Anthony Callea (album)

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Anthony Callea
Studio album by Anthony Callea
Released	25 March 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Pop
Length	49:09
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	John Foreman Quiz & Larossi Adam Reily Bryon Jones Paul L Wiltshire Eric Sanicola Peter Gordeno Chris Porter
Anthony Callea chronology
Anthony Callea (2005) A New Chapter (2006)
Singles from Anthony Callea
"The Prayer" Released: 19 December 2004 "Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water" Released: 11 March 2005 "Hurts So Bad" Released: 10 July 2005 "Per Sempre (for Always)" Released: 7 October 2005

Anthony Callea is the debut album of Anthony Callea. It was released on 25 March 2005. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on the week of 4 April 2005. It held the top spot on the chart for three weeks before dropping to number three. The album was certified double platinum by ARIA.

The first single, "The Prayer", was released in December 2004 and debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number one, remaining at the top spot for five weeks straight. It was certified four times Platinum, selling in excess of 280,000 copies and was the highest-selling single in Australia in 2005. In 2010 ARIA named it the second-highest selling single of the previous decade, which also made it the second-highest selling Australian artist song of that decade.^[1] His second single was the double A-side "Rain"/"Bridge over Troubled Water" released the week before Easter, which also debuted at number one and held the spot for two weeks. Callea's third single "Hurts So Bad" debuted at number ten on the ARIA Charts. The fourth single released from Anthony Callea—"Per Sempre (for Always)"—made its debut at number five on the ARIA Charts. It was released in two formats—as a standard CD single and a DVD single.