A Sad State of Affairs

[rock collector]

As an Australian, it is quite galling to read of our charts been polluted with such junk as the Crazy Frog, Akon's "Lonely" and anything by an Australian Idol.

Music buyers, inject some taste into your purchases and avoid the novelty trash!

[jesse1982]

Hey rock collector...(seems to me ur mocking ur own ppl of chosing Australian Idol..voted by the Aust public itself?)...seemingly, fr ur nick ur only interested in Rock itself? How can u judge other genre of music & calling others as "trash"!
If u haven't been following the commercial success of Aust Idol these are sum of the things u hav forgot 2 mention!:

The success of Australian Idol has been reflected on the Australian charts with a finalists album and four contestant albums all enjoying considerable success so far with the finalists of the second series to release debut albums within a few months.

So far, the albums released or due to be released shortly are:

Australian Idol: Final 12 reached #3 on the charts and achieved double platinum status;
Just As I Am, the debut album by winner Guy Sebastian debuted at #1 in December 2003 and has achieved 6x platinum status or sales of 500,000, and his second album Beautiful Life debuted at #2 in October 2004 and has so far achieved platinum status (behind Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits);
That's What I'm Talking About by runner-up Shannon Noll debuted at #1 in early 2004 and has achieved 5x platinum status, selling 350,000 albums; and
Up All Night by finalist Rob Mills debuted in the Australian top 30 of the album charts in late June;
One Determined Heart by finalist Paulini Curuenavuli was released in late July on Sony Music and debuted at #1 in the album charts after the success of the first single (see below), achieving gold status. A Christmas album full of carols, called Amazing Grace: Songs For Christmas was also recorded and released by her in December 2004, reaching the top 100;
Cosima by finalist Cosima De Vito debuted at #2 in the albums in October 2004, so far achieving gold status (behind Maroon 5's Songs about Jane); and
Hinesight, a covers album by Idol judge Marcia Hines has also reached the top 20 in September 2004.
Joel Turner and The Modern Day Poets, the self-titled album from "unforgettable" contestant and beatboxer Joel Turner with The Modern Day Poets reached the top 30 in November 2004.
For You, Casey Donovan's debut album, debuted at #2 in December 2004, behind Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits.
Cast Album Australian Idol Final 10, an album by the 10 finalists of the second series made the top 20 in February 2005.
Anthony Callea, Anthony Callea's debut self-titled album, released on 28 March 2005, and debuted at #1 on the albums chart of 4 April 2005, so far achieving double platinum status.
In total, Australian Idol contestants have sold approximately a million albums in Australia since November 2003. BMG who signed up the two original finalists have presented Guy Sebastian with a royalty cheque for a million dollars in July 2004, with Shannon Noll also receiving a similar later in the year

Anthony Callea's "The Prayer" was named as the fastest & the best selling single for alltime!!
It's up to the public what they want their #1 as, and u can't deny their success!

[kevvds]

As an Australian, it is quite galling to read of our charts been polluted with such junk as the Crazy Frog, Akon's "Lonely" and anything by an Australian Idol.

Music buyers, inject some taste into your purchases and avoid the novelty trash!
I agree, the latest offering "Wasabe" by Aust Idol wannabe Lee Harding is one of the worst examples of junk mail music to infest the airwaves in a long time. Rikki Lee's annoying vocal gymnastics on "Sunshine" is yet another example. I will however admit that Guy Sebastion and Anthony Callea are great success stories and are a credit to the Australian music industry.
Akon's criminal mauling of an otherwise soppy but pleasant golden oldie "Lonley", like so many other rancid reworkings by other so called artists only serves to convince me that the world really is coming to an end and the sooner the better if this appalling trend continues!

[Benny1987]

As an Australian, it is quite galling to read of our charts been polluted with such junk as the Crazy Frog, Akon's "Lonely" and anything by an Australian Idol.

Music buyers, inject some taste into your purchases and avoid the novelty trash!

I agree on most of the Aussie Idol ****, just because it sells well doesn't mean it's good. But how can anyone possibly say anything bad about Lonely!? It was one of the best songs of the year (don't get me wrong, I said ONE OF, there were many better