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List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart.List of artists who reached number one on the U.S.List of number-one dance hits (United States).They commenced in 1987.ĪRIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - SingleĪndy Van, Cheyne Coates for "Don't Call Me Baby" The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Singles List of singles, with selected chart positions and certificationsĪwards and nominations ARIA Music Awards Ministry of Sound: The Summer Annual – Summer 2000 (CD2).Andy Van Dorsselaer – producer and writerĭiscography Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications.Soon after, she left the music performance industry and, according to Van Dorseelaer, "has a successful career writing songs for other people." Andy Van went on to create the band Vandalism. She followed with a solo album, Something Wicked This Way Comes (October 2004). In April 2004, Coates issued her debut solo single, " I've Got Your Number". Madison Avenue won the Best Dance Artist award at the International Dance Awards in 2001 in Miami.

They were also nominated for Best Group, Best Dance Release, Producer of the Year (for work by Van Dorsselaer and Coates) and Best Video (for direction by Hartley) for "Don't Call Me Baby". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 they won Single of the Year, Highest Selling Single and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Don't Call Me Baby" as well as Best Video for Mark Hartley's direction of "Who the Hell Are You". It provided three other singles: " Who the Hell Are You?", a number-one hit in Australia, "Everything You Need", and " Reminiscing", a cover version of the 1978 hit written by Graeham Goble for the Little River Band. The group's only studio album, The Polyester Embassy, was released in 2000 and reached number 4 on the Australian album charts. Coates became the public face of the band, although they had intended to be a collective dance group like C&C Music Factory or Soul II Soul. The song was also a top ten hit in Greece and Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the single topped the UK Singles Chart in May 2000, selling 400,000 copies in Britain. In New Zealand, "Don't Call Me Baby" topped the New Zealand Singles Chart in April 2000. The single was released internationally in 2000. By December 2000 it was certified as triple platinum for the shipment of 210,000 units in Australia. "Don't Call Me Baby" peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1999. Coates sang lead on the group's breakthrough single, " Don't Call Me Baby" (October 1999): Van Dorsselaer preferred her version, even though it was initially used as the guide track for Wolfgram. Madison Avenue recorded their first single, "Fly", featuring Kellie Wolfgram as lead vocalist. The duo started working together mainly as writers and producers in 1998. Van Dorsselaer had won an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award for his production work on "Coma" by Pendulum. Van was the founder of the Vicious Vinyl record label and had remix credits for Tina Arena and CDB. Coates met producer and writer Andy Van Dorsselaer (aka Andy Van) in a dance club. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 they won Single of the Year, Highest Selling Single and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Don't Call Me Baby" as well as Best Video for Mark Hartley's direction of " Who the Hell Are You".īefore joining Madison Avenue, Cheyne Coates was working as a choreographer and singer in Melbourne. Madison Avenue is best known for the song " Don't Call Me Baby" (October 1999), which peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1999 and topped the charts in New Zealand and the United Kingdom in 2000. Madison Avenue was an Australian electronic music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates.
