Born in Melbourne on December 13th, 1982, singer-songwriter Anthony Callea first
found fame in 2004 as the runner-up on Australian Idol. After his rendition of
Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli’s “The Prayer” had proven a hit on the show, he
inked a deal with Sony/BMG following the season finale, with whom he promptly
released a studio version of the cover. It stayed at number one on the ARIA
Singles Chart for five weeks and went quadruple platinum, becoming the
second-best-selling song in his home country of the decade. His 2005 follow-up,
“Rain”, also claimed the #1 position for t...