++ November 26th:

• "Just Me" slides down to # 21 in the Australian charts from # 7 last week, just one point ahead of Natalie Imbruglia's new album...
  as for "Soul Mate # 9", it has fallen out of the Top 50 in Australia...
  
  anyway, in the Australasian charts:
  "Just Me" falls to # 4 this week after debuting at # 2 last week...
  and "Soul Mate # 9" stands still at # 9, what a coincidence, couldn't it have been called "Soul Mate # 1" :P
  
  the last chart i got is the HMV Australia chart, where "Just Me" rises to # 5 ...

++ November 25th:

• Tina Arena is featured in the December edition of VOGUE Australia Magazine...

• Tina will be performing live at ARQ club in Sydney tonight, showcasing her new album...

• Tina performed at the Rumba concert in Sydney on Nov. 24th, performing 4 songs...

++ November 19th:

• "Just Me" enters the Australian charts at #7 , the album has gone Gold already...

• "Soul Mate #9" falls to #43 in the Australian charts this week...

• Tina won an Award for her interest in "Burn" at the recent BMI Country Awards 2001.
  BMI is a non-profit performing rights organization that represents 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in America. It covers works in all genres of music from America and around the world.
  BMI Songwriters are awarded each year by category. Winners are selected from the entire BMI catalog, based on the amount of performances during the award period.

• Tina performed at the Rumba concert in Melbourne on Nov. 17th, and will also be performing at the Rumba concert in Sydney Nov. 24th...

++ November 12th:

• "Just Me" is officially released in Australia today, so what are you waiting for, rush down to the nearest record store an dget it ;)

• "Soul Mate #9" rises to #42 in the Australian charts this week...

++ November 6th:

• "Soul Mate #9" falls back to #46 in the Australian charts...

• There is talk that the next single might be a song called "Dare You To Be Happy", another dance track off the album...
    
  
• Some performance and apperance dates are available now, here they are:
  
  12/11/2001 Monday : VIC Nunawading : Dick Smith 04:00 PM
  15/11/2001 Thursday : NSW Sydney : Macquarie Shopping Centre 07:00 PM
  16/11/2001 Friday : VIC Melbourne : High Point Shopping Centre 06:00 PM
  22/11/2001 Thursday : QLD Brisbane : Carindale Shopping Centre 06:00 PM

++ November 1st:

• It's Tina's birthday today, Happy Birthday Teen :) visit the Tina Arena birthday site and join the fan chat at : http://tinaarena2001.free.fr ...
    
  
• "Soul Mate #9" rises to #31 in the Australian charts...
    
  
• Wednesday 14 November. Tina Arena performs live on By Demand plus a webchat with the fans that starts 4pm.
  (Thanx to Kez for the info)
   
  
• "Just Me" release in France has been delayed to Nov. 20th due to technical reasons (says Sony Music)...
     
• It is confirmed that Tina will be performing at the upcoming Rumba concert, happening in Melbourne on November 17...

++ October 25th:

• "Soul Mate #9" falls to #34 in the Australian charts...
     
• Tracklisting and cover for the new album are now available in the new releases section (the link is above), remember this is where you saw it first ;P

++ October 15th:

• "Soul Mate #9" falls to #28 in the Australian charts :( I hope coming weeks see a rise in the charts...

• The launch of Tina's new album was last Thursday, it was an exclusive showcase gig in Melbourne in which Tina performed for about 150 people from the media field primarily.
  Tina performed 5 songs from the new album which are:
  1. Soulmate #9
  2. Dare You To Be Happy: Uptempo, Dance.
  3. You Made Me Find Myself: Beautiful Ballad.
  4. Tangled: Experimental, somehow like Madonna's "Bedtime Story"
  5. Symphony Of Life: Uptempo, Dance.
  Tina also performed the Drum & Bass Mix of Sorrento Moon...
  (Thanx to Damian for the info)

• Release Date for Australia is still set to be November 12th, with a release in the same day or the day after in France. The French release is said to be a 2 CD set with the 2nd CD featuring 5 French songs. The rest of Europe, Asia and the US will get the album early 2002...
  (Thanx to Damian for the info)

• Tina will be performing at the upcoming Rumba concert, happening in Melbourne on November 17...
  (Thanx to Damian for the info)
  

++ October 9th:

• Tina's "Soul Mate #9" debuted at #22 in Australian charts yesterday, anyway hopefully with more promotion and with Tina's great performance at the ARIA's it will climb higher in the coming weeks...
  The single is at #10 in HMV's Top 10 singles list and has been getting some great feedback...

• The launch of Tina's new album is this Thursday night, she'll be performing for about 150 people at an exclusive showcase gig in Melbourne.
  The audience itself will be made up of people within the media field primarily.
  (Thanx to Damian for the info)...

• Tina is in Australia these days, she's been appearing on shows like the Ray Martin show and the Today show doing quick interviews...

• Tina performed at the ARIA (Australian Music Awards) on October 3rd, and from what i've heard from the fans who saw it, it was GREAT !!!
  Tina sang "Soul Mate #9" Live, it was awesome, and she even danced a bit :) in short, it was perfect...

• The new album is confirmed to be called "Just Me" and it should be out on November 12th in Australia, and either the same day or the day after in France...
  There are 11 English songs on this album, and Tina has recorded 3 French songs for it too which have been written by David Hallyday, Pascal Obispo et Jacques Veneruso...

++ September 17th:

• "Soul Mate #9" will be released under Sony Music Australia / Columbia as usual, the available tracklisting is the following:
  1.Soul Mate #9
  2.Soul Mate #9 (G's Big Radio Edit)
  3.Soul Mate #9 (Big Boyz Remix)
  4.It's Tonight
     
• You can pre-order "Soul Mate #9" right now from only one online location, to do so click here...

++ September 14th:

• Tina is in L.A. putting in the final touches for her new album which is due out in Australia  later this year, and which will be released in the rest of the world early 2002...
     
• You can now vote for this site at the OMA (Online Music Awards), to do so: click here...

++ September 6th:

• "Soul Mate #9", Tina's new single was released to radio stations in Australia on September 3rd as scheduled. The song will be available at record stores on October 1st...
  It seems that the album is still untitled, so the "Just Me" title may have been a rumour...
  There have been several articles in Australian newspapers related to Tina and her new material, all of them saying how great this next album is gonna be and how different its style is...
  To hear "Soul Mate #9", click here.

++ August 25th:

• Tina's first single off her upcoming album "Just Me", will be a song called "Soul Mate #9" due out for release October 1st in Australia, the single will be going to radio in the first couple of days of September though...
  According to my source Damien Nicholas (thanx man!) who has been lucky enough to hear the song, he says that It is quite a departure from the sound of the last two albums with it being funkier and different...
  The video for this song is being shot these days in Melbourne...
      
• Tina's next album due out this year will be called "Just me", production of the album is mainly by Nile Rodgers who will be steering it in a contemporary direction leaning towards the silky funk of Jill Scott and Alicia Keys. Aboard the team too is UK producer Peter Vetesse who Tina worked with on some songs.
  From what it seems, this album will definitely be a shift in direction and style for Tina towards a more funky and disco feel, and i for one can't wait to get my hands on it...
     
• Tina will also be working on some French songs that she will most probably include on the French release of her new album...

++ June 1st:

• Tina is included in a current ad on Australian TV for Divas. She is included with names like Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Carol King to name a few. The purpose of the ad is to buy CD's for under $15 (Australian) for a limited time. The CD they are featuring for Tina is the Australian version of "In Deep"...

++ May 7th:

• Tina attended a spring-summer Versace launch at the Crown Casino in Australia/Melbourne.
     
• Unfortunately, Tina didn't win any awards at the World Music Awards this year. 

++ April 21st:

• Tina is featured in the latest Melbourne Herald Sun in an article that states how much Australian artists would get for a private performance, our Tina would get $30,000 ...
  In the same paper there is an interview with Ricky Martin in which Tina is mentioned in a part that was about the duet they were supposed to do for "The Mask Of Zorro" that never happened and which was done with Marc Anthony instead. 

++ April 20th:

• Tina is featured in the latest edition of New Idea (Australian Magazine) in an article to raise awareness of Breast Cancer.
    
• In Deep falls out of the Top 150 in France after an astonishing 92 weeks period.

++ April 13th:

• In Deep still hanging in the French charts, its already been there for 91 weeks now, and it stands at #133 ...
     
• Jo Dee Messina's cover of Tina's song "Burn" lands a place on the soundtrack of Sylvester Stallone's new movie "Driven", this song has already been released as a single and has enjoyed very good chart success in the US charts...
     
• Jessica Andrews, a new teen pop singer has released a cover version of "Show Me Heaven" on her album, this song was also covered by Tina and released on the US release of "Don't Ask". Tina's version is Song of this week, so check it out and download it now, you'll love it ...
     
• Yet another cover of a Tina Arena song, this time its by country singer Pam Tillis, the song she covers is "If I Didn't Love You" ...
     
• The Tina Arena Biography competition is over, and the winning biography has now been published as the sites main biography, to know who won, go to the biography section.
     
• The sites message board is up again, sorry for the downtime, see you there :)

++ March 31st:

• In Deep still hanging in the French charts, its already been there for 90 weeks now, and it stands at #92 falling from last weeks #74 position ...

++ March 23rd:

• Tina is the Ambassador of the Melbourne Fashion Festival, March 19-25.
     
• MX Magazine, a local Melbourne magazine that is handed out for free at railway stations published a picture of Tina and her new boyfriend Michael Angel, up to now, there is no further info regarding this issue, but if anything comes up, u'll be the first to know.
     
• Tina was interviewed on a show called Rove Live Tonight on March 20th, it wasn't that long, the talk was about Tina being the Ambassador for the Melboure Fashion Festival, her song writing and the success of Jo Dee Messina's cover of "Burn", The Mask Of Zorro, and her career in France...
     
• In Deep shot up 44 places to make its way back into the French charts at No. 74 ...

++ February 3rd:

• Tina is going to be a special guest at Melbourne's fashion week, March 19-25.
  To read some parts of the article from the Herald Sun click here.
   
• A link to this site has been published in the Herald Sun in Australia in the Surf City section, Thank you all for making this site successful and for giving me the inspiration to keep it going on.
  To check it out, click here.

++ January 12th:

• Tina is in the latest edition of "New Idea" magazine in Australia, the article's title is "Tina Finds Love Again" referring to her new French boyfriend Vincent. Its also mentioned in the article that Tina will be traveling to the US in February to start work on her new cd.

++ January 4th:

• "Souvenirs" fell off the Australian Top 50 Albums chart this week.
  The album has been certified Gold in Australia.

++ December 28th:

• In 'Australian Style' Magazine Jan 2001 edition, Tina says that she has written a pop song with Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet fame & that they are demo-ing it as a possibility for her new album! 
  Nov 2000 News on Gary's official homepage also state that he is writing material for Tina...
  You can find the whole "Australian Style" article in the Articles section of the site ...

++ December 25th:

• Tina performed at 'Carols By Candlelight' last night, she sang only one song though, it was "One Little Christmas Tree", she looked amazing, and her performance was beautiful as usual ...
     
• Tina has a new French boyfriend called Vincent, she met him on the Notre-Dame De Paris set. To view a pic of Tina and him, click here ...
     
• There are rumours that French singers/songwriters David Hallyday and Pascal Obispo will be writing songs for Tina's next album, if anything is confirmed, you'll be the first to know ...

++ December 21st:

• Tina's in-store signings of "Souvenirs" in Australia have made many a fan happy, according to the stories i've heard, everyone enjoyed it, Tina was a sweetheart as usual, and i envy them all, lol ...
  If any of you have been at one of the signings and you want to share it with all the other Tina fans, just send your story to this email : meddah@ifrance.com and i'll have it up in the fan stories section asap :)

++ November 18th :

• Tina's newest compilation album "Souvenirs" is being advertised on TV stations in Australia, this album will be out on the 20th Nov. only in Australia, for overseas fans, you can pre-order it right now, to do so click here.
      
• Tina was at the M6 Music Awards in France last night, but she didn't get the award she was nominated for ...

++ November 10th :

• Tina is on the new "Spirit Of Christmas" cd in Australia, the song she's singing is called : "One Little Christmas Tree", check the new releases section for the complete tracklisting of this cd ...
  Tina will also be performing at the concert, so all you Australian fans get moving and get your tickets :)
      
• The Tina song from the OST of "The Dish" is called "The Day The World Stood Still", its mostly music, and only has a few choir background vocals ...