Follow Your Heart
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- This is about the Nikki Webster Album. For other uses see Follow Your Heart (disambiguation)
Follow Your Heart is the first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Australian singer Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
, released in Australia on 20 August 2001 (see 2001 in music
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
) by Gotham Records. The album has a genre of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
songs, and was produced by Chong Lim.
The album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
produced Webster's first top ten single on the ARIA Charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, giving her the record of being one of the youngest singers to debut at number two. The album also generated another top twenty single. In 2002, the album was nominated for an ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
which was for being the "Highest Selling Album" for 2002 but lost to Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
's album Fever
Fever (Kylie Minogue album)
Fever is the eighth album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released 1 October 2001 by Parlophone Mushroom Records, and Capitol Records. Minogue began work on the album in 2001, working with famous songwriters and producers like Cathy Dennis, Rob Davis, and Tom Nichols, moving into a...
. Follow Your Heart was the thirty second highest selling album in Australia for 2001 and was certified platinum by 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...
selling 70 thousand copies around Australia.
Reception
The album made its debut on the Australian Albums Chart on 27 August 2001 at number six and was certified Gold. On its second week in the chart it fell four places to number ten but on its third week at jumped five places to number five and stayed their for two consecutive weeks. It then fell out of the top ten to number eleven but the next week it jumped back to number ten. After two weeks the album fell out of the top twenty to number twenty-four. On its eleventh week in the chart it jumped back into the top twenty from number twenty-six and then rose three places to number sixteen. It then dropped out of the top twenty to number thirty rising a few times then falling out of the top fifty. The album spent twenty-two weeks in the top fifty leaving at number forty-four and it spent twenty-eight weeks in the top one hundred leaving at number ninety-nine.The singles released from Follow Your Heart were unsuccessful in most music markets and became very popular in Australia. "Strawberry Kisses
Strawberry Kisses
"Strawberry Kisses" is a pop song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster's first album Follow Your Heart . It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 in Australia and 27 May 2002 in the UK as a CD single. Webster states the...
" was the first song released from the album and debuted on the Australian ARIA
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
Singles Chart at number two and was there for seven weeks and was accredited Platinum by 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...
. It also charted in the UK at number sixty-four and in New Zealand at number forty. "Depend on Me
Depend on Me
"Depend on Me" is the second song released by Nikki Webster from her debut album Follow Your Heart. It peaked at #16 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in September 2001.-Track listing:#"Depend on Me"#"Depend on Me"...
" was the second song released from the album was gave Webster her third top twenty single peaking at number sixteen and was certified Gold. "The Best Days
The Best Days
"The Best Days" is the third song released by Nikki Webster from her debut album Follow Your Heart. It peaked at #21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in December 2001. The second track on the CD single includes a cover of "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.-Track listing:-Charts:...
" was the third and final song released from the album was featured a cover of the song "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
", it peaked at number twenty-one in Australia and was also certified Gold.
Track listing
- "Strawberry KissesStrawberry Kisses"Strawberry Kisses" is a pop song written by Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil and Marjorie Maye, produced by Chong Lim for Nikki Webster's first album Follow Your Heart . It was released as the album's first single on 11 June 2001 in Australia and 27 May 2002 in the UK as a CD single. Webster states the...
" (Jeff Franzel, Andy Marveil, Marjorie Maye) – 3:33 - "Depend on MeDepend on Me"Depend on Me" is the second song released by Nikki Webster from her debut album Follow Your Heart. It peaked at #16 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in September 2001.-Track listing:#"Depend on Me"#"Depend on Me"...
" (Anders Hansson, Steven Diamond) – 3:55 - "Mirror Mirror" – 3:41
- "The Best DaysThe Best Days"The Best Days" is the third song released by Nikki Webster from her debut album Follow Your Heart. It peaked at #21 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in December 2001. The second track on the CD single includes a cover of "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.-Track listing:-Charts:...
" (Mark HoldenMark HoldenMark Holden is an Australian singer, television personality and barrister. He was one of a panel of three judges on the television series Australian Idol.-Acting career:...
, Axel Breitung) – 3:25 - "Boy Inside My Heart" – 3:45
- "Heavenly" – 3:26
- "Friends 4 Ever" (Jan LindvaagDeepFrost production teamDeepFrost is a music songwriting & production team operating in the pop, r and b and hiphop genres. The team is based in the Scandinavian city of Trondheim, Norway. Team members are Thomas J...
, Aleena Gibson) – 4:10 - "Individuality" – 2:48
- "All Come Back to You" – 3:42
- "Red Light Green Light" – 3:44
- "I Will Be Your Friend" – 3:32
- "Follow Your Heart" (Holden, Paul WiltshirePaul Wiltshire-Singles:* 2010 'Devastated' - Sam Clark - * 2010 'Send Me A Sign' - Sam Clark - * 2009 'Broken' - Sam Clark - #39 AUS* 2007 'Addicted To You' - Anthony Callea #19 AUS...
) – 3:51
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Album Chart | 5 |
| Chart | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia 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... |
Platinum | 70,000+ |