Shannon Noll is an Australian pop singer who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first series of Australian Idol, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. Since then he has released five Top 10 albums, including multi-platinum sellers. Noll's first ten singles all peaked inside the Aria Top 10, including three that reached #1. He is the only male Australian artist in Australian chart history to have ten consecutive top 10 singles. Since then, Noll has released eight more singles, with only two reaching the top 50, the highest one peaking at number 26. Noll has achieved 17 platinum and three gold certifications and his combined album and single sales have reached over 1.3 million, the second highest certification and sales level for an Australian Idol contestant, and the highest for a non-winner. Noll received six ARIA nominations including Best Pop Release for Lift. He won MTV awards for Best Male Artist three years in succession between 2005 and 2007. He is now signed to Universal Music. [More at Wikipedia]

September 16th, 1975 in Orange (Age 49)