Australian Idol has spawned more stars over the years than any of its reality TV competitors.
The iconic TV talent show, which first aired on our screens in 2003, has propelled the likes of Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy and Ricki-Lee Coulter to stardom, who’re among countless others to maintain dedicated success in the local music industry years later.
But new data from streaming giant Spotify, collected from 2008 to date, has revealed a surprising candidate among Idol talent who has the most popularity on a global scale.
Sydney singer Matt Corby, who was runner-up on the fifth season of Idol back in 2007, is the most-streamed artist internationally to emerge from the singing series, with 576 million streams thanks to the success of his huge hits, Brother (2011) and Resolution (2014), the latter of which is the most streamed song from any Idol artist.
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