Congratulations to Gotye aka Wally De Backer who’s inescapable pop juggernaut, “Somebody That I Used To Know” featuring Kimbra, has become the first Australian single to go number 1 on the US charts in 12 years.
“Somebody” now joins a small esteemed group of Aussie acts to have cracked the summit of the American Billboard Charts, which includes Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”, Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” and, the reigning Australian single to have gone #1 in the US, Savage Garden’s 2000 hit “I Knew I Loved You”.
His ecstatic local representation Bossy Music also noted that his album Making Mirrors also broke into the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 this week, hitting the #7 spot, which is a fantastic achievement for the famously impenetrable US market.
If you are yet to hear the earworm that all the fuss is about (seriously?), here you go. All together now…
Via Billboard
