“Her attitude and songs and performance are all appealing to and can be made out to connect to some sense of Australianness we think we know, as fatuous as that argument is,” veteran music journalist Bernard Zuel told Music Junkee. In interviews and articles she is constantly referred to as “down to earth” and “ approachable” - traits that Australians love with a fiery passion. It’s not all love and heartbreak stuff.”Īnd when Australians did finally discover her personality, we became obsessed. “She is one of the few contemporary pop artists who has documented every stage of life in song, from booze and drug-fuelled rebellion, through the rollercoaster of her relationship with husband Carey Hart and becoming a mother.
“It was the songs which connected first, long before her Australian fans discovered she is the most honest, unfiltered, unscripted popstar on the planet,” says longtime News Corp music writer Kathy McCabe. She’s enjoyed sustained success all over the world, but, as detailed above, her success in Australia far outstrips that of any other country. In the same curious way that Lionel Richie is a massive star in the Middle East, or Detroit singer songwriter Rodriguez is ludicrously popular in South Africa.
Pink is obviously an immensely talented musician and performer with a back catalogue stuffed full of absolute bangers. The question of ‘Why’ isn’t intended to be offensive at all. Which is, YOU FUCKING GUESSED IT, a record. The Truth About Love was the highest selling album in Australia two years in a row. Which means around 15 percent of the Australian population have a Pink record somewhere in their house. Pink has had four ARIA #1 albums so far, with total sales in excess of 3.6 million units. All up, she played to well over 600,000 Australians - about 2.6 percent of the population.Īnd then there’s the album sales. “All up, she played to well over 600,000 Australians - about 2.6 percent of the population”īy the time Pink wrapped The Truth About Love, the tour had become the biggest selling tour by a female solo artist in Australia’s history. Not content to stop there, she then added an additional four shows in Sydney a month later at the Allphones Arena (now Qudos Bank Arena). Which, you guessed it, is another record. She broke her own record set with Funhouse by performing 18 sold out shows at the Rod Laver Arena, raking in over $29.2 million in Melbourne alone. She played another 12 shows at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, bringing her total of sold out shows at the venue to 26. (For comparison, Adele pulled in around $35 million for her 2017 tour.)Īnd then in 2013, Pink landed for her The Truth About You tour and broke all of those records again.
We don’t even need to italicise that figure to emphasise just how ridiculous that is.
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All up, the Funhouse Tour amassed gross earnings of over $80 million, plus a casual $10 million in merch sales. The DVD also includes exclusive behind the scenes footage.Then there was the Toilet-Achieving 11 shows in Brisbane, plus more in Adelaide, Wollongong, Canberra and Perth. The performance is part rock show, part cabaret, part dance party, part Cirque de Soleil and it has received unanimously rave reviews everywhere. Taken from her enormously successful worldwide Funhouse Tour, the concert was shot in HD in Australia where she sold out a record-breaking 60 shows. 2009 two disc (CD/DVD) live release from the Pop/Rock diva featuring a full performance on DVD and a special CD containing highlights from the show handpicked by Pink herself plus a previously unreleased track, 'Push Me Away'.
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