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The 411 Debut album worldwide
Release year: April 1997 (Australia/US)
Record Label: Village Roadshow Music, Columbia Records
Awards, Records, and Radio 11 million copies sold and counting

Achieved x7 platinum status in the US on September 13th, 2000
Achieved x12 platinum status in Australia
Achieved x2 platinum status in the UK
Charted on Billboard 200 Albums chart for over 89 weeks since April 26, 1997
Debuted on Australian ARIA Charts at #1 (the same week "Truly Madly Deeply" hit #1 - a first for any Australian band)
Spent 35 weeks on the ARIA charts - 19 of those at #1
Highest selling album by an Australian group in recording history

"Best Australian Album" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Best Australian Debut Album" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Best Australian Independent Release" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Highest Selling Australian Album" - 1997 ARIA Award Nomination
"Highest Selling Australian Album" - 1998 ARIA Awards
"Group Album of the Year" - 1998 Billboard Awards Nomination
Artist's Awards "Songwriters of the Year" - APRA Award
"Best Australian Group" - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Best Australian Producer" (Charles Fisher) - 1997 ARIA Awards
"Best Australian Engineer" (Charles Fisher) - 1997 ARIA Awards
Holds records for winning the most ARIA Awards (10) and the most ARIA nominations (13) in one year
"Band Most Likely to Succeed in 1998" - Ugly Awards (Austereo Radio Network- Australia)
"Highest-selling Australian Artist" - 1998 World Music Awards
"Most Played Australian Act" - 1998 RAWARDS
"Best Australian Group" - 1998 ARIA Award Nomination
1998 ARIA Achievement Award for selling 800,000 albums in Australia alone
"Best Australian Producer" (Charles Fisher) - 1998 ARIA Awards Nomination
"Artist of the Year" - 1998 Billboard Music Awards Nomination
"Songwriters of the Year" - 1998 APRA Awards
"Most Performed Work Overseas" (Truly Madly Deeply) - 1998 APRA Awards
Highest earning Australian band of 1998
"Best International Newcomer" - 1999 Brit Awards Nomination
"Highest-selling Australian Artist" - 1999 World Music Awards
"Favorite Pop Group" - 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Nomination
Honored in 2001 by an Australian postage stamp for the single "Truly Madly Deeply"






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