DELTA Goodrem’s impromptu performance at the private birthday party of an international hitmaker has finally won her the big break she needs to put her career on the map in the US.

Goodrem has been invited to sing with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at his American Christmas concerts after wowing producer David Foster with her talent when she gatecrashed his birthday soiree.

Foster discovered and nurtured the careers of Celine Dion, Michael Buble and Josh Groban and has been searching for a suitable project for Goodrem since they met earlier this month.

“I’d been doing a performance at a radio station and was asked to come along to this party next door to say hi to some people,” Goodrem explained.

“I didn’t know it was David Foster or that it was his birthday.

“There was a piano and mic there and he asked me if I wanted to get up and sing.

“David Foster is someone I have looked up to my whole life … and he called me later saying that he would look out for something for us to work on together.

“David has produced Andrea’s album and they were in the studio organising these concerts and called me up. I think it may have been fate singing at his birthday.”

Goodrem has spent countless months in recent years trying to get a foothold in the US, which already has its fair share of powerful pop vocalists.

The opportunity to perform four concerts with Bocelli, including reprising Celine Dion’s duet with him on The Prayer, could be just the break she has been waiting for.

It is expected about 80,000 Americans will see her perform that megawatt number, as well as a variety of carols, including The Christmas Song.

“I’ve had to learn the lyric from Brian [McFadden] because we don’t sing songs about roasting chestnuts in Australia,” she said.

Goodrem will make a whirlwind trip home to perform her own Christmas concert at the Sydney Opera House on December 6.

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A short update regarding Delta and the US Market was published in the Sunday Herald Sun.

DELTA Goodrem has no plans to release another single in the US at the moment.
However, she is expected to head back to the US to follow up a number of opportunities after her critically acclaimed tour ends.

While this is from the Sunday Herald Sun, it may not be entirely true. As it has been mentioned before that Delta will be soon returning to the US. We have no solid confirmation about this.

After spending most of 2008 overseas, pop princess Delta Goodrem has been given an enthusiastic welcome home by fans at the start of her Believe Again tour.

The 24-year-old singer kicked off her first Australian tour in more than three years this weekend, with two shows in Newcastle and the first of three Sydney concerts on Sunday night.

Fiance Brian McFadden opened the show at Sydney’s State Theatre in a low-key fashion, offering up a few jokes for the audience’s amusement while a technical problem was fixed. McFadden started his three-song set with Twisted, off his latest album, before introducing a cover of the Guns `n’ Roses classic Patience to cheers from the young female audience.

“How do you know who Guns `n’ Roses are? You’re like 12,” he laughed. Like Only A Woman Can, which was inspired by Goodrem, was enthusiastically received, but it was clear who everyone had come to see.

Chanting her name, letter by letter, the crowd screamed and cheered as Goodrem appeared on stage in a blue sequined Bowie gown to her song Believe Again.

“I’m very excited to be singing these songs for you tonight,” Goodrem said, “We are all beyond excited.” Goodrem sang hits of her three albums, including In This Life, Born To Try, Butterfly and Mistaken Identity.

“We love you Delta,” screamed her fans.

“I love you too. You look lovely,” she replied.

Goodrem spent most of the past year trying to launch her career in the US, playing small club shows and performing on The Late Show with David Letterman. Despite being out of the public spotlight in Australia, her album Delta received the ARIA Award for highest selling album of 2008.

She seemed glad to be home on Monday night beaming in a series of outfits by Australian designers including J’Aton, Lisa Ho and Manning Cartell.

“I have come to terms with everything that has gone on in the past couple of years,” she said, introducing Out Of The Blue, which she wrote in 2004 about then-boyfriend Mark Philippoussis.

Goodrem is to perform in Adelaide, Wollongong, Melbourne , Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.

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While Delta was still in the US last year, she did a photoshoot for Miami-based Aventura magazine (see here). There’s sixteen gorgeous photos for the spread, all added to the gallery.

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Magazine Scans | Matt Jones Photoshoot (Edited Scans)