Shannon Noll is an Australian singer who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of
Australian Idol which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums and ten Top 10 singles. His first three albums all achieved either platinum or multi-platinum status, while his two following albums have not gained certification.
That's What I'm Talking About in 2004 and
Lift in 2005 were No. 1 multi-platinum sellers, and his third album
Turn It Up released in 2007 reached No. 3 and was certified platinum.
No Turning Back: The Story So Far containing some of his previous hits and five new songs was released in 2008, peaking at No. 7, and A Million Suns released in October 2011 reached No. 8.
Noll's first ten singles released between February 2004 and September 2007 all peaked inside the Aria Top 10.
He is the only Australian artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive Top 10 singles.
Seven of these singles were Top 5 with three of those reaching No. 1. Since then Noll has released five further singles. Two of these singles charted in the Top 50, with the highest peaking one reaching No. 26.