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Human Nature |
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Australian |
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Singing |
Human Nature is an Australian pop vocal group. They formed in 1989, originally as a doo-wop group called The Four Trax, while the members were schoolmates in Sydney. After signing with Sony Music and renaming themselves Human Nature, they released their debut album Telling Everybody in 1996, and have charted 17 hits in Australia's Top 40, and five hits in Australia's Top 10. Three of their albums have reached multi-platinum certification in Australia, and four have reached platinum, with sales of over 1.6 million records in Australia.
After transitioning from a boy band to a Motown tribute group, they have been performing on the Las Vegas Strip. Brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney teamed up with schoolmates Toby Allen and Phil Burton to represent Hurlstone Agricultural High School in a combined regional schools concert at the Bankstown Town Hall, held on 27 November 1989. Andrew Tierney was 15, with Allen and Burton in the same school year, and Mike Tierney was 12. All four members had choir backgrounds. The quartet called themselves The Four Trax (also stylized as "The 4 Trax" or "4Trax"), inspired by groups from the Motown era such as The Four Tops. In Bankstown, they sang The Penguins' hit "Earth Angel". Andrew Tierney said that was the only song they knew, but they were encouraged afterwards to listen to more Motown groups. On 1 March 1996, Human Nature released their first single "Got It Goin' On". It reached #19 on the Aria charts. They followed up with "Telling Everybody" in July, and "Wishes" on 27 September, which charted as high as #6 and gave them their first platinum single.
On 2 December 1996, they released their debut album, Telling Everybody. The album includes the singles "Don't Say Goodbye", "Whisper Your Name", and "People Get Ready". The album eventually achieved triple-platinum status in 1997, and is considered one of the biggest Australian artist debut successes of all time. Paul Begaud, the album's producer, received a nomination at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 for Producer of the Year for "Whisper Your Name". Human Nature garnered attention from pop artists Michael Jackson and Celine Dion. Jackson had them as one of his opening acts for his HIStory tour in Australia, and continued to have them open in Europe through September. The group sang at venues numbering over 100,000 people and at Wembley Stadium for three nights.
In an interview with Radar Online, Andrew Tierney remarked that touring with Jackson was an incredible break for them: "We learned so much from seeing him perform that many times and experienced things that have shaped us into the entertainers we are today. He was the ultimate artist and so inspiring." Celine Dion, who had them open for her Australia concert on 18 March 1996, had them as an opening act for her Falling Into You... Around the World tour in Australia and Europe. The group visited Ireland, England, France, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland in June 1997, and visited China and Japan for Dion's next tour, Let's Talk About Love, in 1998.
