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DARREN HAYES

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Role in band: Lead and backing vocals,song writer.
Born: Brisbane, Australia, May 8 1972
Star Sign: Taurus
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height: 178cm
Shoe Size: 8.5-9
Diet: Strictly vegetarian, no alcohol
Siblings: One brother, one sister
Home Town: Logan City
Schooling: Mabel Park Infants, Mabel Park High
Interests: Movies, shopping, surfing the net
Favorite Music: U2, Sarah McLachlan
Music Influences: Prince, The Smiths,Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Duran Duran
Favorite Films: Star Wars, Blade Runner
Favorite Songs on Debut album: "Carry on Dancing", "Santa Monica"
Other: Stayed at school until year 12
Listens to Triple J.
Completed Degree In Teaching (pre-school) and taught for 8 months while waiting for the album to be finished.
Married To Wife Colby Hayes (Taylor).

DANIEL JONES:

Role In Band: Keyboard,guitars,background vocal,programming,
Songwriting.
Birthday: July 22, 1973, Essex, England
Star Sign: Cancer
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Green
Height: 180cm
Shoe Size: 9
Diet: Used to be satay chicken constantly, but now he's varied a bit!
Drives: New model Mazda Astina
Siblings: Two brothers
Home Town: Logan City
Schooling: Shailer Park High
Pastime: Jet-skiing, writing music on his laptop
Favorite music: George Michael, Sheryl Crow
Musical influences: Peter Gabriel, XTC, Tears for Fears
Favorite Actor: Meg Ryan
Favorite Songs on Debut Album: "To the Moon and Back" "Truly Madly Deeply"
Other: Daniel is the one with blonde hair. He is the youngest of three, moving to Brisbane, Australia as a young child. Quote Daniel: "My brothers picked up musical instruments from the time I was about eight. I just followed suit, really." Daniel's contribution is the programming and arrangement behind the music, and his early influences.

SAVAGE GARDEN ARE
• One of the most successful duos in pop music history
• Among the most successful Australian recording artists of all time
• In the Guinness Book of World Records for winning an unprecedented number (10) of Australian Recording Industry Association Awards in one year (1997)
• The reigning record-holders for the longest number of weeks on the Monitor/Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay charts in the US for their singles: ‘I Knew I Loved You’ - (124 weeks) and ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’ (123 weeks).
• One of only two Australian bands to have ever had two #1 singles in the US.
SAVAGE GARDEN HAVE
• Sold over 23 million albums around the world Sold more than 15 million singles around the world
• Had the only one-sided single to spend a full year in the Top 30 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’)
• Spent five years in the UK album charts with the only two albums they released
• Had 10 Top 40 chart singles in the UK. Of these, nine charted inside the Top 20 and four inside the Top 10.
• Achieved gold, platinum or multi-platinum status in the following markets:
Album Savage Garden:
Australia 12x Platinum
Canada 9x Platinum
New Zealand 8x Platinum
USA, India, Singapore 6x Platinum
UK, Philippines 4x Platinum
Sweden, Malaysia, Taiwan 3x Platinum
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Mexico, Hong Kong, Thailand 2x Platinum
Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, Korea, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Japan - Platinum
France 2x Gold
Austria, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Chile, Peru, Venezuela Gold

Album Affirmation:
Australia 8x Platinum
USA 5x Platinum
Sweden, Canada 4x Platinum
India, Indonesia, Philippines, UK, New Zealand 3x Platinum
Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Mexico, USA 2x Platinum
Finland, Portugal, Korea, South Africa, Costa Rica, Japan Platinum
Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela Gold
• Topped the charts in a number of markets, as follows:
Album Savage Garden:
• Debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA album chart where it spent 7 weeks.
• Spent 102 weeks on the UK Top 200 albums chart (96 weeks were consecutive), having peaked at #2 after its release in March 1998.
Album Affirmation:
• Debuted at # 1 in Australia, where it stayed for 6 weeks.
• Spent 158 weeks in the Top 200 albums chart in the UK (99 of which were consecutive). Of those, 9 consecutive weeks were in the Top 10 and 13 in the Top 20.
SINGLES:
from album Savage Garden:
Truly, Madly, Deeply
• Released in Australia March 1997 and hit the #1 slot.
• Stayed there for 8 weeks and went 2 x Platinum.
• Released in USA in November 1997. Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Chart and remained in the US Top 10 for a total of 26 weeks.
• Hit the #1 spot on the European Hit 100 Chart
To The Moon and Back
• Released in Australia in November 1996 and peaked at #1
I Knew I Loved You
• Released in the USA in October 1999 and climbed the charts to #1
ACCOLADES
• ‘I Want You’ was the highest selling single in Australia in 1996
• Channel V Awards in India - Best International Debut Single award for ‘I Want You’ (1997)
• ARIA Awards: The band win in 10 categories (Australia, 1997) :
Album of the Year (Savage Garden)
Single of the Year (Truly, Madly, Deeply)
Song of the Year (To The Moon & Back)
Highest Selling Single (Truly, Madly, Deeply)
Best Group
Breakthrough Artist – Album (Savage Garden)
Best Pop Release (To The Moon and Back)
Best Independent Release (Savage Garden)
Producer of the Year (Savage Garden)
Engineer of the Year (Savage Garden)
• IFPI Platinum Europe Award in recognition of European sales in excess of 1,000,000 (1998)
• 12th Annual ARIA Awards: Highest Selling Album ‘Savage Garden’ and Outstanding Achievement Award (1998)
• APRA Award (Australian Performing Rights Association): Songwriters of the Year (1998)
• Billboard Music Award for Adult Contemporary Single of the Year (1999, USA) for ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’
• Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Singles Airplay of the Year (1999, USA) for ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’
• 13th Annual ARIA Awards - 1999 – Best Pop Release (The Animal Song)
• Top 10 act on 7 different year-end charts in Billboard Magazine in 1999, based on sales and radio airplay in the US:

Top Pop Artists (#3)
Hot 100 Singles Artists Duo/Group (#3)
Hot 100 Singles (#4)
Top 200 Album Artists Duo/Group (#4)
Top 200 Albums (#9)
Top 200 Album Artists (#10).
Most Played Song on American Radio in 2000 (‘I Knew I Loved You’)
• World Music Award for ‘World’s Bestselling Australian Group’ (2000) Monaco
• 14th Annual ARIA Awards (2000) Highest Selling Album (Affirmation)
• Billboard Music Award for Best AC Video (‘I Knew I Loved You’), #1 AC Song of the Year (‘I Knew I Loved You’) and #1 AC Artist of the Year.
• Most played artist on Australian radio (2000)
• BRMB Music Radio Award for Best International Group (2000)
• 18th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
• Song of the Year (2001)