At only 26 years of age, Aria Award winning singer Anthony Callea has definitely cemented his name in Australia as one of this country’s favourite and most recognised singers and performers. In 2004 his debut single The Prayer became and still stands as Australia’s fastest and highest selling single of all time with sales in excess of 4 x platinum and was at the top of the charts for an amazing 5 weeks. Anthony has well and truly proven to be one of this country’s most successful recording artists.
In 2005 Anthony followed his debut single with another multi-platinum number 1 single Rain/Bridge Over Troubled Water and a self-titled multi-platinum number 1 album. Anthony again scored himself another two top 10 hits off his debut album with Hurts so Bad and Per Sempre. He embarked on an international song writing trip for his sophomore album A New Chapter which was accredited Gold, that featured two top 20 singles with Live for Love and Addicted To You. Anthony also released a Live Concert DVD which debuted at No 3 on the Aria DVD Charts and went Platinum and later screened as a television music special on Foxtel.
He also recorded the song Healing of the Heart for the soundtrack of Walt Disney’s Bambi 2 along with international artists Martina McBride and Alison Krauss and the song Home on Beyond Blue’s ‘Song’s of Hope & Journey’
Anthony has embarked on two of his own successful national concert tours to sell-out crowds and appeared as special guest for touring international superstars including Ms Diana Ross, Westlife and more recently Celine Dion. Anthony has also performed for a host of international dignitaries including the late Luciano Pavarotti, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark.
Anthony has appeared on many special television events such as the Logies, Australia Day Concert, The Arias, Good Friday Appeals, Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight and the Perth Telethon to name a few. His true ‘entertaining’ skills have been witnessed by millions of viewers on Channel Seven’s It Takes Two getting to the finals in Series 2 with FOX FM’s Jo Stanley and in Series 3 with Iron Woman Candice Falzon.
September 2007 saw Anthony tread the boards in his first musical production at the State Theatre in Sydney . He played a supporting role in Dead Man Walking, the true story of Sister Helen Prejean. This acclaimed opera production was directed by Nigel Jamieson (Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony).
In November 2007 Anthony played the role of Mark in Perth’s musical production of Rent alongside Tim Campbell and Nikki Webster.
Anthony has accumulated a string of awards including an Aria Award along with 3 other Aria nominations, Channel V Artist of the Year, Pop Republic Artist of the Year, an MTV Viewers’ Choice Award, Variety’s Young Entertainer of the Year, MO Award, Dolly Teen Choice Award and a Gospel Music Award.
In 2008 he performed 3 sell-out shows with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in Songs from the Movies, a tribute to the great songs from films along side Kate Cebrano & Todd Mckenny.
Most recently in 2008 through to 2009 , Anthony played the role of Boq in the hit broadway musical Wicked in Melbourne where he received audience and critical acclaim. The Sunday Telegraph said ‘Anthony Callea is winning as a munchkin Boq’ and The Age said ‘as the munchkin Boq in Wicked, Callea is impressive’. In December he performed his only Solo Concert for 08 One Night Only to a sell-out crowd at The Palms at Crown.
He is currently working on his 3rd album through Sony Music.
- Channel V Artist of the Year 2005
- Pop Republic Male Artist of the Year 2005
- 2006 MTV Viewers Choice
- 2005 ARIA Award - Highest Selling Single Of The Year (The Prayer)
- 1 Single of 2005 - Australian End Of Year Chart
- Three ARIA 1 Awards for 2005
(The Prayer/Rain/Bridge Over Troubled Water/Anthony Callea - the album)
- Australian Performer of the Year MO Award nomination
- Extensive 2005 national tour of Australia
- Gospel Music Award for - Most Outstanding Achievement 2007
- Hand-picked to sing for Pavarotti at a private function on his Australian concert tour & Queen Elizabeth on Commonwealth Day
Hey their Anth, Thank you for a world class performance of the most amazing act i have ever seen before by you on "AUSTRALIAN IDOL".The greatest singer ever ANTHONY CALLEA,TO SING THE PRAYER ON IDOL "WOW".I just want to wish you anthony all the success you have deserve so far and lots more better in the future...I love each and every song on both on your albums and appreciate it much more now.You sing each song with so much passion and when i listen to the greatest artist like "ANTHONY CALLEA" I visualize how you sang it ....CONGRATULATIONS ANTHONY ON A GREAT ALBUM THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING US WITH YOUR MUSIC ANTHONY CALLEA PLEASE DONT YOU EVER STOP WHAT YOU LOVE MOST DOING AND THAT IS YOUR BEAUITFUL SWEET MUSIC THAT WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANTHONY CALLEA TAKE CARE MY SWEET DEAREST NORMA XO
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