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Human Nature is an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was released. Human Nature's 3 follow-up albums all went multi-platinum in Australia. The band has also enjoyed some chart success internationally. Human Nature released its first album Telling Everybody in 1996 which went on to sell enough records to earn three platinum records. The group also helped build their reputation by working as support acts for Michael Jackson and Céline Dion. The band teamed up with John Farnham for "Everytime You Cry" which was one of the biggest hits of 1997. Human Nature also appeared in an arena tour for Happy Days and in an Australian concert tour of Beatles songs conducted by Sir George Martin. Counting Down released in 1998 continued the band's momentum, and debuted at number one on the ARIA charts and generated five gold singles in Australia - "Last To Know", "Don't Cry", "Cruel", "Be There With You" and "Eternal Flame" a cover version of the 1989 hit by the Bangles. The band also performed the Australian National Anthem at the 2000 Summer Olympics with Julie Anthony. The band released a self-titled album in 2000 with lead single "He Don't Love You" reaching Top 20 in the UK and being the tenth best selling Australasian single in Australia for that year. The single "Always Be With You", from their greatest hits album "Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature" also made the Australian top 30, with the video featuring Guido Hatzis, breakdancing legend, making the video memorable. This single was recorded in London, Stockholm and New York and featured a songwriting session with Gary Barlow of Take That. Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature followed in late 2001. With struggling sales levels and diminishing interest from the crucial teen market, Human Nature decided to come back with a set of Mowtown covers for their fifth studio album Reach Out: The Motown Record on 6 November 2005. It has peaked at number one and has reached 5 times platinum. They toured extensively around Australia in 2006 on The Motown Show tour. On 29 October 2006, Human Nature won their first ARIA - highest selling album - after 15 nominations, band member Andrew Tierney joked saying they were the "John Woods" of the ARIAs. The quartet's sixth studio album Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II was released on October 13, 2006 and debuted at number one, with 14 Motown cover songs, after the initial 'Motown' album sold over 350,000 copies and won the highest selling album ARIA award. |
