Chart Performance and Promotion
"Born to Try" was the first song off the album, released in Australia on 8 November 2002, just a day before Goodrem's eighteenth birthday. At the time of the song's release, Goodrem was performing the song on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, as singer Nina Tucker. The song debuted on the Australian Singles Chart on 18 November 2002 at number three. On its second week the song jumped to number two and was accredited platinum by ARIA, by its third week the song had knocked "The Ketchup Song" by Las Ketchup off the top spot and became Goodrem's first number-one single. The song eventually went to certify triple platinum, become the fourth highest selling single in Australia for 2003 and won three ARIA Awards for "Breakthrough Artist - Single", "Highest Selling Single" and "Single of the Year". "Born to Try" also went number-one in New Zealand, top ten in the UK and top twenty in Ireland and the Netherlands.
"Lost Without You" was the second song release from the album, released to radio on 14 February 2003 and became the most added song to radio for that week. It was released as a CD single on 28 January 2003 in Australia. The song gave Goodrem her second number-one single in Australia on 10 March 2003 debuting at number-one. The song eventually went to certify double platinum, become the seventh highest selling single in Australia for 2003 and was nominated for one ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" but lost to herself with "Born to Try". "Lost Without You" also went top ten in New Zealand, Spain and the UK.
The album debuted at number-one on the Australian ARIA Albums Charts on 31 March 2003 with sales of over 70,000 copies, accrediting platinum knocking Norah Jones's album Come Away with Me off the top spot. The album went to spend twenty-nine weeks at number-one breaking John Farnham's record with Whispering Jack (1986) which spent twenty-five weeks at number-one. Innocent Eyes was then tied with Neil Diamond's album Hot August Night (1972) for spending the most weeks at number-one in Australian history. Its accreditation reached to fourteen times platinum, the album became the highest selling album in Australia for 2003, spent eighty-seven weeks in the top one hundred and won six ARIA Awards for "Highest Selling Album", "Best Female Artist", "Breakthrough Artist - Album", "Best Pop Release" and Channel 's "Oz Artist of the Year". In 2004 the album also won the award for "Highest Selling Album" again. The album went to sell over million copies in Australia. In the UK, the album debut in the charts at number two being held off the top spot by Beyoncé Knowles's album Dangerously in Love (2003). It spent thirty-one weeks in the top seventy-five, became the eighteenth highest selling album for 2003
On 17 April 2003 it was announced that the third song released from the album was "Innocent Eyes" which was released as a CD single on 6 June 2003. The song debuted on Australian Singles Chart the charts at number two on 16 June 2003 and was accredited gold. After three weeks in the charts it moved one spot up the charts and became Goodrem's third number-one hit single in Australia. The song went to certify platinum by ARIA, become the eighteenth highest selling single in Australia for 2003 and was nominated for one ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" but again lost to herself with "Born to Try". "Innocent Eyes" also went top ten in the UK and went top twenty in New Zealand.
"Not Me, Not I" was the fourth song released from the album and was released in Australia on 12 September 2003. The music video for the song was directed by Michael Spiccia and was filmed in August 2003, Goodrem was determined to film the music video and to have it completed before she started her second round of chemotherapy because she says the song is her favourite track from the album. The song made its debut on the Australian Singles Chart at number two and on its second week it went up one spot to number-one, making the single Goodrem's fourth number-one single, breaking Kylie Minogue's record of having the most songs released from an album to reach number-one.
"Predictable" was the fifth song released from the album and was released as a double A-side with her version of the John Lennon Christmas song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". It saw the release to radio on 25 November 2003 and topped the airplay charts and when it saw its physical release it became her fifth number-one single.
On 23 December 2003 it was announced that the one millionth copy of the album had been released to retail, the disc was specially marked by Sony and the buyer would receive a plaque commemorating the milestone. On 7 January 2010, "Innocent Eyes" was announced as Australia's top selling album for the 2000s, for which, Delta received a special award at the 2010 ARIA #1 Awards in Sydney, 22 July 2010.
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