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January
2001 headlines :
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"The
Best Thing" to be released in the UK
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Going against what
Darren said regarding single releases, Sony Music UK has
announced that 'The Best Thing' will be released as a single
on February 26. UK Fans have already reported hearing
"The Best Thing" on their radio. "The Best
Thing" is on MTV-UK MTV
Select. It's selection # 51. See how to request "The
Best Thing" in SavageGarden
Request Line
Track list is yet to be confirmed, it will be
posted as soon as it is available.
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"Hold
Me" is released in Australia
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Savage Garden have
released "Hold Me" as a single in Australia in
15th January 2001. With the track listing:
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1. Hold
Me
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2. Hold
Me (Live)
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3. The
Best Thing (Live)
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4. Affirmation
(Almighty Remix)
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"Affirmation"
is the 24th highest selling album in UK for year 2000
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According to Sony
Music UK, The "Affirmation" album just went PLATINUM
in the UK. and is the 24th highest selling album in the UK.
Top 50 selling albums:
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1.
Beatles
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26. Barry
White
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2. Robbie
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27. Destiny's
Child
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3. Eminem
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28. All
Saints
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4. Westlife
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29. Melanie
C
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5. Madonna
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30. Toploader
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6. Moby
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31. Blur
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7. Texas
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32.
Macy Gray
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8. The
Corrs
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33. Abba
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9. Craig
David
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34. Bon
Jovi
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10. Whitney
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35. Enya
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11. Britney
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36. Red
Hot Chilli Peppers
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12. Coldplay
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37. Stereophonics
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13. S
Club
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38. Russell
Watson
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14. David
Gray
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39. UB40
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15. Tom
Jones
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40. Radiohead
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16. Ronan
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41. REM
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17. Shania
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42. Queen
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18. Santana
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43. Frank
Sinatra
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19. Travis
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44. Elton
John
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20. Oasis
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45. Dr
Dre
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21. Steps
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46. Celine
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22. Gabrielle
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47. Bob
Marley & the Wailers
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23. Elvis
Presley
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48. Cliff
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24. SAVAGE
GARDEN
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49. Andrea
Bocelli
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25. U2
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50. Sonique
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Taken from www.savagegarden.hu
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"Halogen"
the band that Daniel is working with
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The band that
Daniel is working with "Halogen" announced that they
would be changing their name soon. They will also be launching
a new website. For those of you that haven't
heard..."Halogen" is a duo from Brisbane. Jenny
Waite (former backing singer for Savage Garden) and Grant
Wallis. They will be releasing their first record soon. For
more information on "Halogen" go to their website: http://www.halogen.com.au/
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3
nominations for SG in NRJ Radio Awards
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The NRJ Radio
Award are taking place in Stockholm/Sweden on February 7th 2001.
Savage Garden are nominated for 3 awards :
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Best International
Group - Savage
Garden
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Best International song
- Affirmation - Savage garden
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Best Song from
Soundtrack
- The Animal Song - Savage
Garden
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Radio NRJ
are represented in these European Countries: Denmark,
Sweden,
Norway,
France,
Finland,
Germany,
Belgium and
Austria. Everybody
living in these countries can vote by logging on to their local
NRJ-website www.nrj.(your local code)". Please vote if
you live in one of those countries. (Thanks to the garden of
savage delights website). They will take place at the opening
of the MIDEM in Cannes, January 20th 2001, at 20h50 live on TF1
and simultaneously on NRJ from the Palais des Festivals. Kanal 5
will be broadcasting NRJ Radio Awards 2001 at 20.00 February
7th.
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Billboard
: Year 2000 in Music Charts : "I
Knew I Loved You" - #1 song of 2000, SG #1 artist of
2000
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Adult Contemporary
chart :
Song of the
Year: I
Knew I Loved You
Artist of
the Year:
Savage Garden
"It's an Australian act that leads and anchors the AC
recap for 2000. Savage Garden leads with its massive hit,
"I Knew I Loved You" (Columbia), while its 1997
release of "Truly Madly Deeply" shores up the recap
at No. 25. It's the third consecutive year that
"Truly" has been on the year-end list; it was the
No. 1 song of 1998 and the No. 5 title of 1999. This
"truly" amazing song holds the AC longevity record,
as it remained on the chart for 123 weeks."
Source: billboard.com
Hot 100
songs of 2000
- #7 I Knew I Loved You
Albums of
the year: -
#25 Affirmation
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