Anthony Callea is the debut album of Anthony Callea

Anthony Callea

Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 2004 season of Australian Idol when he became runner up. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist...

. It was released on 25 March 2005.
His debut single, "The Prayer" was released in December 2004 and debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

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 at number one, remaining at the top spot for five weeks straight. It was certified four times platinum

Music recording sales certification

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, selling in excess of 280,000 copies and was the highest selling single in Australia in 2005. In 2010 ARIA named it as the second highest selling single of the previous decade, which also made it the second highest selling Australian artist song of that decade. His second single was the double A-side "Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water

Bridge over Troubled Water (song)

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" is the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live album Live 1969, released in 2008. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 28, 1970, and stayed at...

" released the week before Easter

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, which also debuted at number one and held the spot for two weeks. His self-titled album, Anthony Callea, also debuted at number one, on the week of 4 April 2005. It held the top spot on the Australian ARIA Charts for 3 weeks before dropping to number three. The album was certified double platinum. Anthony's third single "Hurts So Bad" debuted at number ten on the ARIA Charts. The fourth single released from the Anthony Callea album - "Per Sempre (For Always)" - made its debut at number five on the ARIA Charts. It was released in two formats - as a standard CD

Compact Disc

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 single and a DVD single.

Track listing

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Albums Chart	1

Year	End of year Chart	Position
2005	Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Albums Chart	17