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Kate Ceberano (1966 - ) is a singer from Australia. She is a third-generation Scientologist, her grandmother having once been employed as a governess for L. Ron Hubbard's children.Noted for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, four Gold albums, selling in excess of 1 million albums in Australia alone, performed tours, starred in various feature films and hosted her own television show.
Ceberano first came to prominence as lead vocalist at 15 years of age, for the funk band I'm Talking. The group’s album produced three top ten singles, went Platinum and won Best New Talent (1984) at the Countdown Awards. Ceberano won Best Female Vocalist (1985) at the Countdown Awards as well as Best Female Singer (1985) at the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. However after just one album, the group broke up and she went solo.
Ceberano’s first solo album was the live set Kate Ceberano and Her Septet (1987). Her following album
You've Always Got The Blues (1988) earned her an ARIA Award for Best Female Artist (1988). One year later, she won another ARIA for Best Female Artist (1989) as well as one for Highest Selling Single (1989), which was Bedroom Eyes. At the end of 1990, she received three prestigious MO Awards for Jazz Performer, Female Rock Performer and Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year.
In 1992, Ceberano performed the role of Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar (1992), which toured Australia and also featured John Farnham. She followed this with her own late-night cabaret-style show on ABC TV called
Kate Ceberano And Friends (1993-1994).
In 1996 Ceberano released her next solo album
Blue Box, which went Gold and saw her nominated for another Best Female Artist ARIA. In 1997 she wrote and released Pash. It went Gold and establishing Ceberano as one of Australian's leading song-writers.
Ceberano has also appeared the feature films,
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (2002), Dust Off The Wings (1996), Garbo (1990) and Arguing the Toss of a Cat (1989). She also performs as a special guest with acclaimed Los Angeles improv group the Really Spontaneous Theatre Company.
In 2005, Ceberano appeared as a judge on the Australian version of the television reality show X Factor.
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