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Glimpses into the Leading Australian Icons of Music Lives

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Chapter 10 - Keith Urban

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Heard of international superstar Taylor Swift? Here is what she had to say about Keith Urban: "There’s a palpable purity to what Keith does and there always has been. His melodies and inflections influenced me so intensely because they were so different from what I was hearing in country at that time, incorporating rock, pop, and blues into the mix. He absolutely redefined the genre for me, by making it a wider and more expansive place to create from within". (Dowling, 2021).

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Chapter 1 - AC/DC

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AC/DC released their breakthrough album Highway to Hell in 1979, which has remained an all-time favorite throughout the decades, and remains so to the present day. Only a few months after Highway to Hell was released, the members of AC/DC faced the sudden and unexpected passing of their frontman Bon Scott.

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Chapter 11 - Kylie Minogue

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Kylie Minogue has had a profound effect on internationally acclaimed artists and has also become an essential voice for minorities like the LGBTQ community. Kylie outright refused to wed her fiance at the time, Joshua Sasse, until all gender orientations in Australia had an equal right to wed.

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Chapter 7 - INXS

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The following statement from The 1975 frontman Matthew Healy speaks heavily to the effect INXS had on other bands: "It was a time [the 80s] where pop music wasn't overly encumbered with self-awareness or trying to be too cool. That's why you got amazing bands like INXS" (Britton, 2015).

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Glimpse into some of the most inspiring rags-to-riches stories

In this book, we take a look at 20 of the most influential Australian icons in the music industry over the last 50 years.