Delta Goodrem says she always promised fans a return to North America — it just took her a little longer than expected.
“I’m amazed when someone shares with me, you know, ‘I’ve been a part of this journey [with you] from afar,'” the Australian singer-songwriter said in an interview, following her Canada Day-weekend gig opening for the Backstreet Boys in Toronto.
Despite previous album releases in Canada and the United States, Goodrem’s music has largely flown under the radar in North America. But back home, she is a bona fide star.
Her 2003 debut, Innocent Eyes, which she recorded and largely co-wrote as a teenager, remains the highest-selling album of all time by an Australian female artist.
Since then, she’s had four more No. 1 albums, made her mark on the small screen as a judge and mentor of The Voice Australia for eight seasons, and starred on the theatre stage.
She’s performed with the likes of Andrea Bocelli and Olivia Newton-John, and written for Canadian songstress Céline Dion. In January, she was named a Member of the Order of Australia.
