 'Not Me, Not I', though it was apparent that the treatment was taking its toll on her. When asked why Goodrem worked so hard to promote the album in spite of her illness, she said, "I am very dedicated to my fans, I would not want them to be disappointed. 'Not Me, Not I' is so special to me that I had to film a clip for it, just as I did with every other song I did for the album."

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When 'Not Me, Not I' reached number 1 on the Australian charts, Delta became the only female artist to have four number 1 singles from her debut album, besting the previous effort of three number 1s from Kylie Minogue's "Kylie" album.

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On October 4 of that year, while Goodrem was still undergoing treatment, it was announced that she would not renew her contract with manager Glenn Wheatley. Goodrem's mother, Lea Goodrem, subsequently replaced Wheatley.

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October 4 - Manager - Glenn Wheatley

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Goodrem capped off a professionally successful, though personally traumatic, year by winning a seven ARIA Music Awards on October 21, 2003, which nearly broke the previous record of nine, held by Natalie Imbruglia. Delta didn't perform personally at the ARIAs. Darren Hayes, formerly of Savage Garden, performed her second number one hit, "Lost Without You," in tribute to her.

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ARIA Music Awards - October 21 - 2003 - Natalie Imbruglia - Darren Hayes - Savage Garden

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In the first week of December 2003 Innocent Eyes broke John Farnham's Australian record of 25 consecutive weeks at No. 1 (Whispering Jack (1986)). In total, Innocent Eyes spent 29 weeks at #1, tied with Neil Diamond's Hot August Night (1972), as the second longest charting number-one album in Australian history. Innocent Eyes has been certified over 14x platinum in Australia alone, with sales in the United Kingdom reaching nearly 1million, having debuted at #2 in the album chart.

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December - John Farnham - 1986 - Neil Diamond - 1972 - United Kingdom

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Goodrem released her debut DVD entitled Delta (Innocent Eyes in the UK and Europe) which was a success in music DVD charts in Australia and the UK, featuring music videos, her Channel V mini-concert, behind the scenes footage and more. The DVD broke Australian records, selling in excess of half a million copies.

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