Kate Ceberano
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Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar
and film. She has also achieved success as a songwriter, with the hit "Pash" going gold in 1998.
Ceberano launched the debut Berlei Curves Spring Summer 2010 collection as the Berlei Curves ambassador.
She will be Artistic Director for the 2012 and 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
.
, Victoria, Australia of an American
father of Filipino
descent (karate master Tino Ceberano
) and an Australian mother. Her maternal forebears were some of the earliest settlers and government officials in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
In 2010 Ceberano was crowned Queen of Moomba
. Molly Meldrum was crowned King.
In February 2011 Ceberano joined the Nine Network
's travel program Getaway
, as a guest presenter.
Ceberano is an active member of the Church of Scientology
.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
and film. She has also achieved success as a songwriter, with the hit "Pash" going gold in 1998.
Ceberano launched the debut Berlei Curves Spring Summer 2010 collection as the Berlei Curves ambassador.
She will be Artistic Director for the 2012 and 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual cabaret festival held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the largest festival of its type in the world, with more than 48,000 attendees....
.
Biography
Ceberano was born in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria, Australia of an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
father of Filipino
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
descent (karate master Tino Ceberano
Tino Ceberano
Constantino 'Tino' Ceberano is a karate master who is a key figure in Australian martial arts history. He is a direct student of Gōju Kai karate founder Gōgen Yamaguchi...
) and an Australian mother. Her maternal forebears were some of the earliest settlers and government officials in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
In 2010 Ceberano was crowned Queen of Moomba
Moomba
Moomba is Australia's largest free community festival and one of the longest running festivals in Australia. Held annually in the city of Melbourne, Australia, Moomba is celebrated during the Labour Day long weekend , and has been celebrated since 1955...
. Molly Meldrum was crowned King.
In February 2011 Ceberano joined the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
's travel program Getaway
Getaway
Getaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and TLC...
, as a guest presenter.
Ceberano is an active member of the Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...
.
Singles
| Single | Year | ARIA | New Zealand Charts |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's Magic / "Only with You (Backing vocals for John Justin) | 1984 | - | |
| Someday (with I'm Talking I'm Talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me", "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in... ) |
1984 | - | |
| Trust Me (with I'm Talking) | 1985 | 10 | |
| Lead the Way(with I'm Talking) | 1985 | 25 | |
| Love Don't Live Here Anymore(with I'm Talking) | 1985 | 21 | |
| Do You Wanna Be? (with I'm Talking) | 1986 | 8 | |
| Holy Word (with I'm Talking) | 1986 | 9 | |
| You've Always Got the Blues (duet with Wendy Matthews Wendy Matthews Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist... ) |
1988 | 81 | |
| "Bedroom Eyes Bedroom Eyes (song) "Bedroom Eyes" is a 1989 song by Australian singer Kate Ceberano. It spent six weeks at #2 in the Australian charts, but became Australia's seventh highest-selling single of 1989.- References :... " |
1989 | 2 | 12 |
| Love Dimension | 1989 | 14 | |
| Brave / Young Boys Are My Weakness | 1989 | 15 | |
| That's What I Call Love" (featured on the Soundtrack "She Devil") | 1990 | 30 | |
| Dindi | 1990 | 105 | |
| Nature Boy Nature Boy (song) "Nature Boy" is a song by eden ahbez, published in 1947. The song tells a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy... who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest thing... was just to love and be loved in return"... |
1990 | - | |
| "Every Little Thing" | 1991 | 34 | |
| Satisfied | 1991 | 71 | |
| See Right Through / Everything Will Be Alright | 1991 | 33 | |
| Calling You (with Andrew Pendlebury on guitar) | 1992 | 97 | |
| "Everything's Alright" (with John Farnham John Farnham John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as... and Jon Stevens Jon Stevens Jon Stevens is a New Zealand-born singer of Maori descent, now an Australian citizen. Stevens is the brother of New Zealand Idol judge Frankie Stevens.... ) |
1992 | 6 | |
| I Don't Know How to Love Him | 1992 | 38 | |
| You've Got a Friend (Bass Culture Featuring Kate Ceberano) | 1993 | 100 | |
| Feeling Alright | 1994 | 99 | |
| All That I Want Is You | 1994 | 88 | |
| Change | 1995 | 100 | |
| Love and Affection | 1996 | 91 | |
| Blue Box | 1996 | - | |
| Pash | 1997 | 9 | 36 |
| Love Is Alive | 1998 | 57 | |
| Time To Think | 1998 | - | |
| I Won't Let You Down | 1999 | 50 | |
| True Romantic | 1999 | 79 | |
| Yes | 2002/2003 | - | |
| Higher and Higher | 2004 | - | |
| At Last | 2004 | - | |
| Unchained Melody | 2006 | - | |
| Go Your Own Way | 2007 | - | |
| She Will Be Loved | 2008 | - |
Albums
- 1986 Bear Witness (lead singer in the band I'm TalkingI'm TalkingI'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me", "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in...
) — Platinum (AUS #14) - 1987 Kate Ceberano & Her Septet — Gold
- 1988 You've Always Got the Blues (with Wendy MatthewsWendy MatthewsWendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...
) — Platinum (AUS#7) - 1989 BraveBrave (Kate Ceberano album)Brave is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano, and was her first solo foray into pop after two previously more adult oriented albums. The album was released in early 1989 by Regular Records...
— Triple Platinum (AUS#2) - 1990 Like Now (as Kate Ceberano & Her Sextet) AUS #18
- 1991 Think About It AUS #24
- 1992 Jesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ SuperstarJesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
Cast Album — Role: Mary MagdaleneMary MagdaleneMary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
(4× Platinum, 10.Wks at No. 1) - 1992 Open the Door — Live at Mietta's
- 1994 Kate Ceberano & Friends — live album from her ABC TV show — Gold AUS #19
- 1996 Blue Box — Gold AUS #18
- 1997 Pash — Gold AUS #23
- 1999 True Romantic: The Best of Kate Ceberano — Double Platinum (AUS#9)
- 2003 Girl Can Help It
- 2004 The Definitive Collection
- 2004 19 Days in New York (AUS #53)
- 2006 Live with The WASO
- 2007 Nine Lime Avenue — Platinum (AUS #4)
- 2008 So Much BeautySo Much BeautySo Much Beauty is Kate Ceberano's 17th studio album, released on April 26, 2008.Excluding the three new tracks, "So Much Beauty", "Stars and Satellites" and "Never Say Never", the remaining 9 songs are cover versions.-Track listing:-External links:...
(AUS #9) - 2009 Bittersweet with trumpet player Mark Isham (AUS #80, #3 ARIA Jazz Chart)
- 2009 Dallas et Kate - Australian Indie release with Dallas Cosmas (Prototype Musique)
- 2009 Merry Christmas (AUS #17)
- 2010 Merry Christmas (2010 Version)
Awards / highlights
- 1999 Outstanding Achievement in the Arts in Asia — Business Asia Awards
- 1994 Peoples Choice Awards — Favourite Female Singer (record 3rd time)
- 1993 Peoples Choice Awards — Favourite Female Singer
- 1992 Peoples Choice Awards — Favourite Female Singer
- 1992 Coca Cola Australia Music Award — Most Popular Female Performer
- 1992 Coca Cola Australia Music Award — Most Popular Song
- 1992 Coca Cola Australia Music Award — Most Popular Australian Act in a live Performance
- 1990 MO Awards — Female Jazz Performer of the Year
- 1989 MO Awards — Rock Performer of the Year
- 1989 MO Awards — Female Rock Performer of the Year
- 1989 MO Awards — Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year
- 1989 Monte Carlo World Music Awards — Highest Selling Australian Artist
- 1989 ARIA Award — Highest Selling Australian Single*
- 1989 ARIA Award — Best Female Artist*
- 1988 ARIA Award — Best Female Artist*
- Kate has been nominated 7 times; a record equalled only by Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueKylie 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...
- 1987 Coca Cola Australia Music Award — Most Popular Female Performer
- 1987 Asian Popular Song Contest — Winner
- 1986 Countdown Awards — Best Female Artist
- 1985 Countdown Awards — Best Female Artist
- 1984 Countdown Awards – Most Promising New Talent
- 2010 Performance at CoM
Filmography
- 1989 Arguing the Toss of a Cat (telemovie), Director: Christine Sammers
- 1997 Dust Off the Wings (feature film), Director: Lee Rogers
- 1999 Molokai: The Story of Father DamienMolokai: The Story of Father DamienMolokai: The Story of Father Damien is a 1999 biopic of Father Damien, who was a Belgian priest working at the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on the Hawaiian island of Molokai...
(feature film), Director: Paul CoxPaul CoxPaulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965... - 1999 Opening theatrical sequence for Sydney's Fox Studios, Director: Baz LuhrmannBaz LuhrmannMark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
Television highlights
- Dancing with the StarsDancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning, Australian light entertainment reality show airing on the Seven Network and filmed live from the HSV-7 studios in Melbourne...
(2007) - It Takes Two (2007, 2008)
- Neighbours (2010)
- The X Factor (Australia)The X Factor (Australia season 1)The X Factor is an Australian television music competition to find new singing talent. The 2005 season premiered on 6 February and ended on 15 May 2005. The show was cancelled after the 2005 season due to poor ratings, but was revived in 2010 after Seven Network acquired the rights through meetings...
(2005)